When a close friend dies, it often forces you to consider your own death. The more you have in common with the friend, the more his death will make you wonder about your own. Sometimes you will naturally say to yourself, "It could just as easily have been me." Such a death has a way of reminding us how fragile life is, and it may cause you to reassess（重新評(píng)價(jià)） the direction of your own life.

    Jack's story is a good example. A successful businessman making a lot of money, Jack didn't spend as much time with his family as he wanted. His job required him to work long hours. But three years ago one of his best friends, a man who worked in the same office, had a heart attack. He died while celebrating his daughter's eighteenth birthday in a restaurant. He was only fifty years old.

    Not long after his friend's death, Jack started to have a chest pain. Finally he had a good physical check-up. He received a clean bill of health. But the chest pain continued. He kept thinking of the death of his friend. Jack thought about how much his friend missed in life and he saw how hard it was for his friend's family to manage after he passed away.

    Jack realized that he didn't want to end up his life that way. He talked his feelings over with his wife and children, and decided to change his way of life. The family moved to a small town where he started a simple life. Now he is running a small art gallery（畫廊）. He is relaxed, and says he has never been so happy in his life, and he has got no more chest pain.

63. Your close friend's death is __________________ to you.

   A. a warning           B. common            C. a direction of life     D. an example

64. The underlined sentence in the third paragraph means "________________".

   A. The doctor didn't write a word on his bill

   B. The doctor didn't want Jack to pay for the bill

   C. The doctor didn't find anything wrong with him

   D. The doctor didn't want to treat his pain

65. His friend's death made Jack ________________.

   A. lose much interest in life

   B. realize that he missed the friend very much

   C. doubt his way of life

    D. ill for some time

66. While living in the small town Jack ________________.

    A. earns less money    B. gets more time  O%

    C. has a happier life    D. does all these mentioned above

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I was walking home from school while suddenly                  86. ______________

it rained heavy. What should I do? I didn’t have an           87. ______________

umbrella and a raincoat with me. I looked around and         88. ______________

see some students walking happily under their umbrellas.      89. ______________

They must listened to the weather forecast. I began to         90. ______________

run and caught in the rain. I kept running until               91. ______________

I got to a bookstore which I could wait until the rain          92. ______________

stopped and in the same time I could read my               93. ______________

favorite books. After about half a hour,                    94. ______________

the rain stopped and I went home.                        95.______________

It’s none of your business ________ other people think about you. Believe yourself.

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

Cycling is a very useful way, especially in cities _______ bike paths have been built.

   A. which                        B. that                 C. where                    D. what

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He ___ on the grass, looking at the clouds in the sky.

A. is laying  B. is lying   C. has laid   D. has lied

The doctor will be free ___.

A. 10 minutes later  B. after 10 minutes  C.in 10 minutes   D. 10 minutes

Mary came late not ___ the heavy rain, but ___ she was ill.

A. because, because  B. because, because of  C. because of, because   D. because of, because of

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Dear sir,

I graduated this year and wanted to get a work. I thought I would be success, but finally I

failed. That was why I was so lazy that I didn’t want to go out. I always complained for the hot

weather. And there was another reason nobody know about: I regarded myself someone who

couldn’t do anything lonely. I often felt less capably than others. When I found a company that was

advertising, I was even afraid to call to ask for details. I wanted to make a move, and I was always

disappointed. What should I do? I’m looking forward to receive your reply.                                                                                                                                                                     

                                                                     Yours

Li Ming

   Jenny was very sad over the loss of the photos she had shot at Canada, ____ this was a memory she

especially treasured.

A. as                            B. if                                    C. when                       D. where