完形填空,阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully  ________  the coins that lay on the bed. $24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was $90! ________ on earth was he going to get the ________  of the money? He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was  ________ to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no  ________  to ask his parents, for he knew they had no money to  ________ . There was only one way to get money, and that was to  ________  it. He would have to find a job. ________ who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr Clay for advice, who usually had _________  in most things. "Well, you can start right here," said Mr Clay. "My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing." That was the  ________ of James’s odd-job (零工) business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was surprised by the ________   jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the ________  of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the  ________  increased and he knew that he would soon have  ________ for the bicycle he was dying for. The day  ________  came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He ________ no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode ________home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard  ________   for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more ________  he had bought it with his own money. He had ________  what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle.

A．cleaned B．covered C．counted D．checked

A．How B．Why C．Who D．What

A．amount B．part C．sum D．rest

A．brave B．hard C．smart D．unfair

A．use B．reason C．result D．right

A．separate B．spend C．spare D．save

A．borrow B．earn C．raise D．collect

A．Or B．So C．For D．But

A．decisions B．experience C．opinions D．knowledge

A．beginning B．introduction C．requirement D．opening

A．similar B．ashamed C．peaceful D．various

A．brand B．number C．size D．type

A．effort B．pressure C．money D．trouble

A．all B．enough C．much D．some

A．finally B．instantly C．normally D．regularly

A．gave B．left C．took D．wasted

A．patiently B．proudly C．silently D．tiredly

A．applying B．asking C．looking D．working

A．since B．if C．than D．though

A．deserved B．studied C．achieved D．Learned