Question

Jody was ten years old when he decided he needed a job. He thought it might be   36  to raise worms. He could sell them to farmers and people who fished. So in   37 , he bought many worms. But that winter the cold weather killed all the worms because he had not   38  them in a warm place.

The next spring Jody   39  again. He bought more worms, which he took good care of. When winter came, he took them inside   40  they would stay warm. Many people bought his worms.

One day when Jody was twelve, he got a letter. It was from state of New York. The letter said, “Everyone who   41  things has to pay taxes!” Jody made only one dollar selling worms. But he still   42  to pay part of that money to the state. He told many people in his town what had ___43  . Soon some people from a television station   44  with Jody. Many people saw it and they began to write letters to the state. The letters now said that the law was   45 . Finally the law was changed. Children like Jody can now sell things without paying money to the state.

1.	A．boring B．lucky C．fun D．impossible
2.	A．autumn B．spring C．winter D．summer
3.	A．caught B．found C．hidden D．put
4.	A．tried B．waited C．failed D．practised
5.	A．before B．until C．though D．so
6.	A．buys B．sells C．keeps D．presents
7.	A．hoped B．wanted C．had D．remembered
8.	A．followed B．appeared C．happened D．continued
9.	A．talked B．visited C．quarreled D．worked
10.	A．common B．unfair C．different D．useless

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.C

9.A

10.B

【解析】略