We are living a fast life. It seems that everything has to be fast, for example, food, fast Internet, fast roads, fast money. Every day we try to get things done , but there are some moments that we have to slow down and enjoy our lives.
We are always every day. I have to work eight hours or more a day at my full-time job. When I get home, it’s always over seven o’clock. I make an effort（努力） to something. I try to find a bit of time for my hobby—writing. I hardly ever write and work weekends. Those are my days to try to recharge （休整）and reduce the stress from my work. I sleep on the sofa during the day, some beer in the open air or go out for a picnic if the weather is nice.
What I’m trying to say is this: if you don’t take some time to slow down once in a while（偶尔） and your life, it will pass you by. You can be unhealthy both in body and mind if you don’t take the time to relax. So this weekend, don’t make any . Just get up on Saturday morning your body says it’s time to get up. Make some coffee, step outside and get fresh morning air, turn on the radio and prepare yourself for nothing.
A．good B．fast C．slow D．cold
A．specially B．seriously C．directly D．quickly
A．busy B．happy C．free D．sad
A．drink B．buy C．write D．say
A．with B．except C．in D．on
A．eat B．drink C．take D．get
A．spend B．share C．enjoy D．relax
A．plans B．mistakes C．noises D．sentences
A．but B．when C．or D．so
A．any B．many C．no D．some
Mr. Smith is a good teacher. He teaches English very well. He is _1__ to his students , so they like him a lot . There are (有) fifty students in __2__class. Mr. Smith always _ 3___ English in class. He and his students are _ 4__ friends, too.
Now some of the students __5__on the playground. Bill and Mike __6 _. Tom and John are jumping. Mary and Lucy are__7__ a kite. Are Lily and Maria flying a kite, __8__? No, they are playing_ 9 __. What’s Mr. Smith doing? Look! He is also playing_ 10____them. How happy they are!
A．friendly B．interesting C．beautiful D．happy
A．their B．his C．her D．its
A．talk B．say C．speaks D．speak
A．nice B．fine C．new D．good
A．are playing B．play C．plays D．is playing
A．playing B．flying C．doing D．sitting
A．also B．or C．too D．and
A．the football B．a football C．the game D．games
A．and B．with C．for D．to
For years I wanted a flower garden. I would spend hours_ _1___ of different things I could plant that would look nice together.
But then we had children, five children! I was too busy _2____ care of them to grow a garden.
Money was always_3____ . When my children were _4____, one of them would want something that cost too much, and I’d get annoyed and say, “ Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn’t grow on__5___, you know.”
Finally, all five got through college and were off on their own. I started thinking again about having a __6_____.
I wasn’t sure, though. I mean, gardens do cost money.
Then, one spring morning, _7____ Mother’s Day, I was working in my kitchen. __8____, I heard a car come. I looked out of the window and there was a new tree, planted right _9____ the yard.
There was a money tree in my yard! There were dollar bills, one hundred of them, all over that tree.
That was three years ago. My garden is now very pretty, just the way I wanted. I __10___ what my children did for me, and then I get tears in my eyes every time.
A．to think B．think C．thought D．thinking
A．taking B．to take C．taken D．took
A．short B．long C．enough D．large
A．few B．a few C．little D．a little
A．houses B．trees C．lands D．fields
A．tree B．garden C．window D．kitchen
A．in B．for C．on D．at
A．Luckily B．Unluckily C．Certainly D．Suddenly
A．in B．in front of C．behind D．near
A．think of B．think about C．think up D．think over
Happiness is for everyone. In fact, happiness is always around you if you care about it. When you are in 1 at school, your classmates will help you; when you study hard at your 2 , your parents are always taking good 3 of you; when you get success(成功), your friends will say congratulations 4 you; when you do something 5 , people around you will help you correct it; and when you do something good to 6 , you will feel happy, too. All these things are 7 . If you pay attention to them, you can see happiness is always 8 you. Happiness is not the same as money. When you are poor, you can say you are very happy, because people can’t buy happiness 9 money. When you meet problems, you can also say loudly you are very happy, because you have many friends to help you. So you can’t always say you are poor and you have bad luck. If you agree with me, you can be a happy and 10 person.
A．pupils B．trouble C．room D．office
A．newspapers B．cards C．lessons D．books
A．friendship B．knowledge C．our D．care
A．to B．for C．on D．by
A．wrong B．right C．badly D．worse
A．us B．them C．others D．yourself
A．teachers B．happiness C．friends D．parents
A．within B．between C．around D．among
A．without B．on C．of D．with
A．lucky B．bad C．able D．unable
Peter is thirteen. He is 1 Grade Two this year. He likes to play football and watch football matches. And he often 2 newspapers. He does his best to know where and when a football match will be.
Now Peter is having lunch. He is 3 the radio, too. He is very happy 4 there will be a nice football match on TV at four 5 this afternoon. He wants 6 it very much. But he is going to have English and Chinese lessons. It’s 7 for him to find a way.
“Hello, Mrs. Black,” Peter says to his teacher 8 the phone. “Peter is ill in bed. He wants to ask for half a day’s leave(请假).”
“Oh, I’m 9 to hear that,” says Mrs. Black. “But 10 is that?”
“It’s my father, Mrs. Black.”
A．on B．at C．in D．from
A．sees B．look C．watches D．reads
A．hearing B．listen to C．listening D．listening to
A．so B．because C．and D．but
A．in B．on C．at D．/
A．sees B．to look C．watches D．to watch
A．hard B．easy C．good D．interesting
A．in B．by C．on D．with
A．happy B．glad C．afraid D．sorry
A．where B．who C．what D．how
I work in a small 1 . It is near an English school. Every day many students come to 2 things. In the morning, I get up at six, and then I 3 my breakfast. I go to work 4 . I get to the shop at about six fifty. The shop 5 at seven. We sell things 6 food and drink. We have school 7 , too. There 8 often many people in our shop from morning to evening. I have lunch in the shop. At seven in the evening the shop is 9 . All of 10 go home for supper.
A．factory B．school C．shop D．club
A．sell B．buy C．eat D．borrow
A．eats B．wash C．cooks D．have
A．on bike B．by bike C．by a bike D．on bikes
A．is open B．opens C．close D．closes
A．like B．likes C．of D．about
A．clothes B．bus C．things D．work
A．is B．be C．am D．are
A．close B．closed C．open D．opens
A．we B．them C．they D．us