George and Betty didn\’t have much money,but they wanted to buy a car.Betty didn\’t have a（1）______,so she was always finding ways to save money.She planted some（2）______in her garden so she wouldn\’t have to buy them.She made sandwiches （三明治） for his husband （丈夫） George to（3）______ to work so that he didn\’t have to buy his lunch.Every day,George （4）______ the bus to go to work and go home.It was not a long way, （5）______ the bus was slow because of the traffic （交通）.
One day,the traffic was even （6）______ than usual. "I could run faster than this bus!" （7）______ George.The next day,（8）______ work he decided（9）______ a try.He went to the bus stop but didn\’t take a bus.He ran after it.When the bus had to(10)______,he still went on running,he(11)______ home thirty minutes (12)______ than usual.Betty was(13)______ to see him.She asked, "how did you get back so (14)______?" "I ran after the bus," said George. "I saved two dollars." He thought it would make Betty (15)______,but it didn\’t.
"Why didn\’t you run beside a taxi?" she said, "You would have saved six dollars!"