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

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

When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My parents took me by train or by car to a hotel by the_______________ . I seem to remember that I played on the sands all day with strange ______________ children. We made houses and gardens, and watched the tide(潮)______________ them. When the tide went out, we climbed _____________ the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock pools.

In those days the sun seemed to shine always brightly _____________the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country,______________ for ruined(毁坏了的) houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were sweets in one’s pockets or good places where one could ______________ice creams. Each day seemed a life— time.

____________I am now thirty— five years old, my idea of a good holiday is much the same as it was. I___________ like the sun and warm sand and the sound of ____________ beating the rocks. I no longer wish to______________ any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets.______________, I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.

Sometimes I wonder what my ideal holiday will be like when I am ______________ . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about_____________who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves ____________on too many ice creams.

1.A.sea B.lake C.mountain D.river

2.A.moved B.excited C.surprised D.nervous

3.A.take B.bring C.clean D.destroy(破坏)

4.A.through B.over C.off D.across

5.A.and B.yet C.but D.or

6.A.exploring B.looking C.watching D.seeing

7.A.make B.sell C.buy D.offer

8.A.Although B.Since C.Because D.Afterwards

9.A.hardly B.almost C.still D.perhaps

10.A.waves B.wind C.hands D.feet

11.A.destroy B.fix C.use D.make

12.A.But B.However C.Otherwise D.Besides

13.A.strong B.weak C.young D.old

14.A.children B.boys C.girls D.grown— ups

15.A.happy B.tired C.sad D.sick

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