37．A．While                    B．When                    C．Until                     D．If

36．A．on                B．under                  C．into               D．behind

（B）

Yesterday my grandfather told me about his early days.   37   he left school, he found a job in a post office. He worked hard in the   38  . Soon he had more money than his friends because of his hard work. It seemed that he would have a   39   future.

When he was 25 years old, however, he began to   40   his job. He wanted a more exciting one, so he left the post office. Two months   41  , he found a new job in a big company. Workers in this company   42   traveled a lot. At first he really enjoyed the traveling. But after a year, he began to hate   43  . He had to move around and he was always in a car or on a train. The worst thing was that he couldn’t make any new   44  . Even so, his boss was not satisfied with him. Two years later he left the company.

He was   45   at that time so he sold his house. He had to accept a part-time job in a   46  shop. He was surprised to find that he loved it!  He made new friends every day and he enjoyed    reading books. Three years later, he   47   the shop owner’s daughter. Soon they had their first child. In the next ten years, they had another three   48   and four more book shops! He became very rich indeed.

“Life is wonderful,” he told me. “The most important thing is that you should always try your best. Never give up!”

35．A．buys             B．takes             C．makes           D．eats

34．A．her               B．its                 C．his               D．their

33．A．big               B．small            C．beautiful        D．green

32．A．sister             B．father            C．daughter        D．brother

31．A．it                B．them             C．her               D．him

30．A．give              B．giving           C．gives            D．giving

29．--- I’m sorry I’m late for school.

--- _________________.

A．Don’t say so     B．All right              C．It doesn’t matter.          D．You are welcome.

（A）

Jim and Jack are twins. One day their mother __30__ Jim a cake and says, “Jim, cut __31__ into two pieces and give one to your __32__, you must do it like a good brother.” “How does a good brother do?” Jim asks. “He always gives the __33__ one to his brother,” answers __34__ mother. “Oh, I see,” says Jim. Then he __35__ the cake to Jack and says to him, “Cut it __36__ two pieces and be a good brother.”

28．Peter, there are so many spelling mistakes in your homework. Why don’t you _____ the words in the dictionary?

A．look through      B．look for                  C．look up                   D．look over