Joe wanted a computer. He asked his (1)______ for the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He (2)_____ about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to asked children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbors. But this was not (3)_____. He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn't cut grass for their gardens(4)______ he had no tools to do the work with.

　　Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick .delivering (5)_________ . I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could even get the computer (6)______ away. I could pay (7)_____ it a little each week. He ran to (8)______ up with Dick. Joe asked him a lot of questions. He learned that it was (9)_______ to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job took (10)______ three hours each night. Dick (11)______ him the phone number of the newspaper manager.

　　Joe almost flew home. After he told his mother (12)_______ he thought, she (13)______. “I think it is a (14)_______ idea.” She said, ''I'll call the newspaper…”

　　“Wait, Mum,” Joe said, “I'll call. After that. I'm gong to be a businessman now.'

　　Joe's mother smiled (15)_______.

　　( )1. A. teachers B. parents C. classmates D. friends

　　( )2. A. said B. told C. thought D. spoke

　　( )3. A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter

　　( )4. A. because B. when C. while D. after

　　( )5. A. newspapers B. bikes C. computers D. tools

　　( )6. A. now B. right C. just D. only

　　( )7. A. on B. to C. of D. for

　　( )8. A. take B. catch C. carry D. get

　　( )9. A. friendly B. kind C. possible D. wrong

　　( )10.A. at B. about C. before D. after

　　( )11.A. taught B. gave C. made D. asked

　　( )12.A. that B. when C. what D. where

　　( )13.A. smiled B. shouted C. cried D. worried

　　( )14.A. big B. large C. great D. bad

　　( )15.A. sadly B. happily C. politely D. angrily

　　參考答案：

　　這是一篇記敘文，文章介紹的是Joe 想通過(guò)自己掙錢的方式買電腦的想法。

　　1.B. Joe肯定是跟他的父母要錢去買電腦的。

　　2.C. think about是一個(gè)固定短語(yǔ)，意思是”考慮”。

　　3.D. 只有冬天才會(huì)下雪。

　　4.A. “he had no tools to do the work with” 是前面He couldn't cut grass for their gardens.的原因。

　　5.A. 根據(jù)本段的最后一句可知答案。

　　6.B. right away是一個(gè)固定短語(yǔ)，意思是“立刻，馬上”。

　　7.D. pay for 是一個(gè)固定搭配形式。

　　8.B. catch up with是一個(gè)固定短語(yǔ)，意思是“趕上，跟上”。

　　9.C. 根據(jù)所給詞語(yǔ)的詞義可知答案。

　　10.B. 根據(jù)所給詞語(yǔ)的詞義可知答案。

　　11.B. Dick把經(jīng)理的號(hào)碼交給Joe以便Joe與經(jīng)理取得聯(lián)系。

　　12.C. 根據(jù)所給詞語(yǔ)的詞義可知答案。

　　13.A. 聽(tīng)到兒子自己能掙錢的話時(shí)，Joe's mother一定會(huì)高興的。

　　14.C. 這里用great表示“好的”的意思，與good同義。

　　15.B. 聽(tīng)到Joe的回答后，Joe's mother 會(huì)更加高興的。