Many years ago，an old man had a large store on Fifth Street in New York.He wanted a boy to work for him，so he put a（n）（1）

C

C

in the newspaper.The next morning，lots of（2）

D

D

came to his office to ask for the job.
   There was a post （柱子）in front of his office，（3）

B

B

there was a nail（釘子）in it.He took a walking stick （拐杖）and said， ""Everyone has three（4）

B

B

If anyone can hit the nail into the post completely with this stick in three times，I will offer him the（5）

C

C

.
   The boys thought it was very easy.Each of them tried three times，but（6）

A

A

could make it.So the old man said，"I'm（7）

A

A

I can't take any of you." And they left.
   The old man kept the advertisement in the（8）

B

B

.The next morning more boys came，and among them the old man（9）

D

D

a thin boy who had been here the day before.The boy hit the nail into the post（10）

C

C

in three times.The old man felt（11）

B

B

and asked how he did that.
   "Sir，" said the boy， "I（12）

A

A

yesterday.I thought that if I kept on trying，I would make it finally.So I went home and practiced hitting a nail with a stick（13）

C

C

I could do it.Then I got up very early this morning，and tried（14）

C

C

." The old man said， "You are the boy for me."
  （15）

D

D

the boy did，he always tried his best.Soon he became the best worker in the store.

（1）	A．message	B．information	C．a(chǎn)dvertisement	D．a(chǎn)rticle
（2）	A．girls	B．women	C．old man	D．boys
（3）	A．but	B．a(chǎn)nd	C．so	D．because
（4）	A．ways	B．chances	C．ideas	D．thoughts
（5）	A．stick	B．nail	C．job	D．post
（6）	A．nobody	B．somebody	C．a(chǎn)nybody	D．everybody
（7）	A．sorry	B．worried	C．a(chǎn)ngry	D．excited
（8）	A．office	B．newspaper	C．store	D．book
（9）	A．heard	B．watched	C．looked	D．saw
（10）	A．quietly	B．slowly	C．successfully	D．loudly
（11）	A．sad	B．surprised	C．bored	D．a(chǎn)ngry
（12）	A．failed	B．imagined	C．trained	D．repaired
（13）	A．when	B．a(chǎn)fter	C．until	D．a(chǎn)s
（14）	A．a(chǎn)lone	B．either	C．a(chǎn)gain	D．too
（15）	A．However	B．Whenever	C．Wherever	D．Whatever