Alan is a schoolboy. He is good at all his subjects .He thinks computers can help him with his homework. So Alan wanted a computer last week. He asked his parents _ the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He _ about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbors. But this was not _ . He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for their gardens _he had no tools to do the work with.
Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering (送) newspaper. I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could even get the computer __ away. I could pay for it a little each week. He ran to __ up with Dick. Alan asked him a lot of questions. He learned that it was _ to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job took about three hours each night. Dick him the phone number of the newspaper manager Alan almost flew home. After he had told his mother _he thought, she smiled “I think it is a great idea,” she said, “I’ll call the newspaper….”
“Wait, Mum,” Alan said, “I’ll call. After that, I’m going to be a businessman now.”
Alan’s mother smiled _ . We should learn from him.
A.in B.at C.with D.for
A.said B.told C.thought D.spoke
A.spring B.summer C.autumn D.winter
A.when B.because C.while D.after
A.now B.right C.just D.only
A.take B.catch C.carry D.put
A.friendly B.kind C.wrong D.possible
A.taught B.gave C.made D.asked
A.that B.when C.what D.where
A.sadly B.happily C.politely D.happy