A. they think they should have done                B. you have done nothing C. people try and tell you they are not so bad         D. someone just said to me E. it’s a time to remember the things

 

Birthdays are strange things. The more you have, the more you try and pretend they don’t matter, and the more     1.  . I’m not really sure why they think so. It’s true that you are getting older, but as     2.  , “Who isn’t getting older every day?” The problem may be that a birthday reminds people of all the things     

3.  , but have not. I certainly understand that feeling, though I think    4.    that I most want to do — a kind of personal re-ordering (重新排序) of the to-do list. What makes you depressed(郁闷) on your birthday is that you realize your re-ordered to-do list is exactly the same as it was last year. That makes you feel     5.  , and not been anywhere. I have not had that experience this year. I look back at where I was last year and find things have changed since then.

 

On Sunday morning, I usually get up very late. I wash my face and then go out to do morning exercises.  It is about 8.20 a. m.  After I eat my __1__, I often go to a shopping centre __2__ my mother. The shopping centre is __3__ our home, so we walk there. It takes us about 20 minutes to get there on foot. The shopping centre has a good __4__. It is called "新世纪购物中心" in Chinese. It doesn't have an __5__ name. Can you help to put it into English? It is new and big. __6__ many things there, such as (诸如) TVs, fridges, bikes, computers, clothes, books, food and drinks. There are many people there. There are men and women, old and __7__. Parents must __8__ their children. The shopping centre is so big. Young children may get lost (迷失) in it. __9__ do many people come here to buy things? Do you know? Let me tell you. The things there are usually good and __10__. The workers there are always nice and friendly. If(如果) you come to my home, I can take you there and have a look.

【小题1】

A．breakfast B．lunch C．supper D．dinner

【小题2】

A．for B．to C．with D．of

【小题3】

A．near B．into C．at D．from

【小题4】

A．flower B．place C．name D．room

【小题5】

A．old B．big C．English D．French

【小题6】

A．There is B．There are C．They are D．They're

【小题7】

A．tall B．short C．young D．small

【小题8】

A．look after B．look for C．look at D．look like

【小题9】

A．What B．Who C．Why D．When

【小题10】

A．expensive B．cheap C．big D．new

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 I _______ like science but I think it is very useful.

A.    not        B. don’t             C. am not       D. no

 

从方框中选择正确的句子补全对话。

A: What’s wrong with you, Helen?

B:    1.     I have a cold.

A: Bad luck!   2. 

B: Oh, but I’m busy now and I must

finish these exercises in the class.

A:  3.    He will ask you to

have a rest at home.

B:    4.    I don’t want to ask for leave.

A:   5.   You’d better lie down and have a good rest now.

B: OK. I’ll ask for leave at once. Thank you very much.

 

Smiling is the most attractive human behavior. The power of smiling can work out many wonders. I love to take a walk around the small neighborhood where I live. Whoever I meet on the way, they always give me a friendly greeting with a nice smile as soon as our eyes contact  1 . I smile back. This kind of smiling exchange represents the most   2  part of my jogging experience in the States.

My daughter's smile is just like sunlight, which warms me inside the same way   3   the sun warms my body. It can clear away any clouds and unpleasant feelings. The smile of my wife, however, makes me enjoy the   4  of an elegant woman, it can sometimes relax me quite a lot.

Julia Robert's    5  is nothing but roaring like an earthquake. Americans may have   6   opinions in many things, but they all agree that Julia is America's sweetheart. Her laugh plays a very good part in her acting. Once I tried some candy in a store, the owner asked me how sweet the candy is, I said sweeter than Julia Robert.   7  both of us broke into a kind of Julia's laugh. Yes, laugh is something we can not do without. Otherwise, our life would be too   8  .

Smiling does not belong to human alone. Once I stayed at an American home and he had a little dog named Mini. When I held her gently and asked her to give me a little smile,   9   just opened her mouth wide and half closed her eyes, looking like smiling.

Los Angles is not only the place where it has the most sunshine in a year,   10   where most people smile! That’s why so many people love to travel there all year round.

1.                A．contact         B．close           C．change   D．open

 

2.                A．fashionable      B．painful          C．enjoyable     D．educational

 

3.                A．though         B．like            C．as   D．from

 

4.                A．pride          B．courage         C．success   D．beauty

 

5.                A．cry            B．laugh           C．smile     D．performance

 

6.                A．different        B．similar          C．same     D．strange

 

7.                A．All             B．Both           C．Neither   D．None

 

8.                A．lonely          B．cool            C．sunny    D．sad

 

9.                A．it              B．she            C．he   D．I

 

10.               A．even though     B．as if            C．so that    D．but also