Question

George and Betty didn't have much money, but they wanted to buy a car. Betty didn't have a        , so she was always finding ways to save money.

She grew vegetables in her garden so that she wouldn't have to buy any. She made sand-wiches for George to take to work so that he wouldn't have to        his lunch.

Every day George took the bus to go to work and go home. It was not a long trip        the bus was slow because of traffic（交通）.

One day, the traffic was even        than usual.

"I could run faster than this bus!" thought George.

The next day         work he decided to have a try. He went to the bus stop, but didn't        the bus. He ran along beside it in the sidewalk. He had to run       fast to catch up with（赶上）the bus.

He arrived home. Betty was        to see him panting（气喘）. She was worried. "What' s the matter?"

"I ran along beside the bus," said George. "I saved two dollars and fifty cents        paying the fare（费用）," He thought it would make Betty happy, but it didn't.

"        didn't you run beside a taxi?" she said. "You would have saved（节省）six dollars !"

1.A. work        B. job         C. child        D. house

2.A. make       B. eat         C. have          D. buy

3.A. or            B. and          C. but         D. so

4.A. larger       B. bigger        C. worse         D. better

5.A. after       B. before        C. since         D. until（直到）

6.A. get off      B. get on        C. come up with  D. stop

7.A. most         B. much        C. more         D. quite

8.A. excited        B. surprised     C. interested     D. bored

9.A. for      B. no          C. without（没有）  D. instead（代替）

10.A. When         B. What        C. Why         D. Where

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是Betty会想各种方法来省钱，Betty和George想买车，他们应该是需要花钱，Betty没有工作，要用其他方法来节约钱。

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考点：故事类短文。