完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
John wanted a bike. He had asked his parents for the   36   and they said he must earn it. But   37    ? He thought about this as he walked home.     38   many people wanted to ask boys to work for them. Maybe he could   39   away snow for the neighbors. But this was   40   . He’d have to wait a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for this garden because he had no   41   to do the work   42   .
Then he   43   one of his classmates, Dick, delivering newspapers. “ I could   44    that,” he thought. “ Maybe I could even get the bike   45    away. I could pay for it a little each week.” He ran to   46    up with Dick. John asked a lot of   47    about having a paper   48    . He learned that it was possible to earn twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job  49   about three hours each   50   . Dick gave him the phone number of this newspaper manager.
John   51    flew home. After he had explained his   52   , his mother smiled. “I think it’s a great   53   ,” she said. “I’ll call the newspaper.”
“Wait, Mom,” John said. “I’ll call.   54    , I’m going to be a   55  now.”

A．money B．chance C．permission D．bike

A．when B．where. C．why D．how

A．Few B．A few C．Not D．No

A．get B．take C．throw D．clear

A．spring B．summer C．autumn D．winter

A．time B．tool C．way D．friends

A．with B．for. C．at D．by

A．saw B．heard C．learned D．discovered

A．do B．make C．deliver D．seize

A．far B．right C．out D．back

A．keep B．set C．look D．catch

A．news B．questions C．information D．problems

A．trade B．business C．route D．shop

A．paid B．wasted C．spent D．took

A．mornings B．night C．week D．newspaper

A．almost B．quickly C．even D．obviously

A．dictionary B．suggestions C．act D．plan

A．mistake B．fun C．dream D．idea

A．Above all B．More or less C．After all D．As a matter of fact

A．reporter B．businessman C．newspaper D．salesman