Henry Bond was about ten years old when his father died．His mother found it（16）　_　 to provide for a large family．By good management，however，she（17）　　to do so，and also to send Henry，the oldest，to school，and to buy him，for the most parts such books as he needed．

At one time，however．Henry wanted a（18）　　in order to join a class，and his mother could not（19）　　him with the money to buy it．He was very much troubled about it，and went to bed with a heavy heart，thinking what could be done．

（20）　　 he woke in the morning，he found that a deep snow had fallen，and the cold wind was blowing（21）　　．"Ah，"said he，"every problem brings an advantage for some people，"

He rose，ran to the house of a neighbor，and offered his service to dear a path around his house．The（22）　　was accepted．When he had completed this work，and received his pay，he went to（23）　　place for the same purpose，and then to another，until he had gotten enough money to buy a grammar．

When school began，Henry was（24）　　his seat，the happiest boy there，ready to begin the lesson in his new book．

From that time，Henry was always the first in all his classes．He knew no such word as fail，but always（25）　　in all he tried．Having the will，he always found the way．

16．A．successful	B．easy	C．difficult	D．important
17．A．agreed	B．managed	C．decided	D．tried
18．A．seat	B．notebook	C．schoolbag	D．grammar
19．A．provide	B．protect	C．promise	D．produce
20．A．Because	B．If	C．As soon as	D．Until
21．A．quietly	B．slowly	C．hard	D．hardly
22．A．offer	B．agreement	C．plan	D．decision
23．A．other	B．another	C．the other	D．some
24．A．over	B．in	C．at	D．with
25．A．resulted	B．arrived	C．failed	D．succeeded．