Once upon a time, there was a poor boy called Dick Whittington. He didn’t have parents. The people in his village believed that the streets of London were paved with gold. So Dick decided to travel there and become a ____1____ man.

Dick walked for many days, but when he arrived in London there were no streets of gold! ____2____ and hungry, he fell asleep on the steps of a big house. The house’s owner was a rich businessman. He found Dick and gave him a job of cleaning the kitchen. Dick was ____3____. He had enough to eat and at night he could sleep by the fire.

There was a ____4____ though! At night, rats ran around the kitchen and he couldn’t ____5____. So Dick went out and found the fastest rat-catching cat in London! The cat caught all the rats and Dick could sleep.

The businessman heard about the amazing cat and asked Dick if he could take it on his ship. Dick ____6____. While the businessman was away, the other servants were very mean to Dick. Soon the businessman ____7____. He was very happy ____8____ Dick’s cat had caught all the rats on the ship. He gave Dick a reward(酬谢) and asked him to be his assistant(助理).

Dick worked ____9____ for the businessman and learned everything he could. Finally he married the businessman’s daughter and started a very successful business of ____10____ own. And, he became Mayor of London!

1.1.

A rich

B famous

C happy

D clever

解析：选A。A 考查形容词辨析。根据前面的“there was a poor boy”“the streets of London were paved with gold”可知，穷小子迪克·惠廷顿听说伦敦街上铺满了金子，因此他想去伦敦发财，即变富有。故选A。

2.2.

A Afraid

B Tired

C Thirsty

D Angry

解析：选B。B 考查形容词辨析。根据后面的“he fell asleep on the steps of a great house”可知，迪克走了好几天路到达伦敦，他在一所大房子的台阶上睡着了，因此可推知他又累又饿。故选B。

3.3.

A surprised

B worried

C sad

D happy

解析：选D。D 考查形容词辨析。根据后面的“He had enough to eat and at night he could sleep by the fire.”可知，富商收留了他，他有了足够的食物，晚上可以睡在炉火旁，因此这个穷小子很开心。故选D。

4.4.

A prediction

B plan

C risk

D problem

解析：选D。D 考查名词辨析。根据后面的“At night, rats ran around the kitchen”可知，虽然他有足够的食物，晚上可以睡在炉火旁，但是晚上厨房里跑来跑去的老鼠是个问题。故选D。

5.5.

A work

B eat

C sleep

D drink

解析：选C。C 考查动词辨析。根据后面的“The cat caught all the rats and Dick could sleep.”可知，猫抓住了所有进屋的老鼠，迪克晚上可以睡觉了，因此没买猫之前老鼠吵得他睡不着。故选C。

6.6.

A agreed

B refused

C smiled

D cried

解析：选A。A 考查动词辨析。根据后面的“Dick’s cat had caught all the rats on the ship.”迪克的这只猫抓住了船上所有的老鼠，可知，这位商人问迪克是否可以在下一次旅行中把他的猫带上船抓老鼠，迪克同意了。故选A。

7.7.

A left

B returned

C moved

D married

解析：选B。B 考查动词辨析。根据前面的“While the businessman was away”和“Dick’s cat had caught all the rats on the ship.”可知，商人旅行回来了。故选B。

8.8.

A unless

B if

C so

D because

解析：选D。D 考查连词辨析。他非常高兴，迪克的猫抓住了船上所有的老鼠，前后两句存在逻辑上的因果关系。故选D。

9.9.

A early

B hard

C easily

D badly

解析：选B。B 考查副词辨析。根据后面的“learned everything he could”可知，迪克尽可能学习，因此迪克工作非常努力。故选B。

10.10.

A their

B my

C his

D her

解析：选C。C 考查代词辨析。此处his指代Dick。故选C。