Cloze test：

It （Example:0） 8 o’clock 41，and the last bus42at the second bus stop.A middleaged woman got out,and the conductor was going to ring the bell for43to start the bus again,just at that moment he saw a small child44at the bus stop.

“What’s wrong with you?” the bus conductor said to the boy.

“Well,my mother gave me ten pence to go home by bus after school,but I45the money after I finished playing football with my classmates,” the child answered, “so I have to walk all the way home.”

“That’s OK.” said the conductor. “Come on.We’ll take you home.”

The child thanked him,46the bus and sat down near the door.The conductor rang the bell,then the bus started. “How47are you living?” asked the conductor.

The child told him the name of the place where he lived.It was about two miles away,and48would have cost him two pence if the child had had the money to pay for it.

The conductor went to give some other people on the bus their tickets,and when he came back a few minutes49,he saw that child crying again.

“And what’s the matter with you now?” he asked. “Aren’t you on your way home?”

“Yes,I am,” answered the child, “but what about my change?You haven’t given it to me,have you?You should give me50.”

keys:

41.[A]in the morning[B]in the afternoon[C]at noon

42.[A]just had left[B]have just left[C]has just stopped

43.[A]the driver[B]the conductor[C]the old woman

44.[A]to cry[B]crying [C]to be crying

45.[A]had forgot[B]has dropped[C]lost

46.[A]got on[B]got up[C]getting on

47.[A]long[B]far[C]soon

48.[A]the seat[B]the chair[C]the ticket

49.[A]later[B]late[C]after

50.[A]ten pence[B]eight pence[C]two pence

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