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What is life's greatest gift? It is choice. Choice is the ability to choose some actions from a set of things to achieve a goal.1. The reason is that it turns us from dumb animals into artists. Choice becomes the tool we use to sculpt(雕刻) our life. The tool doesn't come free, however, for the price of choice is responsibility. 2. It is enjoyment.

Choice is power. Choice is at the heart of life. It's the creative power of life. Life is always changing and we have to make lots of choices. 3. We often need to check where we are on our journey. We need to ask questions: Am I moving closer to my goals? If not, what action will I take now to make myself realize my goals?

4. And our life becomes more convenient or comfortable because of them. For example, you decide which stores to shop at and which bus station to go to.But the decisions that we make to sculpt our lives are much more important than deciding where to shop. The more we understand the difference between small and big decisions, the more pleasure we will get.

Life is like a chess game.5. All chess lovers realize that it isn't necessary to win to enjoy the game. Make the best moves you can under the conditions. Then you can enjoy your life.

A.Why is choice so great?

B.The pleasure is in the playing.

C.In fact, we have to make choices every day.

D.But when we accept and carry it out, we get a great return.

E.Because making right choices is more important than working hard.

F.Every choice we make leads us closer to or farther from our goals.

Did you know that 11,000 people die from smoking every day? Did you know that people die from breathing smoke _______ other people's cigarettes every day?

Tobacco smoke has ingredients that may _______ cancer. If smokers had learned these _______ when they were young, they probably would never have started smoking.

Most smokers try _______ first cigarette when they are teenagers. Often, they start smoking because they think that it makes them look more _______. Sometimes they start smoking because their friends tell them that it's cool. If teenagers are told that half of them will die before the age of 65 from smoking cigarettes, how can they still think it's cool to smoke?

One of the biggest problems is cigarette advertisements. Tobacco companies _______ tell the truth to teenagers about cigarettes. After watching the advertisements on TV or looking at the posters in which people ride horses or play in a rock band, young people often think that smoking _______ be cool.

Sadly, cigarettes are very difficult to _______ once a person has started smoking. Most teenagers start smoking _______ they are influenced by friends or cigarettes advertisements. And often, the teenagers regret the decision to start smoking later in life.

Teenagers need to know ________bad cigarettes are for their health. If they are told that cigarettes kill more people than guns do, they probably will never start smoking.

1.A. from B. with C. by D. to

2.A. produce B. devote C. cause D. lead

3.A. facts B. information C. message D. news

4.A. theirs B. their C. them D. themselves

5.A. out-going B. hard-working C. easy-going D. grown-up

6.A. never B. often C. sometimes D. always

7.A. need B. might C. must D. may

8.A. look up B. put up C. set up D. give up

9.A. so B. although C. because D. but

10.A. what B. how C. why D. if

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