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（赶上）the bus.
He arrived home. Betty was
to see him panting（气喘）. 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（费用）," He thought it would make Betty happy, but it didn't.
"
didn't you run beside a taxi?" she said. "You would have saved（节省）six dollars !"
| 小题1: | | A．work | B．job | C．child | D．house |
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| 小题4: | | A．larger | B．bigger | C．worse | D．better |
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| 小题5: | | A．after | B．before | C．since | D．until（直到） |
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| 小题6: | | A．get off | B．get on | C．come up with | D．stop |
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| 小题7: | | A．most | B．much | C．more | D．quite |
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| 小题8: | | A．excited | B．surprised | C．interested | D．bored |
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| 小题9: | | A．for | B．no | C．without（没有） | D．instead（代替） |
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