2 . Good health is the most important thing for a person. If you are not healthy, you cannot work and study well. There are three things that a person can do to help stay in good shape: eat the right foods, get enough sleep and exercise regularly (规律地).

Proper nutrition (适当的营养) is important for good health. ________. Eat plenty of foods that are high in protein (蛋白质), like fish, beans and nuts. Vegetables and fruit are especially important However, don’t overeat. ________.

Getting enough sleep is also important. If you don’t have enough sleep, you will feel tired. ________. If you do, your body will feel strong, and your mind will be quick.

Getting plenty of exercise is equally important. Exercise can make your body strong and prevent you from getting fat. ________. If you follow a regular exercise program, you will probably increase your life-span (寿命).

4 . During the Second World War, Winston Churchill was the British Prime Minister. One day he had to go to the British Broadcasting Corporation (the BBC) to make an important speech to the nation.

An hour before the time of this speech, he stopped a taxi in the street and asked the driver to take him to the BBC, but the taxi-driver, who did not recognize him, said he could not take him anywhere just then, because he wanted to go back to his home at the other end of London to hear Churchill make a speech on the radio. Churchill was so pleased when he heard this. Churchill answered that he gave the man a pound, which was worth quite a lot in those days.

“All right, get in,” said the driver happily, opening the door of the taxi. “I’ll take you, and to hell with (让……见鬼去) Churchill and his speech!”

5 . Frank’s mother’s birthday was coming, but Frank could not get a present for her yet. A watch could be a good present, but it was _______ expensive for Frank to buy. Flowers were not so _______, but he did not think they were good enough for his mother _______ they would die soon. He didn’t know what size of jackets or shoes his mother _______. Chocolates were too _______ and his mother might not like them.

Frank’s sister, Helen, gave him some _______. She said to Frank, “Why don’t you give mother a picture of yourself for her birthday? That shows your _______ for her.” Frank thought it was a good idea. No one is too _______ to give love to others, but love is the most expensive present in the _______ and everyone is happy to ________ it.

7 . I have a friend who lives in Beijing. Last summer holiday, he visited his mother in Shijiazhuang. ___1____While she was trying on different styles, my friend said to the salesman, “When she picks out a pair that she likes, just tell her that this pair only costs 50 yuan, they are very cheap. ___2____.”

The following week my friend walked by the shoe store. The salesman met him and called him in, “What’s the matter?” asked my friend. When he went into the store, “___3____” “No” answered the salesman. “___4____”

A: Was there anything wrong with my check?

B: He took her to a shoe store to buy a pair of new shoes.

C: The problem is that your mother has brought all her friends in for those 50 yuan shoes!

D: I’ll pay for them, no matter how expensive they are.

10 . Lucy’s mother is a pretty woman. She likes new clothes, and she buys many new clothes. They are different.

Every Saturday she goes shopping with her friends. Sometimes she buys clothes, and sometimes she helps her friends to buy clothes. She likes shopping very much and she enjoys helping others on buying things. She always wears beautiful clothes when she goes out. Her friends say she is very rich because she has so many beautiful clothes. But that’s not true.

One day, she and her husband are at home. She says to her husband, “Dear, Look at the old clothes that I have to wear! How ugly they are! If someone comes to visit our family, they may think I must be a cook.”

“A cook?” her husband says , “Do they think you are a cook? And you always buy so many new clothes! Aren’t they nice? I think the visitor’s must change their minds if they are at our home and have dinner.”