I seldom thought I had a passion. I would sit...

I seldom thought I had a passion. I would sit before the TV all day, thinking about nothing but the next show. It was not long ago that I first learned how important1.(have) a passion is to life.

One day I went with Mum2.(drop) my sister off at the gym. Then, as Mum stopped at a red light, someone on the roadside caught my eyes. It was a man3.(dress) in rags, homeless. That didn’t interest me, for I4.(see) many like him before.

But the man wasn’t sitting down with a sad 5.(express). He had a radio in his hand and was dancing6.(merry) to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious thing7.he had.

“Mum, why does that man have a radio even though he is homeless?” I asked.

“He bought 8.,”she replied.

“But if he is homeless, why doesn’t he use the money to buy food or clothes? He wasted it on something he doesn’t need.”

“Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren’t the only important things. We need happiness, too.”

“I see.” The man9.care too much about music, so he bought a radio instead of food and clothes. I realized that happiness is the key to life. Without it, there10. (be) nothing to look forward to. A passion a person the happiness he needs to keep going!

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I seldom thought I had a passion. I would sit before the TV all day, thinking1.nothing but the next shadow. It was not long ago that I first learned how important having a passion is to life.

One day I went with Mum to drop my sister off at the gym. Then,2.Mum stopped at a red light, someone on the roadside caught my eyes. It was a man3.(dress) in rags, homeless. That didn’t interest me, for I4.(see) many like him before.

But he man wasn’t sitting down with a sad5.(express). He had a radio in his hand and was dancing6.(merry) to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious thing7.he had.

“Mum, why does that man have a radio even though he’s homeless?” I asked.

“He bought8.,” she replied.

“But if he’s homeless, why doesn’t he use the money to buy food or clothes? He wasted it on something he doesn’t need.”

“Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren’t9.only important things. We need happiness, too.”

“I see.” The man must care too much about music, so he bought a radio instead of food and clothes. I realized that happiness is the key to life.10.it, there’s nothing to look forward to. A passion gives a person the happiness they need to keep going!

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The earth is dying before us yet we sit and watch. If the TV or the game system breaks, we run off to the stores to get it fixed immediately no matter what the cost. Why aren’t we willing to fix our earth? Are our televisions and game systems more important to us than where we live? Where shall we continue to live, until the end of time?

The earth is our home and cannot be replaced. We must take care of it. We have come up with so much technology that limits us instead of helping us. Take that game system we run to repair. What does it do? It occupies kids’ time! The earth has already given kids plenty of entertainment in the forms of fields and hills, forests and plains, water and land. However, instead of using what the earth has given us, and helping kids by giving them exercise as they run around, we decide to ruin kids’ minds with game systems that glue them to the screen for hours, and make them ignore their homework and chores. We have polluted this earth by making these things which do not even help in any way!

We have already messed up this world, we have ruined the air, water, and animals that it has so willingly provided for us. We need to stop this destruction of life and bring back the world we had before. It will not be easy, but everybody can help! What about something as simple as turning the lights off when you leave a room? Recycling what can be recycled? Picking up litter? Donating money to an environmental organization? None of these things are very hard. We can’t just always say, “Oh, the earth is a mess. Ah, well, those big companies that are polluting so much can stop and fix it.” Instead, we need to help out. It’s not only those big companies; it’s everyday things that we do too that are ruining the earth. So stop and think about what you can do to make a difference to our world!

1.Why does the author mention televisions and game systems in Paragraph 1?

A. To make people better aware of the urgency to the protection of the earth.

B. To explore the great harm done to the earth by too much technology waste.

C. To show the relationship between overuse of those things with early death.

D. To remind people to spend less on them and use the saved money in a wiser way.

2.It can be inferred from the second paragraph that the author________

A. thinks we must take care of our irreplaceable home-----the earth.

B. thinks running around in fields occupies too much of kids’ time.

C. takes an extremely negative attitude to things like game systems.

D. takes it for granted that technology gives kids plenty of entertainment.

3.We can clearly feel that the author wrote this passage with deep_______

A. anger　　 B. emotion　　 C. sadness　　 D. regret

4.What is the main purpose of the passage?

A. To criticize those big companies that ruin the earth

B. To ask people to save kids from the harm done by pollution.

C. To give kids plenty of entertainment in a clean environment

D. To call on people to stop ruining the earth

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_______his thoughts, the scientist didn’t notice what had happened before him.

A. Absorbed in　　 B. Caught in

C. Used to　 　　 　 D. Interested in

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Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were year exams. All the 36 _____ had been working hard for some time, reviewing their lessons for the exams. If they didn’t 37 _____, they would have to retake them in September. There were usually a few who 38 _____, but Jane didn’t want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, 39 _____ just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister Barbara was 40 _____ about her. She went to bed too 41 _____. The night before the first exam, Barbara 42 ____ that she have an early night and take a 43 ____ pill. She promised to wake 44 _____ up in the morning.

As she was falling asleep, Jane was afraid that she might oversleep. Her 45 _____ kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of 46 ____, she went to sleep. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the examination 47 _____, but she couldn’t answer any of the questions. 48 _____ around her was writing pages and pages. 49 _____ she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write 50 _____. She kept looking at her 51 _____. Time was running out. There was only an hour to go. She started one question, wrote two sentences, 52 _____ and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started 53 ____. Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she 54 ____ up. She was still in bed and it had all been a 55 _____ dream. A minute later, Barbara called her name.

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— We ＿＿ that you would fix the TV set this week.

— I’m sorry. I ＿＿ to, but I’ve been too busy.

A. had expected； had intended B. are expecting； had intended

C. expect； intend D. expected； intend

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Much labor would have been saved if the electronic computers_____________ before.

A. had invented 　　　　　　　　　　 B. were invented

C. should have been invented　　 D. had been invented

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My son Leon’s passion (热爱) for surfing began at the age of 13. Before and after school each day, he put on his wet suit, picked up his equipment, swam out beyond the surf line and waited to be challenged by his friends.

One aftenoon, the lifeguard reported over the phone to my husband Wilson that Leon’s eye was badly injured by his board. Wilson rushed him to the emergency room, where he received 26 stitches (缝线) from the comer of his eye to the bridge of his nose. I was on an airplane flying home from a meeting while Leons’ eye was being stitched. Wilson drove directly to the airport after they left the doctor’s office. He greeted me at the gate and told me Leon was waiting in the car.

“Leon?” I questioned. I remember thinking the waves must have been bad that day. “He’s been in an accident, but he’s going to be fine,” said my husband.

A traveling working mother’s worst nightmare (恶梦) had come true. I ran to the car so fast the heel of my shoe broke off. I swung open the door, to see that my youngest son had a patch (眼罩) over his eye and was leaning toward me crying, “Oh, Ma, I’m so glad you’re home.” I cried in his arms, telling him how awful I felt about not being there when the lifeguard called. “Its OK, Mom,” he comforted me. “You don’t know how to surf anyway.”

“What?” I asked, confused by his logic. “I’ll be fine. The doctor says I can go back in the water in 8 days,” said my son.

I wanted to tell him he wasn’t allowed to go near water again until he was 35, but instead I bit my tongue and hoped he would forget about surfing. For the next 7 days he kept pressing me to let him surf again. One day after I had repeated “No” to him for the 100th time, he beat me at my own game. “Mom, you taught us never to give up what we love,” he said. And I gave in.

Back then Leon was just a boy with a passion for surfing. Now he is a man with a responsibility. He ranks among the top 25 professional surfers in the world. Passionate people stick to what they love and never give up.

1.How did the author feel when she knew Leon was at the airport?

A.Delighted. B.Angry.

C.Excited. D.Surprised.

2.What did Leon do after being injured?

A.He still held onto his dream firmly.

B.He decided to follow his mom’s advice.

C.He felt like the accident was a nightmare.

D.He felt disappointed for being unable to surf for long.

3.Which of the following words can best describe Leon?

A.Brave and creative. B.Optimistic and reliable.

C.Responsible and humorous. D.Enthusiastic and determined.

4.What does the author mainly want to tell us through the passage?

A.Hard work will always pay off.

B.It’s dangerous for beginners to surf.

C.We should stick to our passions whatever happens.

D.Parents can’t care about children’s safety too much

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I thought things would get better, but _______ it is they are getting worse.

A. before        B. because      C. as       D. after

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He never thought of it before, ________all that his parents had done for him for granted.

A.taking   B.taken    C.to take D.took

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