Of the two T-shirts，I’d choose the ___one to save some money for a book.

A．cheapest          B．cheaper           C．more expensive    D．most expensive

 

Mr. Smith was an old miser (守财奴). He had a lot of   16  , but he never bought anything     17 . He and his wife lived in an old house outside the town. He often went to the shop  18  in order to save some money. In the   19 , as soon as it was dark in the room, he   20 . He had no TV but bought a cheap radio and often 21 the advertisements.

The old man had no   22 , his wife was often ill. He wouldn’t send her to the hospital. He thought he would   23  much to the doctors if they looked her over. He bought a few medical books and bought some  24  for her.

One night, Mrs. Smith felt unwell. She had got a bad headache. She asked her husband to      25 a doctor, but he didn’t agree. He brought out some pills and made her  26  them. But it was no use.

The old woman began to   27  at home. Mr. Smith locked the door and went in another room and     28  there. The next morning, when he woke up, he came into her   29 to see if she was all right. But he found the poor woman had died. He hurried to the telephone, but   30  his mind at once. He ran out and shouted to the servant (佣人), “Don’t cook breakfast for Mrs. Smith this morning, Linda!”

1.	A．books B．shoes C．clothes D．money

 

2.	A．bad B．good C．expensive D．cheap

 

3.	A．on foot B．by car C．by taxi D．by motorbike

 

4.	A．day B．afternoon C．midnight D．night

 

5.	A．went to dance B．went to the cinema C．read newspaper D．went to bed

 

6.	A．listened to B．watched C．mended D．looked at

 

7.	A．brothers B．sisters C．uncles D．children

 

8.	A．pass B．tell C．pay D．sell

 

9.	A．food B．medicine C．fruit D．vegetables

 

10.	A．look for B．take care of C．catch up with D．send for

 

11.	A．take B．drink C．to take D．to drink

 

12.	A．laugh B．sing C．cry D．dance

 

13.	A．slept B．played C．worked D．drank

 

14.	A．workplace B．bedroom C．library D．office

 

15.	A．kept B．finished C．changed D．forgot

 

David hated spending money. When he had to buy something in a shop, he always tried his best to knock down the price, even for the cheapest things. If he wanted to buy a bottle of orange, for example, and the shopkeeper asked for $2, David would say, “Make it $1.90 and I’ll buy it.” Sometimes the shopkeepers agreed to reduce their prices a little. “What’s ten cents?” they asked themselves. “If it makes this man happy, it won’t hurt me very much.” In this way David saved a few cents here and a few cents there, and by the end of the year he had saved several hundred dollars.
One day he had a very bad toothache and had to go to the dentist. The dentist looked at the tooth and said, “This tooth will have to come out. It’s too serious to save.” “How much must I pay you to take out a tooth?” David asked. “Forty dollars,” the dentist said. “How long will it take you to pull out the tooth?” he asked. “About two minutes,” the dentist answered. “Forty dollars for two minutes’ work!” he shouted, “That’s robbery (抢劫).” The dentist smiled. “You’re right,” she said. “Thank you for telling me. I’ll pull your tooth out very slowly. How about if I take half an hour?”
【小题1】In the passage the underlined word “reduce” means “____________”

A．feel worried about	B．be interested in
C．get higher	D．make less

【小题2】Why must David’s tooth be pulled out?

A．The doctor want to make more money.

B．The tooth itself was serious .

C．The tooth wanted to come out .

D．Daniel wanted to save some money.

【小题3】After the dentist answered David’s question, he became very _________.

A．angry

B．sad

C．afraid

D．worried

【小题4】David thought that two minutes was ____________.

A．too little time to pull out a tooth

B．too little time to pay the dentist $40

C．too long to pull out a tooth

D．too short for the dentist to finish the operation

【小题5】What kind of person do you think David was?

A．He was very strict with others.	B．He was very clever.
C．He was very generous.	D．He was very stingy(吝啬).