Simon was a tall，thin boy about fourteen   1   old．Like most boys in their teens，he was either very happy or extremely  2  ; he either talked too much or he didn't talk at all．One day he would do everything right and on another day he would do  3  right．Simon had trouble with his  4  ，too．No matter what he did，his parents were never pleased with him．They argued with him about the way he dressed，the way he  5  ，the way he forgot to do things．They argued  6  everything．They were always telling him   7   to do and when to do it．They reminded him to put on his coat，take off his coat，hang up his coat．They didn't understand that he was a young man now and not  8  ．They said when he was able to do things without  9  several times，they would believe he wasn't a child any longer．They told him when he  10  thinking about himself and began thinking about helping other people，then they would know he was a young man．

Simon was usually glad to be out of the house where no one could disturb  11  ．One Saturday morning，he told his parents he was going out for a walk before breakfast，and they gave him  12   to get milk at the store．A few minutes after he left the house，he couldn't remember what he should buy．If he went home  13   it，his family would have something else to argue with him about! As he went down the  14  thinking about what he should do，he saw an old man on the comer．The man looked very  15 ．Simon decided to help him．

What happened next，can you guess?

1．A．year                 B．years               C．month             D．months

2．A．unhappy              B．excited              C．bored                   D．satisfied

3．A．something            B．anything             C．everything         D．nothing

4．A．friends               B．pets                C．family             D．classmates

5．A．said                       B．told                 C．talked                   D．cried

6．A．about                B．with                C．on                D．in

7．A．how                 B．where              C．why               D．what

8．A．an adult              B．a child              C．a woman          D．an old man

9．A．reminding             B．reminded            C．being reminded      D．to be reminded

10．A．began              B．stopped             C．enjoyed            D．started

11．A．him                 B．her                 C．us                D．them

12．A．paper              B．food                C．clothes            D．money

13．A．with                    B．about               C．for              D．without

14．A．house              B．store               C．street               D．room

15．A．healthy             B．sick                C．energetic         D．easy-going