Is money everything? At present some people think that         is everything. Some of them even         their lives for it. Money has its most useful         on the poor, but once a person has a rich life, a lot more money doesn't mean more       .

 If money was        , all millionaires would have true love, true friendship, good health and a long life.        , this is not always true.

Nothing else is more        than the three words “I love you”. But can            be bought？I’m afraid not. Love means to give, not to take. To every person, health and long life are            the most valuable things. Well, can health and a long life be bought with money? The answer is “No”.

Of all the longest living people in the world,         of them are millionaires. True friendship can't be bought       . Many other things         be bought with money: knowledge, life and happiness and so on. Just think, if a person         these things at all, is the money still useful? No matter how much money you have, it is still not enough         you a happy person if you have no one to laugh       , no one to cry for. Now, do you think money is everything?

1.A. time         B. health        C. friend         D. money

2.A. lose         B. like           C. save           D. affect

3.A. affect        B. effect         C. effort          D. influence

4.A. stress        B. sadness       C. happiness      D. problems

5.A. something    B. anything      C. nothing        D. everything

6.A. If           B. But          C. While         D. However

7.A. polite        B. generous      C. pleasant        D. boring

8.A. life          B. love          C. health         D. friends

9.A. probably      B. perhaps      C. maybe         D. impossible

10.A. all          B. few          C. each          D. none

11.A. also         B. too          C. yet             D. either

12.A. cannot       B. mustn’t      C. needn’t         D. shouldn’t

13.A. has          B. doesn’t have  C. will have      D. won’t have

14.A. make        B. makes        C. to make        D. making

15.A. at           B. to            C. for            D. with

When I was about 12, I had a(an) __31__, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Sometimes she said I was thin. Sometimes she said I was lazy. Sometimes she said I wasn’t a good student. Sometimes she said I talked too __32__, and so on. I tried to put up with(忍受) her __33__ I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

He listened to me __34__, and then he asked, “Are the things she said true or not? Mary, didn’t you __35__ wonder what you’re really like? Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are __36__. Think it over. __37__ no attention to the other things she said.”

I did __38__ he told me and to my surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true.

I brought the list __39__ to my dad. He refused to __40__ it. “That’s just for you,” he said. “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. __41__ something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be helpful to you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but __42__ the truth and do __43__ you think is right.”

Many years have __44__. The situation often appears in my mind. In our life we often meet with some trouble and we often go to someone and ask for advice. For some advice you will treasure(珍惜) all your __45__.

31. A. enemy          B. sister                  C. partner             D. friend

32. A. lot                B. many                  C. much            D. bit

33. A. as much as      B. as often as         C. as long as         D. as soon as

34. A. quickly         B. angrily                    C. fast                   D. quietly

35. A. just               B. ever                       C. even                   D. never

36. A. good              B. true                       C. nice                  D. wonderful

37. A. Put                   B. Pull                       C. Pay                 D. Pick

38. A. like                   B. as if                      C. as though            D. as

39. A. against                      B. with                      C. from                  D. back

40. A. take               B. make                  C. bring                 D. remember

41. A. Before             B. When                   C. After                  D. Since

42. A. hear              B. listen                  C. see              D. look

43. A. how                     B. when                     C. what                 D. why

44. A. passed             B. past                      C. through              D. been

45. A. money          B. heart                  C. life                     D. effort

“Tom? Are you in bed yet?” called Mrs. White. There was no answer. Mrs. White put down her book and went to her 14-year-old son’s room. Tom was sitting in front of a bright computer screen on which a motorbike was running fast.
“Oh, Tom. You’re still playing on that computer game. You must stop now, because it’s half past eleven. If you don’t go to bed soon, you’ll be very tired tomorrow.” Said Mrs. White.
“But I’ve nearly won the game.” Tom said to Mrs. White. She could see the excitement on his face. She sat beside him.
“You’re always playing on the computer. You spend more time on this machine than on your homework.”
Today more and more families have computers. Parents hope computers can help their children improve their study at school. But many of their children use computers to play games, listen to songs and watch videos instead of studying. We often see that computer net bars are crowded with people, especially young boys. They spend a lot of money competing(竞争) with the computerized(用计算机控制的) machines. The more they lose, the more they want to win. The result is that they don’t’ want to work or study.
In some countries, even scientists hate computers. They say computers cause millions of people to lose their jobs or cause them a lot of trouble. Computer game addiction(瘾) is a serious problem in social life. Something should have to be done to solve the problem.
【小题1】How did Mrs. White feel when she saw her son playing late?