One evening when the boys were particularly __16__,he went out to talk to them.He explained that he had just retired and was __17__ when he could see or hear boys playing his __18__ game—football. He would __19__ give them 25 yuan each week to play in the street at night.The boys got __20__,for they could hardly believe __21__ they were being paid to do something they __22__.
The first two weeks had passed,the boys came to the old man’s house each weekend,and went away __23__ with their 25 yuan.The third week when they came back,__24__,the old man said he hadn’t had much money __25__ himself and sent them away with only 15 yuan.The fourth week,the man said he had not yet received his __26__ from the government and gave them only 10 yuan.The boys were very disappointed,but there was __27__ much that they could do about it.
At the __28__ of the fifth week,the boys came back and __29__ at the old man’s door,waiting for their __30__.Slowly,the door opened and the old man appeared.He __31__ that he could not afford to pay them 25 yuan __32__ he had promised,but said he would give them five yuan each week without __33__.
This was really too much for the boys.“You expect us to play seven days a week for merely five yuan!”they yelled.“__34__!”
They __35__ away and never played on the street again.
16.A.hotB.noisyC.troublesomeD.naughty
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