A long time ago, there was an emperor. One day he told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and
1 as much land area as he liked, he would give him the area of land he had covered.
2 enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and
3 as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He
4 riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. Even when he was
5 and tired, he did not stop
6 he wanted to cover as much area as possible. When he at last covered a large amount of land, he was exhausted and was
7 . Then he asked himself, “Why did I
8 myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only
9 a very small area to
10 myself.”
The above story is
11 to the journey of our
12 . We push ourselves very hard every day to make more
13 , to gain power or recognition. We neglect our
14 , time with our family and to appreciate the surrounding
15 and the things we love to do. One day
16 we look back, we will
17 that we don’t really need that much,
18 then we cannot turn back time for what we have
19 .
Life is not about making money. Life is definitely not about work! Work is only
20 to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life.
| 小题2: | | A．Good | B．Strange | C．Sure | D．Interesting |
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| 小题3: | | A．rode | B．ran | C．expanded | D．struggled |
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| 小题4: | | A．kept on | B．asked for | C．gave up | D．succeeded in |
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| 小题5: | | A．sad | B．excited | C．confused | D．hungry |
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| 小题7: | | A．sleeping | B．arguing | C．dying | D．smiling |
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| 小题8: | | A．push | B．make | C．destroy | D．prove |
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| 小题9: | | A．need | B．have | C．find | D．show |
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| 小题10: | | A．live | B．bury | C．support | D．sleep |
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| 小题11: | | A．useful | B．certain | C．similar | D．special |
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| 小题12: | | A．future | B．past | C．history | D．life |
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| 小题13: | | A．friends | B．progress | C．discoveries | D．money |
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| 小题14: | | A．health | B．career | C．honor | D．freedom |
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| 小题15: | | A．things | B．condition | C．people | D．beauty |
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| 小题16: | | A．before | B．when | C．unless | D．since |
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| 小题17: | | A．realize | B．regret | C．apologize | D．explain |
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| 小题18: | | A．or | B．until | C．however | D．but |
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| 小题19: | | A．saved | B．missed | C．reduced | D．won |
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| 小题20: | | A．possible | B．probable | C．necessary | D．suitable |
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