Joe and Della were a new couple (夫妇)．They were both interested in art，one in painting，the other in music.They lived in a small flat (公寓)．They loved each other and they were happy.
But one day they found that they had spent all their money.One afternoon Della told Joe that she had found a pupil and __1__ to give her three music lessons a week.For that she __2__ get fifteen dollars a week.But Joe was not __3__ because he didn’t want to stay at home，playing with his art __4__ Della was at work.He wanted to earn some money too.
Every day they parted in morning and __5__ in the evening.A week __6__；Della brought home fifteen dollars，but she looked a little __7__.Joe took eighteen dollars __8__ his pocket.They were both happy to have __9__ money at hand.
The next week，Joe __10__ other eighteen dollars but Della came home __11__ her right hand in a bandage (绷带)．Joe asked Della what was __12__.Della said，“It was __13__ an iron—I mean a __14__ of soup spilled (溢出) my hand.”
“What do you do every day，Della？Do you __15__ give music lessons？” Joe asked.“Tell me the __16__！”Della cried.She told Joe that she was working in a laundry (洗衣房)，__17__ shirts.A girl accidentally (意外地) set down __18__ on her hand and，she got a __19__ burn.But Della asked Joe __20__ he had guessed that she wasn’t giving music lessons.Joe told Della that he worked in engineroom of the same laundry where she worked.They both let out their secrets and laughed.
1．A.was B．went
C．had D．ought
2．A.will B．must
C．could D．needed
3．A.worried B．busy
C．glad D．surprised
