“Never give up!” It is my law(法则) of my life. It has brought me   16  . I learned the law from my father’s   17  story.

My father was  18  in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu, in China. When he was a young boy, he went to school in the morning, then   19  in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework   20  midnight. Life was hard, because they had no   21  !

At the age of 14, my father heard of the United States of America. It was the land of gold, the land where   22  people can become rich.

“   23   don’t I go to America?” he thought to himself, full of hope.

So , my father came to America. “ I had thought it was easy to   24  money in America,” he told me. “But when I arrived there, I realized it was not true. They did not like to hire（雇佣） me because I spoke   25  English. Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables,  26  dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was   27  for the first few years. I worked from 10a.m to 11p.m. I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it was impossible. I couldn’t  28   the schooling(学费).

My father   29  working hard, and reached his goal.

“Alan,” he often says to me, “If you want something, you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come   30  in life.” That is what I learned from my father.

1.                A．disaster        B．loss            C．success   D．pity

2.                A．life            B．fashion         C．danger   D．history

3.                A．famous         B．lucky           C．rich  D．born

4.                A．taught          B．worked         C．studied   D．slept

5.                A．until           B．towards         C．for D．during

6.                A．experience      B．energy         C．time D．money

7.                A．kind           B．poor           C．strong    D．lazy

8.                A．What          B．How           C．Why D．When

9.                A．discover        B．make           C．collect   D．spend

10.               A．little           B．good           C．much D．excellent

11.               A．giving          B．running        C．washing   D．receiving

12.               A．comfortable     B．cheerful        C．nice  D．hard

13.               A．borrow         B．need          C．afford D．pay

14.               A．kept           B．finished        C．minded   D．stopped

15.               A．really          B．easily          C．quietly    D．slowly

1．How do you usually go to school?          A．Because it's very interesting．

2．Why do you like English?                B．It's Thursday．

3．How often do you go shopping?                  C．By bike．

4．How was your trip?                            D．Once a week,

5．Where did you go last yesterday?                 E．It was very wonderful．

6．What day is it today?                     F．I went to the park．

7．What's the date today?                  G．It's October 10th．

8．When was Maria born?                   H．At 6:30．

9．What time do you usually get up?            I．It's a bag．

10．What's your present for her?            J．She was born on 13th, 1995．

“Ring… ring…” the telephone suddenly rang. Sam got up to   the call. It was his aunt. “Sam,    are you still at home?” she asked surprisingly. Sam 1ooked at the clock. It was already 7:30 a.m. “Oh, my goodness! There’s an important   today,” Sam shouted out. He hurried to wash his face and get   . When he was going to leave the house, he    that he didn’t put away his books. He ran quickly to the   and put them into the bag. He then went to the bus stop to go to school as  as he could. When he got into the classroom, his classmates were    writing. “Why are you so  ?” asked the teacher. “I’m sorry, sir,” Sam answered, afraid of looking   . “It was my clock. It   to wake me up this morning and ...” “Don't say anything about it,” his teacher     him. “Don’t try to come late next time!” Sam said yes and walked to his  quickly. But when he tried to do the paper, he could not   in a right way. He put his head on the desk and said, “What a     day it was for me!”

1.A. find            B. give            C. put              D. answer

2.A. why           B. how            C. when            D. where

3.A. talk            B. party           C. exam          D. meeting

4.A. tired           B. lost            C. dressed          D. rested

5.A. forgot       B. remembered     C. understood         D. thought

6.A. classroom     B. desk             C. bus              D. door

7.A. carefully        B. quietly           C. early             D. fast

8.A. worried         B. free            C. busy            D. careful

9.A. 1ate            B. ill             C. lonely           D. ready

10.A. down         B. up             C. out              D. back

11.A. happened        B. stopped        C. failed           D. pointed

12.A. helped          B. knew       C. followed         D. stopped

13.A. room         B. table          C. seat             D. teacher

14.A. think        B. sit          C. turn            D. speak

15.A. short       B. bad          C. happy          D. usual

"Ring…Ring…" the telephone suddenly rang. Sam got up to 1 the call. It was his aunt.

    "Sam,   2 are you still at home? " she asked in surprise. Sam looked at the clock. It was already 7:30 a.m.

    "Oh, my goodness! There's an important   3   today;" Sam shouted out.

    He hurried to wash his face and get dressed. When he was going to leave the house, he  4   that he had not put away his books. He ran quickly to the desk and put them into the bag.

    He then went to the bus stop to go to school as   5   as he could. When he got into the classroom, his classmates were busy writing.

   "Why are you so   6   ?" asked the teacher.

   "I'm sorry, sir," Sam answered, afraid of looking up. "It was my clock… It   7  to wake me up this morning and…"

   "Don't say anything   8   it!" his teacher stopped him. "Try not to come late next time!"

   Sam said yes and walked to his   9   quickly. But when he tried to do the paper, he could not think in a right way. He put his head on the desk and said, "What a   10   day it has been for me!"

1. A. find              B. give                C. put                 D. answer

2. A. why              B. how                     C. when              D. where

3. A talk                 B. party             C. exam              D. meeting

4. A forgot             B. remembered       C. understood         D. thought

5. A carefully            B. quietly            C. early             D. quickly

6. A late                 B. lonely               C. worried           D. ill

7. A happened            B. stopped             C. failed              D. began

8. A to                 B. about               C. in                D. with

9. A. room              B. book             C. seat              D. teacher

10. A. short            B. bad                C. happy            D. usual