把短文中的划线部分译成汉语。

The best about Britain?

　　What do I like best about Britain? The fact that people here very rarely smoke. (1) I never smoke myself. I think it's a disgusting habit. But my friends in Spain smoke nearly all the time. It's so nice to be able to breathe “clean” air in cinemas, on buses and so on. (2) And the few people who do smoke, almost always ask “Do you mind if I smoke?” before they light up.

　　The old people are so friendly, and they've nearly always got time to help you. When you don' t know where you are, they come up to you and say, “Can I help you, love?” or “What are you looking for, dear?”(3) I love the way they call everybody “love” and “dear” like that, even complete strangers.

　　Why does everybody say the weather here's so bad? I love these cool, grey, cloudy days. They're a bit sad, perhaps that's why I like them. I come from Turkey. It's sunny most of the time there. But here the weather's so hard to tell. (4) You hardly ever know what to expect when you look out of the window in the morning and then it often changes five or six times during the day! It's raining now, for example, but I've got no idea what it' s going to be like this afternoon!

　　I'm staying with an English family. Family life here seems to be much more relaxed than in my country. (5) People eat whenever they like, come in and go out whenever they want to－there aren't so many rules. When I go out in the evening, nobody asks me “Where are you going? Whom are you going with? What time are you coming home?” You've got much more, the chance to live your own life, and do whatever you want.

Nobody is happy all the time, but some people are really happier than others. Here are some tips for you to be happy.
Make enough money to meet your basic needs: food, shelter, and clothing. In the US, that magic number is $40,000 a year. Any money you make beyond that will not necessarily make you happier. Once you make enough money to support your basic needs, your happiness is not affected by how much money you make.
______________________________ Or move to where other members are－so you can see them more. Now, people follow jobs around the country and sometimes around the world. As a result, our relationships with our friends and family have a far greater impact (影响) on our happiness than our jobs do. So next time you think about moving, consider a place where most of your friends and families live.
Find happiness in the job you have now. Many people expect (期待) the right job to change their level of happiness. But happiness research makes it clear that changing jobs can’t bring you happiness. If you want, you will make the best of any job. If you have good relationships with people, you won’t depend on (依赖) your job to give your life a greater sense of meaning. You will find it in your interactions with the people you care about.
If you are unhappy for a long time, you should ask an expert (专家) or a doctor for help. I hope you will be happy all the time.
【小题1】The writer wrote this passage mainly to _____________.

A．make friends

B．give suggestions

C．put on an advertisement

D．complain about your actions

【小题2】The underlined word “interactions” means ____________.

A．arrangement

B．choice

C．communication

D．agreement

【小题3】What is the title for the third paragraph?

A．Ask family members for help.

B．Borrow money from family members.

C．How to make family members be happy.

D．Stay close to friends and family.

Nobody is happy all the time, but some people are really happier than others. Here are some tips for you to be happy.

Make enough money to meet your basic needs: food, shelter, and clothing. In the US, that magic number is $40,000 a year. Any money you make beyond that will not necessarily make you happier. Once you make enough money to support your basic needs, your happiness is not affected by how much money you make.

______________________________ Or move to where other members are－so you can see them more. Now, people follow jobs around the country and sometimes around the world. As a result, our relationships with our friends and family have a far greater impact (影响) on our happiness than our jobs do. So next time you think about moving, consider a place where most of your friends and families live.

Find happiness in the job you have now. Many people expect (期待) the right job to change their level of happiness. But happiness research makes it clear that changing jobs can’t bring you happiness. If you want, you will make the best of any job. If you have good relationships with people, you won’t depend on (依赖) your job to give your life a greater sense of meaning. You will find it in your interactions with the people you care about.

If you are unhappy for a long time, you should ask an expert (专家) or a doctor for help. I hope you will be happy all the time.

1.The writer wrote this passage mainly to _____________.

    A. make friends                                            

B. give suggestions

    C. put on an advertisement             

D. complain about your actions

2.The underlined word “interactions” means ____________.

    A. arrangement      B. choice           C. communication    D. agreement

3.What is the title for the third paragraph?

    A. Ask family members for help.        

B. Borrow money from family members.

    C. How to make family members be happy.

D. Stay close to friends and family.

 

I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely(模糊地) 　1　 the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see things again, 　2　 a disaster can do strange things to people. It happened to me the other day that I might not have come to love 　3　 as I do if I hadn’t been blind. I believe in life now. I am not sure that I would believe in it so 　4　. I don’t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I 　5　 mean that the loss of 　6　 made me enjoy more of 　7　 I have now.
Life asks us to keep making 　8　 to reality. If a person is able to get ready for anything changeable his world will 　9　 more meaningful. I became blind, but I was 　10　. My parents and my teachers saw 　11　 in me－a potential(潜力) to live, you might call it－which I didn’t see, and they make me fight it out with blindness.
The hardest 　12　 I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was what I had to do at least. If I hadn’t been able to do that, I would become a chair rocker for the 　13　 of my life. When I say I believe in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self-confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase 　14　. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: A belief that I could deal with anything alone; that somewhere in the 　15　 there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
1. A. imagine       B. find             C. remember     D. guess
2. A. but           B. though               C. so           D. because
3. A. myself        B. life             C. eyes         D. blindness
4. A. that         B. therefore            C. happily      D. deeply
5. A. seldom        B. just             C. hardly           D. always
6. A. them      B. it                   C. blindness        D. light
7. A. that         B. what             C. which            D. where
8. A. moments      B. encouragements       C. improvements D. changes
9. A. become        B. change               C. look         D. end
10. A. brave        B. lucky                C. sad          D. wise
11. A. something    B. everything           C. nothing      D. anything
12. A. problem      B. experience           C. difficulty       D. lesson
13. A. rest     B. whole                C. need         D. last
14. A. lonely       B. alone                C. self         D. person
15. A. company  B. group                C. society  (社会)   D. family