When I was in my first year of middle school, my father died. And my mother was ill just after I got into the high school. I had to   29   going to school because my mother had no money to pay my school bills.

We began to work in people’s gardens to save up money for me to go back to school. Finally I re­turned to school. 30  my mother __31  the next year. And my world went dark. I asked my headmaster if I could work for the   32  this summer vacation, so I could pay my bills. He was a nice man and let me work in the school garden during the  33  . I can’t study well because of my mother’s death. At the end of my second year, I didn’t         34  most of my exams and the teacher told me I had to re­peat the year. After _35   summer working in the school garden, I went   36   to lessons again. But suddenly I fell ill.

Because of my disease (疾病) I was  37   and couldn’t work at school. I was hopeless(无望的). My headmaster told me not to give up. And my teachers and classmates      38   me a lot. Now, I’m feeling better and will finish my third year.

My life is still not   39  . A few students laugh at my poor clothes. They also call me “farmer” because I work in the school garden. But I   40   hard days will always be followed by sunshine.

1.A. stop           B. start            C. keep         D. finish

2.A. and            B. but         C. so               D. although

3.A. go             B. die          C. gone         D. died

4.A. school         B. zoo          C. park              D. museum

5.A afternoon       B year              C. weekends       D. holidays

6.A. pass           B. take         C. have              D. give

7..A .others         B. the other       C another         D other

8. A. along         B. back         C. down              D. up      

9.A fine           B weak          C healthy         D strong

10. A. helped           B. gave         C. worried           D. taught

11.A. terrible          B. hard             C. easy          D. difficult

12.A. find         B. makes        C. thinks            D. believe

根据句子的意思，从方框中选择恰当的单词，用单词适当的形式填空。（方框中有两个单词是多余的）

It is usually____1_____ in spring .

There are six ____2_____in my family.

My mother gets really angry when I   3    to clean the room.

His mother is __4______ to us.

Tom __5____ up at 6:30 yesterday morning.

There are some __6______ and some beef in the noodles.

There __7____ (be) no rice and no noodles on the table.

It’s 7:15 am. It’s time __8____to school.

Can you see the pandas eating __9______?

Do you often do some __10______?

 Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12,a white gardenia（栀子花）was sent to my house. No card came with it．Calls to the flower shops were not helpful at all. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender's name and was just very pleased with the beautiful white flower in soft pink paper.

    But I never stopped imagining who the giver might be, Some of my happiest moments were  spent daydreaming about the sender. My mother encouraged this imagining. She'd ask me if there was someone for whom I had done a special kindness. Perhaps it was the old man who I looked afier when he was ill. As a girl, I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy.

    One month before my graduation, my father died. I felt very sad and didn't want to go to the  coming graduation dance at all. And I didn't care whether I had a new dress or not. But my mother, in her own sadness, would not let me miss any of those things. She wanted her children to feel loved and lovable. In truth, my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia-lovely, strong and perfect with perhaps a bit of mystery.

    My mother died ten days after l was married.1 was 22. That was the year the gardenia stopped coming.

1.Which statement is true according to the passage?

A. The author found the sender by calling the flower shops.

B. In fact, the flower was sent by a boy.

C. It was a pleasant moment for the girl to imagine the sender.

D. The author got a gardenia every year after she was married.

2.The mother let her daughter go to the graduation dance because_______.

A. She hoped she would miss her father.   

B. She thought education was most important.

C. She hoped she would find a friend.   

D. She wanted her to be happy and strong.

3.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. A Childhood Dream.                     B. A Mother's Love.

C. A Graduation Party.                      D. A Special Birthday.

— Is that your mother?
— No, she is my ______, my mother’s sister.

T: Hello, Maria.

M: Hi, Tony. How is it going?

T: I am a little bit __1___.

M: What do you do?

T: I am a __2___ now

M: Oh, I see. Where are you going now?

T: I want to give this __3___ to my mother, or she can’t open the door when she gets home. But I need to do a report now .What can I do?

M: You’re really busy. Don’t worry. Let me help you take it to her.

T: Thanks a lot. But do you know my mother?

M: No, I don’t. __4___ is your mother now and what does she look like?

T: She works in the Ann’s __5___ house. She wears a white uniform, she has long black hair and a pair of __6___

M: She is an __7___ of the dumpling house!

T: Yes, you’re right

M: I‘m __8___ now, so I can also have my lunch there.

T: Of course, you can eat __9___ 2 today. It’s beef and __10___ dumplings. They’re very delicious.

M: Thank you. I like onions a lot. I’ll have a try. Bye!

T: Thanks, Maria bye!