John is a famous writer now. Bob said he was not a good student ___1_____ he was young. He was often late for____2___ and didn’t like doing his homework. Sometimes, he ______3____ in class while the teacher was teaching. He didn’t understand much, ____4____but he always thought he understood everything. One day the teacher ___5___ the students a question, “When Jack was ten years old, _____6____ brother Ben was twenty. Jack is fifteen now and _____7___ is his brother Ben? John said, “That’s easy. Ben is twice as old as Jack, so he is thirty now.”
Another time, the ____8_____ in a science class asked, “When it thunders(打雷), __9___ do we always see the light before we hear the sound?”
“But, Miss,” said John quickly, “don’t you ___10_____ our eyes are in front of our ears?”

John is a famous writer now.But he said he was not a   【小题1】  student when he was young.He was often late for    【小题2】  and didn’t like doing his homework.
Sometimes, he slept in class while the teacher was teaching.He didn’t understand much,   【小题3】 he always thought he understood everything.One day the teacher 【小题4】  the students a question, ‘When Jack was ten years old,  【小题5】 brother Bob was twenty.Jack is fifteen now and   【小题6】  is his brother Bob?’ John said, ‘ That’s easy.Bob is twice as old as Jack.So he is now thirty.’
Another time, the   【小题7】  in a science class asked, ‘ When it thunders（打雷）,   【小题8】  do we always see the light before we   【小题9】  the sound?’ ‘But, Miss,’ said John quickly.‘ Don’t you    【小题10】 our eyes are in front of our ears?’

Alan is a schoolboy. He is good at all his subjects .He thinks computers can help him with his homework. So Alan wanted a computer last week. He asked his parents     _ the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He    _ about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbors. But this was not     _ . He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for their gardens      _he had no tools to do the work with.

     Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering (送)  newspaper. I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could even get the computer      __ away. I could pay for it a little each week. He ran to      __ up with Dick. Alan asked him a lot of questions. He learned that it was     _ to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job took about three hours each night. Dick     him the phone number of the newspaper manager Alan almost flew home. After he had told his mother      _he thought, she smiled “I think it is a  great idea,” she said, “I’ll call the newspaper….”

         “Wait, Mum,” Alan said, “I’ll call. After that, I’m going to be a businessman now.”

        Alan’s mother smiled     _ . We should learn from him.

1.A. in            B. at              C. with         D. for 

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

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

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

5.A. now           B. right           C. just          D. only

6.A. take           B. catch          C. carry        D. put

7.A. friendly     B. kind            C. wrong      D. possible   

8.A. taught        B. gave           C. made         D. asked

9.A. that            B. when          C. what        D. where

10.A. sadly        B. happily      C. politely     D. happy