Ten years ago I used to be very healthy. I rode a bike to work and I got a lot of exercise at the weekend. I used to play ________ a lot and go for long walks. In those days I didn’t make so much money. I had a job in an office. My job wasn’t very good at that time, ________ I had a lot of time to do the things I enjoyed doing.

Then, about eight years ago, I got a much _________ job. The pay was higher. But the hours were a lot longer, too. I bought a car. I began to _________ to work every day and take people out to lunch. And I began to put ________ weight, too. I stopped playing tennis and didn’t go for long walks any more, because I just have _________time for things like that .

There’s a lot of ________ in a job like mine. I started drinking more than I used to. I started smoking a lot, too. I never used to smoke at all.

Two months ago I had a heart attack (发作). At first I just couldn’t believe it. “I’m too young,” I said. _______, it wasn’t very serious. I was in hospital for a few days. The doctor advised me to ________ drinking and smoking and to eat less. He also advised me to work less and get more exercise. Sometimes I ________ if I should get another job. But if I do that, I won’t make so much money. I have a family to take care of. I have to think of them, too. I just don’t know what I should do.

1.A.basketball B.football C.volleyball D.tennis

2.A.because B.but C.if D.so

3.A.worse B.better C.easier D.funnier

4.A.drive B.walk C.run D.swim

5.A.up B.off C.on D.in

6.A.much B.no C.a lot of D.a little

7.A.stress B.fun C.trouble D.progress

8.A.Luckily B.Sadly C.Specially D.Suddenly

9.A.continue B.remember C.stop D.try

10.A.imagine B.discover C.dream D.wonder

Riding a Mobike on the street, you might hear some people speaking Chinese aloud. urning to the right, you see a Sichuan-style restaurant. After walking into a store you see that Huawei smartphones are _____ .

But you’re not in China—you’re in Manchester in Britain. In fact, you might see _____ things in many other cities. Chinese products have been _____ worldwide.

Chinese food has been enjoyed in western countries for a long time. To _____ local peoples tastes, Chinese restaurants have made some changes to the _____. Unlike Chinese, Australian people don’t like to eat meat with the bone _____ .So Chinese restaurants there provide big pieces of meat without bones, _____ for fish.

Some Chinese brands(品牌)are also becoming more ______ In many cities in Europe stores sell TCL televisions, Haier fridges and Lenovo computers. And more than half of US-owned drones (无人机 ) are Chinese models. They’re not simply made in China, but designed and developed in the _____ .

In the past, most western people thought Chinese products were cheap and not dependable. But now, things have changed greatly. Made in China becomes cool. More and more people _____ Chinese brands.

1.A.for fun B.at work C.on sale D.in use

2.A.similar B.different C.common D.unusual

3.A.stored B.collected C.received D.accepted

4.A.meet B.copy C.spread D.answer

5.A.kitchens B.drink C.dishes D.services

6.A.up B.out C.on D.in

7.A.just B.even C.yet D.still

8.A.traditional B.expensive C.practical D.popular

9.A.country B.circle C.field D.town

10.A.sell B.trust C.improve D.question

Once upon a time, a beautiful bird and a tortoise became good friends. The bird lived in a tree by the banks of the river. The tortoise had his______ there too. They are neighbours. Every day, after the bird flew down and had a drink of water, he would dance near the river to make the tortoise friend _______.

One day, a bird-catcher caught the bird and wanted to take him away to the market. The unhappy bird asked the catcher to allow him to say _____ to his friend, tortoise. The bird-catcher ______ and took him to the tortoise. The tortoise was _____ to see his friend a captive(俘虏).

The tortoise asked the bird-catcher to let the bird go. And the tortoise said if the catcher______, he would give the bird-catcher an expensive ______. The bird-catcher agreed. To his surprise,The tortoise then dived into the water and in a few seconds ______with a nice pearl(珍珠). The bird-catcher was very happy to see it and he let the bird go at once.

A short time later, the man came back and told the tortoise that a pearl was not enough and planned to catch the bird again if the tortoise doesn’t ______ him another bigger and nicer pearl.The tortoise, who had already helped his friend, the bird, to leave the place to a forest far away after being set free, was greatly ______ with this man.

"Well,"said the tortoise, “if you still want to ______ another pearl,give the first one to me and I will fish another one for you." ______ his greed(贪婪), the bird-catcher gave the pearl to the tortoise,who _______ away with it saying, "I am no fool to take one and give two!" The tortoise then dived into the water ______ ,leaving the bird-catcher without a single pearl.

We should learn from the short story that greed leads you to have _______

1.A.friend B.food C.home D.parents

2.A.happy B.sad C.worried D.bored

3.A.hi B.sorry C.congratulations D.goodbye

4.A.refused B.agreed C.left D.stayed

5.A.pleased B.disturbed C.relaxed D.sad

6.A.should B.must C.could D.needed

7.A.house B.coat C.feather D.present

8.A.came up B.came in C.came down D.came along

9.A.buy B.give C.lend D.steal

10.A.sorry B.pleased C.angry D.sad

11.A.buy B.rob C.sell D.have

12.A.Because B.As C.Because of D.To

13.A.jumped B.walked C.swam D.ran

14.A.quickly B.hardly C.seriously D.carefully

15.A.something B.nothing C.anything D.everything

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