When I was in my first year of middle school, my father died. And my mother was ill just after I started high school, I had to stop   1  school because my mother had no ___2___ to pay for my school bills.
We started working in people’s gardens to save up enough money  3  me to go back to school. After some time, I returned to school. Unluckily, my mother died the next year. Suddenly my world went  4 . I asked my headmaster  5  I could work for the school so I could pay my bills. He was a nice man and let me  6  in the school garden during the  7 . I had not been able to study well because of my mother’s  8 .   9  the end of my second year,   I  10  most of my exams and was told I would have to repeat (重复) the year. After  11  summer working in the school garden, I went back to lessons again. But suddenly I fell  12 .
Because of my illness, I was weak and couldn’t work at school. I was hopeless. My headmaster told me not to give up (放弃). And my teachers  and  classmates  helped me  a   13  . Now I’m feeling better and will finish my third year.
My life is still not  14  . A few students  15  my poor clothes. They also call me ‘farmer’ because I work in the school garden. But I know I have to do with such problems.

    The summer vacation is over. Time always flies fast．During the vacation．the weather was hot and I could not do much work．but I lived happily．

    Because it was hotter in tile afternoon．I did my homework in the morning．I got up at 6：30 am and took a walk in the garden for half an hour．After breakfast，I read English and Chinese and did some math exercises．It took me three hours or more to finish my homework．I worked quite hard and made good progress(进步)．

    I spent the afternoon outside．I went to swim and it was fun．I came home at about five or six o’clock．Sometimes a friend of mine would come to see me，and we would spend half an hour listening to music．

In this way I spent my vacation happily．I not only studied well but also became a good swimmer．Now I am in good health and in high spirits(精神)．

1．The passage mainly(主要的)tells us        ．

    A．how the writer spent his summer vacation

    B．what the weather was like in the summer

    C．when the writer went to bed in the evening

    D．where the writer finished his homework

2．It took the writer        to finish his homework every morning．

    A．half and hour               B．only one hour

    C．two hours and a half             D．three hours or more

3．The writer spent most of the afternoon       ．

    A．listening to music                B．going swimming

    C．walking in the garden            D．visiting his friends

4．The writer had a very good summer vacation because he        ．

    A．worked very hard and made good progress

    B．swam better and studied well

    C．got up early and went home late

    D．liked swimming better than studying

5．Which of the following is NOT true?

    A．The writer made progress in the lessons．

    B．The writer took a walk for half an hour before breakfast．

    C．The writer began to study after he got up．

    D．The writer spent more time swimming than listening to music．