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Time is very important in our life. However, I had never realized it until I received a beautiful gold watch from my father one day when I was 19 years old. This watch always   1  me the importance of time in my life.

It was a cold rainy day. My father asked me to go to the  2 to pick up my uncle and take him home. I should have arrived there before 4:30p.m. We had a basketball match at school that afternoon and the match was so __3 that I forgot the time. When the match was nearly over, I suddenly remembered my uncle and hurried to the airport .It was too late. He had left the airport and take a taxi to our house.

I was very worried that my father would complain   4  the thing. As soon as I entered the living room, I saw my uncle in the sofa looking very tired. I do not   5 uncle and my father .I said hello to them in a very low voice .My father didn’t say   6 .Instead, he asked me to sit   7 him. “Peter, did you have a good time today?” I felt so sorry and answered in a  8   voice. “Yes, Dad, but I ’m really sorry .This will  9 happen again. I promise.”My father handed me a box with a beautiful gold watch inside .It was a gift my uncle bought for him. He gave it to me and said, “I hope you have learned something important today, and this watch will help you remember the importance of time.”

The watch has been with me for twelve years .I wear it not because of its price, but because of   10 I learned. It tells me to respect（重視）and never be late to do what I have promised to .

What do you think of stress? Is it a good thing or a bad thing?

Most of the students think stress can do harm (傷害)   46  them in some ways. There’s a story about a teenager in a middle school. He even   47  his study because of the stress from school and family. We also usually   48  that someone turns to psychological doctors because of heavy working stress. There is no doubt (疑問(wèn)) that some people think stress is a dangerous wolf.

On the other hand, other people argue that stress is not a bad thing. They   49  stress can produce momentum (動(dòng)力）in the end. For them, right attitude and action can reduce (減少) stress and make it   50 . When I was a child, my mom always pushed me to study hard. She wished I could go to an ideal   51  for further education. I experienced stress for the first time. To a poor family, I deeply knew   52   was not easy for us, and everything my mom did to me was just to hope I could live a better life in the future.   53  the saying goes, “No pains, no gains.” So I did what my mom expected because I didn’t want to let her down. At last, I did measure up (達(dá)到標(biāo)準(zhǔn)）to my mom’s expectation and go to college   54 . Thanks to my mom’s push! Thanks to the stress! In this way, I don’t think stress is a bad thing.

Overall, stress is not a bad thing in   55 . The key is how we deal with it.

What do you think of stress? Is it a good thing or a bad thing?
Most of the students think stress can do harm       them in some ways. There’s a story about a teenager in a middle school. He even       his study because of the stress from school and family. We also usually        that someone turns to psychological (心理的)doctors because of heavy working stress. There is no doubt that some people think stress is a dangerous wolf.
On the other hand, other people argue that stress is not a bad thing. They       stress can produce momentum(動(dòng)力）in the end. For them, right attitude and action can reduce stress and make it        . When I was a child, my mom always pushed me to study hard. She wished I could go to an ideal        for further education. I experienced stress for the first time. Born to a poor family, I deeply knew        was not easy for us, and everything my mom did to me was just to hope I could live a better life in the future.        the saying goes, “no pains, no gains.” So I did what my mom expected because I didn’t want to let her down. At last, I did measure up(達(dá)到標(biāo)準(zhǔn)） to my mom’s expectation and go to college       . Thanks to my mom’s push! Thanks to the stress! In this way, I don’t think stress is a bad thing.
Overall, stress is not a bad thing in       . The key is how we deal with it.

閱讀理解

“Life is speeding up(加快速度). Everyone is getting unwell.” This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown person wrote it.

Inventions can change our lives. But have all these things really improved our lives? Imagine this. You’re doing your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings and the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer is turned off and you lose all your work. How do you feel? Inventions have speeded up our lives, but they often leave us feeling tired.

One family in England went “back in time” to see what life was like without these inventions. The grandparents, with their daughter and grandsons Ben 10 and Tom 7, spent nine weeks in an old house. They had no computers or mobile phones. The grandmother, Linda, said, “The more things you have, the harder life becomes.” And Ben also noticed that his grandmother had changed. She cooked delicious food for them!

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇正確答案。

1.The writer uses the quotation(引語(yǔ)) at the beginning to _____.

2.In the passage the writer describes a picture to show that new inventions _____.

3.The family chose to spend some time in an old house because _____.

4. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

5.The passage is mainly about _____.