A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car, Paul?” he asked.

Paul answered, “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing? Boy, I wish…”He hesitated.

Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.

“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”

“Oh yes, I’d love that.”

After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?”

Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.

He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.

“There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it …then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”

Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.

注：urchin顽童    hesitate犹豫    neighbour邻居

crippled残疾　　     cent 美分

1.The street urchin was very surprised when _______________

2.From the story we can see the urchin _______________

3.The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house ___________

4.We can infer（推断） from the story that___________

5.The best name of the story is____________

Someone says, “Time is money.” But I think time is __1__ important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get it back. However, when time is   2   it’ll never   3  . That’s   4   we mustn’t waste time.
　　It goes without saying that the   5   is usually limited. Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do   6__    useful.
　　But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the importance of time. They spent their limited time smoking, drinking and   __7  . They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own __8  .
　　In a word, we should save time. We shouldn’t   9   today’s work for tomorrow. Remember we have no time to   10  .

　　1. A. much       B. less            C. much less          D. even more
　　2. A. cost       B. bought          C. gone               D. finished
　　3. A. return     B. carry           C. take               D. bring
　　4. A. what       B. that            C. because            D. why
　　5. A. money      B. time            C. day                D. food
　　6. A. nothing    B. something       C. anything           D. everything
　　7. A. reading    B. writing         C. playing            D. working
　　8. A. time       B. food            C. money              D. life
　　9. A. stop       B. leave           C. let                D. give
　　10. A. lose      B. save            C. spend              D. take

Many people think that Americans   1   their cars almost more than anything else. When   2__ people are fourteen years old, they want to have their __3_  cars. They don’t ask for a car from their   4__. So many of them work in  _5_  time during their last year of high school to buy a car. Learning to   6 _ and getting a driver’s license may be one of the most exciting things in a young person’s life.
　　Some people almost   7 _ go to a doctor when they are ill. But they will __8_  their cars to a garage as soon as they think there is a   9  . On Saturdays or Sundays some people may   10   most of their time washing and repairing their cars.

　　1. A. prefer       B. love          C. drive       D. play
　　2. A. little       B. big           C. old         D. young
　　3. A. new          B. own           C. expensive   D. cheap
　　4. A, friends      B. teachers      C. parents     D. brothers
　　5. A. free         B. busy          C. study       D. good
　　6. A. make         B. mend          C. wash        D. drive
　　7. A. always       B. never         C. often       D. usually
　　8. A. take         B. carry         C. pull        D. lift
　　9. A. question     B. wrong         C. mistake     D. problem
　　10. A. cost        B. get           C. spend       D. use

 It will ________ me too much time to read this book.
　　A. take　　　　 B. cost　　　 C. spend　 　 　 D. pay