Grace was fourteen years old and was in Grade Eight. She had a part-time job, so she had to get up at five o’clock. She was a newspaper girl.
Each morning, Grace left the house at 5:15. She always rode a bike to the corner to carry the newspapers.
In winter it was still dark when she got up, but during the rest of the year it was bright. Grace had to send newspapers to people’s houses in all kinds of weather. She tried to put each paper in the box where it would be kept safe from wind, rain or snow. Her customers thought she did a good job. Sometimes they gave her tips(小费).
Grace made about $70 each month and she was saving some of the money to go to college. She spent the rest on tapes and clothes. Once a month she got the money from her customers together. Since many of them worked during the day, Grace had to get the money at night. Sometimes when Grace was ill, her elder brother had to send the newspapers and Grace’s father had to help her.
Grace had 70 customers now, but she hoped to get more soon. Some day, if she got more customers, perhaps Grace could win a prize(奖赏) for being a very good newspaper girl. She wanted to win a visit to Europe, but she would be happy if she won a new bike.
根据短文内容，完成下列各题。

1. 1.

   What was Grace’s part-time job?
   _______________________________________________________________________

2. 2.

   There is a word “customers” in the third paragraph. Please translate it into Chinese. _____

3. 3.

   Why did Grace choose a part-time job?
   ________________________________________________________________________

4. 4.

   From the story, we know customers liked ____ people to work for them. A.cleverB.hard-workingC.youngD.poor

5. 5.

   What do you think of Grace?
   ________________________________________________________________________

Billy is fourteen years old and in ________ grade.

1. A.
   the nine
2. B.
   nine
3. C.
   the ninth
4. D.
   ninth

Bill was fourteen years old and in the ninth grade．He had a part time job which got him up at five o'clock．He was a newspaper boy．

Each morning，Bill left the house at five fifteen to go to the center．The newspapers were delivered there by a truck at midnight．He carried them on his bike．

In the winter it was still dark when he got up．But during the rest of the year it was bright．Bill had to deliver the newspapers to his customers（订户） houses in all kinds of weather．He tried to put each paper in the box where it was safe from wind，rain and snow． His customers thought he did a good job． Sometimes they gave him tips （小费）．

Bill made about $70 each month and he was saving some of the money to go to college．He spent the rest on tapes and clothes． Once a month he had to collect money from his customers．Since many o{ them worked during the day，Bill had to get the money al night．Sometimes when Bill was ill，his elder brother had to deliver the newspapers．Once his father had to help him．

Bill has 70 customers now，but he hopes to get more soon．Some day，when he bas many more customers， perhaps Bill will win a prize for being a very good newspaper boy．He wants to win a visit to Europe （欧洲），but he would be happy enough if he won a new bike．

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1．Bill did part time job as_____．

A．a waiter               B．a driver                C．a newspaper boy     D．a salesman

2. In the passage，the underlined word “delivered” means_____．

A．收集                   B．印制                    C．分发                   D．制造

3．How often did Bill have to collect money from his customers?

A. Once a month                B．Once a week．      C．Once a year．       D．Once a day．

4．From the story we know the Customers like_____ people．

A．clever                  B．hard working         C．young                    D．poor

5．According to the passage，if Bill worked really hard， he could possibly win _____．

A．more friends                            B．more money

C．more newspaper                         D．a visit to Europe or a new bike

Bill was fourteen years old. He had a part-time job which made him get up at five. He was a newspaper boy. Though it was hard work, he enjoyed it a lot.

Each morning, Bill left his house at five fifteen to go to the corner. The newspapers had been sent to the corner by a truck at midnight. He always rode a bike to carry them.

In winter it was still dark when he got up, but during the rest of the year it was bright. Bill had to send the newspapers to the houses of people in all kinds of weather. He tried to put each paper in the box where it would be kept safe from wind and rain or snow. His customers are in different places. Since many of them worked during the day, Bill had to get the money at night. Sometimes Bill’s customers gave him some more money for his good work. When Bill was ill, his elder brother had to send the newspapers. Once, Bill’s father had to help him.

Bill had 70 customers, but he hoped to get more soon. Some day, if he got many more customers, perhaps Bill could win a prize for being a very good newspaper boy, he would win a visit to Europe, but his wish is that he could win a new bike.

1．when Bill was ill, his ______ usually helped send the newspapers.

A．younger brother                                   B．customers

C．father                                                        D．elder brother.

2．Bill’s customers gave him some more money for his ______.

A．little work                                           B．getting up so early every day

C．good service                                       D．collecting money at night

3．If he worked very well, he might ______.

A．have a chance to visit Europe                B．have more newspapers

C．have chance to visit a few countries             D．have a travel in Europe and a new bike

Billy is fourteen years old and in ______ grade．

　　A. the nine B．nine C．the ninth D．ninth