When I was in my first year of middle school, my father died. And my mother was ill just after I got into the high school. I had to   29   going to school because my mother had no money to pay my school bills.

We began to work in people’s gardens to save up money for me to go back to school. Finally I re­turned to school. 30  my mother __31  the next year. And my world went dark. I asked my headmaster if I could work for the   32  this summer vacation, so I could pay my bills. He was a nice man and let me work in the school garden during the  33  . I can’t study well because of my mother’s death. At the end of my second year, I didn’t         34  most of my exams and the teacher told me I had to re­peat the year. After _35   summer working in the school garden, I went   36   to lessons again. But suddenly I fell ill.

Because of my disease (疾病) I was  37   and couldn’t work at school. I was hopeless(无望的). My headmaster told me not to give up. And my teachers and classmates      38   me a lot. Now, I’m feeling better and will finish my third year.

My life is still not   39  . A few students laugh at my poor clothes. They also call me “farmer” because I work in the school garden. But I   40   hard days will always be followed by sunshine.

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

2.A. and            B. but         C. so               D. although

3.A. go             B. die          C. gone         D. died

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

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

6.A. pass           B. take         C. have              D. give

7..A .others         B. the other       C another         D other

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

9.A fine           B weak          C healthy         D strong

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

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

12.A. find         B. makes        C. thinks            D. believe

A: Hi, Li Jun. You were not at school yesterday.    56  

B: Oh, I had a headache and I had to ask for a sick leave.

A: Sorry to hear that.      57 

B: Yes, my mother took me to the hospital.

A:    58   

B: The doctor checked me over and said I had a cold.

A    59   

B: Yes, a little. The doctor told me to take the medicine three times a day and have plenty of water.

A:     60     

B: Yeh. Thank you.

A; You’re welcome.

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You’re standing with your classmates. E  1.   is talking except you. Perhaps you’re afraid they will laugh at when you say. Maybe you just aren’t b  2.  enough to speak.

Shyness is like a snake that crawls（爬进）into our mouth and s  3.   us speaking. But we shouldn’t let it stay there.

I am 29 years old. Even today, that snake still sometimes v 4. me. When I was in high school, I was so shy that I wouldn’t talk to anyone except my parents and best friends. If a stranger asked me the

w  5.   to a local shop, it was as if I’d forgotten how to talk. One summer, I got a j  6.   in a restaurant and that helped a lot. It meant I had to talk to customers（顾客）. I had to tell them how m  7. 

their meal cost. I had to ask them if they want to drink Coke or Sprite.

This job taught me how to speak with people.

You may be too young to find a part-time job. But you can look for other c  8.   to speak with people. You can offer to help an old woman carry her heavy bag. O  9.  you can go to get a newspaper for your family.

If you do these things for a while, the ‘shyness’ snake will soon begin to l  10.   you alone. It’ll look for another mouth to crawl into.

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You’re standing with your classmates. E  66 ___  is talking except you. Perhaps you’re afraid they will laugh at when you say. Maybe you just aren’t b  67  enough to speak. Shyness is like a snake that crawls（爬进）into our mouth and s  68  us speaking. But we shouldn’t let it stay there.

I am 29 years old. Even today, that snake still sometimes v  69  me. When I was in high school, I was so shy that I wouldn’t talk to anyone except my parents and best friends. If a stranger asked me the w  70  to a local shop, it was as if I’d forgotten how to talk. One summer, I got a j  71  in a restaurant and that helped a lot. It meant I had to talk to customers（顾客）. I had to tell them how m  72 their meal cost. I had to ask them if they want to drink Coke or Sprite.

This job taught me how to speak with people. You may be too young to find a part-time job. But you can look for other c  73  to speak with people. You can offer to help an old woman carry her heavy bag. O  74  you can go to get a newspaper for your family. If you do these things for a while, the ‘shyness’ snake will soon begin to l  75  you alone. It’ll look for another mouth to crawl into.