Is money everything? At present some people think that is everything. Some of them even their lives for it. Money has its most useful on the poor, but once a person has a rich life, a lot more money doesn’t mean more .
If money was , all millionaires would have true love, true friendship, good health and a long life. , this is not always true. Nothing else is more than the three words “I love you”. But can be bought？I’m afraid not. Love means to give, not to take. To every person, health and long life are the most valuable things. Well, can health and a long life be bought with money? The answer is “No”.
Of all the longest living people in the world, of them are millionaires. True friendship can’t be bought . Many other things be bought with money: knowledge, life and happiness and so on. Just think, if a person these things at all, is the money still useful? No matter how much money you have, it is still not enough you a happy person if you have no one to laugh , no one to cry for. Now, do you think money is everything?
A．time B．health C．friend D．money
A．lose B．like C．save D．affect
A．affect B．effect C．effort D．influence
A．stress B．sadness C．happiness D．problems
A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything
A．If B．But C．While D．However
A．polite B．generous C．pleasant D．boring
A．life B．love C．health D．friends
A．probably B．perhaps C．maybe D．impossible
A．all B．few C．each D．none
A．also B．too C．yet D．either
A．cannot B．mustn’t C．needn’t D．shouldn’t
A．has B．doesn’t have C．will have D．won’t have
A．make B．makes C．to make D．making
A．at B．to C．for D．with
These days computer games have bcome more and more popular in many cities and towns. A lot of small shops along busy ___1___ have changed into computer game houses in order to get more ___2__. These places are always crowded with people
In the computer game houses, people __3__ a lot of money matching on the machine. It’s __4__ for one to beat a computer, but one can do well after trying again and again. People want to __5__ when they play computer games. The more they __6__, the more they want to win, and at last they even can’t __7__ without it.
The result is that some people don’t want to _8_ and they play in computer game houses for hours and hours. For school boys, things are __9__. They don’t want to have __10__. When school is over, they rush to the computer houses near their __11__. Some of them can get enough money from their ___12__. Some of them are not _13__ to get the money. So they have to steal or rob others’ and become __14_ . Computer game addiction(上瘾) is a __15_ problem in our life. Something has to be done to stop it.
A．streets B．schools C．towns D．cities
A．boys B．money C．computers D．houses
A．take B．spend C．cost D．pay
A．possible B．easy C．good D．hard
A．read B．learn C．win D．download
A．lose B．try C．waste D．watch
A．come B．eat C．study D．live
A．watch TV B．go out C．stay there D．work
A．better B．exciting C．even worse D．interesting
A．lessons B．games C．families D．sports
A．classes B．rooms C．schools D．shops
A．classmates B．teachers C．sisters D．parents
A．lucky B．unlucky C．careful D．polite
A．good B．bad C．rich D．poor
A．important B．serious C．unusual D．wonderful
From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying，but in the evenings and on weekends they are free and enjoy themselves. Some watch television or go to the movies，others take part in sports. This is 1 by their own interests .
There are many different ways to spend our 2 time. Almost everyone has some kind of3 . It may be something from 4 stamps to making model planes.Some hobbies are very 5 ，but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth 6 of money, others are valuable only to their owners. I know a man who has a coin collection worth several thousand dollars. A short time ago he bought a fifty-cent piece which 7 him 250 dollars. He was very happy about his collection and thought the price was all right. I know another man who likes collecting match boxes. He has almost 600 of them, but I wonder if they are worth any money. However, to him they are quite valuable.8 makes him happier than finding a new match box for his collection.
That’s 9 a hobby means, I think. It is something we like to do in our free time just for the fun of it. The value in dollars is not important,10 the pleasure it gives us is.
A．decide B．decided C．depend D．depended
A．work B．free C．busy D．sports
A．hobby B．thing C．job D．way
A．buying B．selling C．making D．collecting
A．interesting B．exciting C．cheap D．expensive
A．a little B．a few C．a lot D．a number
A．paid B．cost C．took D．spent
A．Everything B．Anything C．Nothing D．Something
A．where B．how C．what D．why
A．so B．but C．because D．as
Mr Bean, who is silly, awkward (笨拙的) 1 always funny and enjoyable, is a world-famous comedy character on TV and in movies. He makes people 2 through a series of simple and funny acts 3 body languages. Rowan Atkinson is the 4 who plays Mr Bean. Mr Atkinson is quite 5 for playing Mr Bean.
Rowan was born on January 6, 1955, and 6 his early years on the family farm with his mother, three older brothers and his strict father, who did not believe 7 the value of television. For a time, he attended the same school as Tony Blair, who was two years older than him. At the age of 13, he 8 at Newcastle University where he had the highest marks in his year. At Oxford he got his Master’s degree (硕士学位) in electrical engineering. He was particularly 9 fast cars, of which he has a large collection.
Rowan’s career change from an electrical engineer to a famous comedian was partly 10 some speaking problems he had in his childhood.
While he was still at primary school, Rowan had already shown great talent in 11 . Although his teachers predicted (预言) a career in acting, Rowan was not confident 12 he met a group of talented people at university, and he realized this could be a career for him. Another important event 13 . One day in 1976, he was playing around and making faces 14 . He realized something. “I discovered my face,” he said later. John Lloyd, who worked for the BBC, says, “When I watched Mr Atkinson act for the first time, I was 15 that he would be more famous than Chaplin.”
A．and B．or C．but D．while
A．laugh B．sing C．cry D．dance
A．use B．using C．to use D．to using
A．doctor B．writer C．actor D．farmer
A．honest B．friendly ` C．helpful D．famous
A．cost B．took C．paid D．spent
A．in B．on C．at D．/
A．worked B．studied C．played D．helped
A．good at B．amazed at C．interested in D．worried about
A．because B．because of C．so D．since
A．swimming B．driving C．acting D．singing
A．until B．but C．after D．before
A．caused B．missed C．caught D．occurred
A．in the mirror B．in class C．on the wall D．in the playground
A．afraid B．sure C．worried D．surprised
Liberal (自由) education is designed not only to teach and learn knowledge, but also to develop a person’s character. Its aim is to 1 each student to think for himself and make wise decisions. Now liberal education has a great 2 on the world.
Much work has been done to 3a better way of teaching. In a liberal class, students are 4 to have their own thoughts and own ideas when they have 5 which are often held in the form of group discussion. They are properly guided to 6 the knowledge learned. Punishment no longer exists (存在). 7 and students are just like friends.
The idea is of course a perfect one if it can really be carried out. However, it 8 exists in the imagination and will never be realized. We must admit (承认) that 9 should at least be guided properly. Just close your eyes and think how many students will 10 the duties of a student if they are not pushed. 11 is the use of advice only if it is not supported by a reasonable 12 of control and punishment?
It is 13 for us to judge the success and failure of the kind of education now, but 14 the bad behavior of children, which is really the 15 of liberal education, we can see that something must be done to help these children.
A．teach B．order C．learn D．push
A．organization B．figure C．effect D．fact
A．hold B．find C．make D．answer
A．encouraged B．told C．used D．driven
A．shopping B．lunch C．sports D．lessons
A．remember B．use C．review D．act
A．Enemies B．Fathers C．Teachers D．Classmates
A．also B．only C．even D．never
A．children B．families C．adults D．schools
A．arrange B．make C．perform D．return
A．Why B．When C．What D．Where
A．degree B．rest C．person D．master
A．easy B．possible C．hard D．helpful
A．with B．against C．about D．from
A．progress B．goal C．result D．purpose
Our neighbourhood used to be very quiet .However , these days __1__ things are happening in our neighbourhood and everyone is unhappy . Zhao Jun , the local school teacher is extremely ___2__ . When he was interviewed (采访) by the local newspaper , he said , “ Every night we hear strange noises ___3___ our window . My wife thinks that it could be an ___4___ , but my friends and I think it must be teenagers (青少年) having ___5___ . My parents called the police , but they can’t ___6___ anything strange . They think it might be the ___7___ . I don’t think so!”
Zhao Jun’s next door neighbour XiangDan is __8___ , too . “ At first ,I thought it might be a cat , but I can’t see a cat , and I still hear the noises outside .” Everyone in our neighbourhood is worried , and everyone has his or her own ____9____ . There must be something ___10___ the homes in our neighbourhood , but what is it ?
A．interesting B．exciting C．strange D．happy
A．worried B．pleased C．quiet D．friendly
A．of B．outside C．from D．inside
A．actor B．visitor C．ghost D．animal
A．trouble B．fun C．lessons D．sports
A．find B．think C．make D．feel
A．water B．laughter C．music D．wind
A．excited B．surprised C．unhappy D．bad
A．ways B．thinks C．informations D．ideas
A．cleaning B．visiting C．breaking D．moving