Do you feel happy in your life? Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads during their free time.
In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you. While you study hard, your parents are always taking care of your life and your health. When you have success, your friends will say congratulations to you. When you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you begin to notice even a few of them, you will see that happiness is always around you.
Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling in your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying go “Life is like a revolving door.” When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.
【小题1】Those who have big houses may often feel ________.| A．happy | B．lonely | C．free | D．excited |
| A．People who have cars would never like to walk in the open air. |
| B．You can get help from others when you make mistakes. |
| C．You can still be a happy person even if you have little money. |
| D．Happiness is always around you though you have difficulties. |
A． | B． |
C． | D． |
| A．Happiness | B．Good luck | C．Bad luck | D．Life |
— Samantha, age 11, California, USA
My dad encourages me to do my best in school so I can achieve my dream of being an animal doctor someday. He also encourages me to try new things and do sports. We often go camping, rock climb, hike, and ride bikes. I love that my dad likes to go on adventures (冒险) with me!
— Isabella, age 10, Nevada, USA
My dad is funny, and he has given me a good sense of humor (幽默感), too. He teaches me to make the best of a situation, even if it’s difficult or scary. He also tells me that laughter is the best thing to make me feel better. Z_X_X_K]
— Lila, age 12, California, USA
My dad has taught me never to give up, no matter how hard things get. He helps me realize that even if I don’t get a perfect mark on a test or something, it is not the end of the world. He has taught me that I can learn from my mistakes and work harder the next time.
— Jane, age 11, British Columbia, Canada
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【小题1】We can learn from the material that Samantha’s father ______.
| A．is a musician |
| B．can play the piano |
| C．wants her to be a singer |
| D．is good at writing pop songs |
| A．to play sports |
| B．to try new things |
| C．to work hard for her dream |
| D．to travel around the world |
| A．Hard-working. | B．Patient. |
| C．Brave. | D．Humorous. |
| A．to learn from her mistakes |
| B．to learn from her classmates |
| C．how to work smartly |
| D．how to get a perfect mark on a test |
| A．The four children are of the same age. |
| B．Samantha and Jane are from the same country. |
| C．The four children learn a lot from their fathers. |
| D．Isabella thinks that laughter is the best thing to make a person feel better. |
Everything was ready when Laurie returned. The afternoon passed slowly. Meg and her mother sewed(缝纫), Beth and Amy prepared supper and Hannah did the ironing (熨烫). It was dark when Jo finally arrived home. She had a very strange expression on her face. She put some money in her mother’s hand and said, “This is for Father. Buy something nice for him and bring him home!”
“Twenty-five dollars! My dear, where did you get it?” said Mrs. March in a surprised voice.
“I earned it,” replied Jo, taking off her hat.
Everybody in the room gasped (倒抽气). Jo’s hair was as short as a boy’s.
“Your hair! You cut your beautiful hair!” cried her mother. “It wasn’t necessary to do that!” She touched her daughter’s head and kissed her. “You don’t look like my Jo anymore. But I love you the same!”
“Why did you do it?” asked Amy. She couldn’t imagine cutting her own pretty hair.
“I wanted to do something for Father,” replied Jo.
Mrs. March looked at her and smiled. She understood and she was proud of her daughter.
At night, Jo sobbed (抽泣)very softly.
“Jo! You’re crying!” said Meg. “Are you worried about Father?”
“No, not now.”
“Why then?”
“My hair!”
―From the novel Little Women
【小题1】Mrs. March was surprised because ________.| A．Jo’s hair was as short as a boy’s |
| B．it was impossible for Jo to get twenty-five dollars |
| C．twenty-five dollars was too little |
| D．it was dark when Jo arrived home |
| A．cutting her beautiful hair |
| B．doing something for her father |
| C．doing the ironing |
| D．working hard |
| A．Mrs. March understood and felt proud of Jo. |
| B．Jo earned the money in order to buy something nice for her father. |
| C．Jo didn’t worry about her father at all. |
| D．Jo felt sorry for her beautiful long hair. |
Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities(责任) to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. What’s more, life is always giving new things to the child--- things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is repeatedly being told not do something or being punished for what he has wrongly done.
When a young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society(社会) as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he worked hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the greatest happiness of building up for himself his own position(地位) in society.
【小题1】What is the happiest person according to the passage?
| A．A child who can do whatever he likes. |
| B．An old person who lives in a comfortable life. |
| C．A grown-up who no longer expects other to pay for him. |
| D．A person who never wastes his time in his whole life. |
| A．Life for a child is fairly easy. |
| B．A child is always loved whatever he does. |
| C．If much is given to a child, he must do something in return. |
| D．Only children are interested in life. |
| A．Life is not enjoyable since each age had some pains. |
| B．Young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hard. |
| C．Childhood is the most enjoyable time in one’s life. |
| D．One is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his life. |
| A．Examples of successful young men. |
| B．How to build up one’s position in society. |
| C．Joys and pains of old people. |
| D．What to do when one has problems in life. |
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