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 小题2: A．make B．eat C．have D．buy 小题3: A．or B．and C．but D．so 小题4: A．larger B．bigger C．worse D．better 小题5: A．after B．before C．since D．until（直到） 小题6: A．get off B．get on C．come up with D．stop 小题7: A．most B．much C．more D．quite 小题8: A．excited B．surprised C．interested D．bored 小题9: A．for B．no C．without（没有） D．instead（代替） 小题10: A．When B．What C．Why D．Where