【题目】We are living a fast life. It seems that everything has to be fast, for example, food, fast Internet, fast roads, fast money. Every day we try to get things done , but there are some moments that we have to slow down and enjoy our lives.

We are always every day. I have to work eight hours or more a day at my full-time job. When I get home, it’s always over seven o’clock. I make an effort(努力) to something. I try to find a bit of time for my hobby—writing. I hardly ever write and work weekends. Those are my days to try to recharge (休整)and reduce the stress from my work. I sleep on the sofa during the day, some beer in the open air or go out for a picnic if the weather is nice.

What I’m trying to say is this: if you don’t take some time to slow down once in a while(偶尔) and your life, it will pass you by. You can be unhealthy both in body and mind if you don’t take the time to relax. So this weekend, don’t make any . Just get up on Saturday morning your body says it’s time to get up. Make some coffee, step outside and get fresh morning air, turn on the radio and prepare yourself for nothing.

1A.good B.fast C.slow D.cold

2A.specially B.seriously C.directly D.quickly

3A.busy B.happy C.free D.sad

4A.drink B.buy C.write D.say

5A.with B.except C.in D.on

6A.eat B.drink C.take D.get

7A.spend B.share C.enjoy D.relax

8A.plans B.mistakes C.noises D.sentences

9A.but B.when C.or D.so

10A.any B.many C.no D.some

【题目】

A.The cartoon pig is not smart, either.

B.Thats why both children and adults find McDull cute.

C.However, the slow, silly pig has won over Hong Kong people.

D.According to his headmaster, McDull isnt that silly. Hes just too kind.

E.The story is more than its funny points. It is pleasant and sour at the same time.

The best-loved pig in Hong Kong is called McDull. His mum makes a wish that he will look like Chow Yun-fat or Tony Leung, but he is well-known only by a birthmark around his right eye.

Everything he tries, he fails. He wants to be an Olympic champion of qiangbaoshan (抢包山), but the sport of catching the hottest baozi from a small mountain doesn’t really exist (存在), of course. He dreams of going to the Maldives, but ends up on only a one-day tour of a Hong Kong landmark instead.

1 McDull was at first a supporting character in a story about his cousin McMug, a smart baby pig and “what parents expect of their children.” But interestingly, the wooden-headed McDull gradually became more attractive when he told his classmates that if he became the class monitor, he would treat everyone with strawberry cakes. McDull tried to speak out one sentence in his speech, “If you choose me, you will be...painful.” For him, it looks only a little bit different from an “A” when he gets an “E”. 2

3 In one of the McDull movies, he talks to the audience (观众), “I suddenly realize that there is something you cannot have. No noodles, no Maldives, no golden medal, no money... Actually, being silly is not funny---it could mean failure (失败). Being fat is not funny. Being fat does not even mean you are stronger. Disappointment is not funny, either. When I grow up, and face the strict world that isn’t funny, what should I do?” He is still happy, however. He always starts again with a new dream when one fails him.

4 The popularity of McDull sometimes makes his creator Alice Mark confused, who has some simple thoughts, such as God creates humans, because he loves humans and he wants them to be happy. “Maybe people see themselves and their friends in McDull. McDull makes people realize that they used to be as simple and happy as him. If there is a theme in all the McDull movies, it is about how a simple person keeps his or her simplicity in a world full of problems. 5 ” says Alice Mark.

【题目】Americans think much about time. From childhood(童年)they learn to value(珍视)time. As children their parents and teachers ask them to be on time to go to school, to work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time goes easily. When a person is dying(死亡), they say he is living on a borrowed time.

Time is money. Time is knowledge(知识). Time is everything in America. A working American often works hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week. This is the working time. In his free time or on Saturday and Sunday, he also works hard for more money. In the street you seldom see a man walking slowly. They walk very fast.

They love time because time can bring them money and lots of things. But sometimes they also hate time, because they feel they are the servants(仆人) of the clock.

1What do the Americans mean by "Time is money"?

A. It is not easy to make money.

B. It takes quite a lot of time to make money.

C. Working hard can bring people health.

D. If someone has time and works hard, he can make much money.

2Americans think it wrong _____________.

A. to work late

B. to get up early

C. to be late for school

D. to be on time to do everything

3This passage says that a dying person___________.

A. is having a good time

B. is living on a borrowed time

C. thinks time goes easily

D. is saving time

4From this passage we can be sure that

A. Americans live a hard life

B. Americans always walk fast

C. Americans live in a quick rhythm (节奏)

D. Americans are good at saving time

5Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

A. Americans’ ideas about time

B. Never waste time

C. Time is money

D. Learn to be on time

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