In this modern world, we rush around all day, doing things, talking, emailing, sending and reading messages. We are always on, always connected, always thinking, always talking. There is no ___1___ for stillness.
And when we are ___2 ___to be still because we’re in line for something, or waiting at a doctor’s appointment, or on 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 that time for ___6__, for observing and listening. We lose peace.
And ___7___ yet: sometimes too much action is worse than no action at all. You can run around crazily, but get ___ 8___done.
Take a moment to think about ___9__ you spend your days. Are you constantly rushing around? Are you constantly reading and answering ___10 ___, checking on the news and the latest stream of information? Are you always ___11___through your schedule?
Is this how you want to spend your ___12___? If so, peace be with you. If not, take a moment to be ___13___. Don’t think about what you have to do, or what you’ve done already. ___14___be in the moment.
Then after a minute or two of doing that, consider your life, and how you’d ___15___ it to be. See your life with less movement, less doing, less rushing. See it with more stillness, more consideration, more ___16___.
Then be that vision.
It’s pretty simple: all you have to do is sit still for a little bit each day. ___17___you’ve gotten used to that, try doing less each day. Breathe when you feel yourself moving too___18___. Slow down. Be present. Find happiness now, in this moment, instead of ___19___ for it.
___20 ___ the stillness. It’s a treasure, and it’s available to us, always.
A．place B．chance C．freedom D．time
A．forced B．ordered C．invited D．told
A．have B．find C．buy D．get
A．familiar with B．curious about C．used to D．interested in
A．cost B．risk C．loss D．danger
A．play B．food C．sleep D．consideration
A．further B．worse C．farther D．deeper
A．everything B．anything C．nothing D．something
A．how B．where C．why D．whether
A．questions B．problems C．phones D．messages
A．walking B．rushing C．stepping D．going
A．school B．youth C．work D．life
A．silent B．patient C．still D．quiet
A．Nearly B．Ever C．Just D．Already
A．like B．decide C．choose D．need
A．activity B．research C．study D．peace
A．Because B．Until C．Once D．Unless
A．frequently B．slowly C．fast D．quickly
A．asking B．sending C．calling D．waiting
A．Value B．Miss C．Owe D．Hold
Water and its importance to human life were the centre of the world’s attention last week. March 22 was World Water Day and 36 the theme “Water for Life”.
There are more than one billion people in the world who live without 37drinking water. The United Nations 38 to cut this number in half by 2015.
Solving such a big problem seems like a(n) 39challenge. But everyone, 40 teenagers, can do something to help. A teenage girl in the US has set an example to the 41of her age around the world.
Rene Haggerty, 13, was awarded the 2004 Gloria Barron Prize for her work— 42 discarded(废弃的) batteries（电池）which pollute water.
In 2003, Haggerty went on a field trip to the Great Lakes Science Centre in Ohio. There she saw an exhibit about how 43in old batteries harm the water of Lake Erie.
Haggerty learnt that 44the batteries was an easy solution. “I think everybody can do it, because everyone 45 batteries, and it can make a big difference.” With these words, she began to 46 awareness in her area.
She 47her county government and school board. She got permission to start a recycling programme in schools 48 the public library, hospital, and churches. With the help from her family, friends and local waste-management 49, she gathered containers, arranged transportation, and made a(n) 50video.
Over the past two years, she collected four tons of batteries and drew the attention of officials, who were in charge of a battery recycling programme but had made 51 progress.
When asked 52 she feels like a hero, Haggerty is quite __53. “Not really. Well, maybe for the fish I saved!”
Every year the Gloria Barron Prize is 54to young Americans aged 8 to 18 who have shown leadership and courage in 55 the public and the planet. Each year ten winners receive US $ 2,000 each, to help with their education costs or their public service work.
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A．had B．gave C．wrote D．discussed
A．enough B．safe C．much D．polluted
A．asks B．orders C．hopes D．ensures
A．good B．strong C．important D．unreal
A．especially B．sometimes C．even D．seldom
A．boys B．others C．students D．grown-ups
A．collecting B．selling C．buying D．using
A．things B．chemicals C．water D．air
A．making B．recycling C．reducing D．handling
A．uses B．has C．throws D．needs
A．tell B．increase C．spread D．inform
A．talked to B．listened to C．heard from D．thought about
A．and B．besides C．as well as D．as good as
A．officials B．workers C．clerks D．experts
A．industrial B．agricultural C．scientific D．educational
A．much B．no C．some D．little
A．if B．how C．when D．why
A．proud B．glad C．modest D．worried
A．praises B．helps C．supports D．honors
A．awarding B．saving C．serving D．favoring
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41～60各题所给的四个选项（A.B.C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
Jack Baines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings were very lowly. He was the youngest of eight children. His father had a 41 in a cotton mill (纱厂), but he was often 42 to work because of poor health. The family couldn’t 43 to pay the rent or bills, and the children often went 44 . After leaving school at the age of 14, Jack was 45 what to do when Mr Walker, his old teacher, offered to lend him ￡100 to start his own46 .
It was just after the war. Raw materials were not enough, and Jack saw a 47 in scrap metal(废弃金属). He bought bits of metal and stored it in an old garage. When he had built up a large amount, he sold it and 48 plenty of money. Jack 49 working hard. After one year he succeeded in 50 the ￡100.
By the time Jack was 30 years old he had 51 his first million, and he wanted to 52 this achievement by doing something “ 53 ”. With all his money it was 54 to build a beautiful home for himself and his parents. In 1959, “Baines Castle” was built in the 55 of the Lancashire countryside. It was one of the finest buildings in the country.
Jack has recently sold “Baines Castle” for ￡500 million, 56 Jack still can’t get used to 57 the good life. He can 58 be found drinking with the locals at the local pub（酒吧）.
“I remember being very 59 as a child, but never 60 as a child,” says Jack, “and I will never forget where I came from and who I am.”
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John had to go to work. So he set off half an hour 36 than usual and arrived at the library before anybody else. The 37 to come was Mr. Steele, who thought, “This must be a wonder. John is 38 the first he
re. If he came as 39 as this every morning, he would get a lot more 40 done.” John began to get on with his work and by half past nine he had 41 all the postcards he had to write. It was a quarter to ten, and Mary had not arrived 42. He wondered 43 she was ill or if she had taken the day 44. But Mr. Steele came and 45 him if he knew where Mary was. If she were ill, she would 46, he said. It’s not like her. She’s usually 47. John said that he had no 48 where Mary was. But 49 the door opened and there was Mary. She was looking very 50 and tired. She apologized to Mr. Steele and explained that she had been 51 most of the night. She hadn’t 52 to sleep until five in the morning and had overslept. Mr. Steele was very 53 and suggested that she take the day off. She 54 him and said she would stay, but she 55 said a word for the rest of the morning. John, on the other hand, was feeling happy so at one o’clock he suggested to Mary that they go and have lunch together, and she agreed.
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A．later B．faster C．slower D．earlier
A．next B．last C．third D．first
A．almost B．about C．actually D．finally
A．soon B．early C．late D．quick
A．job B．book C．work D．thing
A．taken B．sold C．finished D．ended
A．too B．yet C．still D．already
A．whether B．why C．when D．either
A．on B．over C．off D．up
A．told B．warned C．answered D．asked
A．telephone B．drive C．ride D．stay
A．later for work B．absent C．ill D．the first to come
A．question B．idea C．thought D．mind
A．at that moment B．for a moment C．long before D．after work
A．happy B．pale C．red D．excited
A．asleep B．away C．alone D．awake
A．got B．wanted C．hoped D．begun
A．cruel B．kind C．angry D．glad
A．taught B．told C．laughed at D．thanked
A．hardly B．nearly C．mostly D．immediately
As darkness fell, hundreds of people in the Swiss vill
age left their houses. They were staring 36at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with 37, beautiful and dangerous.
The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had 38the top, using the southern route. But no one had ever dared to try a winter climbing up the 39side. But now one man was daring to try the 40route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber from Italy.
For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him 41. Now they were waiting to see his 42. If he planned to 43the next day, he would light a green signal. A red light would mean that he was 44.
A tiny green light 45high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people 46.
The next day he 47his way upward. He was so lonely and so tired! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the 48light.
In the morning, Bonatti looked up. He could not see the top, but he knew he was 49there. 50the climb was painful, he moved up.
Bonatti had spent months 51for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and 52to climb to the top?
He was finally at the top! News about his 53was radioed to the world.
The trip down the southern 54was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the " 55", and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.
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A．up B．down C．back D．forward
A．green trees B．flowers C．rocks D．ice and snow
A．passed B．reached C．climbed D．watched
A．eastern B．western C．northern D．southern
A．different B．difficult C．easy D．same
A．anxiously B．carefully C．patiently D．eagerly
A．signal B．flag C．face D．figure
A．go down B．come back C．go on D．give up
A．turning around B．turning back C．moving up D．in danger
A．raised B．rose C．disappeared D．appeared
A．cheered B．shouted C．laughed D．jumped
A．stopped B．abandoned C．continued D．ended
A．green B．yellow C．blue D．red
A．already B．surely C．almost D．no longer
A．Because B．Though C．Since D．When
A．asking B．planning C．preparing D．training
A．money B．wish C．effort D．skill
A．victory B．climb C．courage D．thing
A．pace B．route C．path D．passage
A．necessary B．great C．important D．impossible
Thanksgiving Day was near. Lucy, the first grade teacher, gave her class a fun 36— to draw a picture of somebody or something for which they were 37. When the students 38
their assignment, she found most of them drew some pictures of their family, teachers, friends or neighbors.
Douglas, however, made a different kind of picture. He was a 39 boy. He didn’t act the same as others. He always seemed to be shy and sad. He 40played with other children during the break 41they kindly invited him to. Lucy treated him very well. She always helped him and 42 him to be confident. Yes, his picture was different. He just drew a 43. Nothing else. His abstract image 44 the imagination of his classmates. Whose hand could it be? One guessed it was a mother’s hand, for mother’s hand gives children warmth and 45 . Another child guessed it was a police officer’s hand, because the police 46people and care for people. And so the discussion 47.
When the children were discussing it, Lucy paused at Douglas’ desk, 48down, and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy murmured, “It’s 49, teacher.” Douglas was most thankful for her hand. She was 50and felt tears in her eyes. She thought of the times she had taken his hand and walked with him here or there. She 51 how often she had said to him, “Take my 52, Douglas. We’ll go outside.” or “Let me show you how to hold your pencil.”
The story speaks of 53thankfulness. It also says something about teachers teaching and parents parenting and friends showing friendship. They might not always say “ 54” out, but they’ll remember the hand that you 55out to give them love and be grateful to you always.
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A．assignment B．question C．suggestion D．solution
A．sorry B．regretful C．thankful D．responsible
A．gave in B．handed in C．put off D．called off
A．strong B．kind C．different D．humorous
A．often B．usually C．seldom D．ever
A．because B．though C．as D．since
A．encouraged B．discouraged C．cheered D．praised
A．hand B．face C．ear D．leg
A．reduced B．ruined C．inspired D．used
A．comfort B．praise C．sorrow D．coldness
A．search B．question C．meet
A．ended B．succeeded C．continued D．failed
A．broke B．pulled C．looked D．bent
A．his B．yours C．my mother’s D．my father’s
A．disappointed B．annoyed C．tired D．touched
A．forgot B．regretted C．recalled D．understood
A．hand B．book C．lesson D．gift
A．rather than B．more than C．anything but D．nothing but
A．I’m sorry B．Take care C．I’m all right D．Thank you
A．get B．reach C．put D．make