Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell. This may sound like someone would say today. But in fact, unknown person who lived in Rome in AD(公元) 53 wrote it.
We all love inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives. But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives?
You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ from your friend on the screen, the from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer breaks and you lose all your homework. Now you have to up all night to get it done. How happy do you feel?
Inventions have speeded up our lives much that people often feel stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far from noisy cities, who have no telephones, cars, even electricity(电) often to be happy? Perhaps they live simpler lives.
One family in the UK “went back in time” to see life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, their daughter and grandsons Tom, 10 and Jim, 7, spent 8 weeks in a 1940s house. They had no machine, fridge, computer or mobile phones.
The grandmother, Linda said, “The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes.” The boys said they fought less. Probably because there was to fight for, such as their computer. And they noticed that their grandmother had changed from fashionable to one who liked cooking things.
A．a B．an C．the D．/
A．notice B．message C．news D．information
A．comes B．appears C．goes D．leaves
A．noise B．voice C．sound D．hearing
A．up B．into C．down D．out
A．wake B．stay C．give D．get
A．very B．too C．so D．such
A．away B．up C．down D．over
A．look B．seem C．watch D．find
A．because B．since C．and D．or
A．whose B．which C．what D．how
A．with B．between C．together D．along
A．shopping B．sleeping C．writing D．washing
A．more B．less C．fewer D．worse
A．liking B．being C．seeing D．running
【内蒙古呼和浩特市2015年中考英语试题】完型填空：（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
For most children, the most useful way of spending their time is playing a game. It doesn’t matter ______ the game is. Things become better when they need a (n) ______ to play with. On the one hand, it is quite ______ for the development of a child’s personality (个性) to win and to ______ the best ways to get that. On the other hand, if a child only cares about ______ , then for him, playing a game is funny only when he wins. Or if he finds a better partner, he will get ______ and he doesn’t want to go on playing.
It’s parents’ ______ to make their children know that: you can’t always win and there are many unpleasant moments ______ when you have to learn how to lose. The idea is to compete, to prove you are good, not only to win.
In a word, playing a game is not funny only when you win. It is funny ______ you enjoy it and try your best to win. If you are just a little bit unlucky, don’t ______ a lot. You will surely prove your abilities some other day.
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【湖南省娄底市2015年中考英语试题】完形填空 通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C 3个选项中，选出1个最佳答案。（共10小题，计10分）
One day, bus No.1 was going along Louxing Road. Suddenly the driver saw an old man on the side of the road. A woman next to him was shouting for .
The bus driver stopped the bus thinking twice. He got off and asked the woman what happened. She said that the man had a heart problem and should go to the . The driver knew he had to act . He told the passengers that he must take the man to the hospital. He expected most or all of the passengers to and wait for the next bus. But to his surprise, they all agreed to go with him. Some passengers helped the bus driver to move the man the bus.
the bus driver and the passengers, the doctors saved the man in time. Now many people don’t want to help because they don’t want any trouble. But the driver didn’t think about himself. He only thought about saving a .A. lay B. to lie C. lying
A. advice B. help C. people
A. without B. with C. for
A. park B. office C. hospital
A. quick B. quickly C. slowly
A. get off B. get on C. get up
A. from B. onto C. out of
A. Thanks B. Thanks for C. Thanks to
A. other B. others C. another
A. life B. passenger C. woman
【2015年安徽省初中毕业学业考试英语试题】完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
Sitienei, a 90-year-old Kenyan grandmother, has become the world’s oldest primary school student. She is studying at the local primary school to learn to read and write. She is from a small in Kenyan. She has spent most of her life as a midwife（接生婆）, helping women to give birth to babies. She wants to pass on her midwife skills to the young. She said she didn’t have a chance to go to school when she was . So she wants all the children in her village to .
The head teacher at the school said, “I’m proud her. She is loved by every pupil. They all want to learn and play with .” He also said, “She is doing well considering her . I can say I have seen a big difference in this school she came.”
Sitienei often said, “I want to tell children, girls in poor areas, that will be your wealth.” She added, “With education, you can be whatever you want to be --- a doctor, a teacher, a scientist, and so on.”
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【重庆市2015年初中毕业暨高中招生考试英语试题（A卷）】完型填空。（每小题1.5分，共15分）
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选 出一个能填入相应空格内的最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
The Sweetest Sight
I was in the most beautiful city in the world, yet I only wanted home.
It was an amazing week for my husband and me –the trip of a lifetime. Months ago, when my husband told me that he would have a meeting in London. I expressed my to go to Europe together with him. Then we asked his mother to our two children and started off.
During the week’s time, visited London and Paris –as much as we could, Big Ben, the Louvre and so on. All these were beautiful places we expected to see before. We really enjoyed ourselves.
On our last night in Paris, we enjoyed the night view(夜景) of the Eiffel Tower, my husband called home. His mother the phone. In a second, my husband’s face fell and he looked so worried. I could feel something happened.
“What’s wrong?” I asked.
He didn’t answer and continued to listen. A few minutes later, he said to me that Tony, our seven-year-old son, had fallen off his bike and his leg. He must be sent to hospital at once.
At that moment, Paris suddenly lost its charm(魅力).
“I don’t want to be here! I shouldn’t be here! I should be home my kids!”
We hurried back to our hotel and then to the airport …
Finally, we got home. We rushed into our children’s bedroom. Seeing our two children, I suddenly realized the truth: there is no sight(风景)in the world than your children’s faces that greet you at home.
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【四川省成都市2015年中考英语试题】完形填空。通读下面两篇短文，根据短文内容，从 A、B、C 三个选 项中选出可以填入空白处的正确答案。（共 20 小题，每小题 1 分；
计 20 分）
All around the world, everyone has to eat. But people in different areas eat different things. Sometimes, people use the same ingredients cook them differently.
What people eat has something to do with where they live. People look
at the local to decide what to grow in the fields. For example, the weather near the North Pole(北极) means that
plants can grow there. Therefore, the local people, the Inuit, live only by fishing and animals.
In Northern China, corn and wheat(小麦) grow well in the dry weather.
So the local people make steamed bread(馒头) and noodles from
or wheat. However, it is different in the . There, lots of rain and land near the lakes and rivers mean that people can grow and eat rice.
The land and weather in Central America is for growing cocoa trees. Chocolate is made from the seeds(种子) in the fruit of these
trees. Almost every home in Central America has its own wa y of chocolate. Chocolate has become a that people cannot live without.A．and B．but C．or
A．weather B．animals C．plants
A．warm B．hot C．cold
A．few B． a few C．quit e a few
A．training B．feeding C．catching
A．rice B． chocolate C．corn
A．north B．south C．northwest
A．good B．bad C．difficult
A．picking B．planting C．making
A．drink B． food C．tree