Today our life and work rarely feel light or pleasant. Instead, the whole experience of being alive begins to melt into huge responsibility. It becomes the standard greeting everywhere: I am so busy.
We say this to one another with no small degree of pride. The busier we are, the more important we seem to ourselves and, we imagine, to others. To be unavailable to our friends and family, to be unable to find time for the sunset, to speed through our responsibilities without time for a single mindful breath — this has become the model of a successful life.
Because we do not rest, we lose our way. We lose the nourishment(营养) that gives us help. We miss the quiet that gives us wisdom. Poisoned by the belief that good things come only through tireless effort, we never truly rest.
This is not the world we dreamed of when we were young. How did we get so terribly rushed in a world filled with work and responsibility, yet somehow lack of joy and delight?
We have forgotten the Sabbath (安息日). Sabbath is the time to enjoy and celebrate what is beautiful and good — time to light candles, sing songs, tell stories, bless our children and loved ones, give thanks, share meals, nap and walk. It is time to be nourished and refreshed as we let our work, our chores and our important projects lie fallow, trusting that there are larger forces at work taking care of the world when we are at rest.
Sabbath is more than the absence of work. Many of us, in our desperate drive to be successful and care for our many responsibilities, feel terribly guilty when we take time to rest. But the Sabbath has proven its wisdom over the ages. Many of us still recall when, not long ago, shops and offices were closed on Sundays. Those quiet Sunday afternoons remained in our cultural memory.
1.Nowadays, when we greet people by saying, “I am so busy”， we feel ________.
A．sorry B．proud
C．unhappy D．responsible
2.If a person lives a successful life, he is expected ________.
A．to be always available to his family and friends
B．to be able to enjoy a leisure holiday
C．to be occupied with too many obligations
D．to become a model for everyone else
3.According to the author, we should do the following EXCEPT ________.
A．showing interest in beautiful things
B．having time to get refreshed
C．putting away obligations and resting when necessary
D．believing that good things come only through tireless effort
When I was a little boy, I would play outside for hours on sunny summer days and then have a deep and peaceful sleep at night. Sometimes, I’d have some vivid dreams, making me for a moment. I would stare out into the darkness to see if anything was there and then over and go back to sleep. I can still remember a few times when I woke up, out into the darkness, and actually someone there. It was Mom over me as I slept. Each time she told me to go back to sleep and I closed my eyes again, feeling and loved.
I asked Mom why she watched me sleep from time to time, but seeing my own children so fast, I think I know why. She wanted to catch a moment in time and it in her heart forever. I just that she carried a lot of those moments with her into Heaven when she at only 55.
Last night I was sleeping lightly I suddenly felt someone near me. I opened my eyes and saw Mom’s standing in the room, smiling at me. And then she was gone.
Now may say that this was just a dream, a wish or part of an old . To me, though, it was that Mom’s loving spirit was still watching over me. To me, it was evidence enough to know that one day I would be with her and everyone I have ever loved.
Trust in their love. Know that your own life can be full of , too. Then joyfully go out and live it with a brave heart and a smiling soul.
1.A. excited B. afraid C. worried D. awake
2.A. take B. roll C. look D. climb
3.A. went B. burst C. looked D. found
4.A. met B. saw C. expected D. dreamed
5.A. watching B. treating C. helping D. sitting
6.A. angrily B. gladly C. silently D. gently
7.A. quiet B. nervous C. safe D. anxious
8.A. never B. often C. sometimes D. seldom
9.A. before B. after C. since D. for
10.A. bring up B. raise up C. lift up D. grow up
11.A. hold B. remove C. find D. cover
12.A. decide B. hope C. wonder D. remember
13.A. ran away B. put away C. passed away D. took away
14.A. when B. while C. after D. before
15.A. body B. figure C. shape D. shadow
16.A. all B. none C. some D. any
17.A. dream B. wish C. story D. memory
18.A. proof B. time C. chance D. belief
19.A. reunited B. buried C. connected D. joined
20.A. hope B. joy C. love D. surprised
最近一段时间我国多个地方出现雾霾天气，极大地影响了人们的健康与生活。因此你想以此为话题，写一篇通讯稿。应包括以下要点：
1. 对生活造成的影响；2. 建议采取的措施
要求：1. 词数 100 - 120； 2. 开头已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：雾霾haze 雾霾天气hazy weather
Recently hazy weather has occurred in many areas of China.
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请您修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语文错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜钱（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只充许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I have a classmate named Angel, who is a lovely and bright girl. She is popular from all the classmates. One day, news came as Angel had got blood cancer. It really shocked everybody. When I saw her in the hospital, I could not help cry. She was very thin and weak that it seemed only skin and bones were left. But her face was so pale, she gave us a big smile to comfort us. All the classmates and teachers began to raise money. Some called media for help. In the end, I succeeded in raising the money for the first operation. We will keep trying until Angel was cured. Many people offered as more help as they could even though they did not know Angel. I am really touched by this. There is love in everywhere as long as we seek for it.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Once there lived a rich man who wanted to do something for the people of his town. 1. first he wanted to find out2. they deserved his help.
In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed 3. very large stone. Then he 4. (hide)behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.
“Who put this stone in the centre of the road? ”said the old man, but he did not try5. (remove)the stone. Instead, with some 6. (difficult)he passed around the stone and continued on his way. Another man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove 7. . Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone, 8. (say)to himself: “The night 9. (be)very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone. ”
Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his 10. (strong)to move it. How great was his surprise at last! Under the stone, he found a bag of money.
Once upon a time there lived a poor man named Malcolm who hunted for his food. One warm spring day, Malcolm had been for many hours, and he was hot and tired and hungry. He hadn’t even a mouse. When he came upon a big tree, he sat down under its to rest. Suddenly he found a big ostrich (鸵鸟) egg beside the tree. He the egg and carried it back to his hut (小屋).
The egg was so white and round, pure and beautiful that he couldn’t eating it. So he put the egg on the table and went to sleep.
The next morning when he woke up, he was to find bread and soup on his table. He was so hungry, so he tore off a piece and ate it. “I’ve never anything so delicious,” he said aloud. Then he heard a voice answer, “It’s bread and soup I’ve made for you.”
He turned to find a beautiful woman standing beside the ostrich egg, was cracked wide open. “Malcolm, you are a kind and generous man, and I will make you for the rest of your life. me and I will always make delicious food for you.”
“How can this be? An ostrich egg’s cannot speak or cook or marry me,” he said.
“I will make you happy, Malcolm,” she said, “You must only this: you will never call me the daughter of an ostrich egg.”
“I promise,” Malcolm said.
And so they got married. For many years they lived great happiness. His wife brought him , goats and made him a chief. But one day, Malcolm got so that he was not with what he had. He quarreled with his . He said his wife was the daughter of an ostrich egg… And he was alone again, living in his hut, his old clothes. There were no cattle, no goats and no wife.
He understood that he had been to let greed (贪婪) and anger get the better of him and to break his promise to his wife.
1.A. boating B. fishing C. hunting D. swimming
2.A. caught B. removed C. bitten D. held
3.A. fur B. shade C. poster D. way
4.A. took up B. put up C. added up D. picked up
5.A. imagine B. wait C. help D. expect
6.A. secure B. amazed C. exciting D. lively
7.A. smelt B. tasted C. sounded D. looked
8.A. that B. whose C. which D. who
9.A. intelligent B. popular C. happy D. attractive
10.A. Follow B. Marry C. Admit D. Accept
11.A. sister B. mother C. daughter D. son
12.A. respond B. promise C. select D. doubt
13.A. under B. at C. beyond D. in
14.A. pigs B. cattle C. sheep D. chicken
15.A. puzzled B. magical C. upset D. greedy
16.A. certain B. surprised C. satisfied D. popular
17.A. wife B. daughter C. mother D. grandfather
18.A. in peace B. in danger C. in a way D. in a flash
19.A. wearing B. having C. preparing D. replacing
20.A. artificial B. mistaken C. severe D. informal
