It was the last lesson before     holidays. The students     very happy. Their English teacher was very happy,   .The teacher     played nice games with them. He sang some nice songs, and then he went to the blackboard and wrote “SMILES”   it.“This is one of the     words in English”,he said to the class. The    class laughed, and then one girl     and said,“Why is it one of the longest words in English?”The teacher said    for a while. Then he smiled and said,“Because there is a mile between the     letter and the last.”

1.A. a                    B. an            C. the                 D. much

2.A.is                    B. are           C. was                   D. were

3.A.too            B. either         C. neither                 D. also

4.A. a little           B. little          C. any                   D. also

5.A.before           B. on           C. in                            D.  in front of

6.A.long      B. longer        C. longest                 D. short

7.A.whole            B. each         C. all                           D. both

8.A. stand up    B. sit down       C. stood up        D. lay down

9.A. something  B. anything       C. nothing              D. everything

10.A.one            B. first          C. two                         D. second

A teacher was giving a lesson to his students on stress management (压力). He raised a glass of   1  and asked the students, “How  2 do you think this glass of water is?”
The students’­  3  ranged from 20g to 500g.
“It does not matter on the absolute weight. It depends on how long you  4  it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour , I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it   5   a day, you will have to call an ambulance(救护车). It is the exact same weight, but the   6  I hold it, the heavier it becomes.
“If we    7  our burdens all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier.
“__8_you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up  _9_.”
We have to  10 the burden from time to time, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.
So  11 you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don’t carry it  12  home. You13  pick it up tomorrow.   14  burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can.
Life is   15  , enjoy it.

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New Concept English    Lesson 9
It was the last day of the year and      【小题1】     of people had gathered under the Town Hall Clock. It would      【小题2】     in twenty minutes’ time.
…The big clock      【小题3】     welcome the New Year. At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing. 
New Concept English    Lesson 14
After I had left a small village in the south of France, I      【小题4】     to the next town.      【小题5】    , a young man waved to me. …I said good morning to him and he      【小题6】     in the same language. Apart from a few words, I don’t know any French       【小题7】    .
New Concept English    Lesson 17
My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be      【小题8】     thirty-five years old. In spite of this, she often appears on the stage     【小题9】    a young girl. …If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers, “Darling, it must be                                               terrible to be      【小题10】    !”