请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框内所给的词中选出最恰当的10个，用其适当形式填空

Mr. Brown had an umbrella shop in a small town. People sometimes ___1  him broken umbrellas, and then he took them to a big shop in London. They were mended there.

    One day Mr. Brown went to London by__2_. He forgot to take an umbrella with him that day. Sitting in front of him was a man with an umbrella standing  __3___ the seat. When the train arrived in London, Mr. Brown picked up the umbrella as he often did during his journey by train. Just as he was getting off, he was  4     by the man. He said angrily, “That’s   __5___   !” Mr. Brown’ s face turned    6   and he gave it back to the man at once.

       7   Mr Brown got to the big shop, the shopkeeper had got his six umbrellas ready. After a good look at ___8__  of them, he said, “You’ve mended them very well.”

    In the afternoon he got into the train again. The  _9__  man was in the same seat. He looked at Mr Brown and his six umbrellas, “You’ve had a ____10___ day,” he said.

Mr. Johnson lives outside the town. He works in a post office. His wife is often ill and six children __26____ at school. He works hard but he is often short of __27____. In the end of every month his family are always__28____.

One afternoon, on his way home, it suddenly began to __29____. When he got home, he was wet through. He hurried to go __30____ after supper and his wife washed the clothes and shoes for him. __31____ she went to bed, she brought the clothes into the room but __32____ the shoes. The next morning Mr. Johnson couldn’t find his shoes. His wife found a pair of __33____ shoes under the bed for him. Then he went to __34____ and told the policeman about it.

“I __35____ ten dollars for my shoes, sir,” said the man. “Look! I have to __36____ such a pair of worn-out shoes!”

Several days later the police __37____ a thief and found the shoes. They were as worn-out as the __38____ which Mr. Johnson was wearing.

“You’ve fooled us, Mr. Johnson,” said a policeman. “The shopkeeper told me a pair of new shoes like them __39____ only seven dollars!”

“You’re right, ,sir,” said Mr. Johnson. “I’ve __40____ them for five years and I had them mended six times. And I paid three dollars to the shoemaker for mending them!”

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James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully counted the coins that lay on the bed. $24. 17 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90! How was he going to get the end of the money?

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

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

“Well, you can start right here,” said Mr. Clay. “My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing. ”

That was the beginning of James’ part-time job. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was amazed by the different kinds of 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 number of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the money increased and he knew that he would soon have enough for the bicycle he was eager to have.

The day finally came when James counted his money and found $94. 32. He wasted no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode proudly home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard working for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more since he had bought it with his own money.

1.James in the passage was probably ________.

A．a cleaner          B．a worker          C．a student          D．a teacher

2.The only way for James to earn money was to ________.

A．find a part-time job                      B．borrow some from his parents

C．ask Mr. Clay for help                     D．study very hard

3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．He mended books.                      B．He cleared out cupboards.

C．He washed dogs.                        D．He cleaned windows.

4.James valued his bicycle very much because ________.

A．it was very expensive                    B．it was bought with his own money

C．he was too poor to have one               D．his friends all had bicycles.

根据短文意思，用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、完整(其中有两个多余选项)。

??? Mr. Brown had an umbrella shop in a small town. People sometimes 1.________ him broken umbrellas, and then he took them to a big shop in London. They were 2.________ there.

??? One day Mr. Brown went to London by train. He 3.________ to take an umbrella with him that day. Sitting in front of him was a man with an umbrella standing 4.______ the seat. When the train arrived in London, Mr. Brown 5.________ up the umbrella as he often did during his journey by train. Just as he was getting off, he was 6.________? by the man. He said angrily, “That’s7._______ !” Mr. Brown’s face turned red and he gave it back to the man at once.

??? When Mr. Brown got to the big shop, the shopkeeper had got his six umbrellas ready. After a good look at?? 8.________? of them, he said, “You’ve mended them very well.”

In the afternoon he got into the train again. The9.________? man was in the same seat. He looked at Mr. Brown and his six umbrellas,“You’ve had a10. ________ day,” he said.