When I was little, my mother began selling flowers in Camden Market. She couldn’t  36 me at home on my own,   37  I had to go to the market with her.
  38 , I didn’t have to do anything. I just sat there, and my mother told me jokes and stories so I didn’t get   39 .When I got older, I gave my mother a hand and I really enjoyed it.
Then one year, my grandma gave me a book for Christmas. It was all about making candles and I loved it. I was 14, and I didn’t have to go to the market  40 because my mother could leave me at home on my own. I  41 my free time making candles of all shapes and sizes. I made  42 them.
One day, my mother was ill, so I had to go to the market on my own. I decided to  43 some candles with me and see  44 I could sell them. They  45 in 20 minutes! The next week, my mother gave me some money to buy some wax (蜡) to make more candles. They were sold out really quickly, too.
Ten months later, we decided  46 flowers. My mother and I couldn’t make enough candles during the week, so some of my friends started to help us. I paid them one pound  47 every candle, and we   48 sell them for three or four times. It was fun and my friends worked with me in the market.
At the age of 22, my uncle  49 me some money and I opened my first shop in Portobello Road. Since then, I’ve  50 looked back, even in difficulties. In the first store, we only sold candles, but now we sell everything from the designer, furniture to paintings. Oh, and candles, of course.

Now the idea of “car sharing” is_____around the world. That’s to say，more people are sharing the___of a car. Not everyone can ____a car. Think about it. __ many families today have one car, a lot of them don’t use it every day. Some cars spend most of their time _____in garages(车库).When we don’t use them ,we have to pay for ____ and other things. That needs a lot of money. To _____ money, some people _____with the idea of “car sharing”. If we share a car, we only pay when we use it.
Now more and more people are _____to do car sharing. In Switzerland(瑞士)，40000 people are doing it. Japan is also _____ to make “car sharing” popular around the country. Car sharing is a new____ in vehicle. It’s very easy____us to go ___we want ____buying a car. It also reduces(减少)air____.Let’s do it at once.

I am Li Lei. I am a student in No. 8 Middle School. My school is big and nice. On weekdays all the students live in the school. Some of our teachers live with us. They are like our parents. We are very happy in the school.
We usually get up at six o’clock in the morning. First，we do morning exercises for half an hour on the playground(操场).Then all the students and teachers have breakfast in the dining hall(食堂).After breakfast, I usually read English with my classmates in the classroom．
Of all the weekday，I like Thursday best，because I have a music lesson on Thursday. Music is my favorite subject. I usually have four lessons in the morning and three lessons in the aftermoon. But on Thursday aftemoon we only have two 1essons.
I like my classmates and teachers. My school life is very good.
【小题1】LiLei’s school is __________.
A. big and nice    B. big and old    C. old and small
【小题2】Li Lei has breakfast at about   in the morning
A. 6：00    B. 6：30    C. 7：00
【小题3】Li Lei usually      after breakfast.
A. does morning exercises  B. has a music lesson    C. reads English
【小题4】which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. All the students and teachers live in school from Monday to Friday.
B. Of all subjects, Li Lei likes English best.
C. Thursday is Li Lei’s favorite day.
【小题5】LiLei has    lessons on Thursday.
A. five    B. six    C. seven