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

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

1. A. teachers　　　　 B. parents　　　　　　　 C. classmates　　　　 D. friends

10．　　　 D。don’t have to do sth = needn’t do sth 意为“不必干某事”。

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Joe wanted a computer. He asked his 　1　 　for the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He 　2　 　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 (邻居). But this was not 　3　 . He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for their gardens 　4　 　he had no tools (工具) to do the work with.

　　　 Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering (送) 　5　 . I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could even get the computer 　6　 　away. I could pay 　7　 　it a little each week. He ran to 　8　 　up with Dick. Joe asked him a lot of questions. He learned that it was 　9　 　to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job (工作) took 　10　 　three hours each night. Dick 　11　 　him the phone number of the newspaper manager (经理).

　　　 Joe almost flew home. After he had told his mother 　12　 　he thought, she 　13　 .“I think it is a 　14　 　idea,” she said, “I’ll call the newspaper….”

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

　　　 Joe’s mother smiled 　15　 .

9．C。at breakfast为固定结构，意为“在吃早饭”。

8．D。比较四个选项，只有way可用来表示“方式，方法”。

7．B。句意为“当稿件被退回时，那几页依然粘在一起”，只有still合乎句意，为正确选项。

6．B。比较四个词，lesson意为“功课，教训”；test意为“检测，测试”；question意为“问题”；thing意为“事情，东西”。根据句意，应选B。

5．C。比较主从句中两个动作的先后关系，可知从句应用before引导。

4．A。分析句子，这里应选择一个疑问副词，在句中作方式状语，表达“你怎么知道这篇故事不好？”之意，比较四个选项，应选How。