We just moved into our new flat last week, and we love the new place too. I was sitting outside my new home yesterday, watching the world go by.
There were people in 1 , in a hurry to get to their next appointment. There were2flying nearby, insects just as busy as the people in cars, flowers 3 in the warm and damp climate.
Inside the house, my children were also busy, as ever, making a 4 of the house , which my wife and I would soon clean up, their natural 5 defeating our previous requirements for them not to play with lotion (護(hù)膚液) or take things 6 .
The sky was 7 cloudy and there was a cool breeze (微風(fēng)), quite gentle and 8 actually.
It’s not often that 9 of us just sit quietly, enjoying the world.
Why not?
What is 10 important that it can’t wait until later? 11 email must be answered right this moment? Do we really need to 12all those articles online, all those messages from 13 , and all those newspapers and magazines? Do we need to 14 the television and radio and Internet on all the time?
Is life passing us by as we keep our minds 15 ? Are we 16the beautiful world around us as we constantly think about the 17 —what we will do, our 18 about what might happen and about the past—what we did wrong, what someone else did to us, what we said, what 19 have happened?
When was the 20 time you just sat, and observed? Why not do it today?
1. A. trainsB. cars
C. undergroundD. buses
2. A. planesB. vehicles
C. birds D. breezes
3. A. bloomingB. courage
C. innocenceD. curiosity
4. A. trouble B. mass
C. messD. noise
5. A. eagernessB. courage
C. innocenceD. curiosity
6. A. apart B. off
C. away D. on
7. A. heavilyB. wildly
C. slightlyD. strongly
8. A. uncomfortableB. pleasant
C. freezingD. mild
9. A. fewB. majority C. mostD. none
10. A. very B. too
C. quite D. so
11. A. Whether B. Why
C. What D. How
12. A. commentB. recite
C. read D. write
13. A. another B. the other
C. othersD. the others
14. A. turn B. watch
C. enjoy D. have
15. A. easy B. busy
C. clear D. empty
16. A. valuing B. missing
C. enjoying D. hating
17. A. futureB. life
C. presentD. business
18. A. happinessB. sorrows
C. satisfactionD. anxieties
19. A. mustB. can
C. shouldD. need
20. A. firstB. second
C. thirdD. last
參考答案
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