【正文】 taying slim D. To lose weight together with to stay slim 7. Driven by _______ what was kept in the box, the boy broke it with an ax when his father was not at home. A. anxiety about B. curiosity about C. doubt of D. eagerness of 8. Health experts have already clarified what green vegetables are fit _______ and what are not. A. to be eaten in raw B. to eat raw C. to be eaten raw D. to eat rawly 9. Remember never to lie to others。 the western 3. _______ that your wife and children are plaining about you. You really have spent too much time on your work. You should _______ your time well between your work and your family. A. No wonder。 1. Once the balance of nature ______, natural disasters are likely to strike in ways beyond imagination. A. is ignored B. is broken C. is destroyed D . is ruined 2. The Chinese ______ is said to be a healthier one than ______, which contains too much fat. A. food。 the west B. diet。 balance B. No doubt。 if you did, you would have to ______ more lies to cover the lies you have______ . A. discover。 spoken 10. Don’t take a chance to do violence to the law. If you did, you could never ________it. A. get away from B. break away from C. do away with D. get away with 11. In order to win back the customers, the owner of the restaurant decided to sell his food _______. A. in a discount B. with discount C. at a discount D. for a discount 12. When reading, you needn’t have to ______ every time you meet an unknown word. Which of the following is NOT OK? A. look up a dictionary B. refer to a dictionary C. consult a dictionary D. turn to a dictionary 13. Their pany is said to be _______ and is to ______ protective measures must be taken to prevent our investment from going to waste. A. in heavy debt。 get down 14. The man caught ______ our defense works was tried and sentenced to 10 years in prison. A. to have spied on B. spying on C. to be spying for D. spying with 15. Most smokers say they _______ smoking to some degree but health experts suggest that they had better give it up ______ their health. A. benefit。 for the benefit of 16. “ With more and more businesses closing down, it is hard to ______ nowadays.” she said with a sigh. A. earn one’s living B. make a living C. make a life D. earn one’s life 17. Putting on weight is much easier than ______。 for D. of。 long before D. cutting down。 strengths。 strength。 at all C. of losing face。 goodness C. is。 A In modern society there is a great deal of argument about petition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity, others say that petition is bad, that it sets one person against another and that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people. I have taught many children who held the belief that their selfworth relied on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often lifeanddeath affairs. In their singleminded pursuit(追求 ) of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly fotten. However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winners and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame petition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under petitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter because I really didn’t try.” What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost