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My grandparents built and lived in a small 600-square-foot cottage for most of their adult lives. They actively practiced living a   21   life. Saving and avoiding overspending was their life   22   for their whole life.   23   seeking satisfaction through material items, they chose to spend   24   time together, with family, and in nature.

Over the years my grandparents noticed   25   changes in their community. Every year more farmland was   26   to build larger and larger homes. With houses’ prices   27  , many of their neighbors sold their little homes and lands.   28   only their small house was still on the block, surrounded by a sea of tall buildings. Countless family members   29   my grandparents to expand their home. But they didn’t want a bigger place and were   30   with what they had.

  In many ways, I’ve modeled my life after my grandparents. Through their example I learned an important   31  : It is absolutely possible to live a small and fulfilling life.

  My grandparents lived in a small home, but they owned a(n)   32   garden. They loved gardening deeply because it not only   33   their grocery bill, but also improved their health and gave them a(n)   34   to be outside. They said, “  35   you live in a small home or an apartment, you don’t have to give up gardening.”

My grandparents avoided lifestyle creep(攀比) by paying for their own home in cash and building it themselves. They also recycled and   36   everything. For instance, they drove the same car for over 15 years and didn’t buy anything new until their stuff was   37   worn out.

My grandparents taught me that living well on   38   isn’t about feeling bad for myself.   39  , it’s about giving yourself the time, freedom, and money to seek your dreams. You know: Becoming debt free, living in a smaller home, and others are a few ways to   40   your life.

1.A. dull                       B. simple                     C. single                       D. busy

2.A. attitude               B. experience            C. principle                 D. standard

3.A. Rather than        B. More than              C. Other than             D. Apart from

4.A. shopping             B. work                        C. break                       D. quality

5.A. obvious              B. delicate                  C. enjoyable               D. flexible

6.A. improved            B. ruined                     C. discovered             D. distributed

7.A. taking up             B. making up              C. going up                 D. turning up

8.A. Probably             B. Suddenly                C. Instantly                  D. Eventually

9.A. forced                           B. encouraged           C. persuaded             D. ordered

10.A. content             B. angry                       C. cautious                  D. familiar

11.A. lesson               B. theory                     C. truth                        D. sentence

12.A. small                  B. special                     C. ordinary                 D. huge

13.A. reduced           B. handled                  C. checked                  D. handled

14.A. platform           B. stage                        C. excuse                     D. solution

15.A. As if                    B. Even if           C. Only if            D. What if

16.A. sewed               B. created                   C. sold                          D. reused

17.A. thoroughly       B. generally                C. nearly          D. hardly

18.A. more                B. less                         C. better                     D. worse

19.A. What’s more    B. As a result              C. On the whole         D. On the contrary

20.A. risk                     B. manage      C. limit                       D. destroy

 

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Eat to Excel
How fit are you? Do you look after yourself? Do you eat healthily or do you eat anything you like? Premier League football club Aston Villa are encouraging their players and local children to eat healthy food. They know that what you eat is the key to success.
How fit is a footballer?
Could you run ten kilometers in 90 minutes? A professional footballer can. Footballers have to be strong, quick, skillful and creative in their moves. Every Premier League club makes sure it has a good coaching scheme and a well-planned fitness program. They also ensure that players have the practice and training that will prepare them for matches. What else do you think clubs pay special attention to? A good stadium? Anything else? What about the food they eat?
Eating the right thing
A good diet is a fundamental part of sport these days. Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill’s sport and health experts have chosen a secret weapon --- organic food (food grown without chemicals). Fitness manager Jim Henry eats with his players and said: “I chose to switch to organic food for Aston Villa because I’ve read studies showing that organic food has higher levels of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.” He believes that the best way to get these is to eat the very best fresh food.
What to eat after the match
Head chef at Aston Villa, lan Edge, feeds players with the best food as soon as they finish an away match. He says: “Food is very important to sports stars and particularly after a game. There is an hour of opportunity when they need to eat to get the best muscle strength, so I hand out meals on the coach on the way home. If we can make one per cent difference to the players by using organic food, then it is worth it.”
Teaching healthy eating
Everyone at Aston Villa enjoys organic food at their training ground. But the club is also worried about the unhealthy diet among local children who prefer sweets and unhealthy fast food. As part of their work in the community, Aston Villa has opened up their kitchen and invited children from local schools to come and learn how to cook with the help of the Villa head chef. Villa midfielder, Nigel ReoCoker, visited the children on the opening day. “The kitchen promotes healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle.” he said.
A final word from the kitchen
Head chef Ian says: “Footballers know how important food is to their profession and nine times out of ten, they go for the healthiest option.” Do you watch your diet? If you do and you keep yourself fit, you can be a winner!
【小题1】Every Premier League Club provides footballers with ______________.

A.a good coach
B.a fitness center
C.proper practice and training
D.a delicious diet
【小题2】According to Jim Henry, ___________________.
A.he believes the studies he has read about organic food
B.he will only eat organic food with his players
C.he thinks food is especially important after a game
D.he chose organic food as a secret weapon for footballers
【小题3】We can learn from the passage that ___________________.
A.people can make one percent difference to players by using organic food
B.only a few footballers pay attention to the healthy eating
C.footballers in Aston Villa usually eat on their way to the match
D.footballers in Aston Villa usually eat some food within an hour after a match.
【小题4】Why has Aston Villa invited children from local schools?
A.Because they want to teach kids how to cook delicious food.
B.Because they want to teach kids to play football.
C.Because they are fond of the kids in the community.
D.Because they intend to promote healthy eating.

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Writing articles about films for The Front Page was my first proper job.Before then I had done bits of reviewing --- novels for other newspapers, films for a magazine and anything I was asked to do for the radio.That was how I met Tom Seaton, the first arts editor of The Front Page, who had also written for television.He hired me, but Tom was not primarily a journalist, or he would certainly have been more careful in choosing his staff.

    At first, his idea was that a team of critics should take care of the art forms that didn’t require specialized knowledge: books, TV, theatre, film and radio.There would be a weekly lunch at which we would make our choices from the artistic material that Tom had decided we should cover, though there would also be guests to make the atmosphere sociable.

   Tom’s original plan for a team of critics for the arts never took off.It was a good idea, but we didn’t get together as planned and so everything was done by phone.It turned out, too, that the general public out there preferred to associate a reviewer with a single subject area, and so I chose film.Without Tom’s initial push, though, we would hardly have come up with the present arrangement, by which I write an extended weekly piece, usually on one film.

    The space I am given allows me to broaden my argument --- or forces me, in an uninteresting week, to make something out of nothing.But what is my role in the public arena(舞台)? I suppose that people choose what films to go to on the basis of the stars, the publicity of the director.So if a film review isn’t really a consumer guide, what is it? I certainly don’t feel I have a responsibility to be ‘right’ about a movie.Nor do I think there should be a certain number of ‘great’ and ‘bad’ films each year.All I have to do is put forward an argument.I’m not a judge, and nor would I want to be.

1.What do we learn about Tom Seaton from the first paragraph?

       A.He encouraged Mark to become a writer.

       B.He had worked in various areas of the media.

       C.He met Mark when working for a film company.

       D.He prefers to employ people that he knows.

2.The weekly lunches were planned in order to ______.

       A.help the writers get to know each other

       B.provide an informal information party

       C.divide the work that had to be done

       D.entertain important visitors from the arts

3.What does the author mean when he says that Tom’s plan ‘never took off’ in Paragraph 3?

       A.It was unpopular.               B.It wasted too much time.

       C.It wasn’t planned properly.     D.It wasn’t put into practice.

4.Which of the following best describes what Mark says about his work?

       A.His success varies from year to year.   B.He prefers to write about films he likes.

       C.He can freely express his opinion.     D.He writes according to accepted rules.

 

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  These days’ experience(经历) ,like many other things, are becoming increasingly expensive. One has to get to pay a lot to get, even an ordinary one.

  Not long ago, I wanted to invite my friends to a lunch. What we really need was a good and a quiet place for a talk, not a big meal. So I chose one and told my friends to go there.

  After I ordered, I was asked whether I would eat a 100 yuan or 200 yuan lunch, I said,“200 yuan.” I didn’t realize until I was asked to pay after lunch, that“200 yuan”means“200 yuan for person each.”

  There were five people that day, and all of us were surprised by the 200 yuan meal. The bill came at last: it was 1260 [l000 for the five of us, plus the money for drinks, fruits and air conditioning(空调)]. I paid the bill without a word.

  What could I say? It was not their fault(过失). It was my own fault that made me pay the largest bill in my life.

  However, it was not so bad: we had a good lunch and at a quiet place. Besides, the experience will help in later years.

  To support my idea, I have developed my own way of thinking about the price: 200 yuan for the lunch and 1060 for the experience. This paid experience has made me ten times wiser.

1.According to the passage, now one has to pay ________.

[  ]

A.more for a lunch in a restaurant

B.more to get an ordinary lunch

C.more for some experience

D.increasingly high price

2.I ordered a lunch ________.

[  ]

A.so as to have a big lunch

B.so that we could have a good meal

C.in order to introduce my friends to the restaurant

D.to have a talk in a good place

3.I thought I ordered a meal that would cost ________.

[  ]

A.me 100 yuan
B.me 200 yuan
C.us 200 yuan each
D.me 1260 yuan

4.The last sentence of the passage expressed ________.

[  ]

A.my thanks to the restaurant

B.my happiness to be ten times wiser

C.my anger at the experience

D.my pleasure to have a good lunch

5.I paid the largest bill in my life because ________.

[  ]

A.the restaurant cheated the customers

B.there was a misunderstanding between the restaurant and the customer

C.I was unknown to the restaurant

D.I knew little about the market prices

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It was my birthday last Thursday. I decided to 36 it by inviting a few friends out to supper. I chose a restaurant in a _37_ part of town. It is one of my favorite restaurants because the food is good and the waiters are friendly. It is _38_ ever crowded, because not many people know about it, so it is not usually _39_ to book a table. In _40_ case, Thursday is not a busy evening.

When we entered the restaurant, we were surprised to find it completely __41_ . I___42__but not a singletable was free. One of the waiters recognized me. He came across and explained the situation. "A party of tourists came in about half an hour ago.” he said. "It was like an invasion (侵略). Suddenly the place was full! We can hardly_ 43_ ."

The waiter then pointed to a table in the corner. "The people there are about to _44_ ." he said, "Just hold on and you'll  _45 _a place there." He was right. Fifteen minutes later, the people_46  the corner table paid their  _47_ , got up and left. I led my friends across and we all sat down.

__48__ our table was almost out of sight. We tried to draw the attention of the waiter _49_ sent us there, but he, like all the other waiters, was busy  50_ the party of tourists. They ordered lots of food. At last, an hour later, the tourists were finishing their meal and looking very _51_ with life. The waiter now very tired, appeared at our table. I advised my friends about the best dishes and finally the waiter went off with our _52_ .

A few moments later he returned to our table. We could tell from his face that he had _53_ for us.  54_ a little sorry he told us that there was  _55_ left. "All we can offer you" he said, "is an omelet (煎蛋卷) !"

1.

A.remember

B.celebrate

C.memorize

D.congratulate

 

2.

A.quiet

B.calm

C.busy

D.silent

 

3.

A.hard

B.often

C.hardly

D.always

 

4.

A.necessary

B.possible

C.important

D.certain

 

5.

A.any

B.this

C.no

D.that

 

6.

A.empty

B.full

C.free

D.quiet

 

7.

A.looked up

B.looked down

C.looked around

D.looked at

 

8.

A.watch

B.look after

C.try

D.manage

 

9.

A.start

B.leave

C.end

D.pay

 

10.

A.find

B.look

C.wait

D.watch

 

11.

A.by

B.beside

C.at

D.near

 

12.

A.money

B.bill

C.food

D.drinks

 

13.

A.Luckily

B.Fortunately

C.Generally

D.Unluckily

 

14.

A.whom

B.which

C.he

D.who

 

15.

A.to

B.with

C.at

D.on

 

16.

A.exciting

B.tired

C.pleased

D.disappointed

 

17.

A.dishes

B.food

C.order

D.menu

 

18.

A.good presents

B.good news

C.bad news

D.bad presents

 

19.

A.Looking

B.Seeing

C.Looked

D.Found

 

20.

A.no meat or fish

B.no meat and fish

C.meat and fish

D.not meat or fish

 

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