Scientists find that hard-working people live longer than average men and women. Career women are__1___ than housewives.Evidence shows that __2_ are in poorer health than the job-holders.A study shows that _3___ the unemployment rate increases by 1%,the death rate in-creases correspondingly by 2%.All this comes down to one point:Work is helpful to health.
Why is work good for health? It is because work ___4_ people busy, _5__ loneliness and solitude . Researches show that people feel unhappy,_6__ and lonely when they have nothing to do.Instead,the happiest are those who are _7___.Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard . Work serves as __8___ between man and reality.By work,people_9__ each other.By collective activity,they find friendship and warmth.This is helpful to health.The loss of work __10__ the loss of everything.It affects man spiritually and __11_ him liable to disease.
__12__ ,work gives one a sense of fulfillment and a sense of _13__ .Work makes one feel his value and status in society.When __14__ finishes his writing or a doctor successfully __15__ a patient or a teacher sees his students __16_ ,they are happy ___17__ .
From the above we can _18__ to the conclusion that the more you work, _19___ and healthier you will be.Let us work hard,study well and __20__ a happy and healthy life.
A.richer B.weaker C.healthier D.wors
A.the old B.the busy C.the hard-working D.the jobless
A.whether B.whenever C.though D.since
A.forces B.keeps C.needs D.require
A.away from B.in lack of C.in touch with D.in charge of
A.worried B.joyful C.concerned D.interested
A.free B.busy C.lazy D.dull
A.a bridge B.a gap C.a channel D.a guard
A.come across B.look down upon C.come into contact with D.watch over
A.stands B.means C.helps D.matches
A.makes B.orders C.finds D.forces
A.Then B.Besides C.However D.Yet
A.disappointment B.regret C.achievement D.apology
A.a worker B.a farmer C.a manager D.a writer
A.makes friends with B.has a talk C.deals with D.operates on
A.raise B.rise C.grow D.increase
A.beyond words B.without a word C.at a word D.in a word
A.reach B.come C.arrive D.draw
A.the happier B.the weaker C.the stronger D.the lonelier
A.make B.lead C.earn D.share
【2015·陕西】完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Dad had a green comb. He bought it when he married Mum. Every night, he would hand me his and say, “Good girl, help Daddy clean it, OK?”
I was to do it. At age five , this dull task brought me such . I would excitedly turn the tap and brush the comb carefully. Satisfied that I’d done a good job, I would happily return the comb to Dad. He would affectionately at me and place the comb on his wallet.
Two years later, Dad started his own , which wasn’t doing so well. That was when things started to . Dad didn’t come home as early and as much as he used to. Mum and I became with him for placing our family in trouble. With , an uncomfortable silence grew between us.
After my graduation, Dad’s business was getting back on track. On my 28th birthday, Dad came home . As usually I helped him carry his bags into his study. When I turned to leave, he said ,“Hey, would you help me my comb?” I looked at him a while, then the comb and headed to the sink.
It hit me then: why, as a child, Dad clean his comb was such a pleasure. That routine(习惯) meant Dad was home early to the evening with Mum and me. It a happy and loving family.
I passed the clean comb back to Dad. He smiled at me and placed his comb on his wallet. But this time , I noticed something . Dad had aged. He had wrinkles next to his eyes when he smiled, his smile was still as as before, the smile of a father who just wanted a good for his family.
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完形填空 (共 20 小题; 每小题 1 分, 满分 20 分)
请阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was required to read one of Bernie Siegel's books in college and was hooked on his positivity from that moment on. The stories of his unconventional and the exceptional patients he wrote about were so to me and had such a big on how I saw life from then on. Who knew that so many years later I would look to Dr. Bernie and his CDs again to my own cancer experience?
I'm an ambitious ,and when I started going through chemo (化疗) , even though I'm a very person, I lost my drive to write. I was just too tired and not in the . One day, while waiting to go in for , I had one of Dr. Bernie's books in my hand. Another patient what I was reading and struck up a conversation with me he had one of his books with him as well. It that among other things, he was an eighty-year-old writer. He was a published author, and he was currently on a new book.
We would see each other at various times and friends. Sometimes he wore a duck hat, and I would tell myself, he was definitely a(n) of Dr. Bernie. He really put a on my face. He unfortunately last year due to his cancer, he left a deep impression on me and gave me the to pick up my pen again. I to myself, "If he can do it, then so can I."
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【2015·北京】完形填空(共 20 小题;每小题 1.5 分,共 30 分)
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上讲该项 涂黑。
A Welcome Gift
Dario and his mother loved their new apartment. The living room was large enough for their piano. That night, the two of them side by side at the piano. They played jazz music to celebrate their new home. The loud filled the room and made them feel very happy.
The next morning, , their happiness disappeared. Someone had left a under their door during the night. One of their neighbor had written to complain(抱怨) about the sound of the piano. Dario’s mother asked the building superintendent(管理员) if he knew anything about it. But he said that they were all people and he couldn’t imagine any of them had done that. Later that morning, Dario suggested that they write a letter to their and apologize for their playing.
“Maybe we could go and everyone in person.” his mother said.
“What if we invited them to come here for a instead? Dario asked.
They both loved the . Over the next few days, they sent out invitations and prepared desserts their guests. They decorated the apartment with streamers(彩带) and party lights.
Finally, the day of the party . Some guests brought presents. Others brought flowers. Some even brought desserts to . One woman, Mrs. Gilbert, Dario’s mother with a book of piano music by Chopin.
“I heard you playing the other night,” she said. “The sounds woke me out of bed. I that you might play like this every night. So I wrote a short note. I hope you don’t think I disliked the playing.”
Dario’s mother smiled at Mrs. Gilbert. “I think maybe we you an apology.” she said. “I didn’t how late it was when we were playing. Maybe we should play some quieter music at night.
“You play, you play!” Mrs. Gilbert said. “I like what you play! Just not so loud at night.”She pointed to the book she had given them. “These songs are not such music.”
“These songs are beautiful music.” Dario’s mother said. “We will be to play them in the evening.”
“And we won’t play so loud or late!” Dario said. He was already looking forward to the new music. More than that, however, he was happy to see the big smile on his mother’s face. It gave him a feeling of and made him feel that they were home at last.
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完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
"Daily Star, sir" called Jason, carrying some newspapers under his arm. The little boy had been running up and down the street, but there were still twenty__ _left. His voice was almost gone and his heart was__ __. The shops would soon close, and all the people would go home. He would have to go home too, carrying the papers____ _money. He had hoped to sell more papers tonight to make more money to buy a___ __for his mother and some seeds for his bird. That was why he had bought the papers with all his money. He___ ___as he thought of his failure to sell all his papers.
"You don't know the ___ _of selling papers. You must shout, "Hot news! Bomb bursting!" another newsboy Chad told Jason. "___ __it's not in the paper at all," replied Jason. "Just run away quickly____ ___they have time to see, and you'll____ __out and get your money,"Chad said.
It was a new ___ __to Jason. He thought of his bird with no___ _and the cake he wanted to buy for his mother, but was____ __that he would not tell a lie. Though he was ___ __ a poor newsboy, he had been__ _some good things.
The next afternoon Jason went to the office for his papers__ __. Several boys were crowding around Chad, who declared with a___ __smile that he sold six dozen the day before. He added that Jason____ _money because he would not tell a lie. The boy ___ __at Jason. "You wouldn't tell a lie yesterday, my boy?" A gentleman at the office came up and patted Jason's shoulder___ __."You're just the boy I am looking for." A week later Jason started his new____ _. He lost sale of twenty papers because he would not tell a lie, but got a well-paid job because he told the truth.
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Alexander the Great was the great Macedonian(马其顿)Emperor.As a young man he once
himself a famous horse with his extraordinary power of observation and wisdom.
One day,his father,King Philip,received a horse as a(n) .Together with some of his men as well as the prince,the King with him his new horse out on a wide plain to .But they soon found that the horse was very .It kicked and shouted loudly so that no one could get on its back.The King was and gave orders for to be taken back at once.But the prince,Alexander,was sorry to this.
“It’s a pity to such a fine horse just because man is brave enough to get on it,”said he.
“Your are brave,”said the King,feeling that his son without thinking.“But are you brave enough to do that?’’
The young man went up to the nervous animal,took the bridle(缰绳)and turned its
to the sun.He did so because he had that the horse was afraid of its own shadow kept moving upon the ground before his eyes.
With its face to the sun,the horse could no longer see the shadow.It soon became .The young man patted it and by and by he jumped upon its back.Then it set at a great speed with the brave prince holding on.It ran farther and farther into the plain till at last it became tired and A1exander rode it back.
The horse was thus given to the brave man.For many years it fought battle after battle together with him.One day in a fierce battle,both of them got seriously .The horse struggled to carry Alexander on its back and ran home.Then it died. his horse,Alexander had a city built and named the city Bucephalus,which was the name of his horse.
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