Future and Today
It is well known that everyone has his own dream as well as his own future. But do you know what future really is? I have to say that future is now. That is to say we must treasure every minute now. If we want to have a bright future, we should know how important time is and use it well.
There is an old English saying:“Gain time, gain life”Then what’s time? Time is something that we can’t see or touch, but we can feel it passing by. Time is always with us. When we are at table, time passes; when we play, time goes by unnoticeably. We always say “Time is money”, but time is even more precious(珍贵的) than money, because when money is spent, we can earn it back. But if time is gone away, it will never return. So, some of us even say time is priceless.
We should always remember: future is now. For us students, we should try our best to work hard in order to create a great future of our own. We should make the best use of every hour and be the master of today. We should do everything before us as well as possible. And never put off what can be done today till tomorrow.
As we all know,“Time and tide wait for no man.”If you waste today, you will regret tomorrow. So from now on, work hard. Tomorrow will be better, and your future will be brighter. Remember:“No pains, no gains.”Today’s hard work is the cause of tomorrow’s harvest.
Title: Future and Today

Suzy won an award in the USA for her popular talk show on TV. Her show is very popular so even people all over the world know it. Why is her show so popular? Because she cares about people and the world. She usually invites important people to her show to talk about some important issues that everyone cares about. And she is not afraid to fight with the bad things. One of her famous stories is about the "mad cow disease(疯牛病)". When Suzy learned that some businessmen(商人) sold bad beef and lied to people that the cows were without "mad cow disease", she got angry and worried. She didn’t want people to get sick, so she told everyone in her show that she decided not to eat beef any more. She knew that people would follow her and the businessmen would be angry, but she was not afraid. She knew what was the right thing to do.
【小题1】Why is Suzy’s show popular?

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A little girl thought she was not as beautiful as other girls and nobody liked her. So she was always unhappy and didn’t like to talk to others. However, one day, her mother gave her a beautiful hair clip (发卡).（2）When she wore it, she looked much more beautiful than before. She decided to wear it to school.

On her way to school she found that everyone who saw her smile at her.（1）Most of her classmates said ____ to her, but this never ____ before. She thought that the beautiful hair clip brought her happiness. She was so happy about all of the wonderful things. All her classmates wanted to know what happened to her，but she didn’t want to tell them about her beautiful hair clip. When she went back to her home after school, her mother asked her, “Did you know you dropped your hair clip? I found it by the door this morning.” She understood that she didn’t wear the hair clip to school at all.

It is not important what we wear or how we look. The most important is how we think about ourselves.

1.填入文中（1）处所缺单词，使句子完整：_____________ _____________

2. 将文中（2）处划线部分的英语译成汉语：

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3.在文中找出与下句意思相近的句子：

She was very glad to see some good things happened to her.

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4. 回答问题：Why did the little girl always feel unhappy at first?

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5. 在文中找出本文的主题句：

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Below are some suggestions given by the English children posted on the website about how to help Africa. Which do you think is the best?

1.Which two children share the similar opinion?

A. Mary and Rebecca??????????? ????????????? B. Bethany and Mary

C. Rebecca and Bethany????? ????????????? ????????????? D. Rebecca and Robert

2.Who pays more attention to African's health care?

A. Mary????????? ????????????? B. Robin?????? ????????????? C. Rebecca?????? ????????????? D. Robert

3.Where are these suggestions posted?

A. In the textbook??????????????? ????????????? B. On the website

C. In the guidebook?????????????? ????????????? D. In the magazine

Want to stay away from colds? Put on a happy face.

Compared to unhappy people, those who are cheerful and relaxed are less likely to suffer from colds, according to a new study. It’s possible that being happy helps the body fight illnesses, say the researchers from New York University.

“It seems that positive feelings may reduce the danger of illness,” said the study’s chief researcher Sheldon Cohen.

In an earlier study, Cohen found that people who were cheerful and lively caught coughs and colds less often. People who showed feelings were also less likely to tell their doctors that they felt ill.

In this study, Cohen’s interviewed 193 adults every day for two weeks. During the interviews, the people told researchers about were given colds by doctors and had to stay alone in a room for six days.

The results showed that everyone in the study was equally likely to get ill. Buy for people who said they felt happy during the research period, their illness are less serious and lasted for a shorter time.

Cohen believes that when people experience positive feelings, their body may produce a chemical that helps fight illness and disease. So if you are worried abut your health, look on the bright side more often.

1. Which of the following was NOT a part of the study?

2. What did the study find?

3. According to Cohen, which of the following may help fight illness?

4.This passage is a/an          .

5.What is the best title for this passage?

6.