When I was in my first year of middle school, my father died. And my mother was ill just after I started high school, I had to stop   1  school because my mother had no ___2___ to pay for my school bills.

We started working in people’s gardens to save up enough money  3  me to go back to school. After some time, I returned to school. Unluckily, my mother died the next year. Suddenly my world went  4 . I asked my headmaster  5  I could work for the school so I could pay my bills. He was a nice man and let me  6  in the school garden during the  7 . I had not been able to study well because of my mother’s  8 .   9  the end of my second year,   I  10  most of my exams and was told I would have to repeat (重复) the year. After  11  summer working in the school garden, I went back to lessons again. But suddenly I fell  12 .

Because of my illness, I was weak and couldn’t work at school. I was hopeless. My headmaster told me not to give up (放弃). And my teachers  and  classmates  helped me  a   13  . Now I’m feeling better and will finish my third year.

My life is still not  14  . A few students  15  my poor clothes. They also call me ‘farmer’ because I work in the school garden. But I know I have to do with such problems.

1.                A．to go to         B．going to         C．living in   D．visiting the

2.                A．time           B．money         C．help D．friends

3.                A．for            B．of             C．to   D．by

4.                A．bright          B．late            C．dark D．wrong

5.                A．what           B．which          C．if    D．when

6.                A．work           B．to work         C．working  D．study

7.                A．afternoon       B．holidays        C．night D．morning

8.                A．illness          B．death          C．rest  D．work

9.                A．Near           B．In             C．At   D．By

10.               A．passed         B．went through    C．failed D．had

11.               A．another        B．other          C．the other  D．more

12.               A．tired           B．asleep         C．up   D．ill

13.               A．little           B．few            C．lot   D．lot of

14.               A．the same       B．hard           C．difficult   D．easy

15.               A．laugh at        B．like            C．put on D．laugh

Last year Tome left school. He came to Taipei to _1_ a job(工作). He went from one company(公司) to another but _2_ wanted him. Now he had little money. He had to go back to his small town. So he came to the station. He felt _3_ and tired. It was very late at night and _4_ was full of people. They were waiting _5_ tickets of the last train. He bought the last ticket, and he was very happy.
At that time, a woman with a crying baby walked to him. She asked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket. He thought they needed it _6_ he did. After _7_ left, he sat on the bench(长凳) and didn’t know _8_ to go. Just then, an old man came and said, “Young man, I _9_ what you did to the woman. I have a big company. I need a good young man like _10_. Would you like to work for me?”
(     ) 1. A. find          B. see          C. look for     D. buy     
(     ) 2. A. everyone      B. no one          C. nothing      D. something
(     ) 3. A. happy     B. interesting     C. sad          D. glad    
(     ) 4. A. the city      B. the company  C. the farm     D. the station 
(     ) 5. A. to buy        B. to sell        C. to give         D. to pass
(     ) 6. A. less than     B. more than       C. smaller them D. worse than
(     ) 7. A. Tom           B. the bus      C. the train        D. the old man
(     ) 8. A. what          B. which           C. why          D. where
(     ) 9. A. have seen     B. don’t know  C. don’t like       D. have done
(     ) 10. A. the woman    B. you          C. the baby     D. her

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Dear friend,

I am __1__ American school girl. My name is Alice Green. I am twelve. I __2__ two brothers. My brothers and I __3__ all at school. We go to school __4__ Monday __5__ Friday. We __6__ have classes on __7__and Sunday. We don’t go to school on weekends. My father and my mother are teachers. They say China is great. I like __8__, and I can sing a lot of songs. My brother and I like baseball and basketball. __9__ do you like? Let’s __10__ friends. Please write soon.

Yours,

Alice Green

1.                A．an             B．a              C．the  D．/

2.                A．has            B．to have         C．have D．am

3.                A．is             B．am            C．be   D．are

4.                A．in             B．at             C．on   D．from

5.                A．to             B．on             C．in   D．for

6.                A．aren’t        B．isn’t          C．don’t   D．doesn’t

7.                A．Monday        B．Wednesday      C．Saturday  D．Friday

8.                A．singing         B．to singing       C．sing  D．sings

9.                A．Who           B．Why           C．What D．Where

10.               A．are            B．is             C．do   D．be

根据短文内容及首字母，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整，每空限一词。

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