He used to cause （引起)a lot of trouble.

Martin Murray is a fifteen-year-old boy. He used to be a "problem child", but a recent conversation with his mother changed his life. He didn't use to give his mother many problems. However,after his father's death a few years ago, 36      His mother couldn't af?ford to pay (不能负担）her child's education. To do this,she had to work,and she was often not at home. His mother looked after him as well as she could. Unfortunately, Martin still caused problems for him?self and his family. He was not interested in studying and he often got into trouble with(与........ 冲突)the police. Luckily,his mother was very patient (有耐心的） 37      In the end,she made a difficult decision: to send him to a boys' boarding school. Martin hated it and used to cause a lot of trouble. One day he told his teacher he wanted to leave the school. 38     But the head teacher(班主任)said it was necessary for Martin to talk with his mother. Martin called his mother,but to his surprise,this phone call changed his life. "It was exactly what I needed." he said. "My mother helped me to understand how much she had given me. She also told me that even though my father was no longer(不再)with us,he was watching me and would always take pride in (对...... 感到S豪)everything good I do. 39      I realize that since my father died,I have been afraid of being alone,and have tried to make my mother pay more attention to (多注意) me. Now Martin has really changed. He has been working hard and is now one of the best students in his class. 40      His mother's love helped him to feel good about himself,and as Martin himself says, "It's very important for parents to be there for their chil?dren. "

A.  How was he able to change?

B.  and she didn't give up(放弃)trying to help him.

C.  That's when I decided to change. 

D.  Martin's life became much more difficult.

E.   His teacher agreed him to leave and thought Mar?tin was wasting his time(浪费时间).

36.__________ 37.________  38.      

39.________  40.________ 

Jack was a hard-working student when he was young,but he had some big problems. He used to be shy before his classmates. So he had 26 friends at school. Bob was a new student in his class. All the students were soon familiar with him and got on well with him 27 Jack.

One day,some boys put some money into Jack's bag and Bob pretended to have 28 his money. Of course,they found the money in 29 bag at last.

Jack felt shameful (可耻的） 30 he could not say anything about it. Soon his classmates called him a thief and 31 him in the school. His teachers also 32 that and called his parents to the school, too. Just then,Bob stood out and helped Jack make every?thing 33   . .

From that day,Jack and Bob 34 good friends. Bob often took Jack to take part in many ac?tivities and Jack became outgoing. Bob was weak in English and Jack often helped him 35 it. Now Jack became the monitor in his class?and he had more friends. He enjoyed the nice friendship and the school life.

(   ) 26. A. many    B. few C. several    D. new

(   ) 27. A. against    B. like C. except    D. for

(   ) 28. A. lost    B. wasted  C. found    D. made

(   ) 29. A. your    B. their C. Bob's D. Jack's

(   ) 30. A. but    B. if C. since    D. unless

(   ) 31. A. agreed with  B. laughed at C. dealt with D. got excited about

(   ) 32. A. allowed    B. faced C. developed    D. believed

(   ) 33. A. clear    B. easy C. hard    D. wonderful

(   ) 34. A. greeted    B. met C. became    D. loved

(   ) 35. A. to    B. in C. by    D. with

25. 孩子们总是希望他们的父母能更多地关注自己。

Children always hope their parents can_____________ ________  ________  to them.

24. 梵高对现代绘画的发展有着重大的影响。

Van Gogh had a__________ _________ ________ the development of modern painting.

23. 我六岁就开始学唱歌了。

I________ _________ singing at the age of six.

22. 奶奶总是亲自下厨房为我们做饭。

Grandma always cooks___________ ________  for us in the kitchen.

21. 在公共场合我们必须遵守规则。

We should obey the rules_________ __________ .

20. These      (guard) look very serious.

19. The movie was interesting? but Grace was not      (interest) in it.

18. The police asked me to describe      (exact) how it happened.