阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

James’s  New  Bicycle

James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully   1the coins that lay on the bed.$24.52 were all that he had.The bicycle he wanted was at least $90!   2on earth was he going to get the   3of the money?

He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was   4to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no   5asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to   6

There was only one way to get money, and that was to   7it. He would have to find a job. 8who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice, who usually had   9on most things.  

That was the   10of James’s odd- job(零工) business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was amazed by the   11of jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the   12of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the   13increased and he knew that he would soon have   14for the bicycle he longed for.

The day   15came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He   16no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode   17home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard   18for the money, so James knew that he valued his bicycle far more   19he had bought it with his own money. He had  20what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle.

1.A. cleaned        B. covered      C. counted      D. checked  

2.A. How        B. Why          C. Who          D. What 

3.A. amount     B. part         C. sum          D. rest

4.A. brave      B. hard         C. smart            D. unfair

5.A. point      B. reason           C. result           D. right

6.A. split      B. spend            C. spare            D. save

7.A. borrow     B. earn         C. raise            D. collect

8.A. Or         B. So           C. For          D. But

9.A. decisions      B. experience       C. opinions    D. knowledge

10.A . beginning    B. introduction     C. requirement      D. opening

11.A. similarity   B. quality       C. suitability      D. variety

12.A. brand     B. number           C. size         D. type 

13.A. effort   B. pressure     C. money        D. trouble

14.A. all           B. enough           C. much         D. some

15.A. finally       B. instantly        C. normally     D. regularly

16.A. gave          B. left             C. took         D. wasted

17.A. patiently     B. proudly          C. silently         D. tiredly

18.A. applying      B. asking           C. looking          D. working  

19.A. since         B. if               C. than         D. though

20.A. deserved      B. benefited   C. achieved     D. learned  

 _______ that all mountain roads were closed.  

A. So the dangerous weather  became

B. So dangerous did the weather become

C. So dangerous became the weather

D. The dangerous weather became so

 She was _______ reading a novel and didn’t notice the coming car.

A. occupied to       B. buried in        C. absorbed on  D. engaged to 

 In order to direct Qinghai quake relief work , President Hu Jintao cut short his planned tour in America and set _______ heading home early.  

A. about             B. off          C. out          D. up 

 A large sum of money has been raised for the _______ of the homeless children after the earthquake inYushu.

A. profit            B. favor            C. advantage        D. benefit

 --- Which country is going to win the 2010 World Cup, Germany or Brazil?  

--- The _______ seems more likely.

A. late          B. lately           C. latter           D. later

 The book didn’t _______ children probably because it employed too many scientific terms.

A. apply to          B. refer to     C. intend to        D. adapt to 

 Speaking of all the songs he has written, I think this is probably his _______ one.

A. better-known                  B. well-known      

C. best-known                        D. most-known

 I would appreciate it _______ you call back this afternoon for the doctor’s appointment.

A. that          B. if               C. which            D. whether

 We can never expect _______ bluer sky unless we create _______ less polluted world.

A. a; a          B. a; the           C. the; a           D. the; the