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Tom has changed a lot．He used to be shy ,but now he is outgoing ．He used to make a lot of trouble．He always wasted his time in the  past．He didn't used to         (1) his problems．He always made some mistakes．He used to be afraid of the dark, but now he is            (2) of being alone．He slowly realizes that he needs to spend more time             (3)．So he made a         (4) to study hard this term．He thinks it's his duty to study．Now he can deal with his problems．He        (5) his problems as challenges．

One Friday night, a poor young man stood at the gate of the railway station, playing his violin. Many people put some money into the (1) lying in front of him.

The next day, the young man came to the gate of the railway station again, and put his hat on the ground. But (2) from what he always did in the past days, he took (3) a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground. It said, “Last night, a gentleman (4) George Miller put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Please come soon, Mr. Miller.”

About half an hour later, a middle-aged man ran to the young man in a hurry and said, “It’s you! You do come. I know you are an (5) man and will certainly come here.” The young man asked, “Are you Mr. Miller? Did you lose anything?” “A lottery ticket.” answered the middle-aged man. The young man then (6) it to the man.

Yesterday when the man knew the fact that his lottery ticket was worth $ 500,000, he was so (7) that he threw the ticket together with the money into the young man’s hat!

Someone asked the young man, “You play the violin to make (8). Why didn’t you keep the ticket and take the prize for yourself?” The young man said, “(9) I don’t have much money, I live happily. But if I (10) honesty, I won’t be happy forever.”

1.  A. hat              B. paper               C. bag              D. ground

2.  A. next             B. away               C. far               D. different

3.  A. down           B. out                  C. care of                  D. away

4.  A. name           B. named               C. was named      D. names

5.  A. interesting       B. able                 C. honest           D. energetic

6.  A. returned        B. gave back            C. got back         D. handed

7.  A. exciting         B. excited              C. excites                  D. felt excited

8.  A. yourself         B. living                C. music            D. money

9.  A. Even            B. Even if              C. If               D. In spite of

10.  A. have          B. make                C. lose            D. don’t do

Mr. Dong _______ live in Starlight Town in the past. Now he ______ the life in the new town.

          A. used to,  is used to                 B. was used to, is used to

         C. is used to, used to                         D. used to, was used to