My name is Damian Costa. I was born in a small village in Italy in 1952. I spent the first few Years of my life there before my family____to Perth Australia

We arrived in Australia in the summer of 1957. I went to___and I had to attend special classes to learn English as all the lessons were taught in English.

We did not have much___. so we lived very simply. My parents worked as cleaners. They earned（掙錢）just enough for us to survive（維持生活）and___ a little money. My father had always wanted to____a small restaurant. Finally.____ten years of hard work, in June1967, he managed to save enough and opened our first pizzeria（比薩餅店）.

___business was slow at first, it soon got better. I helped out at the pizzeria after school and at weekends. Just two years after we____my father decided that we needed a full-time waiter. Then he decided to____me the art of making wood-fired pizzas.

Today we have three branches(分店), in Perth. Sydney and Adelaide. My children have____learned how to make pizzas and they quite enjoy it. I hope to pass on the business to them.

1.A. returned B. moved C. pointed D. connected

2.A. school B. hospital C. church D. business

3.A. paper B. illness C. health D. money

4.A. save B. borrow C. share D. choose

5.A. sell B. see C. open D. leave

6.A. before B. after C. during D. between

7.A. Because B. If C. Although D. Whether

8.A. played B. relaxed C. started D. stopped

9.A. like B. teach C. believe D. lend

10.A. perhaps B. never C. hardly D. also

1.B 2.A 3.D 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.C 8.C 9.B 10.D 【解析】本文主要講述了作者的生活經(jīng)歷，作者家比薩餅店從無到有，到發(fā)揚光大的過程。 1.句意：在我的家人搬到澳洲珀斯之前，我在那里度過了我生命的最初幾年。本題考查動詞。. A. returned 返回 ；B. moved 搬遷；C. pointed指；D...
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