21世纪英语报将征集关于“如何保持健康”的英语小短文，参加对象是九年级学生。
征集的短文内容要点如下：
1. 健康饮食重要，多吃水果和蔬菜；
2. 合理安排学习和休息时间，坚持锻炼；
3. 乐观开朗，有益健康；
4. 多与同学交流，获取有用信息使人心情好；
5. 发表一至两点自己的认识和观点。
参考词汇：①healthy，adj.（健康的）；②take exercise v.（锻炼）；③in a good mood （心情好）。
先阅读短文,在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式,单词的首字母已给出。
Once I went shopping on my first visit to Macao. Coming from cold and cloudy England, I enjoyed the sun and dressed in a T-shirt and a short skirt. Not having much c_____1. to enjoy the sun in England, my legs were very white. In England this is not a fashionable look at all . Most women spend every sunny day out t_____2. to get darker skin(皮肤). The darker the skin, the better the look. I have tried to get darker but nothing w____3. for me!
As I walked around one shop, the two shop
assistants kept looking at my legs 
all
the time, talking q_____4.to each other in Chinese. I began to feel u____5.and
asked my friend if we could leave. After we left the shop, she asked me what
was wrong . I c____6.about the shop assistants being very impolite . They must
be talking about my white skin. My friend laughed. “They weren’t laughing at
you. They were saying how nice your legs were. Many Chinese women want to have
white skin like yours. In fact, there are many beauty products(美容产品) in the shops to make skin whiter and a lot of
money is s_____7. on them.”
It just s____8. that we are never happy with what we have. The grass is much g______9.on the other side. If the women of the West and East thought the s_____10.way, Western women wouldn’t spend so much money on beauty products that makes skin darker and women from the East wouldn’t need to use cream that makes skin whiter.
仔细阅读下面五个句子，然后用下面方框中所给的单词或短语填空，使每个句子在结构、句义和逻辑上正确。（提示：选项中有一个是多余的。）
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1.Rose took us out to dinner at an _____restaurant, but the food was not good at all .
2.I need a new coat .This one doesn’t _____the cold
3.Working hard at Science can _____to a good job.
4.Wait before you buy that computer , Let’s ____prices at another store .
5.Her shoes were really ____ They only cost seven dollars。
A small ,white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree and it has been there for the past ten years or so.
It all began because my husband Justin hated Christmas—oh, not the true meaning of Christmas.Overspending was one thing, but compared to the difficult experience of choosing gifts—running around at the last minute to get a tie for Uncle Harry and a pair of gloves for Grandma…,spending money is nothing. I felt too tired to think of any special gifts.
Knowing Justin felt the same way, I decided one year not to buy the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so on. I reached for something special just for Justin. The inspiration came in an unusual way.
Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was wrestling （摔跤）at the junior level at the school he attended; and shortly before Christmas, there was a match against a team sponsored (赞助) by an inner-city church.These youngsters, dressed in such worn-out shoes that shoe strings seemed to be the only thing holding them together, while our boys were in their blue and gold uniforms and new wrestling shoes.
As the match began, I was shocked to see that the
other team were wrestling without wearing helmets (头盔) to protect
their ears. Well, our boys ended up defeating them. We took every weight class.
Justin, seated beside me, shook his head sadly, “I wish just one of them could have won,” he said. “They have a lot potential (潜力) , but losing like this could take the heart out of them.” Justin loved kids—all kids, and he knew them, having coached little league football and baseball. That’s when the idea for his present came. That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and bought different kinds of wrestling helmets and shoes. I sent them to inner-city church without leaving my name.
On Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Justin what I had done and that was his gift from me. His smile was the brightest thing about Christmas that year and since then the envelope has become the highlight of our Christmas.
1.Justin hated Christmas because _____.
A. he didn’t enjoy receiving gifts
B. he had a hard time choosing gifts
C. he spent too much money buying gifts
D. he disliked putting gifts under the Christmas tree
2.We know from the passage that the team sponsored by inner-city church_____.
A. were well dressed B. paid no attention to safety
C. feared Kevin’s team D. couldn’t afford a helmet
3.How did Justin feel about the team’s failure ?
A. Upset B. Angry C. Hopeless D. Shameful
4.Why did the writer send gifts to the inner-city church without leaving her name ?
A. To avoid being thanked B. To play a joke on Justin
C. To giv
e
Justin a surprise D.
To protect her private information
5.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. The Church Gift B. A Special Note
C. The White Envelope D. A Christmas Card
"Here's the advance payment(预期款) 
of
10,000 dollars. You will get the other half when we get those papers," the
agent told Mike. "But sir, Mr. Smith has been very suspicious (怀疑) since last week," Mike replied.
"In that case, be careful and don't worry. You are very clever," the agent said." Take 5,000 dollars more," Mike looked around uneasily but took the money.
Mike was a clerk in a large company. A few years ago he started to get very worried because it was very hard for him to support his family. He wanted to give his child an excellent education and a bright future, but the future looked rather hopeless.
One day some agents called him. They were his company's competitors. At first he refused their offers. But when he thought his dream could come true, he agreed to their offers and began giving them information.
However, his spy work started to get more and more difficult because his owner had become suspicious, since a lot of important information was leaking out.
One night when Mike was on one of his spying tasks, he met Alim, the night watchman." What are you doing here, Mike?" shouted Alim.
"Oh, I had just forgotten some documents here, Alim, "Mike replied, trying to look comfortable." I just came to get them."
"Is that true?" Alim said." We’ll see what Mr. Smith says."
Alim called Mr. Smith and told him
to come right away. Mr. Smith looked at Mike and said. "So you are the
thief! I believed in you, Mik
e."
"Call the police, Alim. We have finally caught the spy," Mr. Smith said. "And by the way, Mike ,no man can serve two masters. You should have left if you did not work with us any longer."
1.Why did Mike take the job as a spy? Becau
se
______________.
A、he didn't want to work for his company any longer.
B、some agents forced him to do so.
C、he wanted to give his child an excellent education and bright future.
D、Mr. Smith did not give treat him very well.
2.What did the agents ask Mike to do?
A、To give them some important information of his company.
B、To follow his boss secretly.
C、To serve his master very honestly.
D、To leave his company and join them.
3.Mr. Smith thought Mike was______ before he knew that Mike was a spy.
A、kind B、clever C、honest D、dishonest
4.What's the meaning of the phrase "leak out" in the passage?___________.
A、land on B、cross out C、become known D、come out
5.What can you learn from the passage?______________.
A、We should be careful at work. B、We should be honest at work.
C、We should work hard. D、We should serve the masters.
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1. The above reading is ______.
A. a poster about kitten
B. a piece of news about GRUMPY’S
C. an advertisement on GRUMPY’S
D. a cartoon story about pets
2. GRUMPY ' S services are provided _________.
A. just in the shop itself B. for six days a week
C. for free D. by phone.
3. If you need pet sitting service, you _______.
A. have to go to CRUMPY'S .
B. can ask Richard or Julie about it
C. need to visit London
D. must pay first for it
4. Which of the following is not mentioned in the above?
A. telephone number B. e-mail address
C. charge of deliveries. D. addresses of the pet shop
5.We learn that GRUMPY’S lies ________.
A. in Washington DC B. in Scotland
C. in Paris D. in Cambridge
We sells kittens of
different kinds.