Start Today

  "What can you do when you have done nothing but mess up your whole  life  long?" These were the words I heard when I   36   the TV the other day. They were coming  from one of  the  talk shows   37 are so popular on TV  these days.  I started  to  turn the channel but  the words  I had   38   made me stop  for a moment.  I   39    the speaker of  them. He couldn't have been more  than 18 years old, but already he was writing off （认为……已失败） his life as a useless waste.

  I wanted to shout at him:" You're not   40    yet!"

  It is   41   sad that so many people cannot get beyond (摆脱) their pasts and live   42   the present. There are so many people like that talk show guest. There are people still  in  their  teen years   43    that their lives are over. There are people in their twenties who already think they have   44   the boat to success and happiness. There are people in their thirties and forties who sit around complaining that life has passed them by.  I want  to shout  to  them all:" Wake up! You're still  45  ! What have you done today?" If you want a happy  life, you can't dwell on(细想、纠缠于)your past   46  . If you want joy and love  in your  life, you have  to choose  them  today. God gives us a new chance at  life every  time we wake up in the morning. It is up to us to seize it.

  Today  47 be  the beginning of a new  life for each of us. We can choose  joy right now. We can share love today. We can  live  in delight starting at this moment. It doesn't matter how hard our past has been. Our present can be full of joy and our future can be full of 48   .  It doesn't matter  if we are eight 49   eighty--we can still make our  lives   50   . Life isn't over until your last heartbeat. Start today, then, to make your heart beat with joy, love, and light.

36. A. turned down B. turned off     C. turned on D. turned up

37. A. when    B. that    C. one      D. what

38. A. heard   B. found   C. seen     D. listened to

39. A. looked up   B. looked after     C. looked for D. looked at

40. A. death    B. dead    C. die D. died

41. A. so     B. so a    C. such D. such a

42. A. at     B. with    C. in D. to

43. A. think     B. thinking   C. thinks   D. to think

44. A. taken    B. caught    C. missed    D. lost

45. A. alive     B. living     C. lively     D. lovely

46. A. mistake   B. mistakes  C. wrong   D. ideas

47. A. must     B. mustn't     C. can't     D. can

48. A. pain  B. happiness      C. sadness D. challenge

49. A. and     B. to    C. or    D. between

50. A. wonder B. wondering     C. wondered D. wonderful

Start out right away，_______ you'll miss the last train．

A．unless            B．and             C．or

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To start with, put the napkin on your lap. this protects your clothes from food or is used to wipe your hands or mouth when necessary..

?? Hold the knife in your right hand and the fork in your left hand , and cut the meat or fish into pieces as you eat. Always use your fork to put food in your mouth. Use your spoon only for soup.

?? Do not put your own fork, knife and spoon into serving bowl.

?? Do not spit food anywhere! If you have bones in your mouth, take them out with your fingers and place them on the edge of your plate, never on the table or floor.

?? Do not reach across the table or in front of another person. Ask someone to pass whatever you want.

1.How many rules are there in the passage?

A. Two. ? B. Three. ? C.Four.? ? D.Five

2.What can you use to put food in your mouth?

A .Knife.?? B. Knife or fork. C. Knife and fork D. fork

3.If you can’t reach the food, what will you do?

A.Reach across the table.

B.Reach in front of another person.

C.Ask somebody to pass it to you.

D.Reach by yourself.

4.Which hand holds the knife?

A.Right hand.

B.Left hand.

C.Either of your hands.

D.Both of your hands.

5.Which of the following is NOT true?

A.Place bones on the edge of your plate.

B.Use your spoon only for soup.

C.The napkin protects your clothes from food.

D.You can put your own fork, knife and spoon into serving bowl.