Alicia was a young woman who liked to exercise for her health. In fact, she walked five kilometers before ____every morning, and went swimming once a week at the swimming pool. She didn’t smoke and never____. She didn’t eat chocolate. She didn’t eat sweet and fatty food, ____. She weighted herself every day.
One day Alicia was on her daily walk when she saw a ____ sitting in a rocking chair under a tree. He looked very old and his hair was white. He looked thin and weak, and his hands were shaking,____ he looked very happy.
He smiled at her and said, “Good morning! Lovely day, isn’t it?”
He had a wide smile_____ his face, and his eyes shone with happiness. But Alicia saw that he did not have teeth.
“Good morning!” replied Alicia. “Yes, it is a lovely day.”
Alicia thought he ____very old and wise. She thought he must be at least 90 years old! She decided to ask him about the _____ of a happy old age.
“I hope you don’t ____ me asking,” she said, “but what is your secret for being so happy at your age? I hope I can look as happy as you do ____ I am your age.”
The man in the rocking chair said, “My secret for____? I smoke twenty packets of cigarettes every week, and drink three bottles of wine every day. I eat hamburgers and chocolates whenever I want. I never eat vegetables. I never walk anywhere and I never play sports. I sit at home every day.”
Alicia was ___. She didn’t expect the man to give her an answer like that. She wondered how the man got to be so old when he did ____ wrong. She thought he should be ___ and unhappy. Perhaps she was wrong. Maybe, she thought, people could live a long happy life ___ eating well or doing lots of exercise.
“How old are you?” she asked.
“It’s my birthday today,” said the man. “I’m forty-seven!”
5. A.lunch | B.breakfast | C.dinner | D.supper |
6. A.exercised | B.drank | C.worked | D.slept |
7. A.too | B.also | C.either | D.still |
8. 9. 10. 11. A.saw | B.looked | C.listened | D.found |
12. A.secret | B.dream | C.plan | D.future |
13. A.stand | B.mind | C.allow | D.enjoy |
14. A.when | B.since | C.though | D.for |
15. A.health | B.success | C.happiness | D.life |
16. A.surprised | B.worried | C.excited | D.relaxed |
17. A.something | B.anything | C.everything | D.nothing |
18. A.angry | B.serious | C.quiet | D.sick |
19. A.through | B.from | C.without | D.by |