阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A few weeks ago, I found a perfect pair of shoes waiting for me at the store. They were green, blue, red and white, with just the right style. I could actually hear them calling ___（1）___— “Leila, Leila, Leila!”

“Mom!” I pointed at the ___（2）___ shoes. “Those are exactly the ones I need! Can I have them? Please?”

“Let’s see how ___（3）___ they are,” said Mom.

My heart broke when we saw the price —＄ 100! I knew Mom would ___（4）___ buy them.

“I only have ＄25,” I ___（5）___ what I was going to do.

Autumn was surely here. The days were ___（6）___, and the leaves were falling from the trees. I was looking out of the window one afternoon, watching the leaves falling in the yard. Suddenly I got a(n) ___（7）___. I rushed downstairs.

“Mom,” I called into the living room. “I think I know ___（8）___ I can make money to buy those shoes!”

Mom looked up from her book. “And how’s that, Leila?”

“People want their ___（9）___ clean and tidy. I can rake（耙）leaves for them.”

A smile slowly spread across Mom’s face. “Now that’s a good idea!”

Each week, I ___（10）___ leaves in people’s yards and put them in waste bins. It took five ___（11）___ of hard work. I raked leaves until I got blisters（水疱）on my hands. My coats and trousers got dirty, but I didn’t ___（12）___. As time went by, I was getting closer to my goal. In the end, I got enough ___（13）___.

The big day finally came. Mom drove me to the store, and I walked ___（14）___ into the shoe store. I found the shoes I’d wanted so much and tried them on in my size. They ___（15）___ me perfectly! I finally had the exact shoes I wanted!

（1）

A．

me

B．

you

C．

him

D．

them

（2）

A．

big

B．

old

C．

ugly

D．

colorful

（3）

A．

funny

B．

heavy

C．

expensive

D．

different

（4）

A．

always

B．

usually

C．

sometimes

D．

never

（5）

A．

hated

B．

agreed

C．

refused

D．

wondered

（6）

A．

hotter

B．

cooler

C．

wetter

D．

longer

（7）

A．

gift

B．

idea

C．

email

D．

photo

（8）

A．

how

B．

why

C．

when

D．

whether

（9）

A．

stores

B．

rooms

C．

yards

D．

schools

（10）

A．

talked about

B．

played with

C．

listened to

D．

picked up

（11）

A．

days

B．

weeks

C．

months

D．

years

（12）

A．

care

B．

decide

C．

follow

D．

answer

（13）

A．

time

B．

money

C．

coats

D．

shoes

（14）

A．

sadly

B．

angrily

C．

excitedly

D．

secretly

（15）

A．

fit

B．

found

C．

helped

D．

missed