二. 完型填空

When I was in my first year of middle school, my father died. And my mother was ill just after I entered high school. I had to ___1____ going to school because my mother had to money to pay my school bills. We began to work in people's gardens to save up money for me to back to school. ____2_____, I returned to school. Unluckily, my mother died the next year. And my ___3___went dark. I asked my headmaster if I could work for the ___4___ this summer vacation, so I could pay my bills. He was a nice man and let me work in the school garden during the ____5_____. I had not been able to study well because of my mother's death. At the end of my second year, I ____6______ most of my exams and the teacher told me I had to repeat the year. After another summer working in the school garden, I went ____7___ to lessons again,. But suddenly I fell ill. Because of my disease I was weak and couldn't work at school. I was hopeless. My headmaster told me not to give up. And my teachers and classmates ____8_____ me a lot. Now, I'm feeling better and will finish my third year. My life is still not ____9___. A few students laugh at my poor clothes. They also call me "farmer" because I work in the school garden. But I ____10____ hard days will always be followed by sunshine.

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

2. A. Especially B. Probably C. Finally D. Usually

3. A. mind B. world C. heart D. family

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

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

6. A. passed B. took C. failed D. had

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

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

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

10. A. discover B. imagine C. notice D. believe

三.阅读理解

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Happy Days Club Parker;s Sweet Shop For Young People 14 Barrett Road From 12 - 18 years 5 minutes from town centre Every Friday 7:30 pm - 10:30pm Try our famous chocolate 29 Milton Street Eggs and sugar hears Just $1 a week Prices lower than in other shops Games-music-dancing and lots more Open Monday-Saturday 9am-5am International Library Painting Competition Books, CDs and videos For young people 8-16 years old Over 100 Foreign newspapers Paint a picture of an animal And magazines Send it to: Entrance Free Young Artist Magazine Monday- Saturday 9:30am-6:00pm 12 High Street New England House, Museum Street Before 14 September And win a bicycle!

1. What does Parker's Sweet Shop sell?

A. Books B. Chocolate C. PicturesD. CDs

2. What time does Happy Days Club open?

A. 9:00 am B. 9:30 am C. 7:30 pm D. 10:30 pm

3. What should you paint if you want to take part in the painting competition?

A. An egg B. A girl C.A bicycle D. An animal