How long have you been busy, rushing around all day? We are always on, talking, emailing, sending and reading messages. There is just no   1   for stillness.

   And when we are   2   to be still because we’re in line for something, or waiting for a bus or train, we often   3    something to do. Some will play with mobile devices, others will read something. Being still isn’t something we’re   4    .

   This comes at a   5    : we lose time for   6   , for observing and listening. We lose peace. And worse yet: sometimes too much action is worse than no action at all. You can run around crazily, but get   7    done.

   Take a moment to think about how you spend your days. Are you constantly rushing around? Are you constantly reading and answering    8     ？Are you always   9   through your schedule?

   Is this how you want to spend your   10    ? If so, peace is with you. If not, take a moment to be    11    . Then after a minute of doing that, consider your life, and how you’d like it to be. See your life with less movement, more stillness and more    12    .

   Then be that vision.

It’s pretty simple: all you have to do is to sit still for a little bit each day. Breathe when you feel yourself moving too    13   . Slow down; find happiness now, at this moment, instead of   14     for it.

15    the stillness. It’s a treasure, and it’s available to us, always.

I don’t like_______ when I am talking with my friends someone cuts in.

    A. that  B. this   C. one  D. it

----How long are you staying?

----I don’t know. ____

---Did you go somewhere on holiday?

---I ______ to go to Hawaii, but I didn’t sign up for the tour in time.

A. would hope       B. was hoped        C. had hoped     D. have hoped

Modern China is experiencing a completely new period ________ respect for

science and creativity has become the guiding principle of society.

A. of which    B. where        C. in which              D. that

Last year , my daughter was diagnosed with leukemia(白血病).

It is still hard to write that word.   16    is even harder to say it out loud, because it feels like that will make it more real. Although I wish I could either change the diagnosis   17

deny it altogether, this is what we’re facing. Every time we think about what her tiny body is doing to her, it   18   (break) our heart a little bit more. This is my worst nightmare.

But my husband and I are saying many thanks to God that her disease is the  19  (much)

common form of all the childhood blood cancers, which comes with an 85~90% cure rate. We believe that she is in that 90%, but we know there’s still a long road ahead   20   us.

   21   (thank), she’s not in any pain, other than a little soreness from a recent procedure. And since she’s 4, she doesn’t quite understand   22    is happening at all. She is in good spirits,    23     helps us cope more than we realized it would. It also helps that she is in such    24    great hospital, specifically for children. They have done a great job, saving my daughter’s life and    25   (make) us go through the hard time as well.

The incomes of skilled workers went up. ______, unskilled workers saw their earnings fall.

  A. Moreover     B. Therefore     C. Meanwhile     D. Otherwise

A basketball match between the two famous teams_______ on the coming Saturday afternoon.

       A. will have played                                          B. will be played

C. is played                                              D. plays

As I looked at the memorial, I thought about ____ terrible disaster it was for the people in Nanjing then and ____ they were to fight the Japanese invaders.

A. how, how          B. what a, how              C. what, how                D. how, what

All areas of the world face a nurses shortage. But the shortage is most severe in developing countries. Many of their nurses move to the more developed nations for better pay, better working conditions and better chances for career development. For example, nearly 2,000 nurses left the Caribbean between 2002 and 2006.

       The Caribbean nations currently have about 1 nurse for every 1,000 people. The ratio(比例) of nurses to population is about 10 times higher in the United States and countries in the European Union(EU). Now, more than 21,000 nurses who trained in the Caribbean are working in the United States, Canada and Britain.

       Gaetan Lafortune is an official of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development(O.E.C.D) in Paris. He says the nurses shortage also affects industrialized countries. He says, “There is concern in most O.E.C.D.countries that the number of nurses is too small to meet the demand. And what is more worrying is that their concern is sort of growing.” Mr Lafortune says a large number of nurses are expected to retire within the next 10 years. At the same time, the health care needs of aging populations are expected to grow, intensifying the shortage of nurses.

       Gaetan Lafortune said, “In the U.S., for instance, some researchers have found that there may be a shortage of close to a million nurses by 2020.” The United States is 1 of the 21 countries in the O.C.E.D. Gaetan Lafortune says in the recent years many of the countries increased their efforts to hire foreign nurses. As a result of that, O.E.C.D. countries were mainly exporting their shortage problem to countries that may have an even greater need for these nurses.

What will be the main causes of the global nurses shortage in the next 10 years?

       a. The demand for nurses will decrease.                    

b. Many nurses will be too old to work.

       c. Many rich countries will hire more foreign nurses. 

d. Nurses are often looked down upon.

       e. Aging populations will increase rapidly

       A. a and b             B. b and c              C. b and e              D. c and d

The underlined word “intensify” in para. 3 means “________”.

       A. strengthen         B. neglect            C. reduce               D. cause

We know from this text that America and the EU countries ______.

       A. refuse to offer equal pay to foreign nurses

       B. have at least one nurse out of 100 people

       C. don’t like to train nurses of their own countries

       D. have more serious nursing problems than the Caribbean nations

What does the text mainly tell us?

       A. Nursing is no longer a worthwhile profession in most countries.

       B. The different attitudes towards nursing in different countries.

       C. Nurses shortage will result in serious consequences.

       D. The health care industry needs more nurses.