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  "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

You're welcome，ladies and gentlemen．Everything in our restaurant is cheap and delicious．Let's have a look．For breakfast，you can eat porridge，eggs and noodles．For lunch and dinner，you can have rice，dumplings，different kinds of meat and vegetables．There are also some drinks for you．Come and have a meal，please．It's a good place to enjoy yourself．

Breakfast：porridge（$1.00），egg（$1.00），noodles（$2.50--$5.00）．

Lunch and dinner：rice（$1.00），dumplings（$5.00），egg（$1.00），cabbage（$6.00），carrots（$8.00），potatoes（$8.00），chicken（$12.00），fish（$15.00），mutton（$18.00），green tea（$2.00），iced tea（$3.00），orange juice（$4.00）．

Business hours：Mon．--Fri．6：30 a．m．--9：30 p．m．；Sat．--Sun．7：00 a．m．-- 10：00 p．m．．

1．What can you eat for breakfast in the restaurant ________．

A．Dumplings．         B．Beef noodles．       C．Ice cream．        D．French fries．

2．You can have a meal in the restaurant ________．

A．at 6：40 on Saturday morning               B．at 9：45 every evening

C．at 11：30 every morning                   D．at 11：30 on Sunday night

3．If you have rice，cabbage and green tea for lunch，you need to pay ________．

A．$8                  B．$9                C．$10               D．$11

4．Mr. Black goes to the restaurant with $22 for dinner．He can order rice，potatoes，chicken and ________．

A．iced tea             B．orange juice        C．green tea           D．an egg

5．What does the speaker probably（可能）do?

A．A reporter．         B．A clerk．          C．A waiter．          D．An actor．