My dear son,
I think my life has been long enough now. And I won’t be able to visit you any 1. , but would it be too much to ask 2. （是否）you could come and visit me once in a while? I miss you so much. I am so glad when I hear you are coming to the school for a meeting. But I have d 3. not to go to the school because I am seriously 4. .
I’m sorry that I only have one eye, and I have been an embarrassment for you. But before I leave this world, I have to tell you one thing that has been hidden in my h 5. for over twenty years. When you were very little, you got into an accident, and l 6. your eye. As a mother, I couldn’t stand watching you having to g 7. up with only one eye. So I gave you 8. （我的）. I was so proud you could see a whole new world for me. I was 9. （从不）angry with you for anything you did. Sometimes when you were upset with me, I thought to myself, “It’s because you love me.” I miss the time when you were still young around me.
I miss you so much. I love you. You 10. the world to me. Wish you a safe trip.
Your mum
We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting them and putting them into our 41 . It’s not as easy as you think. It’s important to know 42 and when to eat.
Fruit should be eaten on an empty stomach. If you eat fruit like that, it will go straight 43 the stomach into the Intestines（肠道）. It will be good to your health and provide you with plenty of 44 for life activities. Fruit is the most important 45 .
But when you eat two pieces of bread and then some fruit, it is 46 from doing so. Do you know the reason?
You have probably heard people saying –every time I eat watermelon I burp（打嗝）, when I eat a banana I feel like 47 to the toilet. When the fruit 48 with other food, it produces gas（气体）. That’s why you will feel uncomfortable. Actually, we will not 49 if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach.
Eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. When you 50 want to drink fruit juice, drink only 51 fruit juice, NOT from the bottles or cans. Don’t drink juice that has been 52 up. Don’t eat cooked fruits because you don’t get the nutrients（营养成分）at all. You only get the 53 .
If you have mastered the 54 way of eating fruits, you have the 55 of beauty, health, energy, happiness and a long life. Dark circles under the eyes will not appear.
1.A. tables B. plates C. mouths D. boxes
2.A. how B. what C. where D. who
3.A. past B. between C. among D. through
4.A. experience B. energy C. pleasure D. spirit
5.A. course B. discovery C. food D. direction
6.A. prevented B. protected C. prepared D. practiced
7.A. returning B. running C. relaxing D. staying
8.A. fixes B. fills C. mixes D. joins
9.A. check B. spread C. arrive D. happen
10.A. totally B. hardly C. clearly D. really
11.A. expensive B. colorful C. fresh D. medium
12.A. burned B. heated C. set D. kept
13.A. taste B. weight C. shape D. sugar
14.A. successful B. correct C. opposite D. special
15. A. request B. secret C. style D. point
–What do you think is important for the players on a team?
--It’s to play together and ______ the best in each other.
A. bring out B. look up C. believe in D. blow out
–The government is trying to develop winter sports for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
--No wonder people are showing their ______ in them.
A. warmth B. interest C. victory D. standard
–The plane won’t take off ______ the thick clouds move away.
--Let’s wait patiently for the announcement from the airport.
A. since B. though C. while D. until
–The living conditions in the countryside have improved greatly in recent years.
--The farmers are living a much ______ life than before.
A. happy B. happier C. happily D. happiest
