完形填空 Billy, a hard-working student, is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade. He has a part-time job that 21 him up every morning at five o' clock, when most people are still 22 asleep. He is a newspaper boy.
Each morning, Billy leaves the house at 5:15 to go to the 23 where the newspapers always are. The newspapers were 24 to the comer by truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon to 25 them.
In the winter it is still dark 26 he gets up every day, but during the rest of the year it is 27 . Billy' must send the newspapers to the houses of people on his 28 in all kinds of weather. He tries to put each paper on the po ch(门廊)where it will be 29 from wind and rain or snow. Sometimes his customers give him tips, 30 him very excited.
Billy earns about$70 per month through hard 31 , and he is saving some of the money to go to 32 , where he has always been longing to go. Besides that, he 33 the rest of the earnings on records and clothes. Once a month, he has to collect the 34 at night since many of them work during the day. That is when he is 35 so that he is full of excitement. Luckily, he gets greatly supported by his family. Billy has seventy customers now, but he doesn' t feel happy about the number.
He dreams that he will get as many customers as possible some day. If that, he might win a prize for being an outstanding newspaper boy. He wants to win a trip to Europe, but he will be happy if he wins a new bicycle.