Therewasonceamillionaire(百万富翁).Helovedmoneymore     anythingelseintheworld.Hedidn’tknowexactlyhow      hehad.Soheaskedalittlegirltocount(数)       hismoneyforhim.It       thelittlegirlsixdaystocounthismoney.Whenshetoldthemillionaire      hehadforty-twomilliondollarshewasveryglad      asked“Howmuchpaydoyouwant?”He    thatshewasonlyachildhecouldcheat(骗)her.

   Thelittlegirlsaid“WellIworked     sixdayssoIthinkyou_   paymeforsixdays.Givemetwopenniesforthefirstday.Eachdayafterthat      givemetheamount(数量)yougavethedaybeforemultiplied(乘)byitself.”

   Themillionairethoughtthatinthiswayhewouldonlyhadtogiveherveryfewdollars.Whata_   _littlegirl!Soheimmediately(立刻)askedhislawyertomakeacontract(条约).Hewasafraidthatshewouldchange____.

Onthefirstdaythemillionairepaidhertwopenniesandonthesecondday__   pennies.Hedidwhathehadplanned.Andonthesixthdaythefoolish(愚蠢)millionaire     togivethecleverlittlegirlallhismoney.

 Atlastitwasmorethanhehad.Doyouknowwhy?Ifyouhave      inityoumaytrytoworkoutthismathproblem..

1.A.as         B.so        C.than       D.then

2.A.many      B.much      C.often       D.far

3.A.both       B.some      C.most       D.all

4.A.cost       B.spent      C.used        D.took

5.A.that       B.what       C.how        D.if

6.A.and       B.but        C.so          D.or

7.A.asked     B.thought     C.told       D.spoke

8.A.in        B.on         C.for         D.at

9.A.hadto     B.need       C.should      D.must

10.A.still      B.just        C.really      D.finally

11.A.kind      B.foolish     C.lovely      D.clever

12.A.hisplan   B.herlife     C.hisplace    D.hermind

13.A.two      B.four        C.six        D.eight

14.A.need     B.had        C.must       D.may

15.A.interest   B.interested   C.interesting   D.interests