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.

1.                A．to go to         B．going to         C．living in   D．visiting the

2.                A．time           B．money         C．help D．friends

3.                A．for            B．of             C．to   D．by

4.                A．bright          B．late            C．dark D．wrong

5.                A．what           B．which          C．if    D．when

6.                A．work           B．to work         C．working  D．study

7.                A．afternoon       B．holidays        C．night D．morning

8.                A．illness          B．death          C．rest  D．work

9.                A．Near           B．In             C．At   D．By

10.               A．passed         B．went through    C．failed D．had

11.               A．another        B．other          C．the other  D．more

12.               A．tired           B．asleep         C．up   D．ill

13.               A．little           B．few            C．lot   D．lot of

14.               A．the same       B．hard           C．difficult   D．easy

15.               A．laugh at        B．like            C．put on D．laugh

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.

用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。

1.  In the past three years, my home town ______________(change) a lot.

2.  It’s hard to say what ____________ (happen) in one hundred years in our country.

3.  Usually what the teachers say _________ (forget) by the students, so the teachers have to repeat their words again and again.

4.  I know you must be very tired after ________ (prepare) for the English test for such a long time.

5.  When I got to the station yesterday morning, my friends _______(wait ) for me at the entrance.

6.  He heard a loud noise. Then he stopped watching TV and _______(see) a big mouse.

7.  Any books including paper should not ________ (take) into the test classroom.

8.  Where are your parents?  They __________ ( make ) dinner in the kitchen.

9.  By the time she was fifteen, she ___________ ( teach ) herself a foreign language.

10.  All of us are willing _____________ ( help ) you at any time.

根据短文内容回答下列问题。

In a classroom in any country，the teacher teaches more than art or history or language．He or she teaches what is known as the “hidden course”-- the culture（文化）of that country．

   In a society such as the United States，people with different history, culture and language join together and think highly of individualism(个人主义)．Their education as a part of the society(社会)，also think of this greatly．Teachers try to make each student special．Students do not have to remember a lot of information；instead，they work alone and find answers by themselves．There is often a discussion in the classroom．At an early age students learn to have their own ideas．Their education encourages personal thought．The importance is put on how to arrive at an answer and not simply to get the correct answer．

   In most Asian countries，the people have the same languages，history, and culture．Perhaps for this reason，the education there shows society’s ideas in group goals rather than individualism．Children in China and Japan often work together and help each other on homework．In the classroom，the teacher often teaches in a public way．He says，and the students listen．There is not much discussion．Instead，the students repeat rules or information that they have been taught in order to keep them in mind．

   In many ways these differences come from different educational psychology(教育心理学)．In Western countries teachers make it easier for the students to learn for themselves．In the Eastern，however, teachers often feel that their job is to pass knowledge to students，or the students can’t learn anything．

1．What is the “hidden course” according to the passage?

2．What do American teachers do in class?

3．What do Asian teachers do in class?

4．What’s the main difference in education between the East and the West?

5．What do you think the proper title for the passage is?