4. The boy refused to clean the second shoe, because __________

A. it was very dirty                       B. the young man paid only one pound

C. it was difficult to clean                  D. he asked to be paid two pounds

5. The boy said he would clean the young man’s shoes for nothing just in order to __________.

A. show his kindness                      B. help the young man

C. get more money from him                D. let everyone see/

C.      Mrs. Black was a poor old woman and she lived in a small village. Her husband died ten years ago. But she had a 24-year-old daughter. Her name was Alice. She worked in New York and lived there. It was far away from her mother’s village, and she was not happy about this. One day Alice said to her mother, “I’ve found a good job in Boston, and I can make a lot of money there, so I will go to work in Boston next week. But don’t worry, Mum, I’ll send you some money every week.”

A month later, Mrs. Black was very angry. She decided to go to see her daughter in Boston on a train. When she saw her daughter, she said, “Alice, why do you never call me?”

Alice laughed, “But mother, ”she said, “Alice, why do you never call me?”

“No,” she answered, “I haven’t, but you have got one.”

1. Where did Mrs. Black live?

2.  Did Mrs. Black live with her daughter?

3.  Why did Alice go to work in Boston?

4.  A month later, how did Mrs. Black go to see her daughter in Boston?

5.  Had Alice telephoned her mother? Why?

D. Choose the words and expressions and complete the passage.

John lives next to Tom. He spends much __________ on his research work and is busy all the time. He hates to __________ others when he is at work. His friends know him very well and always __________ him on the telephone if he is free before they go to __________ him.

Tom works in a middle school and he hopes to do some reading at home. But he has some friends and they __________ chatting. Of course it is __________ for him to stop them. He feels sorry after they leave. So one day, when Tom met John in front of his building, he asked John for some advice. John was very happy to __________ Tom.

“I always put my hat and gloves on my desk before working, ”said John. “When the __________ is ringing, I put them on quickly and then I open the door. If a man wants to chat with me, I say, “Oh, __________. I am going out!”

“What do you say if it is a person you want?”

“That’s easy.” John said, “I can say, ‘Luckily I have just __________.”

1. A. money        B. food         C. time        D. water

2. A. receive        B. hurt         C. hit          D. know

3. A. tell           B. call          C. ring         D. ask