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.

It is very important to be able to control（控制) yourself. Losing control may bring things that you would never want to see. We can learn something from the following story.

　 Once a boy often made trouble. His mother gave him many nails（钉子）. She told him to hammer（锤，钉）one in the garden fence every time he lost his patience and fought with someone. The first day he hammered 27 nails. In the following weeks he learned how to control himself better and the number of nails hammered became smaller and smaller. He learned it was easier to control himself than to hammer nails.

　 The day finally came when he didn’t hammer any nails. He went to tell his mother about it. Then his mother told him to pull off a nail from the fence each time he didn’t lose his patience. After some days he told his mother that all the nails had been pulled off, Thus, she took him to the fence and said to him, “You’ve behaved well, but look at all the holes in the fence. The fence will never be again like it was before. When you fight with someone, you leave wounds（伤口）in him like these. The trouble may be over, but the wounds will always be there.”

　 So, learn to control yourself before you hammer the nail in the fence. Try not to leave any holes in your past.

(　 ) 51. Why did the mother give her son nails?

　 A. To put the garden fence right.　　　　 B. To help him understand something.　　　　

　 C. To put them away.　　　　　　　　　 D. To make him lose patience.

(　 ) 52. When did the boy hammer a nail?

A. When he brought things to his mother.　　 B. When he repaired his fence.

C. When he fought with others.　　　　　　 D. When he leave a hole in the garden.

(　 ) 53. What’s the best title of this passage?

A.A Special Way My Mother taught me　　　 B. How to Hammer Nails

C. How to Pull Off a Nail　　　　　　　　 D. Never Fight with Others

It was ten o'clock at night. And the last bus just stopped at the gate of a Park. An old woman got out, and the conductor was just going to ring the bell for the l　 to start the bus again, when he saw a small boy 2 at the bus stop.

'What's the matter?' the bus conductor said to the boy.

　 'My mother gave me ten pence to go home by bus after I finished playing football in the park with my friends,' the small boy answered. 'But I've 3 it, so now I have to walk all the way home.' 'That's all right,' said the conductor. 'Come on, we'll 4 you home.'

　 The small boy thanked him, 5 the bus and sat down near the door. The conductor rang the bell, then the bus started. 'How 6 are you going?' asked the conductor. The boy told him the name of the place where he lived. It was about two miles away, and the 7 would have cost three pence if the boy had had the money to pay for it.

　 The conductor went to give some other people their tickets, and when he came back a few minutes 8 , he saw that the boy was crying again. 'And what's the matter 9 you now?' the conductor asked. 'You are on your way home, aren't you?'

　 'Yes, I am,' answered the boy. 'But what about my change(找零)? You haven't given that to me yet. You should give me 10　 pence. ,

(　 )1. A. boy　　 B. conductor　 C. driver　　　 D. old woman

(　 )2. A. cry　　 B. cried　　 　C. crying　 　　D. to cry

(　 )3. A dropped　 B. forgot　　 C. lost　　 　 D. left

(　 )4. A bring　 　B. take　　 　 C. carry　　 　 D. show

(　 )5. A. got off　 B. got up　　 C. got on　　　 D. got in

(　 )6. A. long　　 B. far　　　 　C. soon　　 　 D. often

(　 )7. A ticket　 　B. seat　　 　 C. bus　　 　　D. chair

(　 )8. A before　 B. after　　 　 C. earlier　 　 D. later

(　 )9. A about　 　B. of　　　 　 C. from　 　　D. with

(　 )10. A. seven　 B. ten .　　 　 C. three　　 　 D. no

My mother wanted me _______ a doctor in the future .

A.  am   B.  be  C.   to be   D.  being.