Billy，a hardworking student，is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade. He has a parttime job that ____ him up every morning at five o’clock，when most people are still sound ____ .He is a newspaper boy.
Each morning，Billy leaves the house at 5∶15 to go to the ____ where the newspapers always are. The newspapers were ____ to the corner by truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon(小推车) to ____ them.
In the winter it is still dark ____ he gets up every day，but during the rest of the year it is ____.Billy must send the newspapers to the houses of people on his___ in all kinds of weather. He tries to put each paper on the porch(门廊) where it will be ____ from wind，rain or snow. Sometimes his customers give him tips，____ him very excited.
Billy earns about $70 per month through hard ____，and he is saving some of the money to go to ____，where he has always been longing to go. Besides that，he ____ the rest of the earnings on records and clothes. Once a month，he has to collect the ____at night since many of them work during the day. That is when he is ___ so that he is full of excitement. Luckily，he gets ____ supported by his family. Sometimes，when Billy is sick，his brother offers to deliver(递送) the newspapers for him. Once，his father was too ____ to help.
Billy has seventy customers now，but he doesn`t feel ____ about the number.
He dreams that he will get ____ customers as possible some day.____，he might win a prize for being an outstanding newspaper boy. He wants to win a trip to Europe，but he will be happy if he wins a new bicycle.

A．wakes B．takes C．gets D．picks

A．asleep B．awake C．wake up D．sleepy

A．corner B．street C．room D．department

A．given B．addressed C．handed D．delivered

A．carry B．bring C．send D．load

A．which B．while C．that D．when

A．short B．black C．light D．long

A．road B．way C．route(投递路线) D．path

A．protected B．stopped C．kept D．prevented

A．making B．letting C．leading D．causing

A．attempt B．job C．work D．struggle

A．abroad B．school C．college D．hospital

A．costs B．spends C．pays D．uses

A．paper B．money C．newspapers D．records

A．depressed B．energetic C．satisfied D．moved

A．very B．great C．greatly D．a lot of

A．likely B．reluctant C．tried D．willing

A．satisfied B．pleasant C．contented D．happy

A．many more B．as much C．as many D．much more

A．If that B．If so C．Besides D．What’s more