When I was a kid, my dad worked in a shop in the center of our town. Sometimes, I went to the shop with him and I made a little pocket money by buying things for his workmates. But I never paid attention to all the things and people around me.
One day, as my dad and I were driving to the shop, I looked out of the window of the car and I saw an old man standing at the street corner. There was a rose in his hand, he was smelling the rose. For some reason, our eyes met and we looked at each other for about twenty seconds. There was nothing unusual about this man but the meet was unusual to me. Up to that moment in my life, I had given no thought to anyone on the street, in shops or anywhere else. I had no interest out of my family.
But I was interested in that old man. For the first time I had interest in a stranger. What kind of life had he lived? Where had he been in his time?
Once a great man encouraged us to “stop and smell the rose”. Now I want to tell these words to you. Stop what you are busy with and try to fully understand things and people in your eyesight. If you don’t care about others on your road of life, then you are missing your life itself.
【小题1】How did the writer make a little pocket money?

My parents used to tell me how important school was for me, but I didn’t think so. I paid little attention to it. But one thing let me finally   1  what my parents meant.

One day, when I   2   a mobile phone store, I saw an advertisement on its door. It was hiring new workers!

“Sir, are you hiring people?” I went   3   the shop and asked. “Yes, but you should be the man who we need,” the manager answered. He looked at me for a few   4  from head to foot. “Do you have a high school diploma(文凭)?”  5  he, “Or do you have any work experience?”

I felt so ashamed and   6   that I didn’t know what to say, so I just turned around and left. I could not fall asleep that night, and I thought a lot about my   7  . “I must go to school or I can’t do anything without a good education,” I   8   to myself silently. I never went back to the store again  9  I finished my study and got a diploma.

 10  looked the same when I returned to the store: the same people and the same design. However, compared with last time, I had more   11  . The manager told me they needed new    12  . So it was a great chance for me.

I  13  my diploma to the manager. He looked at it and said, “Great, you are in.”

Now I am still working in the same store. With this experience, I always  14 people to attend school. Education helps you have a bright future. Now I am not worried about my future because I’m still   15  in my spare time.

1.                A．realize         B．remember      C．wonder   D．imagine

2.                A．went through    B．left for         C．stepped into   D．walked past

3.                A．out of          B．into            C．away from D．onto

4.                A．days           B．hours          C．minutes  D．seconds

5.                A．continued       B．answered       C．warned   D．reported

6.                A．uncomfortable   B．impolite         C．unkind   D．impatient

7.                A．hobbies        B．future          C．parents   D．manger

8.                A．shouted        B．listened         C．said D．cried

9.                A．when          B．while           C．after D．before

10.               A．Nothing        B．Everything      C．Nobody   D．Everybody

11.               A．grade          B．luck           C．confidence D．pleasure

12.               A．volunteers      B．teachers        C．students   D．workers

13.               A．sold           B．showed        C．sent D．shook

14.               A．teach          B．allow          C．order D．advise

15.               A．learning        B．working        C．playing    D．chatting

When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck.
Of course, he delivered (分发) more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would write a note — “Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery”. Then she put the note and the empty bottles into the milk box. The next day, the buttermilk would magically appear.
There was also a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to our house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box in the house, so that the milk wouldn’t freeze. And I remember Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.
I am sad that there is no home milk delivery today. Big companies produce cheaper milk, and milk is for sale everywhere. People may not need the milkman anymore.
Recently, I saw an old milk box in the countryside and it brought back my childhood memories. I took it home and put it outside the door. My son’s friends always ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship with his milk.
【小题1】The milkman delivered milk to family _____ in the old days.

根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，写出各单词的完全形式（每空限填一词）。
【小题1】I saw an alien get out of the UFO. Isn’t that a________.
【小题2】The old men should be spoken to p________.
【小题3】——Shall we meet on W_______ or Thursday?——Either day is OK with me.
【小题4】I don’t remember w________ I have left my keys at home or in the car.
【小题5】Don’t tell anybody. It’s just b________ you and me.
【小题6】Many young people like to study a________, such as in Britain or in the USA.
【小题7】Keep s________ and have a happier, healthier and better life.
【小题8】S_________ across the Pacific Ocean when it is possible. This is what your parents said.
【小题9】When I got to the school, I r________ I had made a mistake that I had left my homework at home.
【小题10】I think as teenagers, we should be allowed to make d________ for ourselves.