摘要： 10 , think twice before you make the decision. Passage 8 根据首字母填空 Getting plenty of exercise is very important. I enjoy swimming very much. Last summer I went to the 1. s every day. I plan to go there 2. t summer too, but I may not be able to. I have a new 3. j . Sometimes I have to work until 4. at night. Although I now work 5. m hours than I used to, 6. y I do receive a larger salary. I didn’t receive much pay on my 7. o job. I like my new job, 8. b if I had known that it would take up so much of my 9. f time, I would not have taken it. I prefer 10. s to making more money. I have heard that riding a bike is good exercise. Maybe I will be able to 11. s enough money to buy a bike. My neighbour, Mrs Wilson, has a bicycle that I could 12. b , but I would rather own my own bike. If I used 13. h , I would worry about 14. d it. Since I make 15. m money now, I think that I can afford to buy my own. Getting a bike is really a good 16. i ,because while I’m riding to and from, I will be getting 17. e at the same time. It’s easier to get to the seaside on a bike, too. I might be able to go 18. s every day after all. This new job is great! I’m very 19. e . This will be a summer full of 20. e . Passage 9 In the middle of the night, Peter's wife suddenly fell ill. She rolled from side to side crying, “ Oh, my stomach! Get the 1.d ! Peter, awaking from a deep sleep, thought his wife was only having a 2.t dream. “Stop that noise, he said to her. He turned over and tried to go to 3.s again, but his wife still cried out, “Oh help!help! I’m 4.d . Peter got out of bed and started dressing, but he could not find him any clothes. “Where is my shirt? he asked. His wife was 5.t ill to tell him, and she could only cry. “Oh my poor stomach! As soon as he had put his clothes on, he said, “Now, my dear, are you quite 6.s that you need the doctor? Surely you can wait 7.t morning, can’t you ? “No, I can’t. Go,go,go, his wife shouted, 8.o you will find me dead in the morning. So Peter went out into the dark street. He had only gone a few steps when he heard his wife 9.c him again. “I’m 10.w again now, and I shall not want the doctor, she said, softly. Hearing this, he started running as 11.f as he could towards the doctor’s house. When he arrived there, he knocked at the door with his stick, loudly enough to wake 12.e around. The doctor put his sleepy head out of the bedroom window and said, “Er? Who’s there? “Oh,doctor, Peter called up to him, I’ve very 13.g news for you.My wife fell ill with a terrible stomachache. I was on my way to bring you to her, but she called me back to say that the trouble had suddenly 14.l her. So you need not come. Go back to 15.b now, and sleep well!
On a hot summer day in late August, I sought shade and a cool drink at a waterfront cafe on a Greek island．Over a hundred degrees in 1 air．Crowded．Tempers(脾气)of both the tourists and waiters had 2 to meet the situation, making it a rather quarrelsome environment(环境)．
At the table next to mine sat an attractive, 3 couple, waiting for 4 ．They held hands, whispered, kissed, and laughed．Suddenly they stood, picked up their 5 and stepped together 6 the edge of where they were sitting to place the table in the sea water．The man stepped 7 for the two chairs．He politely 8 his lady in the knee-deep water and then sat down himself．All people around laughed and cheered．
9 appeared．He paused for just a second, walked into the water to 10 the table and take their 11 , and then walked back to the 12 cheers of the rest of his 13 ．Minutes later he returned carrying a bottle of wine and two glasses．Without pausing, he went 14 into the water to 15 the wine．The couple toasted(祝酒)each other, the waiter and the crowd．And the crowd 16 by cheering and throwing flowers to them．Three other tables 17 to have lunch in the water．The place was now filled with laughter．
One doesn’t step into water in one’s best summer clothes．Why not?
Customers are not served 18 ．Why not?
Sometimes one should consider 19 the line of convention(常规)and enjoy 20 to the fullest．
Now that the Spring Festival is over, I only have school to look forward to．It’s 1 funny, I find myself looking forward more and more to school．
As usual, 2 can get little work 3 during the winter vacation．For one thing, the Spring Festival is always a big distraction(使人快乐之事), and for days before and after 4 can get any work done．It’s all right if you really have a nice time, as I used to．But now I find myself 5 it less and less．I 6 enjoying fireworks and firecrackers years ago．The firecrackers especially get on my nerve．I really think we should stop making them, as every year many children have their eyes hurt or even 7 ．Even worse, sometimes fires 8 out and whole buildings get 9 down．Still I suppose we’ll continue to make them 10 there is a market for them．
And the 11 ! People spend days buying．The result－too much and too rich which does nobody any good：chicken, duck, fish, meat and so on．What’s 12 , they become 13 , too, too much of a good thing, as we say, and this visiting business too．It’s all right for a few really good friends 14 together and chat over some tea or drinks．But mere acquaintance and the usually not too neighborly neighbors dropping 15 to say hello, but I find them a pain in the neck(讨厌的家伙)．Usually there is nothing to talk about 16 some meaningless words．
Oh yes, I 17 myself skating on the nearby lake 18 a few times．The ice is not too good now and getting very 19 ．I stopped going before the Spring Festival．But there are people who are 20 too reckless(不计后果的)or too ignorant or both, and we hear about people falling through thin ice every year．
When I was growing up, I had an old neighbour named Dr．Gibbs．He didn’t look like other doctors I had ever known．He never 1 at us for playing in his yard．I remember him as someone nice and 2 ．When Dr．Gibbs wasn’t saving 3 , he was planting trees．His house sat on ten acres, and his life’s 4 was to make it a forest．
But he 5 watered his new trees．Once I asked why．He said that watering plants would 6 them, and that 7 you water them, each successive(后继的) 8 of trees will grow weaker and weaker．So you have to make things 9 for them．
He’d planted an oak, and instead of watering it every morning, he’d 10 it with a rolled-up newspaper．I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to cause the tree’s 11 ．Dr．Gibbs passed away a couple of years ago． 12 , I walk by his house and look at the trees that I watched him plant some 25 years ago．They are big and 13 now．Sufferings seemed to 14 them in ways ease and 15 never could．
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons．I stand over them and watch their little bodies, the rising and falling of life within．I often pray for them．Mostly I pray that their lives will be 16 ．But lately I've been thinking that it's time to 17 my prayer, because life is 18 , whether we want it to be or not．Too many times we pray for ease, but that's what we seldom 19 ．What we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the earthe, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won't be 20 ．
Most people give little thought to the pens they write with, especially since the printers in modern homes and offices mean that very 1 things are handwritten．All too often, people buy a pen based only on 2 , and wonder why they are not satisfied 3 , they begin to use it, However, buying a pen that you'll enjoy is not 4 if you keep the following in wond．
First of all, a pen should fit comfortably in your hand and be 5 to use．The thickness of the pen is the most important characteristic(特征) 6 comfort．Having a small hand and thick fingers, you may be comfortable with a thin pen．If you have a 7 hand and thicker fingers,you may 8 a fatter pen．The length of a pen can 9 influence comfort．A pen that is too 10 can easily feel top-heavy and unstable．
Then, the writing point of the pen should 11 the ink to flow evenly(均匀的)while that pen remains in touch with the paper 12 will make it possibly for you to creat a 13 line of writing．The point should also be sensitive enough to 14 ink from running when the pen is lifted．A point that does not block the 15 may leave drops of ink, 16 you pick the pen up and put it down again．
17 , the pen should make a thick, dark line．Fine-line pens may 18 bad handwriting, but fine, delicate lines do not command 19 next to printed text, as, 20 , a singnature on a printed letter．A broader line, on the other hand, gives an impression of confidence and authority(权威)．
It was raining．I went into a café and asked for a coffee． 1 I was waiting for my drink, I realized that there were other people in the place, but I sensed 2 ．I saw their bodies, but I couldn't feel their souls 3 their souls belonged to the 4 ．
I stood up and walked between the tables．When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man 5 in front of it．"I'm Steve", he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was．"I can't talk with you．I'm 6 ", he said．He was chatting online with somebody--probably someone he didn't know-and, 7 , he was playing a computer game－a war game．I was 8 ．
Why didn't Steve want to talk with me?I tried 9 to speak to that computer geek(怪人), 10 not a word came out of his mouth．I touched his shoulder, but no reaction(反应)．I was 11 ．I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout," 12 !"
I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me．I 13 , and saw nobody showed any interest．
14 , I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people．They were more 15 having a relationship with the 16 , particularly Steve．I wouldn't want to 17 the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines 18 with people．
I was worried and I sank in my thoughts．I didn't even 19 that the coffee was bad, 20 Steve didn't notice there was a person next to him．