Martin Murray is a schoolboy and he is fifteen years old．He used to be a "problem child"．He used to give his mother many problems．However，after his father's（1）

death

death

（die），Martin's life became much（2）

more difficult

more difficult

（difficult）．His mother couldn't afford to pay for her child's education．She had to work，and she was often not at home．
    His mother tried her best to look after（3）

him

him

．Unluckily，Martin still caused trouble． He was not（4）

interested

interested

（interest） in studying and he often got into trouble with the police．（5）

Luckily

Luckily

（lucky），his mother was very patient and didn't give up trying to help him． In the end，she made a difficult （6）

decision

decision

（decide）： to send him to a boy's boarding school． Martin hated it and caused a lot of trouble． One day，he told his teacher he wanted to leave the school． Even the teacher agreed that Martin was wasting his time．
    The head teacher said it was necessary for Martin to talk with his mother． Martin called his mother，but（7）

to

to

his surprise，this conversation changed his life．"It was exactly what I needed，" he said．"I knew how（8）

much

much

my mother had given me． She also told me that even though my father was not with us，he was watching me and would always take pride in everything good I do． That's why I decided（9）

to change

to change

（change）．" He works hard and gets "A" in all subjects． He is now one of the（10）

best

best

（good） students in his class． His mother helps him feel good about himself． And as he says，"It's very important for parents to be there for their children．"