"Spending as little as $5 a day on someone else can make you happier," the researchers from a team at the University（大学）of British Columbia and Harvard Business School reported.

    Their experiments on 600 volunteers in the US showed people were feeling happier when they spent money on others.

    The team asked their 600 volunteers about their income（收入），their daily costs, gifts for others and donations to charity. "No matter how much money each person made, those who spent money on others could get greater happiness than those who spent money only on themselves," Dunn said.

     Dunn's team also surveyed 16 workers at a company in Boston after they received an award of between $3,000 and $8,000. "Of course they felt happy after receiving the awards," they wrote in their report. "But when they gave the people in need $5, they were happier."

     "The findings showed that as little as $5 could be enough to produce happiness on a whole day," Dunn said.

1. There were ______ people in all who took part in the experiments.

2.The underlined word "experiments" means ______ in Chinese.

    A. 会议　　　　　　B. 表演             C. 实验             D. 化验

3.What does the passage mainly tell us?

    A. Money is not important for people.

    B. Money really can "buy" happiness if you spend it on others.

    C. We should try our best to give our money to more people in need.

    D. Spend all the money on others and you'll feel happier.

American summers are filled with outdoor picnics, baseball games and swimming pools. Summer in America is a time 1.________ the outdoors, no matter how hot it might be. Let’s take a look at some of the popular drinks.

Lemonade is 2.________ of all American summer drinks. It 3.________ by mixing lemon juice, water and sugar. It is usually served very cold, with ice.

Ice tea is 4.________ popular summer drink in America. Ice tea is usually 5.________ in a tall glass of ice. Many Americans 6.________ to add sugar to sweeten the drink. This drink is often drunk in the afternoon 7._______ relaxing in the shade. Ice tea is now also sold by the bottle , at almost any store in America.

The Slurpee, a famous American drink in recent years, is a great 8._______to cool off in the summer heat. It is a mix of ice, sugar and fruit juices. However, the drink is mostly made of ice. They can 9._______ at most small convenient stores. Slurpees are popular with young Americans.

Milkshakes have a long 10._______ in America . It is made of a mix of ice cream , milk and flavoring.

Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often     sad and lonely.

One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small      was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away      failed. The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. Instead of flying away, the butterfly turned     a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very    .

“Thank you for     me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.

The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be    !”

The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.

As the kind little girl grew up, she was     ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the     of their happiness. She always smiled and   , “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind      when I was a little girl.”

When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbors in the      all gathered (聚拢) around her bed because they were     that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”

The lovely old woman still     and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they , no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or young. She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”

1.A. found   B. thought C. felt   D. sounded

2.A. squirrel  B. bird     C. butterfly   D. snake

3.A. as   B.   but    C. or      D. so 

4.A. up   B. into     C. on  D. down

5.A. mad   B. tired    C. angry     D. surprised

6.A. saving B. catching     C. beating    D. killing

7.A. energetic    B. happy    C. active     D. humorous

8.A. never     B. seldom     C. always      D. hardly

9.A. power   B. success      C. secret      D. lesson

10.A. hoped   B. answered   C. asked        D. refused

11.A.fairy    B. princess    C. ghost       D. witch

12.A.town    B. world         C. city     D. village

13.A. glad    B.  afraid C. excited     D. pleased

14.A. cried      B. jumped    C. smiled      D. shouted

15.A.seen      B.  seemed     C. heard     D. saved