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 sandwiches for George to       to work so that he wouldn’t have to buy 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.

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 the bus. He arrived home. Betty was        to see him painting (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.” He thought it would make Betty happy, but it didn’t.

“        didn’t you run beside a taxi?” she said, “You would have saved six dollars!”

1.A. workB. jobC. childD. house

2.A. makeB. carryC. bringD. take

3.A. orB. andC. butD. so

4.A. largerB. biggerC. worseD. better

5.A. afterB. beforeC. sinceD. until

6.A. get offB. get onC. come up withD. stop

7.A. mostB. muchC. soD. quite

8.A. excitedB. surprisedC. interestedD. bored

9.A. forB. noC. withoutD. instead

10.A. WhenB. WhatC. WhyD. 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：这篇短文主要讲述乔治和贝蒂为了省钱买车的故事。文章介绍，贝蒂在花园种菜以节省开支。有一天乔治发现汽车走得很慢，因此他跟着汽车跑，这样他省下了2.5美元买票的钱，回到家后贝蒂建议说，如果跟着的士跑，就可以省下6美元了。

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考点：故事类短文。