We are living a fast life. It seems that everything has to be fast, for example, food, fast Internet, fast roads, fast money. Every day we try to get things done , but there are some moments that we have to slow down and enjoy our lives.
We are always every day. I have to work eight hours or more a day at my full-time job. When I get home, it’s always over seven o’clock. I make an effort（努力） to something. I try to find a bit of time for my hobby—writing. I hardly ever write and work weekends. Those are my days to try to recharge （休整）and reduce the stress from my work. I sleep on the sofa during the day, some beer in the open air or go out for a picnic if the weather is nice.
What I’m trying to say is this: if you don’t take some time to slow down once in a while（偶尔） and your life, it will pass you by. You can be unhealthy both in body and mind if you don’t take the time to relax. So this weekend, don’t make any . Just get up on Saturday morning your body says it’s time to get up. Make some coffee, step outside and get fresh morning air, turn on the radio and prepare yourself for nothing.
| 小题2: | | A．specially | B．seriously | C．directly | D．quickly |
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| 小题7: | | A．spend | B．share | C．enjoy | D．relax |
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| 小题8: | | A．plans | B．mistakes | C．noises | D．sentences |
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:B
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:B
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试题分析: 本文大意：似乎每样东西都要快，例如快餐、高速网、高速路和快速资金。每天我们都努力把事情快速做完，但有时候我们不得不放慢享受生活。如果你不花时间偶尔放慢享受生活，它就会与你擦肩而过。只是在周六的上午起床当你的身体说该起床了的时候。 泡些咖啡，走出去，呼吸些新鲜的早晨的空气，打开收音机，准备什么也不做。
小题1:考查形容词。句意：似乎每样东西都要快，例如快餐、高速网、高速路和快速资金。 good好，fast快， slow慢， cold冷。fast food快餐，固定短语，可知选B
小题2:考查副词。句意：每天我们都努力把事情快速做完，但有时候我们不得不放慢享受生活。 specially特别，seriously严肃，directly直接，quickly快速。根据 It seems that everything has to be fast似乎每样东西都要快，可知选D
小题3:考查形容词。句意：我们每天总是忙。 busy忙，happy开心，free 自由，sad难过。根据I have to work eight hours or more a day at my full-time job.我必须在我的全职工作中一天工作八小时或更多，可知选A
小题4:考查动词。句意：我努力写东西。drink喝，buy买，write写，say说。根据I try to find a bit of time for my hobby—writing.我试着找点时间给自己的爱好--写作，可知选C
小题5:考查介词。句意：我几乎从在周末写作和工作过。with和，except除了，in用，on在。on weekends周末，可知选D
小题6:考查动词。句意：白天我躺在沙发上睡觉，在露天里喝啤酒或者如果天气好去野餐。 eat吃，drink喝，take 拿，get得到。drink beer喝啤酒，可知选B
小题7:考查动词和语境。句意：我在试着说这些的是：如果你不花时间偶尔放慢享受生活，它就会与你擦肩而过。spend度过，share分享，enjoy 享受，relax放松。根据语境可知是享受生活，故选C
小题8:考查名词。句意：所以这个周末，不要制订任何计划。plans计划，mistakes 错误，noises 噪音，sentences句子。make plans制订计划，固定短语，可知选A
小题9:考查连词和语境。句意：只是在周六的上午起床当你的身体说该起床了的时候。 but但是，when当……时，or或者，so所以。根据语境可知让自己的身体做主来决定起床，故选B
小题10:考查形容词。句意：泡些咖啡，走出去，呼吸些新鲜的早晨的空气，打开收音机，准备什么也不做。 any一些，many 许多， no没有，some一些。air不可数名词，some用于修饰可数或不可数名词，用于肯定句，可知选D |
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试题【We are living a fast life. It seems that everything has to be fast, for example,】；主要考察你对
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There is a saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Although eating properly is important, being kind to others is also good tor your health. Studies show that people who perform kind acts are more relaxed, happier, and healthier than other people.
In one study at Arizona State University researchers, found that many volunteers experienced a sudden feeling of joy, followed by a long period of calm, after performing a kind act. This feeling, called “a help’s high” may actually help reduce stress (压力) as the body releases (释放) naturally painkillers.
Stress can cause’ serious health problems, and heart depression, and .sleeping problems. However, the study found that volunteers had fewer *stress-related health problems when they did helpful things for other people.
The study also found that people who did nice things for others felt better about themselves as well. They had higher self-esteem (自尊), and were’ happier. Many believe this is because volunteers spend more of their time with other people. People who are more outgoing are often healthier.
Another study at the University of Michigan’s Survey Research Center confirmed the health benefits of volunteering. A ten-year study showed that people who volunteered live longer than those who didn’t. Although you shouldn’t need a reason to be helpful, it is nice to know that kindness may help you live longer.
小题1:The reading is mainly about ＿＿＿＿＿＿.| A．healthy people are kind because they have more energy | | B．one has to eat an apple every day to become healthy | | C．kind people can be stressed because they are always helping | | D．doing kind things can make you feel good and help you he healthier |
小题2:According to the reading ＿＿＿＿＿＿.| A．it is better to be kind than to eat well | | B．kindness can help you feel healthy | | C．an apple a day can keep doctors away | | D．eating correctly makes one happy and healthy |
小题3:You can get a help’s high ＿＿＿＿＿＿.| A．by volunteering your time | | B．by taking painkillers | | C．by eating properly | | D．by sleeping well |
小题4:The study found that people who help others can have ＿＿＿＿＿＿.| A．sleeping problems and stress | | B．less natural painkillers | | C．overeating and depression problems | | D．fewer health problems |
小题5:Another study of almost 3 ,000 men showed that people who volunteered ＿＿＿＿＿.| A．lived longer | B．needed a reason to be helpful | | C．wanted to live longer | D．had lower self-esteem |
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One day, my English teacher asked me to help her save back-up（备份） copies of her work in the computer. I then realized I was able to know the grades of all of her students. I her how to copy files（文件）from one disk to another and she thanked me.
A few days later, she asked me to help her again, because she how to do it. When I showed it to her, some students in my class noticed and began to talk among themselves .Later that day, at lunch time, several of them came up to me.
"Hey, could you help us change our grades? We"ll for it."
I could not believe what I heard. I could get paid for something very . "All right. I"ll do it." The next day, my English teacher asked me to help him out again. When he was not paying attention, I changed their grades from Fs to As.
I soon became very popular among my friends. They began to treat me like God who could do . Word spread quickly and I became very rich.
Everything was going fine I was called into the headmaster"s office. When I got there, both of my teacher and the headmaster were very angry. "I don"t want to what your teacher said, but I have to. She has too much evidence(证据)," the headmaster said. "Do you have anything to say for yourself?"
"No," I said finally. I didn"t realize how my behavior had been. I had disappointed my teacher and the headmaster. And there was no way . I had to leave my school. That was a good lesson for me.
| 小题1: | | A．said | B．urged | C．knew | D．showed |
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| 小题2: | | A．lost | B．remembered | C．reminded | D．forgot |
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| 小题3: | | A．quietly | B．luckily | C．loudly | D．angrily |
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| 小题4: | | A．pay | B．praise | C．follow | D．explain |
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| 小题5: | | A．familiar | B．easy | C．interesting | D．pleasant |
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| 小题6: | | A．something | B．anything | C．nothing | D．some things |
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| 小题7: | | A．until | B．since | C．because | D．after |
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| 小题8: | | A．believe | B．reply | C．hate | D．influence |
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| 小题9: | | A．hard | B．interesting | C．serious | D．important |
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Mental health is about the way you think and feel and your ability to deal with ups and downs. Even though you are mentally healthy, it doesn’t that you don’t have a mental health problem.
Mental health is everyone’s business. We all have times when we feel down or . Most of the time those feelings pass, sometimes they develop into a more serious problem. It seems that our mental health doesn’t always stay the same. It can change as the environment changes and as you move different stages(阶段) of your life.
Here are four practical to look after your mental health. Making simple changes to how you live doesn’t cost much or take up lots of time. Anyone can them.
●Talk about your feelings. It can help you stay in good mental health. It isn’t a sign of , but part of your ability to do what you can to stay healthy.
●Eat well. What you eat and how you feel are connected. A proper diet can have a good effect on your mental health.
●Keep in touch. Friends and family members can offer advice which may help you keep active and solve practical problems.
●Take a break. It could be a weekend new places to enjoy the nature, or even a ten-minute break from doing your homework. A few minutes can be enough to relax you.
| 小题1: | | A．agree | B．mean | C．doubt | D．notice |
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| 小题2: | | A．excited | B．satisfied | C．surprised | D．stressed |
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| 小题4: | | A．away | B．inside | C．through | D．against |
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| 小题5: | | A．answers | B．replies | C．ways | D．chances |
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| 小题6: | | A．follow | B．find | C．advise | D．count |
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| 小题7: | | A．weakness | B．laziness | C．happiness | D．richness |
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| 小题8: | | A．easily | B．closely | C．equally | D．hardly |
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| 小题9: | | A．difficult | B．terrible | C．strange | D．various |
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| 小题10: | | A．protecting | B．exploring | C．providing | D．imagining |
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阅读下列短文，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Lucky, our beautiful dog, isn’t with us any more. But she brought such joy and love into our lives we still miss her. There are so many wonderful stories about the love in this dog, but my favorite is this one:
It was an autumn day in Minnesota. Unexpectedly, a big snowstorm which no one was prepared for our city.
We have two apple trees in our backyard. Lucky loved apples. When she went outside, she’d hold an apple in her and take it into the house to save for eating later. The apples had been on the ground and were often dirty so I wasn’t always that Lucky had brought them into the house.
On the day that it snowed too early in the season, Lucky went outside and I her from the window. I noticed that she was digging to bring the apples to the surface so they could be seen the snow. I wondered why she was doing this. She seemed to be completely busy with some kind of important task to find as many as possible during her yard time.
, she had one apple in her mouth when I called her back into the house. About five minutes later I looked outside. The yard was completely covered with birds. Lucky had all those apples for her bird and squirrel friends to eat. She knew that they wouldn’t have stored enough food to survive such an early winter!
| 小题2: | | A．hit | B．attacked | C．beat | D．caught |
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| 小题3: | | A．nose | B．stomach | C．mouth | D．ear |
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| 小题4: | | A．happy | B．angry | C．worried | D．excited |
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| 小题5: | | A．heard | B．helped | C．watched | D．followed |
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| 小题6: | | A．gently | B．madly | C．easily | D．sadly |
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| 小题7: | | A．under | B．across | C．beyond | D．above |
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| 小题8: | | A．apples | B．trees | C．birds | D．squirrels |
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| 小题9: | | A．As a result | B．As usual | C．In fact | D．In a word |
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| 小题10: | | A．eaten up | B．put up | C．dug up | D．cleaned up |
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Every day we use money to buy what we want. But have you ever really noticed the bill (钞票) in your hand? There are different pictures on both sides of banknotes (纸币) and interesting stories behind them.
Most banknotes have famous people on the front, such as a country’s leader or a great scientist, while on the back of the paper note there are usually some well-known scenes or national buildings.
The latest editions of Chinese banknotes use the picture of Mao Zedong, founding father of the People’s Republic of China, on the front of all yuan bills. However, the backs of the bills are different. The Great Hall of the People, on the 100-yuan note, is a landmark (地标) in Beijing. Important meetings are always held there. The Lijiang River in Guilin, on the 20-yuan note, is one of the most beautiful scenes in the world.
The US 1-dollar bill has the first president, George Washington, on the front side. A 13-level pyramid is on the back. Benjamin Franklin, a great scientist and politician (政治家) from the US, appears on the front of the 100-dollar bill. You can see the White House, where the presidents live, on the back of the 20-dollar bill.
小题1:According to Paragraph 2, which one probably appears on the back of the banknotes?| A．Abraham Lincoln. | B．Elizabeth II. | | C．Taishan Mountain. | D．Titanic. |
小题2:The Lijiang River of Guilin is __________.| A．on the back of 20-yuan note | B．on the front of 20-yuan note | | C．on the front of 100-yuan note | D．on the back of 100-yuan note |
小题3:On the front of the 100-dollar bill, we can see __________.| A．George Washington | B．Benjamin Franklin | | C．a 13-level pyramid | D．the White House |
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