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Dear Wendy，

Thank you for your inviting me to go on holiday with you. I thought

this would be a very good c________ to see you again. I still remember　 56.________

the time when we chatted the night through, ________ (讨论)　 our plans　 57.________

for the future. It seemed e________ would be OK with our　　　　　　　 58.________

arrangements for the weekend. B________ unfortunately,　　　　　　　 59.________

one of my relatives, who has been in the States ________ two years,　　　 60.________

will visit my family this ________ (星期五). My parents expect me　　　 61.________

to stay at home. As a ________， I regret to tell you　　　　　　　　　　 62.________

that we have to ________ (改变) our plans. I think we can meet　　　　 63.________

during the summer holiday. When that time c________， we will be　　 64.________

________ (在一起) again and enjoy the beautiful scenery of Tainan.　　 65.________

Best wishes!

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Sincerely yours，

Mary

 

We are bothered that the kids aren’t old enough but we’ll be more  1  when they  are．After that we’re  2  that we have teenagers to deal with．We will 3  be happy when they are out of that stage．

We always tell ourselves that our life will be  4   when our spouse（配偶）gets his or her act together, when we get a nice car, and are able to go on a nice vocation when we   5  ．The truth is，there’s no better time than 6  ．If not now, when? Our life will always be filled with  7  ．It's best to admit this to ourselves and decide to be happy   8 　．

One of my  9  quotes comes from Alfred Souza．He said “for a long time it had  Seemed to me that life was about to begin—real life．But there was always some  10 in the way, something to be  11  first, some unfinished business，time still to be served，a debt to be paid．’’

Then life would begin．12  ，it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life．This perspective has helped me to see that there is no   13  to happiness．Happiness is the way．So  14  every moment that you have．

And remember that  15  waits for no one．So  16  waiting until you finish schoo1．until you go back to school；until you get married，until you get  17  ；until you have kids；until you retire；until you get a new car or home；until spring；Until you are  18   again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy．

Happiness is a journey，not a（n）  19  ．So，work like you don’t need money，love like you’ve never been hurt,  20  dance like no one’s watching．

1．A．unhappy             B．content             C．upset                 D．enthusiastic

2．A．confused            B．determined        C．annoyed            D．amazed

3．A．fortunately         B．deliberately       C．surprisingly        D．certainly

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4．A．complete            B．ruined              C．broken              D．reasonable

5．A．refresh               B．work                C．retire                D．complain

6．A．ever                   B．before              C．right now          D．future

7．A．fancies               B．happiness         C．doubts              D．challenges

8．A．anyway              B．presently          C．occasionally       D．immediately

9．A．primary              B．favorite            C．personal            D．pessimistic

10．A．expectation       B．success            C．conflict             D．obstacle

11．A．gotten round    B．gotten down    C．gotten away       D．gotten through

12．A．Eventually        B．Abruptly           C．Regularly           D．Frequently

13．A．problem           B．way                 C．good                 D．need

14．A．admire             B．remember         C．treasure             D．appreciate

15．A．happiness         B．time                 C．1ife                   D．work

16．A．stop                 B．start                 C．keep                  D．continue

17．A．changed           B．divorced           C．tired                  D．discouraged

18．A．relaxed             B．delighted           C．born                  D．forced

19．A．experience        B．approach          C．suspicion           D．destination

20．A．and                  B．but                   C．nevertheless      D．yet

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The children next door often play the football in	1． ________
a garden behind my house and sometimes break my	2． ________
windows． Last Saturday aftenoon I stay at home and	3． ________
read a book． After a while, I closed my eye and went	4． ________
to sleep． A loud knock on the door made me to wake	5． ________
up suddenly． Soon a little boy turned out．“You haven't	6． ________
broken one of my windows again? ” I asked． “Oh, no! ”	7． ________
answered the boy． “Your windows were all opened this	8 ．________
time but our football is in your bedroom． Would you	9． ________
mind me to get in to get our ball? ”	10．_______