Mr. Johnson lives outside the town. He works in a post office. His wife is often

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Mr. Johnson lives outside the town. He works in a post office. His wife is often ill and six children __26____ at school. He works hard but he is often short of __27____. In the end of every month his family are always__28____.
One afternoon, on his way home, it suddenly began to __29____. When he got home, he was wet through. He hurried to go __30____ after supper and his wife washed the clothes and shoes for him. __31____ she went to bed, she brought the clothes into the room but __32____ the shoes. The next morning Mr. Johnson couldn’t find his shoes. His wife found a pair of __33____ shoes under the bed for him. Then he went to __34____ and told the policeman about it.
“I __35____ ten dollars for my shoes, sir,” said the man. “Look! I have to __36____ such a pair of worn-out shoes!”
Several days later the police __37____ a thief and found the shoes. They were as worn-out as the __38____ which Mr. Johnson was wearing.
“You’ve fooled us, Mr. Johnson,” said a policeman. “The shopkeeper told me a pair of new shoes like them __39____ only seven dollars!”
“You’re right, ,sir,” said Mr. Johnson. “I’ve __40____ them for five years and I had them mended six times. And I paid three dollars to the shoemaker for mending them!”

小题1:	A．play B．study C．work D．live

小题2:	A．water B．food C．clothes D．money

小题3:	A．full B．afraid C．hungry D．angry

小题4:	A．rain B．snow C．blow D．shine

小题5:	A．to work B．to sleep C．to bed D．swimming

小题6:	A．After B．Before C．While D．Because

小题7:	A．remembered B．threw C．dropped D．forgot

小题8:	A．broken B．new C．nice D．cheap

小题9:	A．bus stop B．bus station C．post office D．police station

小题10:

A．borrowed B．paid C．lent D．lost

小题11:

A．look for B．find C．wear D．dress

小题12:

A．caught B．stopped C．saw D．killed

小题13:

A．one B．ones C．old D．new

小题14:

A．cost B．sold C．took D．spent

小题15:

A．bought B．given C．had D．liked

答案

小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:B
小题7:D
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:B
小题11:C
小题12:A
小题13:B
小题14:A
小题15:C

解析

小题1:根据文章内容Mr. Johnson lives outside the town. He works in a post office.可知答案为B
小题2:根据下文的内容可知答案为D，表示缺少钱的意思。
小题3:缺少钱，一般会处于饥饿的状态，故选答案为C
小题4:根据下文的内容he was wet through.说明，在路上应该遇到下雨了，故选答案为A
小题5:go to bed，表示去上床睡觉的意思，符合上下文语境，故选答案为C
小题6:根据上下文的内容可知答案为B，表示在睡觉之前的意思。
小题7:根据转折词but，可以推断出是忘记了将鞋拿进来，故选答案为D
小题8:根据上文的叙述，妻子将丈夫的鞋没有带回家，因而找不到，就只有穿破鞋了，故选A
小题9:根据后文的内容told the policeman about it.可知答案为D
小题10:主语为人+pay的适当形式+for +sth，故选答案为B
小题11:根据上下文的内容来填写适当的内容，为不得不穿···，故选答案为C
小题12:catch为抓住的意思，故选答案为A
小题13:根据文章内容Several days later the police __37____ a thief and found the shoes可知答案为B
小题14:主语为物时，某物值多少钱，故选答案为A
小题15:根据后文时间状语内容for five years，可知该句子使用现在完成时，故选答案为C。