1、We just moved into our new flat last week, and we love the new place too. I was sitting outside my new home yesterday, watching the world go by.

There were people in  36 , in a hurry to get to their next appointment. There were  37 flying nearby, insects just as busy as the people in cars, flowers  38  in the warm and damp climate.

Inside the house, my children were also busy, as ever, making a  39  of the house , which my wife and I would soon clean up, their natural  40  defeating our previous requirements for them not to play with lotion ( 护肤液 ) or take things  41 .

The sky was  42  cloudy and there was a cool breeze ( 微风 ), quite gentle and 43 actually.

It’s not often that  44   of us just sit quietly, enjoying the world .

Why not?

What is  45   important that it can't wait until later?  46  email must be answered right this moment? Do we really need to  47   all those articles online, all those messages from 48 , and all those newspapers and magazines? Do we need to   49   the television and radio and Internet on all the time?

Is life passing us by as we keep our minds   50  ? Are we   51  the beautiful world around us as we constantly think about the  52  ― what we will do, our  53  about what might happen ― and the past ― what we did wrong, what someone else did to us, what we said, what  54  have happened?

When was the   55  time you just sat, and observed? Why not do it today?

39、请以 Is Failure a Bad Thing 为题写一篇短文，要点如下：

1.       失败是常有的事。

2.       人们对失败有各种不同的态度。

你对失败的态度。

38、Grandpa intends to have a thoroughly enjoyable and _________period without paid work.

A. broad           B. wide              C. lengthy          D. brief

37、 Juventus _________two goals in the last ten minutes.

A. achieved         B. managed           C. succeeded       D. challenged

36、 ― Which number is yours?

―_____--it's that one here, yes, this one.

A. Let me see       B. Let's say           C. Mind you        D. Excuse me

35、Please look _________the whole plan and let me know what you think.

A. into              B. up                 C. through                D. after

34、Try to _________a few hours each week for exercise.

A. put away        B. take away         C. pick up         D. set aside

33、There was a（n）_________moment when the plane suddenly dropped.

A. nervous          B. embarrassed       C. anxious          D. worried

32、People who don't do what they say they will are_________.

A. honest          B. independent       C. cruel           D. unreliable

31、He was unable to attend the meeting in Moscow, because the Russian authorities had_______ him a visa.

A. denied          B. rejected           C. refused         D. opposed