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    One of the biggest complaints in modern society is being over-scheduled. Ask people how they are and the answer usually is “super busy,” “crazy busy” . _______ is just “fine” any more.

When people aren’t super busy at _______, they are crazy busy exercising, entertaining or parenting. And if  there is ever a still moment for thoughts—for example, while waiting _______ at the supermarket or sitting  in traffic—out come the mobile phones. So it’s worth noting a study published last month in Science, which shows how _______ people will go to avoid the examination for our thoughts.

“We had noted  that we  are  so  dependent on  our mobile  phones that  people seem to  find  any _______ they can to keep busy,” said Timothy Wilson, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia. In his experiments involving 700 people, the majority found it _______ to be alone with their thoughts for just 6 to 15 minutes.

It could  be because human beings,  as problem solvers and  meaning makers, when _______, tend to    think about what’s wrong in their lives. When we aren’t _______ our Facebook page, the things we haven’t  figured out appear in our minds—_______ relationships, professional failures, health concerns, etc. Unless   there is a solution, these thoughts just ________ themselves in our heads.

But you can’t solve problems ________ you don’t allow yourself time to  think about them. It has     actually been ________ by our culture, which values doing more than thinking and believes answers are in     your hand ________ in your head. “We  all fell that busyness  is ________ but it’s really harmful,”  said     Timothy. “There’s a widespread belief that thinking will only slow you down and get ________, but it’s the opposite.” ________ negative feelings only makes them more powerful, he said. Allowing and ________ the  flow of thoughts is part of the solution itself, such as meditation(冥想).

Negative feelings are sometimes hard, but they are part of everyone’s life, ________ if you are busy. It is those deep  and troubling feelings,  and how you ________ them, that make you who  you are. While    busyness may seem to prevent the flow of sadness, it may also limit your ability to be filled with ________.

1.A.Nobody B.Somebody C.Everybody D.Anybody

2.A.home B.work C.school D.hospital

3.A.in order B.in line C.in panic D.in public

4.A.far B.long C.often D.much

5.A.place B.reason C.excuse D.solution

6.A.uncertain B.unfair C.unpleasant D.unwise

7.A.left out B.left off C.left behind D.left alone

8.A.deleting B.uploading C.updating D.downloading

9.A.close B.healthy C.difficult D.harmonious

10.A.recover B.repeat C.regain D.recycle

11.A.unless B.while C.though D.if

12.A.ignored B.invited C.invented D.interrupted

13.A.apart from B.more than C.except for D.rather than

14.A.normal B.necessary C.regular D.ordinary

15.A.all the way B.by the way C.in your way D.on your way

16.A.Holding on B.Holding out C.Holding back D.Holding up

17.A.banning B.tolerating C.removing D.reducing

18.A.especially B.hopefully C.similarly D.specially

19.A.meet with B.get away with C.keep pace with D.deal with

20.A.joy B.relief C.anxiety D.sorrow

假如你是李华，几天前你去万达影院看电影。在观影过程中，你发现了一些问题，请你用英语给影院经理写封信反映如下情况并请及时整改。

1.广告太多

2.影片音质不好

3.出口标示不清晰

注意:1.词数100左右

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯

出口标示:the EXIT signs

Dear Manager,

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours faithfully

LiHua

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处.每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号() 并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意:1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Our class joined in a meaningful activity during the winter vacation. First, we went to visit the old lady who lived all alone. Some chatted with her but others helped do a thorough cleaning for us. When the work was done, the house looked real neat and tidy. Then we went to the sport center, where all equipment needed polished. We set out to work at once. Everything was dust-free at no time. Having done all this, we saw a pleasant community than before. Tiring as we were, we felt happy as all of our work was paid off.

阅读下面材料，在空白处填上适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Parkour (跑酷) is a sport which trains people to deal with any physical obstacles in their path. It is not a competition but a physical training. A person joining in parkour is called traceur. Traceurs run along a path and use only their bodies to deal with obstacles in the most efficient way. Parkour pays more attention to efficiency, 1.(make) it different from the similar practice of free running. Parkour 2.(common) includes running, jumping, climbing, rolling and other similar types of physical movements. Many teenagers think that parkour is quite3.cool sport. They have great interest in it.

The 4.(invent) of parkour can’t 5.(give) to one person because many people have worked on it. A french officer developed the earlier form of parkour. The term “parkour” was first introduced by David Belle and Sebastiar Foucan in the early 1980s. 6.that time, they were two teenagers. This sport7.(become) more popular in the 1990s when many films were made on it.

8.makes parkour different from other sports is its power to bring people together. It allows traceurs to forget the9.(society) and other problems, and makes a large group work and grow together instead of competing with each other. People can benefit from parkour as it can make them stronger. Still, it also influences one’s thought process by improving self-confidence and critical-thinking skills. In this way, parkour allows one to deal with 10.(difficulty) in daily life if he or she deals with them through parkour.

    Many years ago at Christmas time I parked my car in the town centre on my way to the post office to post my Christmas cards. It was the last posting day for Christmas cards if they were to be ______ before Christmas. ______ I came out of the car park I saw a boy who was ______ and holding his right hand side. I ______ some bigger boys had perhaps bullied him and he was in ______ . I had to go to his aid and see if I could ________.

He told me that his sister who was a ______ had bought him a Christmas present. It was a mobile phone. He only had it days when he ________ it and cracked the screen! That’s ________ he was holding his right hand side of his body—his mobile phone was in the upper right hand pocket of his coat. The little guy was extremely _______, tears rolling down his face as he told all this to me. My heart _________ for him. It was clear he ______ his present and knew that this was a lot of money for his __________ to spend on him, for nurses didn’t make much money. He’d been to a phone shop and they’d told him it would be ￡80 to get a new _________ .

I had to help, though I was ________ to make ends meet myself. I searched my purse and gave the boy the only ￡20 I could find and made some ________ as to why I could only give him so little. I didn’t want him to know it was all I had until pay day. I could not ______ pay for his phone to be repaired but I hope the ________ he received from a stranger was ________ that stayed with him when he became a man.

The Christmas cards not getting posted somehow didn’t seem ______; greater issues had been addressed with a kindness stamp.

1.A. decorated B. received C. accepted D. bought

2.A. Since B. Until C. As D. Unless

3.A. sobbing B. fighting C. bleeding D. starving

4.A. saw B. heard C. remembered D. thought

5.A. pain B. surprise C. relief D. debt

6.A. park B. pay C. leave D. help

7.A. teacher B. nurse C. doctor D. 1awyer

8.A. lost B. sold C. dropped D. repaired

9.A. when B. where C. how D. why

10.A. sad B. tired C. grateful D. embarrassed

11.A. beat B. jumped C. worried D. ached

12.A. destroyed B. missed C. valued D. disliked

13.A. mother B. sister C. brother D. friend

14.A. screen B. computer C. phone D. present

15.A. preparing B. begging C. struggling D. deciding

16.A. change B. excuse C. apology D. noise

17.A. fully B. usually C. hardly D. warmly

18.A. money B. gift C. wish D. kindness

19.A. somebody B. somewhere C. something D. sometime

20.A. beautiful B. important C. possible D. expensive