完形填空：从每小题A、B、C三个选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。

Life is not easy, so I'd like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself.”

When I was a young boy, I  1  very shy（害羞的）. My classmates often laughed(笑) at me. I was unhappy but could do  2 . Later, something happened and it changed my life. It was an English speech(演讲) competition. My English teacher asked me  3  part in it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak  4  all the teachers and students of my school!

“ 5 , boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to win. ” Then my teacher and I  6

about many different topics. Finally I chose the topic “Believe in yourself”. I did my best to remember all the speech and practiced it over 100 times. With my teacher's great love, I did  7 in the competition. I won the first place. I could hardly(几乎不) believe my  8

when the news came. I  9  the cheers from the teachers and students.

Since then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell  10 to be sure and I will find myself.

1.A. will be                 B. was                  C. am

2.A. something               B. anything             C. nothing

3.A. take                    B. taking               C. to take

4.A. after                   B. before               C. with

5.A. Come on                 B. Go on                C. Turn on

6.A. told                   B. talked               C. said

7.A. good                    B. well                 C. interested

8.A. ears                    B. eyes                 C. story

9.A. listened                B. heard                C. sounded

10.A. I                      B. my                   C. myself

I had the meanest (最吝啬的) mother in the whole world. While other kids were________ candy for breakfast, I had to have porridge, eggs or toast. _________ others had Cokes and candy for lunch, I had to eat a sandwich. But at least I wasn't_________ when I was sad. My sister and two brothers had the same mean mother as I did.?
My mother _________ to know where we were all the time. She knew who our friends were and where we were going. We had to wear clean clothes and take a bath every day. While the other kids could wear the same __________ for days. We could not lie in bed "sick" in order to miss school.?
The worst is yet to come. We had to be in bed by nine each night and get up at six the next morning. We couldn't sleep __________ noon like our friends. So while they slept, my mother was brave to ___________ the Child Labour Law (儿童劳动法). She made us work. We had to wash dishes, make beds, and learn to cook and all kinds of things at home. I believe she lay awake __________ all things for us to do. ?
But my mother was successful as a mother. All of __________ children received further education. She forced us to grow up into educated and honest adults. I am trying to keep my three children this way. I am filled with __________ when my children call me mean. Because I had the meanest mother in the world, and yet she gave me a happy life.
【小题1】

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯(每个单词限用一次)。

The summer vacation is over. It’s true that time always61        fast. During the vacation, the weather was hot and I could not do much work, but I lived 62        .

As the afternoon was hot. I did my work in the morning. I 63       to get up at 6:30 and take a walk in the garden for half an hour. After breakfast, I began reading English and Chinese and did some 64        in math, It took me three hours or65        . I worked quite 66and made good progress.

I spent the afternoon outside. I went to swim and it was 67        . I would not go home until it was about five or six o’clock. Sometimes a friend of mine would come to see me and we would spend some hours 68        to music.

In this way I spent my vacation slowly. And I not only studied well but also became a good 69          . now I am in good 70         and high spirits.

The summer vacation is over. It’s true that time flies.

In the vacation, the weather was very hot, but I enjoyed myself.

I did my homework in the morning. I got up at 6:30a.m. and took a walk in the garden for half an hour. After breakfast I began reading English and Chinese and did some math exercises. It usually took me three hours or more. I worked quite hard and I made great progress(进步).

I spent the afternoon outside. I went swimming and it was fun. I would not go home until it was about five or six o’clock. Sometimes my friends came to see me and we spent some time listening to music.

In this way I spent my vacation happily. I not only studied hard, but also became a good swimmer. Now I’m in good health and high spirits(精神).

1. The passage mainly tells us___________.

2. How long did the writer spend studying every day?

3. The writer spent most of the afternoon________.

4. The writer had a very good summer vacation because he_______.

5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?