Ⅰ Cloze test.
Mr Smith is old and he buys a small house in a quiet village.
There is a big 1 in front of his house, so many boys play football there on weekends. They are so noisy (吵闹的) that Mr Smith can’t rest well.
Mr Smith 2 hard and comes up with (想出) a good 3 one Saturday afternoon. He tells the boys, “I like 4 you play football, so I will give you sixty dollars a 5 if you play football here.”
The boys are glad and they play hard and get their 6 for the first week.
The second week comes. Mr Smith tells them, “I lose (失去) my 7 and can’t make money. So I can only give you thirty dollars.” The boys don’t say anything. Then comes the 8 week. Mr Smith tells the boys that his wife is ill so he can only give them ten dollars. The boys feel unhappy. They get only five dollars the fourth week.
“Why do we play hard for only five dollars?” they 9 angrily. After that, they 10 play in the garden again.
() 1. A. town B. city C. garden
() 2. A. becomes B. goes C. thinks
() 3. A. hobby B. answer C. idea
() 4. A. watching B. reading C. hoping
() 5. A. day B. week C. month
() 6. A. football B. money C. homework
() 7. A. hope B. phone C. job
() 8. A. second B. third C. fourth
() 9. A. speak B. talk C. say
() 10. A. always B. usually C. never

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