More and more Americans are going to work by bike. Do you know why more people are  1   bikes to work? We can answer the question in  2  ways. First, bikes don’t need gasoline (汽油), so it takes  3  money to use them. Second, a bike doesn’t  4 much space (空間), so it is  5 to find a place for it. And riding a bike is good for one’s  6 . People often drive their 7 to offices or to shops, but now people think riding bikes is a good way of doing sports.

That’s  8  more Americans are now riding to work  9  bike, and they are  10  their own cars at home.

1.                A．making         B．riding          C．jumping  D．believing

2.                A．popular        B．different        C．famous   D．friendly

3.                A．less            B．more           C．much D．many

4.                A．mend          B．need           C．have D．find

5.                A．easy           B．hard           C．cheap    D．expensive

6.                A．journey         B．health          C．study D．work

7.                A．buses          B．trains          C．cars D．boats

8.                A．what           B．why            C．how D．where

9.                A．by             B．on             C．a(chǎn)t   D．in

10.               A．cleaning        B．leaving         C．staying    D．learning

I’m taking my family to Europe to have a trip. My wife (妻子) and our two children are  1 going along. My brother is  2 to go with us for vacation. Because he  3  went to other countries, he is even more  4 than the children. He can’t wait to go. My father would like to stay at home, but we’ll send him postcards  5 Europe.

We’re  6 next Friday. We’re going to New York by train,  7 taking a ship to Europe. When we  8 in Europe, we are going to  9 countries for sightseeing. We’re going to those places by train or by bus and we’re  10 a week there. Then we are flying home.

More and more Americans are going to work by bike. Do you know why more people are  41   bikes to work? We can answer the question in  42  ways. First, bikes don’t need gasoline (汽油), so it takes  43  money to use them. Second, a bike doesn’t  44 much space (空間), so it is  45 to find a                   place for it. And riding a bike is good for one’s  46 . People often drive their  47 to offices or to shops, but now people think riding bikes is a good way of doing sports.

That’s  48  more Americans are now riding to work  49  bike, and they are  50  their own cars at home.

A group of class friends, rich and successful, got together to visit their old university professor. They     a lot. Soon their conversation turned into complaining         stress in work and life．

   Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the       and returned with a large pot of coffee and some       —porcelain(瓷的), plastic, glass, crystal(水晶的).Some were cheap,  while others were expensive. He told them to         one for themselves to the coffee．

   When all the students had a cup of coffee in each      ,the professor said：“If you noticed，everyone had chosen the nice looking expensive cups ,       behind the cheap ones. While it is natural for you to choose only the best for yourselves, that’s        you always feel so stressed out．Be sure that the cup itself does not make the coffee taste      . What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup,      you consciously (自覺地) chose the best cups．Now consider this：Life is the       ; the jobs, money and success are the cups. They are only      to hold life, and the type of cup does not mean anything. Sometimes, by concentrating only        the cup, we        to enjoy the coffee God has made for us. ”

   The happiest people don’t have the best of everything．They just make the best of everything．Live simply．Love gently．Care deeply．Speak kindly．Leave the       to God．

1.A．told       B．sang               C. talked              D．cried

2.A．a(chǎn)bout       B．to          C．on              D．for

3.A．living-room   B．bedroom     C. waiting-room     D．kitchen         

4.A．cups         B．spoons         C．bowls                   D．dishes

5.A．choose     B．help    C．take    D．put

6.A．stomach   B．hand   C．a(chǎn)rm              D．mouth

7.A．running    B．leaving         C．hiding              D．staying

8.A．how B．why     C．when  D．where

9.A．well B．badly  C．better                D．hot

10.A．so  B．or      C．but      D．a(chǎn)nd

11.A．tea          B．water  C．wine D．coffee

12.A．brought B．gave             C．used   D．bought

13.A．for      B．into                       C. by             D．on

14.A．fail          B．succeed          C．wish        D．try

15.A．idea        B．view            C．rest    D．thought