When Jeff was young,he had always been thin and strong. Now Jeff was forty,and he was fat and his muscles (肌肉) were very 1     He did not wish to get fatter and softer every year. One day one of his friends said to him, “Do you want to be thinner,Jeff?" “2     ，I do. ” Jeff answered. “Well，stop going to your office 3      car，and get a bicycle. ”

 Jeff had not ridden a bicycle for many years. “It is very hard to learn to ride a bicycle again at your 4     . ” His wife said.

In 5     ，it was not too hard for Jeff to ride a bicycle again. He used to sit in his living room and read the newspaper in the evening. But now he 6      riding his bicycle every evening. He hoped that it would help him to get 7     ，and he also got a lot of pleasure from it.

He found some little roads which were not really very narrow but were not 8       enough for cars,and there he got away from the noise of the

city，which were becoming too 9      for him.

Then he began to go to his office on his bicycle. Sometimes all the cars stopped at a red light,but he could pass them to the  10     ，because his bicycle was narrow. So he was very happy.

(   ) 1. A.  soft   B. hard

   C.  sweet   D. smooth

(   ) 2. A. No longer   B. At once

   C.  At all   D. Of course

(   ) 3. A. in   B. through

   C.  by   D. on

(   ) 4. A.  body   B. age

   C.  wish   D. leg

(   ) 5. A.  fact   B. short

   C.  silence   D. place

(   ) 6. A.  liked   B. enjoyed

   C.  practised   D. hated

(   ) 7. A.  better   B. thinner

   C.  weaker   D. fatter

(   ) 8. A.  high   B. narrow

   C.  wide   D. tall

(   ) 9. A.  few   B. many

   C.  much   D. little

(   ) 10. A. front   B. end

   C.  head   D. middle

補(bǔ)全對話，方框中有兩項是多余選項

(Ted and Bob are having breakfast.)

Ted： Hi,Bob!Eating fried chicken?  1.       

Bob ： Eggs and milk?  I don’t want to have them every day. 2.       

Ted： But don’t have too much unhealthy food.

3.       

Bob： OK. I won’t.  By the way,I find some

students throw away eggs and milk.

Ted： That’s too bad. 4.       

Bob： Yes. But what do you think we can do?

Ted： 5.       

Bob： Let’s have a try,then we may have different kinds of food every day.

(   ) 10. Eating fast food too much can be very harmful        your health.

   A. for   B. at   C. to   D. of

(   ) 9. That’s       you have got a stomach ache.

   A. what   B. which   C. how   D. why

(   ) 8. Let me       your temperature.

   A. take   B. to take

   C.  takes   D. will take

(   ) 7. Our maths teacher        in our school for 20 years and he          here when he was 25 years old.

   A. taught ; comes

   B.  taught; came

   C.  has taught ; came

   D.  taught ; come

(   ) 6. —Dad,why must I stop          com puter games?

—For your health,my boy.

   A. play   B. to play

   C.  to playing   D. playing

(   ) 5. —Where is your father?

—He        Australia and he Sydney for two weeks.

   A. has been to; has been in

   B. has gone to; has been in

   C. has been in; has been to

   D. has gone to; has been to

(   ) 4. —Do you miss your parents far away?

—Yes,very much. They       the home town for over two years.

   A. left

   B.  have left

   C.  were away from

   D.  have been away from

(   ) 3. I visit my grandma       .

   A. three time a week   B. three times a week  

  C. three time week   D. three a week