Do not push yourself too hard

       One Friday earlier this school year, all of a sudden it felt like I had pulled a muscle in my back. I knew I was   1   . After a few days I stopped eating, which meant I lost ; the clothes bought two weeks earlier began hanging 3    . In addition, I started 4 so less that my eyelids were constantly heavy. My parents got 5 .  I thought fear wasn’t going tomy life. Yet, I spent every minute of every day how I was going to get myself out of trouble, and it made me mad.

       Then I to accept I was ill. I kept my job working 25 hours a week in a shop ; I didn’t 9   any classes . When I was 10 , I sucked it up and kept on going .  11   it kills you, it makes you stronger, right?

       But now I find myself thinking g whether that’s 12   it. I’m taking the classes and writing for the newspaper because it looks 13 on college applications. And I am working 25 hours a week so that ,  14  I get into my dream school , I can afford it .

       Here I am, already sick from the amount of work. So, what good is a( n ) 15   application if I’m dead ? What is the 16   of doing this work if I can’t enjoy the results?

       17  , by writing my story I’m not only  18  that I can’t take it, but I’m telling all the people who are too concerned with the  19  to worry about now . This is my warning: Don’t 20 the high dive if you don’t like the deep end .

1.A.tired                     B.ill                      C.sad                         D.cold

2.A.heart                   B.chance                         C.confidence              D.weight

3.A.heart                    B.chance                         C.confidence              D.weight

4.A.protecting             B.sleeping                    C.amusing                  D.observing

5.A.annoyed                   B.disturbed              C.scared                    D.shocked

6.A.control                     B.lose                        C.take                        D.explore

7.A.noticing                    B.showing                  C.answering            D.wondering

8.A.refused                     B.agreed                    C.determined              D.managed

9.A.leaving                     B.training                   C.performing              D.hurting

10.A.leaving                    B.training                   C.performing              D.hurting

11.A.Since                   B.If                        C.Though                  D.Unless

12.A.unfair                     B.honest                    C.worth                     D.equal

13.A.firm                       B.good                       C.curious                   D.serious

14.A.once                       B.though                    C.unless                     D.whether

15.A.expensive             B.impressive            C.instructive            D.sensitive

16.A.point                   B.duty                    C.promise               D.action

17.A.In case                   B.In return              C.In fact                    D.In all

18.A.regretting             B.reporting              C.desiring                  D.admitting

19.A.income                   B.education             C.pressure                 D.future

20.A.cross                   B.escape                    C.climb                   D.aviod

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     Friday , September 20th , 2 : 00 — 4 : 00 p.m.

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Hungry for change is part of a growing movement of people who want to stop famine throughout the world. They want to make certain that people in famine areas can protect themselves from the effects of future droughts. They also want to make certain that enough help is quickly available for emergencies in all parts of the world.

       Hungry for Change has helped to raise millions of pounds for famine relief (救助) . It has attracted a great deal of newspaper publicity for its relief work. It has also been successful in persuading the government in Britain to increase its aid budget by several million pounds and carry out new research into improved crops. While Hungry for Change works in Britain for an end to poverty and famine in the world, Oxfam is helping to get over the for of famine in such countries as Ethiopia and Sudan with long-term development  projects .

       In North West Darfur, Sudan, Oxfam is helping to increase food production.

       In Nile Province, Sudan, Oxfam is planting trees in order to provide fuel and shelter, and to protect the soil . It is a faraway area, where rainfall is poor and the forests are difficult.

       In Arba Minch, Ethiopia , Oxfam is supporting a project to supply clean water to villages . Clean water will reduce the risk of diseases, especially among children.

1.Hungry for Change and Oxfam are two__________.

       A.branch offices               B.churches                

C.hospitals                D.organizations

2.The underlined word “ famine ” probably means ___________ .

       A.the bad harvest of grain                        B.very serious lack of food

C.the place covered with water         D.a long period of dry weather

3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

       A.Hungry for Change has collected a lot of money

B.Hungry for Change wants to help people prevent famine

C.Oxfam is planting trees to improve agriculture in Nile Province

D.Oxfam plans improve agriculture in Sudan in a very short time.

4.According to the passage, Oxfam does not help ________ .

       A.to build schools and hospitals

B.to in crease food production

C.to provide fuel and shelter

D.to supply clean water

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