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　　A businessman,who always tried to pay as little as possible for what he needed,fell ill one day.He decided to go to a doctor and asked a friend to recommend(推荐)one.

　　“Dr.Smith is an excellent(优秀)one,and he has rich experience in treating various(多种)illness.”the friend told him.

　　“Is he expensive?”the businessman aske　D.

　　“Yes and no.He charges(索款)five hundred dollars for the visit,but only twenty-five dollars for each visit after that.”

　　“That seems reasonable(合乎情理),”the businessman said,and went to visit Dr.Smith.As he walked into the consulting(诊所)room,he said,“Well,here I am again,doctor,”and put twenty-five dollars on the table.

　　The doctor looked at him carefully for a moment,then smiled and put the money into his pocket.“Thank you,”he said,“and what can I do for you today?”

　　“Examine me,of course,”the businessman said,“and tell mw what’s wrong with me.”

　　“Oh,there’s no need for me to examine you again.”the doctor said,“Just continue taking the medicine I prescribed(开药方)for you when you came to see me last time.”

1.What kind of person was the businessman?

　A.He was a person easy to get on with.

　B.He was a very rich and successful person.

　C.He was a person who always tried to pay as little as possible for what he neede　D.

　D.He was a person who enjoyed cheating others.

2.Which of the following questions can best take the place of this question.“Is he expensive?”

　A.Does he charge his patient a lot of money?

　B.Does he cost a lot of money?

　C.Is he a valuable person?

　D.Is he able to pay all the expenses?

3.Why did the businessman say to the doctor“Well,here I am again”?

　A.He had visited the doctor many times before.

　B.It was his second visit to the doctor.

　C.He had already paid $500 for his visit.

　D.He wanted the doctor to think he had visited him before.

4.What did the doctor do for the businessman?

　A.He gave him a prescription(药方).

　B.He examined him.

　C.He gave him a careful treatment.

　D.He did nothing for the businessman.

5.Why did Dr.Smith smile as he took the $25?

　A.He found the businessman telling a lie(说谎).

　B.He was pleased with the pay.

　C.They were old friends.

　D.Doctors are always polite to their patients.

你们班将要举行一场关于健康生活的讨论会，以下是你发言的内容：

主要观点：良好的生活方式对我们的身体健康和心理健康至关重要。

健康的生活方式主要包括以下方面：

1、营养全面、均衡的膳食；

2、适量运动，以便强健身体，消除压力，改善睡眠；

3、戒烟限酒；

4、心理平衡，正确面对压力。

*压力 pressure  *身体的physical   *心理的mental  *适量reasonable amount

写作内容：

请你根据以上内容写一份发言稿，内容包括：

1、主要观点；

2、健康的生活方式。

注意：1.词数100左右。
      2.可适当增添合乎情理的过渡性语言，并适当发挥。

                                                                                                    

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                    

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                    

                                                                                                   

It’s good to make mistakes, and here is why.

First of all, mistakes are a clear sign that you are trying new things. It’s always good to try new things because when you are trying new things you are growing. If you never try anything new, how can you improve? How can you expand? The simple answer is “You can’t”. Look around you. With very few exceptions (例外), either everything you see in your physical world or every single detail of every single thing is the result of someone trying something new.

Another good thing about mistakes is this: When you are making mistakes, you are learning. Consider this: Edison failed 10,000 times before he perfected the light bulb. When asked how it felt to fail that many times, he said that he hadn’t failed 10,000 times, but rather had learned 10,000 things that didn’t work.

Finally, when you make a mistake you are much closer to success. Why?

Because when all is said and done, you will have tried some number of things before you succeeded. Every time you make a mistake you eliminate one of those things and are one step closer.

But this all doesn’t mean that you should go ahead without considering the consequences of a mistake. Quite the contrary, when you try something new you have to be willing to set some reasonable limits so that in the event that it doesn’t work out the way you want it to, you will be in a position to try again.

We all have limited resources in the form of time and money so don’t blow them all on one approach to a problem. Realize that it probably won’t be perfect the first time and allocate (分配) these resources appropriately so you can learn, make corrections, and try it again. Only by accepting and using your mistakes in this way can you make significant advances in your business and your career.

There is an old saying that goes, “If you’re not making mistakes, you’re not trying hard enough.”

So go forth and make mistakes. And learn. And grow. And prosper(成功).

1.From the second paragraph, we can conclude that _______.

A．mistakes are unnecessary for development

B．we are afraid of trying new things

C．it’s common for people to make mistakes

D．mistakes are better than not trying

2.The underlined word “eliminate” means _______.

A．avoid

B．dismiss

C．accept

D．solve

3.According to the article, one thing you should pay attention to about making mistakes is _______.

A．avoiding making the same mistakes	B．accepting the punishment willingly
C．taking consequences into account	D．trying things out one by one

4.The article is mainly about _______.

A．how to deal with mistakes	B．what benefits mistakes bring
C．how to achieve success	D．how to make use of your mistakes

5.What would the writer probably suggest we say to ourselves when we make a mistake?

A．Never mind, I can always try again.	B．I’d better stay out of trouble.
C．Great! Now I can learn something.	D．Look at this mess. Anyone would be upset.

 

He bought a house,___________  the price is reasonable.

A. whose           B. its         C. of which        D. of whom

 

Are morning people born or made? In my case it was definitely made. In my early 20s, I hardly went to bed before midnight, and I would always get up late the next morning.

But after a while I couldn’t ignore the high relationship between success and rising early. On those rare occasions where I did get up early, I noticed that my productivity (效率) was always higher. So I set out to become a habitual early riser. But whenever my alarm went off, my first thought was always to stop that noise and go back to sleep. Eventually some sleep research showed that my strategy was wrong.

The most common wrong strategy is this: supposing you’re going to get up earlier, you’d better go to bed earlier. It sounds very reasonable, but will usually fail.

There are two main schools (流派) of thought on sleep patterns. One is that you should go to bed and get up at the same time every day. The second school says you should go to bed when you’re tired and get up when you naturally wake up. However, I have found both are wrong if you care about productivity. If you sleep at fixed hours, you’ll sometimes go to bed when you aren’t sleepy enough. You’re wasting time lying in bed awake.

My solution is to combine both methods. I go to bed when I’m sleepy and get up with an alarm clock at a fixed time. So I always get up at the same time (in my case 5 a.m.), but I go to bed at different times every night.

However, going to bed only when I’m sleepy, and getting up at a fixed time every morning are my ways. If you want to become an early riser, you can try your own.

1.According to the passage, the underlined phrase refers to ________.

A．people who stay up until the next morning

B．people who get up early in the morning

C．people who feel sleepy in the morning

D．people whose productivity is the lowest in the morning

2.Why did the author want to become a habitual early riser?

A．Because he / she wanted to have more sleep time.

B．Because he / she wanted to do morning exercise.

C．Because he / she wanted to test which school is better.

D．Because he / she found that the productivity was higher.

3.The author experienced all the following EXCEPT ________.

A．going to bed after midnight

B．asking scholars for advice on sleeping habits

C．getting up early occasionally

D．pressing off the alarm to go on sleeping

4.What’s the author’s sleep pattern?

A．Going to bed early and getting up early.

B．Going to bed late and getting up late.

C．Going to bed when sleepy and getting up at a fixed early time.

D．Going to bed early and getting up late.

5.The passage is mainly about ________.

A．main schools of thought on sleep patterns    B．how to have a good sleep

C．wrong strategies for getting up early         D．how to become an early riser