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

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．playB．studyC．workD．live【小题2】A．waterB．foodC．clothesD．money【小题3】A．fullB．afraidC．hungryD．angry【小题4】A．rainB．snowC．blowD．shine【小题5】A．to workB．to sleepC．to bedD．swimming【小题6】A．AfterB．BeforeC．WhileD．Because【小题7】A．rememberedB．threwC．droppedD．forgot【小题8】A．brokenB．newC．niceD．cheap【小题9】A．bus stopB．bus stationC．post officeD．police station【小题10】A．borrowedB．paidC．lentD．lost【小题11】A．look forB．findC．wearD．dress【小题12】A．caughtB．stoppedC．sawD．killed【小题13】A．oneB．onesC．oldD．new【小题14】A．costB．soldC．tookD．spent【小题15】A．boughtB．givenC．hadD．likedB

(答案→)B 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。

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