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　　Billy is a boy of fifteen. His parents died three years ago. One day when he was walking in the street, he (1)______ a wallet. He returned it to the owner, Mr Baker. He gave his (2)_____ to the boy. As the boy had no job, Mr Baker made him work for him in his (3)______. Billy worked so hard that Mr and Mrs Baker were (4)______ with him.
　　Mr Baker loved planting (5)______. The week before last, he brought a few trees home, planted them in the (6)______ himself and watered them every day. Several days (7)______, he had to leave for another city. Before he started, he said to Billy, “Take good care of the trees. Some boys near our house always want to steal them.”
　　“Don't (8)_______ about them.” answered Billy. Six days passed and Mr Baker came back. He asked,” (9)_______ anyone ever come to steal the trees?” “No, sir,” said Billy, “To stop someone from stealing the trees, I (10)______ them up six days ago. I have hidden them for almost a week!”
　　( )1. A. found B. bought C. carried D. wanted
　　( )2. A. walked B. pity C. thanks D. excuses
　　( )3. A. factory B. office C. town D. home
　　( )4. A. pleased B. angry C. strict D. popular
　　( )5. A. flowers B. grass C. vegetables D. trees
　　( )6. A. garden B. office C. city D. room
　　( )7. A. ago B. later C. before D. after
　　( )8. A. think B. talk C. learn D. worry
　　( )9. A. Did B. Does C. Has D. Will
　　( )10.A. sent B. pulled C. put D. picked
名师解析

　　这是一篇记叙文，文章介绍的是Billy由于一次偶然的机会到Mr Baker去做工了。他一直工作得都很出色，但这一次却没有做好。
　　1.A. 根据一般的常识，应该是在街上发现钱包。
　　2.C. 由于Billy 将钱包还给了失主Mr Baker，他一定会感谢Billy的。
　　3.D. 根据文章第二段可知Billy 是在Mr Baker 家里工作了。
　　4.A. 根据上句“Billy worked so hard”可知Mr and Mrs Baker 一定对Billy的工作表示满意的。
　　5.D. 根据后面的“he brought a few trees home” 可判断出Mr Baker是喜欢树的。
　　6.A. 树肯定是种在园子里的。
　　7.B. ago 和before都表示“以前”，after表示“在……以后”，但它用在时间段之前；later用在时间段之后表示“在……以后”。
　　8.D. 这里是Billy的许诺，他答应照看好这些树的，所以他才不让Mr Baker 去担心这些树。
　　9.C. 根据当时的情景，这里用完成时态最合理。因为对当时来说，Mr Baker 想要了解的是到当时的情况。这正是现在完成时的用法之一。
　　10.B. 根据文章的意思，那时Billy一定是把树拉倒之后才藏起来的。