A long time ago, there was an emperor(皇帝). One day he told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and
as much land area as he liked, he would give him the area of land he had covered.
enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and
as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He
riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. Even when he was
or tired, he did not stop
he wanted to cover as much area as possible. When he at last covered a large amount of land, he was exhausted and was
. Then he asked himself, “Why did I
myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only
a very small area to
myself.”
The above story is
to the journey of our
. We push ourselves very hard every day to make more
, to gain power or recognition. We neglect(疏忽，忘记) our
, time with our family and to appreciate(欣赏) the surrounding
and the things we love to do. One day
we look back, we will
that we don’t really need that much,
then we cannot turn back time for what we have
.
Life is not about making money. Life is of course not about work! Work is only
to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life.
| 小题2: | | A．Sure | B．Bad | C．Strange | D．Good |
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| 小题3: | | A．ran | B．struggled | C．rushed | D．rode |
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| 小题4: | | A．asked for | B．kept on | C．gave up | D．succeeded in |
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| 小题5: | | A．full | B．excited | C．hungry | D．sad |
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| 小题7: | | A．dying | B．tiring | C．smiling | D．sleeping |
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| 小题8: | | A．make | B．prove | C．pull | D．push |
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| 小题9: | | A．need | B．have | C．find | D．show |
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| 小题10: | | A．live | B．bury | C．support | D．sleep |
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| 小题11: | | A．useful | B．similar | C．special | D．certain |
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| 小题12: | | A．history | B．past | C．life | D．future |
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| 小题13: | | A．friends | B．progress | C．discoveries | D．money |
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| 小题14: | | A．career | B．honor | C．health | D．freedom |
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| 小题15: | | A．beauty | B．things | C．people | D．condition |
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| 小题16: | | A．before | B．when | C．unless | D．since |
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| 小题17: | | A．realize | B．regret | C．apologize | D．explain |
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| 小题19: | | A．won | B．saved | C．reduced | D．missed |
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| 小题20: | | A．possible | B．probable | C．necessary | D．suitable |
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