Question

George and Betty didn't have much money, but they wanted to buy a car. Betty didn't have a , so she was always finding ways to save money.

She grew vegetables in her garden so that she wouldn't have to buy any. She made sand-wiches for George to take to work so that he wouldn't have to his lunch.

Every day George took the bus to go to work and go home. It was not a long trip the bus was slow because of traffic（交通）.

One day, the traffic was even than usual.

"I could run faster than this bus!" thought George.

The next day work he decided to have a try. He went to the bus stop, but didn't the bus. He ran along beside it in the sidewalk. He had to run fast to catch up with（趕上）the bus.

He arrived home. Betty was to see him panting（氣喘）. She was worried. "What' s the matter?"

"I ran along beside the bus," said George. "I saved two dollars and fifty cents paying the fare（費用）," He thought it would make Betty happy, but it didn't.

" didn't you run beside a taxi?" she said. "You would have saved（節省）six dollars !"

1.A. work B. job C. child D. house

2.A. make B. eat C. have D. buy

3.A. or B. and C. but D. so

4.A. larger B. bigger C. worse D. better

5.A. after B. before C. since D. until（直到）

6.A. get off B. get on C. come up with D. stop

7.A. most B. much C. more D. quite

8.A. excited B. surprised C. interested D. bored

9.A. for B. no C. without（沒有） D. instead（代替）

10.A. When B. What C. Why D. Where

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文講述的是Betty會想各種方法來省錢，Betty和George想買車，他們應該是需要花錢，Betty沒有工作，要用其他方法來節約錢。

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考點：故事類短文。