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? Because those people who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who has cars may want to walk on the country road at 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. When you take lessons, your parents are always taking care of your life and health. When you get 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 notice a bit of them , you can see that happiness is always around you.

Happiness is not the same as money. It’s a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are 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 goes, “ 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.

1.According to the passage, which of the following is happiness?

A．You have lots of money, but you have no friends.

B．When you’re in trouble, your classmates often help you.

C．You have a big house, but you always feel lonely.

D．When you meet difficulties, you give up at once.

2.What does the underlined word “ it ”refer to?

A．Happiness.         B．Trouble           C．Health            D．Difficulty

3.The third paragraph(段) tells us that ________.

A．Poor people are always happy.             B．Difficulties means happiness.

C．Happiness is a feeling of heart.             D．Life is the revolving door.

4.What would be the best title for this passage?

A．Money and cars.                        B．Happiness is everywhere.

C．Happiness is money.                     D．Luck in life.

Don’t forget     an umbrella      you. It’s going to rain.

A．to take , to         B．taking , to          C．to take, with       D．taking , with

The summer vacation is the best time for students. They can go outdoors and have fun. They can go to big cities to        , or go to the countryside to enjoy the beauty of       . Peter is an American middle school student and he loves      very much. He always travels in his country.  This summer vacation he wants to do        . He is interested in Chinese history.         he is flying to Beijing and Xi’an for the summer vacation. He is leaving on July 12th and      New York on the last day of the month. He plans        a fantastic vacation. During the      , he is visiting places of interest and going shopping. At night, he is       to enjoy the night views. He is sure he will have a       time.

1.A. watch TV          B. exercising        C. go sightseeing        D. go fishing

2.A. buildings           B. city             C. farm               D. nature

3.A. travelling           B. shopping        C. fishing              D. hiking

4.A. something difference  B. different something C. something different   D. difference something

5.A. Because             B. So             C. But                D. Although

6.A. getting back to       B. get back to       C. getting back         D. gets back to

7.A. having             B. to have         C. to having           D. had

8.A. weekend            B. week           C. night               D. day

9.A. take a walk          B. taking walks     C. takes a walk        D. take walks

10.A. great              B. well            C. terrible             D. boring

1.What can’t we do in the library?

A．Borrow books.                         B．Renew books.

C．Keep the library book for a week.           D．Take books out anytime

2.What do you have to do if we lose the library books?

A．Buy them                             B．Pay for them

C．Renew them                           D．Ask the people there.

3.When can you go to the library?

A．8:30am. on Saturday.                    B．2:30pm. on Sunday.

C．10:30pm. on Friday.                      D．3:30pm. on Tuesday.

Taking away a city’s rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it. Most rubbish is made up of things we can’t eat or use. If we kept these things we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.

In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of the city to a dump(垃圾站). Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole. The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage system. The sewage system takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs(澡盆) and other places.

To keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. Finally, a house or a school may be built there, and then you’d never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump.

In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. The fire burns everything but the metal. Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus(腐殖土), which looks like black earth. It is rich with kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow.

1.You can most probably read the passage in _______.

A．a history book                          B．a TV guide

C．a science book                         D．a telephone book

2.The underlined word “sewage” in the passage means_______.

A．排污             B．染色             C．洗涤             D．吸尘

3.How should we take care of a used metal box according to the passage?

A．By burning it off.                        B．By putting it in water.

C．By throwing it away.                      D．By reusing and recycling it.