Freda Bright says, "Only in opera do people die of love." It's true. You really can't love somebody to death. I've known people to die from no love, but I've never known anyone to be loved to death. We just can't love one another enough.
A heart-warming story tells of a woman who finally decided to ask her boss for a raise in salary. All day she felt nervous and apprehensive. Late in the afternoon she summoned the courage to approach her employer. To her delight, the boss agreed to a raise.
The woman arrived home that evening to a beautiful table set with their best dishes. Candles were softly glowing. Her husband had come home early and prepared a festive meal. She wondered if someone from the office had tipped him off, or... did he just somehow know that she would not get turned down?
She found him in the kitchen and told him the good news. They embraced and kissed, and then sat down to the wonderful meal. Next to her plate the woman found a beautifully lettered note. It read, "Congratulations, darling! I knew you'd get the raise! These things will tell you how much I love you."
Following the supper, her husband went into the kitchen to clean up. She noticed that a second card had fallen from his pocket. Picking it off the floor, she read, "Don't worry about not getting the raise! You deserve it anyway! These things will tell you how much I love you."
Someone has said that the measure of love is when you love without measure. What this man feels for his wife is total acceptance and love, whether she succeeds or fails. His love celebrates her victories and cure her wounds. He stands with her, no matter what life throws in their direction.
Upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Mother Teresa said, "What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family." And love your friends. Love them without measure.
1. By saying "Only in opera do people die of love.", the writer wants to tell us that ______.
A. giving love is better than receiving love
B. love in opera is better than that in real life
C. people are too greedy to have enough love
D. to die from love is no better than to die from no love
2. From the passage we can infer that ________.
A. the woman must have thought about asking for a salary raise for a long time
B. the boss of the woman must be a kind person
C. the woman was a courageous person
D. the husband must have got the news before his wife got home
3.The husband prepared a festive meal in order to _______.
A. show how good he was at cooking
B. celebrate her wife’s success in raising the salary
C. thank her wife’s boss for raising her salary
D. show how deeply he loved his wife
4.What Mother Teresa said means that _________.
A. loving your family is more important than promoting world peace
B. loving your friends is to promote the world peace
C. everybody can promote the world peace by loving his own family without measure
D. no matter what life throws in our direction, our family is always our first concern
Scientists say they have found key clues（线索）into how long we will live. One of them is a firm __21___. British researchers believe a firm strong handshake is not just a __22___ of confidence but also an indicator of a long life. Lead author Dr Rachel Cooper of University College London said her study looked __23___ 33 different reports on the __24___ of handshakes. The research involved more than 50,000 men and women and __25___ 40 years. Dr Cooper concluded that __26___ with weaker handshakes were 70 per cent more likely to die earlier than those with the __27___ handshakes. She concludes that people with a firm strong handshake __28___ from a happy childhood that __29___ a healthy diet and __30___ of exercise.
The new study, __31___ in the British Medical Journal, also found other signs of living a longer life. These 'measures of __32___ capability' include walking at a faster pace, getting out of a chair quickly, and being able to __33___ on one leg. The study showed that slow walkers were almost three times __34___ to die at a younger age than those who walked quickly and actively. Those who __35___ to get up from their armchairs were twice as likely to die earlier than those who sprang __36___ their chairs. Dr Cooper believes there __37___ more research into the link __38___ physical capability and a long life. “Research that helps people to __39___ a long and healthy life is ever more important to help provide for an ageing __40___.” she said.
1.A．childhood B. relationship C．hardship D．handshake
2.A．sign B. symbol C．trip D．sigh
3.A．at B. into C．to D．on
4.A．strength B. length C．likeliness D．confidence
5.A．last B. past C．lasted D．passed
6.A．women B. they C．those D．men
7.A．weaker B. strongest C．weakest D．strong
8.A. must benefit B.could have lived C. should come D. may have benefited
9.A．concluded B. consisted C．included D．including
10.A．plentiful B. plenty C．a number D．the number
11.A．published B. being published C．publishing D．having published12.A．physician B. physics C．physiology D．physical
13.A．stand B. balance C．live D．shake
14.A．likely B. likelier C．likelihood D．liking
15.A．wanted B. hoped C．struggled D．were dying
16.A．out of B. in front of C．ahead of D．away from
17.A．needs to be B. need to be C．ought to be D．must be
18.A．from B. among C．between D．beneath
19.A．benefit B. involve C．make D．enjoy
20.A．popularity B. pollution C．population D．publication
He transplanted the young tree to the park ____ it was the best time for it .
A.where B.when C.what D.that
—It is a lovely day ,isn`t it ?
— yes,______?
A.,isn`t it ? B.it is C.it isn`t D. is it
I always take something to read when I go to the doctor`s ____I have to wait.
A. in case B so that C in order D as if
－You couldn’t have chosen a better way to solve the issue, I think.
－________________.
A．Well, nothing much B．Oh, don’t complain about it
C．Sorry, but I’ll find a better one D．Thanks a lot.
