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1、A young man left his village and came to a logging camp (伐木场). He asked the boss of the logging crew for a1. "That depends," replied the boss. "Let's see you cut down this tree." The young man stepped forward and2 cut down a big tree. The boss was very pleased and said, "You can start the job on Monday."
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday went by, and on Thursday afternoon the boss went to the young man and said, "You can get the3 on your way out today." The young man was very4. He replied, "I thought you would pay on Friday."
"Usually we do," the boss said. "But we're letting you go today because you've5. Our daily felling (伐木) reports show that you've dropped from first place on Monday to last place today." "But I'm quite hardworking," the young man6, "I am the first to arrive, and the last to leave, and even work during my coffee breaks!"
The boss7 for a minute and then asked, "Have you sharpened your axe (斧子)?" The young man replied, "No, sir. I've been working too8 to take time for that!"
Our lives are like this. We sometimes get so busy that we don't take time to "sharpen the axe". There's9 wrong with working hard.10 we all need time to relax, to think, to learn and grow. If we don't take time to relax, we will feel slow and lose our effectiveness.
（1）A 、stay B 、help C 、job D 、suggestion（2）A 、comfortably B 、skillfully C 、worriedly D 、painfully（3）A 、prize B 、tool C 、money D 、bag（4）A 、disappointed B 、surprised C 、frightened D 、interested（5）A 、fallen behind B 、caught up C 、got off D 、given away（6）A 、argued B 、ordered C 、agreed D 、wondered（7）A 、shouted B 、looked C 、laughed D 、thought（8）A 、late B 、fast C 、soon D 、hard（9）A 、nothing B 、something C 、anything D 、everything（10）A 、Though B 、So C 、But D 、And -
2、—We are happy to see our city is developing ________ these years than before.
—You are right. However, the air pollution has become ________ than ever before.
A、more quickly; more seriously B、the most quickly; the most serious C、more quickly; more serious D、quickly; seriously -
3、—To have a good body, you'd better ________ more sports.
—OK, from now on, I will spend two hours ________ exercise every day.
A、to do; taking B、do; taking C、do; to take D、to do; to take -
4、English is also used very widely ________ a foreign language in many other countries.A、as B、for C、with D、to
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5、—This kind of paper is very nice. Is it ________ good wood?
—Yes, and it is ________ China.
A、made of; made by B、made from; made by C、made of; made in D、made from; made in -
6、Dunny did all kinds of things to make the baby ________.A、to stop crying B、to stop to cry C、stop crying D、stop to cry
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7、— Why do people face more and more communication problems nowadays?
— ________ many people pay more attention to their phones instead of the people around them.
A、Since B、So C、Because D、As -
8、—Hey, Jessie, do you want to hear ________?
—I am listening.
A、interesting something B、interesting anything C、anything interesting D、something interesting -
9、—Where were you last night from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.?
—Officer, I ________ a movie at the cinema ________ this happened.
A、was watching, while B、watched, when C、was watching, when D、watched, while -
10、Don't worry. All the children ________ by the nurses.A、are well taken care of B、are take good care C、take good care of D、take good care
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11、―Hurry up. The bus is coming,
―Wait a moment. Don't cross the street the traffic lights are green.
A、after B、until C、while D、since -
12、—I hear you are going on a trip to Xiamen. When will you ________?
—I'm not sure. All the trains have been called off ________ the coming typhoon.
A、take off; because of B、get off; close to C、set off; because of D、set off; because -
13、—The police gave me a(an) ________ to stop on the parking lane, but I didn't understand it and drove away.
—That's too bad. It's important to understand the police's ________ when driving.
A、face; thought B、gesture; body language C、message; movement D、expression; responsibility -
14、—Why did you do that, Tony? You must give me a (an) ________.
—OK. I promise I will tell you about it later.
A、decision B、method C、description D、explanation -
15、—Dear, have you ________ the topic of your speech?
—No, I haven't. I don't know which one to choose.
A、suffered from B、decided on C、prepared for D、heard of -
16、—I heard your class ________ Class 5 yesterday.
—That's true. They played really well, but we still won the game.
A、played against B、fought with C、communicated with D、disagreed with -
17、—I want to ________ others, but I don't know what to do.
—I think, most importantly, you should be friendly to them, and try to be confident.
A、look forward to B、make a good impression on C、make jokes about D、take care of -
18、—Nothing can ________ the woman in the story. She's always complaining.
—Yes. At last, she gets nothing.
A、relax B、remind C、satisfy D、attract -
19、—Will you go to Mary's party?
—No. She invited me to go to her party last night but I refused.
A、didn't permit B、didn't receive C、didn't offer D、didn't accept -
20、—I asked him a question, but he hasn't responded to it.
—Maybe he was thinking it over. Give him more time.
A、agreed on B、prepared for C、replied to D、paid attention to