—     more money you make，      more you spend．

A．The；the     B．The；a       C．A；a       D．A；the

阅读理解

　　New York, London, Paris and other big cities are wonderful places to live in. There are many nice things to see and to do. You can go to different kinds of museums, plays and films. You can also go shopping to buy things from all over the world.

　　But there are serious problems in big cities, too. The cost of living is high, and there are too many people in some places. Every year many people move to the cities because there are more chances to find jobs, to study at good schools and to receive good medical care. But sometimes these people can not find jobs or good places to live in. Also, too many people in a small space make it hard to keep the cities safe and clean.

　　Some people enjoy staying in big cities, others do not. Before people move to a big city, they should think about the problems of staying there.

　　注释　　1．museum[PU((:)>L!+P]n．博物馆　　2．cost[E&KC]n．成本；费用

　　3．receive[T!>K!:H]v．收到，接到，接收　　4．medical care n．医疗保健制度

阅读上述短文，并完成下列练习

一、根据短文内容，把住在大城市的优点和大城市有可能遇到的问题写在相应处。

advantage(优点)：________________________________________

problems(问题)：________________________________________

二、把下列英语解释前的序号填在相应的单词或短语前的括号内。

1．all over the world　　A．work

2．different　　　　　　B．important and worrying things

3．serious　　　　　　C．to take or go from one place to another

4．job　　　　　　　　D．everywhere in the world

5．move　　　　　　　E．not the same

三、根据短文内容，判断正误(T or F)。

1．In big cities, it's easy for people to buy things.

(　　)

2．You'll spend more money when you live in a big city.

(　　)

3．People move to the big cities only because there are more chances to find jobs.

(　　)

4．All the people like living in big cities.

(　　)

5．If you want to move to a big city, you should be ready to face a lot of problems.

(　　)

Imagine there is a bank that puts $86,400 in your account（账户）each morning．It carries over no balance from day to day．Every evening the bank writes off（注销）the balance that you failed to use during the day．What would you do? Take out every cent，of course!

Each of us has such a bank．Its name is TIME．Every morning，it puts in 86,400 seconds．Every evening it writes off, as it is lost．There is no balance or overdraft（透支）．If you fail to use the day's savings，the lost is yours．There is no going back．There is no taking from “tomorrow”．You must make good use of it so as to get more in health，happiness and success!

The clock is running．Make the most of today．To realize the value of ONE YEAR，ask a student who failed a grade；To realize the value of ONE MONTH，ask a mother who gave birth to a premature（早产）baby；To realize the value of ONE WEEK，ask the editor of a weekly newspaper；To realize the value of ONE HOUR，ask the lovers who are waiting to meet；To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the train；To realize the value of ONE SECOND，ask a person who just avoided（避免）an accident．

Make good use of every moment that you have．Remember that time waits for no one．Yesterday is history．Tomorrow is a mystery．Today is a gift．That's why it's called “The Present”．

1．The underlined word “balance” in paragraph l means                  ．

A．平衡                   B．贷款                    C．余款                   D．提款

2．What is special about the TIME bank we each have?

A．We can store time in it whenever we like．

B．Someone puts $86，400 in it every day．

C．The time in it will surely get lost if you don't use it．

D．Someone helps you spend your time every night．

3．What can be the best title of the passage?

A．The Bank of Money                                 B．The Bank of Time

C．The value of one hour                                D．The clock is running

4．In this passage，the writer tries to tell us                    ．

A．what a bank is                                         B．how to save money

C．the difference of time units                         D．to make good use of time

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Many books have been written about“the art of giving”. And we also know that it’s hard to give people a gift, 【小题1】a personal one. If we want to make it better, we should understand who you will give the gift to and their likes and 【小题2】
As is often the case, some little kids think they don’t get enough gifts 【小题3】some old people think they get too many gifts. Different people like different kinds of gifts. Some presents are never too 【小题4】 For example, when a little child just gives his or her mother a leaf from a tree, it is enough to make her very 【小题5】
Gift giving is different in different 【小题6】Here are some of their likes. In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts. But they are not opened. Later, the same gift may be given away to someone 【小题7】because many people have enough things and don’t want 【小题8】 gifts themselves. In Canada, a tree can help remember 【小题9】In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buying them gifts. In Sweden, doing something for someone is the best gift. People don’t need to 【小题10】too much money. Instead, making a meal for him or her is enough.
To make things 【小题11】some people would rather just give money. In some cultures, however,【小题12】money can make people uncomfortable.“When someone gives me money, it just makes me think they’re being lazy,”says John Wilson.“In England, we have a saying: It’s the thought that 【小题13】When someone gives me money, I feel they don’t think it about at all. I prefer to receive a gift 【小题14】has some thought behind it.”
Different people have very different thoughts 【小题15】this subject! So maybe the art of giving is difficult! What do you think?