___3 _went dark. I asked my headmaster if I could work for the ___4___ this summer vacation, so I could pay my bills. He was a nice man and let me work in the school garden during the ____5__ _. I had not been able to study well because of my mother’s death. At the end of my second year, I ____6__ most of my exams and the teacher told me I had to repeat the year. After another summer working in the school garden, I went ____7___ to lessons again,. But suddenly I fell ill.

Because of my disease I was weak and couldn’t work at school. I was hopeless. My headmaster told me not to give up. And my teachers and classmates ____8__ _ me a lot. Now, I’m feeling better and will finish my third year.

My life is still not ____9_ . A few students laugh at my poor clothes. They also call me “farmer” because I work in the school garden. But I __ 10____ hard days will always be followed by sunshine.

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

A. Especially B. Probably C. Finally D. Usually

A. mind B. world C. heart D. family

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

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

A. passed B. took C. failed D. had

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

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

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

A. discover B. imagine C. notice D. believe

Happy Days ClubFor Young People From 12 – 18 yearsEvery Friday 7:30 pm – 10:30pm 29 Milton StreetJust $1 a weekGames-music-dancing and lots moreParker;s Sweet Shop14 Barrett Road5 minutes from town centre Try our famous chocolate Eggs and sugar hearsPrices lower than in other shops Open Monday-Saturday 9am-5am

International LibraryBooks, CDs and videosOver 100 Foreign newspapers And magazinesEntrance FreeMonday- Saturday 9:30am-6:00pm New England House, Museum StreetPainting CompetitionFor young people 8-16 years old Paint a picture of an animal Send it to:Young Artist Magazine 12 High StreetBefore 14 September And win a bicycle!

三．阅读理解

（A）

What does Parker’s Sweet Shop sell?

A. Books B. Chocolate C. Pictures D. CDs

What time does Happy Days Club open?

A. 9:00 am B. 9:30 am C. 7:30 pm D. 10:30 pm

What should yopaint if yowant to take part in the painting competition?

A. An egg B. A girl C. A bicycle D. An animal

（B）

In Canada yocan find dogs, horses, etc., in almost every family. These aretheir pets. People love these pets and regard them as their good friends. Before they keep them at their houses, they take them to animal hospital to give them injection

(注射) so that they won’t catch disease (疾病). They have special animal food

stores, though they can get animal food in almost every store. Some people spend around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food. When yovisit people’s homes, they would be very glad to show yotheir pets and they are very proud of them. Yowill also find almost every family has a bird feeder in their garden. All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal. They are free to come and go and nobody is allowed to kill any animals in Canada. They have a law against killing wild animals. If yokilled an animal, yowould be punished

(惩罚).

Senior (old) people in Canada have many reasons to like animals. One of them might be their family lie is not as close as ours. When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own career (事业), then the seniors will feel lonely. And pets can solve this problem. They can be good friends and never leave them alone.

The passage mainly tells us people in Canada ____ _ _.

A. like to keep pets at home B. spend a lot of money on pets

C. think killing pets is against the law D. enjoy showing pets to their friends

People give pets injection to make them not _____ _ _ _.

A. run away B. hurt people C. get ill D. eat much

The underlined word “feeder” refers to ______ _ __.

A. something to keep the birds B. a person who feeds the birds

C. something to put food in for birds D. a person who sells bird food

Old people like to keep pets because _____ _ .

A. pets cost less money B. pets are quiet and clean

C. pets are easy to take care of D. pets can make good companies