阅读下面短文,掌握大意,然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。One autumn afternoon, Maddie was moving her towel at the window."I wish I didn't have to wash these windows," she said 1 ."I think washing windows is the worst housework in the world."
As she washed her towel into the buckets (水桶) again, Maddie saw Mr. Smith, her 2 . standing in his front yard (院子) next door. He looked so 3 .
" Mr. Smith," Maddie called," How are you?"
" Well, Maddie, but I have to rake(用耙子耙) these leaves (叶子)," Mr. Smith said." Raking is the 4 housework for me."
"I' ll ra ke them for you," Maddie said happily."I5 building piles(堆) of fallen yello w leaves."
" You would do that for me, Maddie?" Mr. Smith asked.
" Sure," Maddie answered."I'd be glad to 6 . I' ll finish washing my windows later."
" Thank you," Mr. Smith said, handing Maddie the rake."I really 7 the help." Then he went away.
Maddie raked and finally got all of her small leaves together into one high mountain." It's time to wash my 8 ." she thought. But when she reached her yard, she 9 .
Tom, her neighbor, was standing there, facing the living room window." What is Tom doing?" she thought.
" He's 10 the windows!" she suddenly realized.
" Tom, why are you washing 11 windows?" Maddie asked.
Hearing Maddie's loud voice, Tom was 12 . He turned around and said," Oh, after I came back, I saw Mr. Smith washing my clothes in my yard. I asked him what I could do for him. Then he remembered you didn't finish cleaning your windows 13 you were raking his leaves."
" And I", Tom said," love to wash windows,"
Maddie laughed."I guess there's 14 for everyone," she said." Thank you for doing my windows, Tom. The housework chain(联手) is really 15 !"