My parents used to tell me how important school was for me, but I didn’t think so. I paid little attention to it. But one thing let me finally   1  what my parents meant.

One day, when I   2   a mobile phone store, I saw an advertisement on its door. It was hiring new workers!

“Sir, are you hiring people?” I went   3   the shop and asked. “Yes, but you should be the man who we need,” the manager answered. He looked at me for a few   4  from head to foot. “Do you have a high school diploma(文凭)?”  5  he, “Or do you have any work experience?”

I felt so ashamed and   6   that I didn’t know what to say, so I just turned around and left. I could not fall asleep that night, and I thought a lot about my   7  . “I must go to school or I can’t do anything without a good education,” I   8   to myself silently. I never went back to the store again  9  I finished my study and got a diploma.

 10  looked the same when I returned to the store: the same people and the same design. However, compared with last time, I had more   11  . The manager told me they needed new    12  . So it was a great chance for me.

I  13  my diploma to the manager. He looked at it and said, “Great, you are in.”

Now I am still working in the same store. With this experience, I always  14 people to attend school. Education helps you have a bright future. Now I am not worried about my future because I’m still   15  in my 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．away from 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．manger

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

 One year ago. I asked a worker to help me repair my old house. He had a bad first day on the job: his car broke on the way, then he found he had left his tools for work at home and his wife telephoned to say his son had a bad cold. While I drove him home, he was silent all the way. When arriving, he invited me to meet his family.

As we walked towards the front door, he stopped at a small tree, and touched the tree with hands. When we opened the door, I was very surprised to see he changed into another person and there was a big smile on his face instead. He hugged (拥抱) his son and gave his wife a kiss.

After a while, when he walked me to the car, I asked him why he had touched the tree just then. "Oh, that's my trouble tree," he answered.  "Sometimes I have troubles on my job, but one thing is for sure, they don't belong to my wife and my son. So I just hang up (悬挂) the troubles on the tree every night when I come home. Then in the morning I pick them up. "

“The funny thing is," he smiled, "when I come out in the morning to pick them up, I hardly remember what I put the night before. "

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。（10分）

1.How was the worker's firs day?

2. Where did the worker stop as they walked towards the front door?

3. What did the worker call the tree?

4. When did the worker pick up the troubles every day?

5. Did the worker remember fewer troubles the next morning?

 One year ago. I asked a worker to help me repair my old house. He had a bad first day on the job: his car broke on the way, then he found he had left his tools for work at home and his wife telephoned to say his son had a bad cold. While I drove him home, he was silent all the way. When arriving, he invited me to meet his family.

As we walked towards the front door, he stopped at a small tree, and touched the tree with hands. When we opened the door, I was very surprised to see he changed into another person and there was a big smile on his face instead. He hugged (拥抱) his son and gave his wife a kiss.

After a while, when he walked me to the car, I asked him why he had touched the tree just then. "Oh, that's my trouble tree," he answered.  "Sometimes I have troubles on my job, but one thing is for sure, they don't belong to my wife and my son. So I just hang up (悬挂) the troubles on the tree every night when I come home. Then in the morning I pick them up. "

“The funny thing is," he smiled, "when I come out in the morning to pick them up, I hardly remember what I put the night before. "

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。（10分）

1.How was the worker's firs day?

2. Where did the worker stop as they walked towards the front door?

3. What did the worker call the tree?

4. When did the worker pick up the troubles every day?

5. Did the worker remember fewer troubles the next morning?

选用方框里的单词或词组填空,其中有一个单词或词组是多余的，共5 分

1.His father’s      made him very sad.

2.How       it was raining when he got home yesterday!

3.He         to answer the questions in public just now.

4.I felt better, so I didn’t go to the          .

5.They kicked a goal, but we soon got one         .