My Grandpa Will Pay the Bill

   Charlie had to return to his hometown．He   1   all his money in dancing and traveling．He got into trouble and had little money to pay for his   2   ．He wrote a letter to his parents，but they didn’t answer．He   3   some money from his friends and bought a ticket for the train．

    Now the young man knows his father is ill   4   and his mother has to look after him there．They didn’t   5   him at all．Their small shop was，of course，closed．

   “We’ve paid a lot of money for the   6   ，”said Charlie’s father．“I can’t give you any money now．Open our shop tomorrow and it’ll be   7   to you，I think．”

  The young man thought it reasonable(有道理的)and agreed．He   8    four pairs of shoes and got some money on the first day．The next morning，a very   9   girl came in the shop．He watched her carefully while she was   10   a pair of shoes．And then she asked，“How much are they?”

   “A kiss a pair，”   11    the smirking(嬉皮笑臉的)young man．“That’s fair(公平的)，”said the girl．“I’ll   12   two pairs．”

    Charlie brought two pairs of shoes and handed them to her．And then he   13  the counter(柜臺(tái))and came up to the girl．She wasn’t   14   at all．Pointing to an old man who was standing outside，she said．“Wait a minute．My grandpa will pay the   15   ！”

1．A．used               B．made            C．spent            D．planned

2．A．books             B．car               C．drinks           D．food

3．A．borrowed       B．stole             C．lent              D．found

4．A．a(chǎn)t home          B．in hospital    C．a(chǎn)t school        D．in town

5．A．listen to          B．hear from      C．meet with     D．look after

6．A．tickets            B．presents        C．operation      D．wine

7．A．helpful    B．friendly         C．safe              D．useless

8．A．lost               B．broke          C．produced      D．sold

9．A．short              B．pretty                  C．fat                D．healthy

10．A．choosing        B．repairing       C．washing        D．touching

11．A．a(chǎn)sked            B．expected       C．wondered    D．a(chǎn)nswered

12．A．order            B．double          C．take             D．return

13．A．reached          B．left               C．knocked at    D．stood on

14．A．surprised      B．shy               C．pleased         D．a(chǎn)fraid

15．A．bill               B．word            C．menu            D．show

On a Friday night, a young violinist was playing his violin at the entrance (通道口)of the subway station. The music was so wonderful   31   people slowed down to listen and put some money into his hat.

The next day, the violinist came to the entrance again. He   32   his hat as usual. Beside the hat there was a piece of paper. It said,“George Sang has put an important thing   33    my hat by mistake. Welcome to claim(認(rèn)領(lǐng)) it.” Soon the people went to see the words and they   34   guessed what it could be. After a while, a man came up and said,“I know you would certainly come here.” The violinist asked,“ Did you lose something?”“A lottery ticket(彩票).” The violinist took out a lottery ticket with George’s name on it. George took it and danced   35  .

George was   36   office worker. He bought the lottery and won a prize of $500,000. But when he gave $50 to the violinist for his wonderful music, the lottery ticket was thrown into his hat, too. The   37   was a poor college student. That morning, he was going to fly to Vienna for his education. However, when he   38   the lottery ticket, he didn’t go as he had planned. Instead, he went to the entrance again to wait for the owner of the lottery ticket.

Later someone asked the violinist   39   he didn’t take the lottery ticket to pay for his high education. He said,“Although I don’t have much money, I live happily. If I take the money, I will lose honesty, and I   40   be happy forever.”

(    ) 31. A. but                   B. that                 C. because           

(    ) 32. A. put down              B. put up               C. put on           

(    ) 33. A. above                 B. under                C. into           

(    ) 34. A. both                  B. all                  C. whole          

(    ) 35. A. slowly                B. happily              C. sadly    

(    ) 36. A. a                     B. an                   C. the           

(    ) 37. A. office worker         B. crowd            C. violinist

(    ) 38. A. looked                B. looked for           C. found         

(    ) 39. A. why                   B. how                  C. that        

(    ) 40. A. will                  B. won’t               C. would