题目内容：

Dick was born in a small town. He was a very clever boy, but his  36  was very poor, so he had to work in his  37  time, and during his holidays too, to pay for his  38  . In spite of this, he  39  to get to the university. But it was so  40  to study there that during the holidays he had to get two jobs at the  41  time so as to earn  42  money for his studies.

One summer he managed to get a job in a butcher’s shop during the daytime and  43  in a hospital at night, In the shop, he learned to cut meat up quite nicely and the butcher liked him very much and often  44  him do all the serving.

In the hospital, on the other hand, he was,  45  , allowed to do the  46  jobs, like helping to lift  47  and to carry them from one part of the hospital to another.

One evening at the hospital, Dick had to help to carry a woman from her bed to the  48  room. The woman  49  to be one of his  50  who used to buy meat at the butcher’s shop. She was already feeling  51  at the thought of the operation  52  he came to get her. And when she  53  Dick, it seemed to her  54  that nearly finished her.

“ No, no!” she cried. “Not the butcher! I won’t be operated on by the butcher!” And she  55  her eyes painfully.

1. A. home         B. house          C. family          D. village

2. A. spare         B. rest            C. active           D. lunch

3.. A. toys          B. education       C. school           D. clothes

4. A. managed     B. tried           C. failed           D. wasn’t able

5. A. free          B. hard           C. easy             D. expensive

6.. A. other         B. last            C. different          D. same

7. A. enough       B. much           C. a little           D. most

8. A. the others      B. another         C. others           D. other

9. A. didn’t have    B. helped         C. let               D. begged

10.A. in all        B. actually        C. of course          D. sometimes

11.. A. light         B. simplest        C. difficult           D. different[来

12. A. doctors       B. knives         C.  tools            D. people

13. A. living         B. sitting        C. operating          D. waiting

14.A. happened   B. hated         C. seemed            D. remembered

15.. A. neighbours    B. teachers       C. friends           D. customers

16. A. unhappy      B. sad           C. surprised          D. frightened

17. A. before        B. after           C. until              D. for

18. A. spoke to      B. told            C. saw               D. refused

19. A. as if         B. even if           C. what if            D. if only

20.. A. started       B. glared           C. opened            D. shut