Mike's parents used to tell him how important school was for him, but he didn’t think so. He paid little attention to it. But one thing let him finally __________what his parents meant.

One day, when he ____________a mobile phone store, he saw an advertisement on its door. It was hiring(雇用) new workers!

“Sir, are you hiring people?” he went_________the store and asked. “Yes, but you should not be the man who we need,” the manager answered. He looked at him for a few ____________from head to foot. “Do you have a high school diploma(文凭)?”_________ he, “Or do you have any work experience?”

He felt so ashamed and ____________ that he didn’t know what to say, so he just turned around and left. He could not fall asleep that night, and he thought a lot about his __________. “I must go to school or I can’t do anything without a good education,” he__________to himself silently. He never went back to the store again __________ he finished his study and got a diploma.

__________ looked the same when he returned to the store: the same people and the same design. However, compared with last time, he had more____________ . The manager told him they needed new __________. So it was a great chance for him.

He__________his diploma to the manager. He looked at it and said, “Great, you are in.”

Now he is still working in the same store. With this experience, he always__________ people to attend school. Education helps you have a bright future. Now he is not worried about his future because he is still_________ in his spare time.

1.A. realize B. remember C. wonder D. imagine

2.A. went through B. left for C. stepped into D. walked past

3.A. out of B. into C. with D. onto

4.A. days B. hours C. minutes D. seconds

5.A. continued B. answered C. warned D. reported

6.A. uncomfortable B. impolite C. unkind D. impatient

7.A. hobbies B. future C. parents D. manager

8.A. shouted B. listened C. said D. cried

9.A. when B. while C. after D. before

10.A. Nothing B. Everything C. Nobody D. Everybody

11.A. grade B. luck C. confidence D. pleasure

12.A. volunteers B. teachers C. students D. workers

13.A. sold B. showed C. sent D. shook

14.A. teach B. allow C. order D. advise

15.A. learning B. working C. playing D. chatting

How old was I? I can’t remember. Maybe I was only 10. It was the first_____without my father because he was away for something. He left me to fill that sad place in my mother’s heart. It was the Christmas when I stopped being a____ and tried to play Father Christmas myself. I really wanted to make it happy and bright again. It was the Christmas of the ____ .

Mom first saw the coat at Tobias, a nice ____ shop in our town’s little shopping mall. It was dark green. And it was a____ , heavy, wool dress coat. Mom pulled it out from the rack(架) and held it up. “Long enough,” she said in a low voice and ___ .“I need a new coat,” Mom smiled before the mirror(镜子). She looked good in any clothes, ___ this coat suited her much. She looked at the____, then hung(掛) the coat back on the rack, standing there once more to____ the smooth brush of wool.

Eighty-seven dollars. But I decided to buy it for her. As we moved on ____ the mall, I found some excuse(借口) to return and asked one of the Tobias ladies to____ the coat.

I helped clean every yard(庭院) in our neighbourhood—some yards twice, and soon I got the coat. The store ladies helped me put it in their biggest ____ with bright blue paper and thick silver ribbon(丝带). I don’t remember ____ I got it home, but I can still feel the wonderful ____ and pride(自豪) that filled me. I would imagine the big space which the box would take up under our tree. Here it was—joy, peace and ____ —all in the box, waiting for Mom’s surprise.

1.A. Easter B. Christmas C. Halloween D. Thanksgiving

2.A. child B. son C. student D. teacher

3.A. tree B. bag C. coat D. ribbon(丝带)

4.A. children’s B. women’s C. girl’s D. men’s

5.A. big B. wide C. thin D. long

6.A. tried it on B. take it on C. kept it on D. turned it on

7.A. though B. or C. for D. and

8.A. price B. design C. colour D. material

9.A. taste B. feel C. sound D. smell

10.A. through B. over C. past D. across

11.A. sell B. send C. keep D. wash

12.A. tank B. basket C. bag D. box

13.A. how B. why C. whether D. when

14.A. development B. excitement C. improvement D. advertisement

15.A. courage B. confidence C. love D. kindness

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