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Someone says, “Time is money.” But I think time is   1  important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get it back. However, when time is  2  ,it will never  3  . This is   4  we must not waste(浪費) time.

   We think that  5  is usually limited(有限). Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do  6  useful.

   But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the importance of time. They spent their limited time smoking, drinking and  7  . They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own  8  .

   In a word, we should save time… We should not  9  today’s work for tomorrow. Remember we have no time to  10  .

1.A.much          B.less              C.much less           D.much more

2.A.cost           B.bought            C.gone               D.finished

3.A.return         B.carry              C.take               D.bring

4.A.what          B.that               C.because            D.why

5.A.money         B.time              C.day               D.food

6.A.nothing        .B.something         C.anything            D.things

7.A.reading        B.writing            C.playing             D.working

8.A.time           B.food              C.money             D.life

9.A.stop           B.leave              C.let                D.give

10.A.lose           B.save               C.spend             D.take

 

Danny is a schoolboy. He  36  in a small town. His home is about ten miles  37  school and the roads are not flat(平坦的). So it’s   38  for him to get to school. He   39  at about five thirty every day and has breakfast. Then he  40  school at around six o’clock. First, he  41  his bicycle to the bus station. That takes about forty minutes. 42 the bus takes him to school. It usually takes about thirty minutes. Sometimes he has 43 time for breakfast at home, so he has something for breakfast on the bus.

   “I’ve never taken trains. It must be a lot 44  fun than taking buses,” says Danny. He studies very 45 at school. He hopes he can go to school in a big city some day. He can take a train to school then.

1.A. lives           B. works             C. plays             D. teaches

2.A. at             B. from             C. in                   D. for

3.A. easy               B. good             C. interesting          D. difficult

4.A. gets up        B. gets to          C. goes to bed          D. goes to work

5.A. gets back      B. leaves for       C. leaves               D. gets

6.A. by             B. sends            C. on               D. rides

7.A. Then           B. But               C. Ago             D. After

8.A. much           B. no              C. not                  D. a

9.A. little             B. less             C. more             D. many

10.A. badly             B. bad              C. hardly          D. hard

 

The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn’t seen for many years. I couldn’t believe the change in him. In fact, he didn’t even seem like the ___16___ person.

   When I first knew Bill, back in college he was one of the most carefree(無憂無慮) people I had ever ___17___. Bill and I were in the same class in college, and ___18___ was never dull(枯燥的) when he was ___19___. With him there was one wild adventure (探險) after another. Sometimes I wonder how we ___20___ to study for our exams.

Last week I was in Huston on business and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel. At first I wasn’t ___21___ sure it was him. Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn’t really sure until I came near him but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He talked most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the ___22___ thing Bill cared about was possessions(財物). Now they seemed to be his main ___23____.

I suppose it’ s ____24____ to expect people to remain the same, especially when I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than the new one. Maybe he ___25____ the same way about me.

1.A. proper            B. same             C. usual              D. right

2.A. considered        B. supposed          C. met               D. expected

3.A. learning          B. life               C. work              D. fun

4.A. in               B. out               C. away              D. around

5.A. decided          B. continued          C. managed           D. hoped

6.A. more            B. less               C. still               D. even

7.A. first             B. last               C. next               D. only

8.A. interest           B. event             C. subject            D. problem

9.A. unnecessary       B. foolish            C. common           D. unusually

10.A. felt             B. acted             C. looked             D. discovered

 

1– I do more exercise and eat _________ meat than I did last year.

– That’s why you’re getting thinner.

A. little                B. less                C. least

 

There   will  be  ________trees  in the future .
A. little  B.  less    C. few       D,  fewer