I was tired and hungry after a long day of work．When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked  （1）  at me and said , “I love you．” I didn't know what to say．  （2 ） several seconds all I could do was to stand there and  （3） down at him．My first thought was that he must need  （4）  with his homework or he was trying to  （5）  me for some news．

    Finally I asked, “What was that all about ? ”

    “Nothing, ”he said．“My teacher said we should  （6 ） our parents that we love them and see what they say．It's  （7）．

    The next day I called his teacher to find out more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had  （8） ．

    “Most of the fathers had the  （9）  reacting as you did , ”the teacher said．“When I first  （10）  we try this , I asked the children what they thought their parents would say．Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble．The  （11）  is , ”the teacher explained , “feeling loved is an important part of  （12） ．It is something all people  （13） ．What I'm trying to tell the children is that it's too  （14）  we don't all express those feeling．A boy should be  （15） to tell his dad he loves him．

    The teacher , a middle - aged man , understands how  （16）  it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say．

    When my son came to me that evening, I held on to him for  （17）  second．And just  （18）  he pulled away , I said in my deepest , most manly voice , “Hey , I love you , too．”

    I don't know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good．Maybe next time one of my children said “I love you ”, it would not take me a whole  （19）  to think of the right  （20）  ．

1．A．down               B．away                  C．out               D．up

2．A．After                B．For                   C．At               D．On

3．A．sit                   B．get                   C．look             D．knock

4．A．rest                 B．time                 C．help              D．paper

5．A．report                B．prepare              C．answer           D．excuse

6．A．help                  B．tell                   C．ask              D．make

7．A．a matter              B．an experiment          C．a word           D．a sentence

8．A．said                  B．reacted              C．done                     D．explained

9．A．same                 B．different              C．usual                   D．common

10．A．suggested           B．agreed              C．allowed           D．planned

11．A．point                   B．idea                  C．way             D．cause

12．A．body                     B．know                  C．take             D．need

13．A．agree                      B．understand              C．know                   D．require

14．A．bad                 B．good                C．late              D．early

15．A．fit                   B．ready               C．worth           D．able

16．A．easy                 B．much               C．often             D．difficult

17．A．a more               B．after                  C．an exact         D．an extra

18．A．before                B．after                C．because         D．if

19．A．day                  B．week               C．afternoon         D．night

20．A．answer            B．result                    C．reason          D．experiment

No one likes the idea of being watched but, in today's high-tech society, a video camera can keep its eye on you 24 hours a day. This is now even the case in schools, and the students are not particularly happy about it.

     “Luckily for me, the video cameras in our school are only installed along the corridors(走廊),” said Zhu Jiangyue, a Senior 2 student in Beijing. “It would feel like you're always being stared at if there were a camera in the classroom. You would have no privacy.”

Two students in Shanghai learned this the hard way when their high school broadcast video pictures of them kissing on campus. They must have been annoyed by this and responded by filing lawsuit against the school for invasion of privacy and last month a local court agreed to hear it. It is the first case of its kind in China, and everyone has something to say about it.

     Li Xiang, a Senior 3 student in Hunan Province, thinks the schools behavior was unacceptable and unreasonable. "If I were one of the victims, I would be as angry as they are," said the 18-year-old. Every classroom in Li's school has a video camera above the door. They are generally used only when an exam is taking place but sometimes a student is allowed to control the camera. In this way, students needn’t worry about being watched in most part of their school life and can enjoy the benefits cameras bring as long as it doesn’t damage their self-respect.

     However, Peng Jianping, chairman of the Moral Education Research Centre in Guangzhou, thinks video monitoring causes more harm than good.  “Schools hope to manage the students better with the help of video cameras,” he said. “But it won't actually work. Teachers and students should trust and respect each other. If video cameras are frequently used, teenagers will think their teachers don't believe them.”

1.According to the passage, which of the statements is true?

  A. There are video cameras in every classroom in Beijing.

  B. Peng Jianping doesn’t agree to manage students better.

  C. Li Xiang thinks his school uses the video cameras in the correct way.

  D. Two students in Shanghai in this case didn't say anything about it.

2.What does most school leaders want to use video cameras for?

  A. To monitor the campus for safety.

  B. To take pictures of students who are studying.

  C. To monitor the students in the exams.

  D. To manage the students better.

3.What's the writer's opinion on the use of video cameras on the campus?

  A. He quite agrees.                          B. He doesn't agree.

  C. We don't know.                                 D. He neither agrees nor disagrees.

4.What's the best title for the passage?

  A. Manage the students better with video cameras.

  B. Video cameras on the campus.

  C. Why video cameras used on the campus.

  D. Better use of video cameras.

Last year, CCTV journalists approached pedestrians with their cameras, held a microphone to their mouth and asked a simple question, “Are you happy?”

The question has caught many interviewees off guard. Even Mo Yan, who just won a Nobel Prize, responded by saying, “I don’t know”.

While the question has become a buzz phrase and the Internet plays host to heated discussions, we ask: What exactly is happiness? And how do you measure it?

In the 1776 US Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson set in writing the people’s unalienable right to “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”. 235 years on, Wen Jiabao told the nation, “Everything we do is aimed at letting people live more happily.” At National People’s Congress, officials agreed that increasing happiness would be a top target for the 12^th five-year plan.

US psychologist Ed Diener, author of Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth, describes happiness as “ a combination of life satisfaction and having more positive than negative emotions”, according to US broadcasting network PBS. This may sound straightforward enough, but it still doesn’t explain what determines people’s happiness.

Many argue that happiness is elusive and that there is no single source. It also means different things to different people. For some, happiness can be as simple as having enough cash.

Researchers believe happiness can be separated into two types: daily experiences of hedonic (享乐的) well-being; and evaluative well-being, the way people think about their lives as a whole. The former refers to the quality of living, whereas the latter is about overall happiness, including life goals and achievements. Happiness can cross both dimensions.

Li Jun, a psychologist and mental therapy practitioner at a Beijing clinic, says, “Happiness can mean both the most basic human satisfaction or the highest level of spiritual pursuit. It’s a simple yet profound topic.”

Chen Shangyuan, 21, a junior English major at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, said his idea of happiness always evolves. “At present it relates to how productive I am in a day,” he said. “It might be linked to job security or leisure time after I graduate.”

Then there is the question of measuring happiness. Does it depend on how many friends we have, or whether we own the latest smart phone? Is it even quantifiable?

Economists are trying to measure happiness in people’s lives. Since 1972, Bhutan’s GDP measurement has been replaced by a Gross National Happiness index. It is calculated according to the peoples’ sense of being well-governed, their relationship with the environment, their satisfaction with economic development, and their sense of national belonging.

In 2009, US economist Joseph Stiglitz proposed “to shift emphasis from measuring economic production to measuring people’s well-being”. But is well-being more easily measured?

1. In the second paragraph, the writer gave an example to ________.

A. support his idea that being famous is the reason to be happy

B. introduce his topic to be discussed

C. tell people winning a Nobel Prize is a great honor

D. show that the question was quite difficult

2.From what Thomas Jefferson and Wen Jiabao mentioned in the passage, we know ________.

A. people’s happiness is determined by great people

B. people’s happiness is an important target for the development of a country

C. people in all countries have the right to ask the government for a happy life

D. people both in China and America are living a happy life

3.According to the passage, the writer may most likely agree that ________.

A. CCTV journalists are concerned about people’s happiness out of sympathy

B. the question has led to heated discussions about who are the happiest people in China

C. Bhutan’s new index shows that people there are the happiest in the world

D. it is not easy for us to decide what determines people’s happiness

4.What does the underlined word “elusive” in the sixth paragraph mean?

A. available.                B. easy to get.                      C. hard to describe.            D. unimaginable.

5.The best title of the passage is ________.

A. Are you happy?                                                   B. The Measurement of Happiness

C. GDP and Happiness                                             D. The Secret of Happiness