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ngs should be balanced. Too much time on the purer can 6 your eyes. Regular breaks are needed. If students cannot 7 playing puter games, they won’t do as well in other areas in their lifenot just schoolwork, but in developing important social skills such as how to talk with people and how to work with others as part of a 8 . And if they are 9 taking regular exercise, their health will bee worse. Computer games have their place, but people must also remember it is important to 10 a balanced lifestyle. ( )1. A. win B. lose C. fight D. race ( )2. A. easy B. necessary C. difficult D. natural ( )3. A. rules B. advantages C. disadvantages D. mistakes ( )4. A. teacher B. parent C. doctor D. puter ( )5. A. make B. practice C. put off D. discover ( )6. A. break B. hurt C. relax D. close ( )7. A. enjoy B. start C. stop D. keep ( )8. A. family B. game C. match D. team ( )9. A. often B. no longer C. always D. still ( )10. A. refuse B. give up C. stay away from D. have ( 二 ) When I was in the third grade, I was chosen to be the princess in the school play. For weeks my mother had helped me practice my lines. But once on the stage, every word 1 from my head. Then my teacher asked me to change my role to be a narrator (解說者 ) for the play. 2 I didn’t tell my mother what had happened that day, she noticed my 3 and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the garden. It was a lovely spring day. We could see dandelions (蒲公英 ) popping (炸開 ) 4 the grass in bunches (束 ). I watched my mother bend down by one of the bunches. “I think I’ll dig up (挖光 ) all these weeds (野草 ),” she said. “From now on, we’ll 5 have roses in this garden.” “But I like dandelions,” I protested(抗議 ). “All flowers are 6 —even dandelions !” My mother looked at me seriously. “Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn’t it?” she asked thoughtfully. I nodded. “And that is 7 of people, too,” she added. When I 8 that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry and told her the truth. “But you will be a wonderful narrator,” she said, 9 me of how much I loved to read stories’ aloud. Thanks to my mother’s encouragement, I got to know everybody had his or her own 10 in the world. I felt proud of the role in the play. ( )1. A. developed B. left C. failed D. disappeared ( )2. A. If B. Because C. Though D. Since ( )3. A. difficulty B. mistake C. danger D. unhappiness ( )4. A. through B. past C. beyond D. behind ( )5. A. hardly B. only C. still D. also ( )6. A. harmless B. healthy C. beautiful D. fresh ( )7. A. true B. kind C. same D. clever ( )8. A. remembered B. realized C. explained D. promised ( )9. A. representing B. plaining C. remending D. reminding ( )10. A. honor B. progress C. value D. interest ( 三 ) One day I got into a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were 1 on the right side when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of 2 . My taxi driver stopped at once and missed the other 3 by just inches ( 英寸 )! The driver of the other car turned his head quickly 4 and started shouting at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was really 5. So I asked, “Why did you just do that This guy almost broke your car and sent us to the 6 !” This is when my taxi driver 7 me what I now call “The Law of the Rubbish Truck”. He explained that many people are like rubbish trucks. They run around of rubbish, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their rubbish grows, they need a place to empty it and 8 they’ll empty it onto you. Don’t 9 it personally, just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don’t take the rubbish and 10 it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets. 1. A. driving B. watching C. parking D. cheering 2. A. him B. it