For many years I had a good life. My illness was reasonably (适度的) under control, I had a nice relationship with my husband, I did work, I didn't hate. It was, as I said, a good life.

But there's a saying that the good is the enemy of the best. I finally realized this one day, and began making my best life. I changed doctors and tried a new way that could relieve(减轻) my symptoms (症状) , rather than just making them easier to deal with. I started talking more with my husband and listening to what he had to say. And I quit(辞掉) my job and started working for myself.

I have the best life I've ever had. I'd call it great. It is possible there's a better life for me, which would then be my "best life" , but for now I don't think so. I've started a business I love. My husband and kids are wonderful. I have a good friend and I'm close to my older sister who lives in town. Could it get better? I suppose so. But for me I think this is the best life I can have right now.

Think more about your life. Where are you living? Are you in a job you just don't mind? What makes your life "good" ? Why isn't it great? What's the enemy of the best and what can you do about it?

Enjoy your best life. We're only here for a short while, and we all need to have the best possible time we can. It's like going to Disney World. If you spend too much time standing in line waiting for the ride, pretty soon your time's up. Get out of the "good" line and have your best life.

1.Which of the following is NOT included in the writer's "good life" ?

2.The writer quit her job because she________.

3.What did the writer do to make her best life?

①She visited other doctors.

②She started a business she loved.

③She played more with her kids.

④She talked more with her husband.

⑤She spent much time in Disney World.

4.What's the enemy of the best?

5.What is the best title for the article?

One day Mozart, a great musician, saw an old man sitting in a street corner (角落) with a hat in front of him. The old man could see 41__________ because he was blind (瞎的). He was playing the violin. It was a beautiful piece 42__________ Mozart. But the hat was empty because no money was put into it.
“Do you often 43________ Mozart’s music?” Mozart asked.
“Yes, sir,” the old man answered. “Everyone knows Mozart and likes his music.”
“ 44___________ do you live with?” Mozart asked again.
“None,” the old man said sadly. “I’m 45_____and I have to make a living by playing the violin.”
Mozart 46___________ over the violin from the old man and he, himself, began to play.
He played so well that all the people passing by stopped 47___________ to the wonderful music and soon the man’s hat was full of 48___________ .
The old man was 49__________ and asked Mozart, “Who are you, sir?”
“I’m a poor 50__________ like you,” Mozart said.
【小题1】A. something         B. nothing        C. everything      
【小题2】A. by                 B. of            C. for   
【小题3】A. write              B. read           C. play 
【小题4】A. What               B. Which              C. Who
【小题5】A. alone              B. lonely              C. lucky   
【小题6】A. looked              B. got             C. took     
【小题7】A. to listen            B. listening         C. to play       
【小题8】A. food                 B. money          C. paper  
【小题9】A. interested             B. worried        C. surprised
【小题10】A. musician              B. singer             C. teacher  

Billiards（台球） is my favorite ball sport. The English player Ronnie O’Sullivan and Chinese player Ding Junhui are   46  my favorite players. They play it very well. I hope I’ll be   47  to play it well, too. Of course, it is only a dream. Of the two players, I  48  O’Sullivan, because he played it so quickly in the races.
When I was nine, I   49_  this ball sport for the first time. My PE teacher, Mr. Xu, and I became good   50  because of billiards. I still remember that one day Mr. Xu and I played billiards   51  class. We were so excited that we both  52  the lunchtime. Suddenly, my father showed up, he was very angry with me.
Well, it is   53 to know the rules, but it is not easy to get a good  54  in the game. Now billiards is becoming more and more  55  in China, and more and more Chinese are enjoying it.
【小题1】A.two            B.both             C.all
【小题2】A.able           B.free             C.glad
【小题3】A.love           B.like             C.prefer
【小题4】A.hit            B.joined           C.played
【小题5】A.athletes       B.friends          C.teachers
【小题6】A.after          B.before           C.in
【小题7】A.knew           B.forgot           C.remembered
【小题8】A.easy           B.hard             C.difficult
【小题9】.A.rule          B.score            C.player
【小题10】A.boring        B.famous           C.popular

When I was young，I liked to play jokes on people I knew, especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was cooking and I was playing with my younger brother Tony. Suddenly I ran to my mother and said: “Tony fell from the open window!” She was very worried and ran out of the kitchen. Then I said: “Don’t worry, I’m just joking.” My mother shouted at me, “If you do it again, I’ll hit you.”

Another day I went swimming with my friends in the sea. I wanted to play a joke on them. In the beginning I swam fast and I called out “Help!”. All my friends came to help me. However, they found that I was joking. But half an hour later I wasn’t joking. I was so fast, soon I got tired and couldn’t swim on in water. I tried my best to call my friends for help, but this time nobody came to help me.

In the end they found I was telling the truth. They came and saved my life. They took me to the hospital. This is the best lesson in my life. From then on I haven’t joked on anyone.

1.When he was young, the writer liked to _______.

A. play with his brother                             B. help his mother cook

C. play jokes on people                                 D. go swimming with his friends

2.What happened when the writer was playing with his brother?    ______

A. He got tired.                                               B. He played a joke on his mother.

C. Tony fell from the open window.           D. His mother hit him.

3.In the beginning, all his friends came to help him because he ______.

A. swam fast                                                    B. called for help

C. would sink in water                                    D. couldn’t swim on in the water

4.When the writer called his friends for help for the second time, they ______.

A. took him to the hospital at once

B. came and saved him immediately

C. thought at first he was joking again

D. did nothing because the writer had lied to them

5.The story tells us that ________.

A. swimming is dangerous

B. the writer is a naughty boy

C. one can play jokes only on people he knows

D. if someone always tells lies, others won’t trust (信任) him