We are lucky to live in a rich country where we have many things.However, most of us usually  1   some things.

Electricity is one thing  2  we waste most.Lights, TVs,  3  and other things are often kept on even when no one is using them.We should turn them off when we do not need them.It  4  less than a second to do it.Anyhow, not wasting electricity save money, because we do not have to  5  the electricity we do not use.

The second thing that we often waste is water. Fresh water is precious*,  6  it shouldn’t be wasted.It is only a simple matter of turning off a tap*.I am sure  7  can do this easily if he wants to.

 8  big waste is food.My mother  9  cook so much food that much of it was thrown away.I told her we had wasted so much  10  .She thought I was right and now cooks __11_  what we can eat.

    It is not   12   to be wasteful.I find there is a simple  13   of not wasting things.That is to use only what we   14  .Do not touch what we do not need.   15   this way we can stop being wasteful.

1. A. use                     B. wash                    C. waste                   D. forget

2. A. what                     B. that                       C. whose                  D. who

3. A. radios                   B. apples                   C. bikes                    D. doors

4. A. brings                   B. costs                    C. keeps                    D. takes

5. A. afford                   B. save                     C. pay for                 D. care for

6. A. though                  B. because                C. so                        D. but

7. A. nobody                 B. something             C. everybody            D. nothing

8. A. Others           B. Other                   C. Another                D. The other

9. A. planned to         B. used to                 C. was able to           D. was afraid to

10. A. electricity            B. water                    C. food                    D. money

11. A. mainly                 B. only                      C. mostly                  D. specially

12. A. right                   B. fine                      C. bad                      D. necessary

13. A. way                    B. thing                     C. plan              D. project

14. A. buy                     B. need                     C. bring                    D. get  

15. A. On                   B. In                        C. For                      D. At

Sixteen years ago a boy gave me an important gift.It was a smile.

It was the early autumn of my first year at a middle school, and my old school was far away.As a result, no one knew who I was.I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone.

Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break.I couldn’t talk with anyone about my problems.

Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual.At that moment, a boy entered the classroom.I didn’t know who he was.He passed me and then turned back.He looked at me, with a smile.

Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly.It made me feel happy, lively and warm.That smile changed my life.I started to talk with other students and made friends.Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class.The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.

One day I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn’t remember smiling at me!

It doesn’t matter because all the dark days have gone.I believe that the world is what you think it is.If you think it lonely, you might always be alone.So smile at world and it will smile back.

1. When did the writer get the gift?  _______

A. When she was 16 years old.

B. After she made friends with the boy.

C. In her first year at a middle school 

D. After she became closer to everyone in her class

2. Why was the smile an important gift?  _______

   A. Because the writer’s old school was far away.

   B. Because the writer didn’t know who the boy was.

   C. Because the smile didn’t mean anything to the boy.

   D. Because it made the writer feel happy, lively and warm.

3. Where does she now think her feeling of unhappiness came from? _______

   A. From her old school.                B. From her parents.      

   C. From herself                              D. From her classmate at the new school

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