A man died and was on his way to another world, either heaven or hell(天堂或地狱). He saw a very beautiful palace half way and the owner of it __1___  him to live in the palace.
The man said, “I have been working hard during my life and now I just want to eat and  ___2__  without any work.”
The owner said, “If so, there is nowhere else_3____ than here for you. There is a lot of delicious food in __4___ palace and you can eat whatever you want. You can have a good rest and __5___ needs to be done by you. ” Then the man stayed in the palace.
At the beginning, the man felt __6___. But gradually, he felt a bit lonely. So he went to the owner and asked, “It is boring to live _7______  just eating and sleeping every day. Could you help me find a __8___ ?”
The owner replied, “Sorry, there is no job here.”
Several months later, the man couldn’t __9___the present life and went to the owner again, “I am really fed up with（厌倦） this kind of life. __10__ you don’t offer me a job, I would prefer to go to hell instead of living here.”
The owner of the palace smiled, “Do you think it is heaven here? It is hell!’’

【小题1】

A．invited B．encouraged C．allowed D．ordered

【小题2】

A．sleep B．drink C．play D．travel

【小题3】

A．bigger B．better C．worse D．cleaner

【小题4】.

A．your

B．our

C．my

D．his

【小题5】A.something   B anything        C. nothing     D .everything
【小题6】.

A．angry

B．happy

C．bored

D．anxious

【小题7】

A．as B．by C．at D．without

【小题8】

A．friend B．child C．job D．pet

【小题9】

A．stand B．refuse C．follow D．imagine

【小题10】

A．If B．Unless C．So D．Because

A. happiness   B. trouble   C. care    D. around    E. other   F. with   G. others    H. lucky   I. lessons    J. to    K. by    L. wrong

    

 
Happiness is for everyone. In fact, happiness is always around you if you care about it. When you are in   1  at school, your classmates will help you; when you study hard at your   2 , your parents are always taking good   3  of you; when you get succeed(成功), your friends will say congratulations   4  you; when you do something   5 , people around you will help you correct it; and when you do something good to   6 , you will feel happy, too. All these things are   7 . If you pay attention to them, you can see happiness is always   8  you. Happiness is not the same as money. When you are poor, you can say you are very happy, because people can’t buy happiness   9  money. When you meet problems, you can also say loudly you are very happy, because you have many friends to help you. So you can’t always say you are poor and you have bad luck. If you agree with me, you can be a happy and  10  person.

A. go down  B. catch more fish  C. heavy  D. hungry  E. happy  F. richest

G. the boat and life  H. sell the gold chains(链条)  I. fishing  J. poor

Mr Smith lived by the sea. He had a big family and he had to work hard, or  his wife and children would be __1.__. So he had to get up early every day. After breakfast he set out in a small boat. He always hoped to __2.__. 

One morning the man got to a good place for fishing.  He threw a long rope with many hooks（钩子）into the water. He found it very ___3.___ and pulled the hooks out of the sea. He saw there were some gold chains（链子. He , of course, was very __4.__. 

“I’ll __5.__ for a lot of money ,” he thought to himself.“I’ll build a new house and buy expensive things. I’ll be the __6.__ man in the world!”

Mr. Smith went on drawing his rope and didn’t notice what was happening to his boat. It began to __7.__. As he was pulling the gold chains, the boat sank into the sea. He lost not only the gold chains ,but also __8.___!

 

 

A. happiness   B. trouble   C. care    D. around    E. other   F. with   G. others    H. lucky   I. lessons    J. to    K. by    L. wrong

    

 

Happiness is for everyone. In fact, happiness is always around you if you care about it. When you are in   1  at school, your classmates will help you; when you study hard at your   2 , your parents are always taking good   3  of you; when you get succeed(成功), your friends will say congratulations   4  you; when you do something   5 , people around you will help you correct it; and when you do something good to   6 , you will feel happy, too. All these things are   7 . If you pay attention to them, you can see happiness is always   8  you. Happiness is not the same as money. When you are poor, you can say you are very happy, because people can’t buy happiness   9  money. When you meet problems, you can also say loudly you are very happy, because you have many friends to help you. So you can’t always say you are poor and you have bad luck. If you agree with me, you can be a happy and  10  person.

 

 

A. this    B. snow   C. hot    D. that   E. north      F. skating G. make   H. with   I. cold    J. south   K. foreigners  L. interesting

 

 

 

China is a big country. The weather in the north is quite different from ___1____ in the south. My hometown is Changchun. It’s a beautiful city in the ____2____ of China. In the city, the spring is warm, the summer is ___3____, the autumn is cool and the winter is ____4____. In the winter, people can ____5____ snowmen and play ____6____ snowballs. People can also go ____7____ and skiing. They usually spend a(n) ____8_____ winter. Now many people in the south and even some ____9____ come to the north of China to see the ___10_____ in the winter.