Will you be happy if you have a new Nike T-shirt on? Probably you will．But what if you see a friend 1  a more fashionable（时髦的）and more beautiful one? You may not feel as satisfied

2  you expect to and the feeling of happiness may disappear in a minute．

    Why are we not so happy we should be? the secret is：we focus（专注）on what we want

instead of what we have．We keep making Our list of desires（愿望）longer and longer．As a result，

we are not pleased with what we have  3 owned．We say to ourselves,“I’11 be happy when this

desire is satisfied．”However, another desire appears when this one is met．So。we still don’t feel  happy though we have got what we want．Happiness   4  when we always have new desires

hard to satisfy．

    Luckily．there is a way to be happy．Think more about what we have than what we want．Rather than wish you were 5  to have an enjoyable vacation on the beach．think of  6  fun you have had nelil home．Similarly，instead of hating to do much homework，7 teachers for

making you have the chance to practice mole．The list of what you have can also be endless．Each

time you find yourself falling into “I wish life was different” trap（陷阱），take a deep breath and think of 8  you have every" had．

  Pay anole's attention to what you have，and you’11 probably get mole of what you want． 9

example，your good attitude toward doing homework can bring exeunt grades in exanlt8 because 10  makes perfect．

    Start to focus on what we have! The more we feel satisfied．the more happily we’ll live．

根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

（    ）1．A．wearing                           B．to wear                   C．wore

（    ）2．A．very                                B．as                           C．too

（    ）3．A．already                            B．yet                         C．far

（    ）4．A．can’t be found                 B．Call be found           C．can find

（    ）5．A．used                  B．sad              C．able

（    ）6．A．how                                B．what                       C．whose

（    ）7．A．thank                              B．refuse                     C．dislike

（    ）8．A．everything                       B．thing                       C．nothing’

（    ）9．A．As                                  B．For                         C．On

（    ）10．A．exercises                       B．grade                      C．practice

    Do you know Beckham, a football star? Recently my ears are full of fine words from my friends around me, such as, "Oh, Beckham is so handsome, so cool, that I can't help loving him!" or "What perfect skills he has!" Yeah, I  16   with them to some degree, though I sometimes do want to ___17   them how much they know about Beckham, besides (除了) his   18   and how much they know about football. It seems funny that we are   19   for those things. In fact, we don't know the things well or we are not   20   about them. But we all. My friends as well as I, consider this one of life's   21   .

     We need these pleasures to make our lives brighter. But that isn't equal to craziness or rubbish. As an old saying goes: "Don't judge (评判) a book by its cover." We should not judge anything from its appearance. We should all know that it is one's good qualities and great    22   that make one a star and well-known. Therefore, we'd better say   23   about Beckham's good looks.

     If we close our eyes, falling in deep thought, and   24   it over, we can find the things that cause us to be really happy or sad have a   25   picture. From the picture, we find that the things are different. If we don't go deeper and are just satisfied with the   26   of the things, sooner or later we will find we have not really  27   anything because the pleasant outside of the things has misled (误导) us, and we'll keep doing something silly  28   we realize the facts and make some changes.

     I believe that thinking it over and going deeper is a   29   of great progress (进步). It one day we are   30  to go deeper into everything, we will finally prove how much we have grown up, mad prove how wise and mature (成熟的) we have become.

16. A. expect         B. agree         C. hope          D. think

17. A. ask           B. tell           C. teach         D. doubt

18. A. skills           B. fame          C. team          D. appearance

19. A. grateful        B. crazy         C. serious        D. famous

20. A. sure           B, happy         C. pleased        D. careful

21. A. aims           B. conclusions    C. pleasures      D. spirits

22. A. treasure         B~ success        C. looks          D. advertisement

23. A. more           B. something     C. less           D. nothing

24. A. getting         B. passing      C. turning       D. thinking

25. A. clear           B. dark          C. frightening     D. exciting

26. A. trueness        B. environment   C. outside        D. inside

27. A. believed        B. promised      C. affected       D. received

28. A. since           B. although       C. unless         D. when

29. A. sign           B. cause         C. medal         D. goal

30. A. frightened      B. willing        C. likely         D. possible

If you have failed in the past to try to make big changes in life，try again now，one tiny step at a time．
Every year it’s the same．As December comes to an end，you think about the new year and all the ways you want to improve your life. But as you start to write down your hopes for the new year，you think about the last year．You excitedly write down all the changes you are going to make，but by the end of January those ideas get lost in your busy life．
Here’s a suggestion：Forget the too big，hard-to-achieve goals(目标) and just think about the small ones．“We often think that we have to do everything in big steps, even though it’s so hard for us to reach it．” said Robert Maurer，who recently wrote the book One Small Step Can Change Your Life．“What we try to do is to begin with such a small step that we can’t find any excuse not to do it．”
“Kaizen”，a Japanese word，is used to mean to change behavior and attitudes（态度）．During World War Il，American factory managers were able to increase productivity by trying small, continuous improvements instead of sudden changes．After the war，the idea was brought to a rebuilding Japan．It made Japan develop fast. The Japanese called it “kaizen”, which means “improvement”．
Maurer studied the idea and did some experiments with it. “Kaizen” could possibly help people succeed in doing everything

1. 1.

   Robert Maurer wrote a book to tell us           

   1. A.
      we should do everything in big steps
   2. B.
      how to change one’s life with one small step
   3. C.
      we should try a lot of sudden changes
   4. D.
      how to find a small step without any excuse
2. 2.

   The writer of the passage suggests we should           

   1. A.
      make changes at the end of the year
   2. B.
      do few experiments with “kaizen”
   3. C.
      do things with hard-to-achieve goals
   4. D.
      take a tiny step to achieve big goals
3. 3.

   Which of the following is TRUE from the passage?

   1. A.
      Robert Maurer studied “kaizen” and found it helpful
   2. B.
      You can achieve your goals if you are not too busy
   3. C.
      You can’t find any excuse not to reach a big goal
   4. D.
      “Kaizen” was brought to Japan during World WarⅡ

I’ve been working in a school for more than twenty years. Many parents often ask me, “How can you teach your child good study skills? How can he or she get the homework done as quickly as possible?” Here are some tips:  
1. If the child is as young as nine or ten, ask him or her to prepare a small notebook to write down the homework given by his or her teachers. By developing this habit, he or she will learn to be much more responsible (负责的).
2. Find a good place to study. This should be a quiet place that is free from everything but study things. No games, radios, or televisions. Once you have decided on a place to study, this should be the only place where your child does his or her homework and studies. There should also be a very specific time for homework to be done. Usually, homework should be done as soon as the child gets home from school. This also goes for the kids who take part in after-school activities. Of course, it is a good idea to allow the child to have a healthy snack before the work begins.
3. Also remember that it is the child’s duty to do his or her homework. Some children give up easily and go to Mom and Dad for help when they have a problem. Try to let them solve it first. By doing this, they will get a sense of success from overcoming problems. In this way we help them to help themselves.
【小题1】Asking the kids to keep a notebook to remember their homework will make them ______.

Chinese are very generous in educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States and Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities such as musical instrument learning or ballet classes, or other classes. They think these will give them a good future. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend much unreasonable money on education. Even poor parents will buy a computer for their son or daughter.

However, most parents don’t understand that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.

Parents can see that their children are very good in some areas while poor in others. Parents can also see some children are good at these skills and others do well in others. Most parents don’t realize that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.

The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need are to be confident, happy and clever.

Parents can achieve this by teaching skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework. Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking needs patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and lots of self-confidence. 

Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with, will make him curious(好奇的) and improve his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them. Your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.

1.We know from this passage parents in China         .

A．are too strict with their children

B．are too rich to educate their children

C．are too poor to educate their children

D．have some problems in educating their children correctly

2.We learn from the passage that        .

A．the cheaper an education is, the better it is

B．children today should learn difficult skills

C．practical skills are helpful to children’s growth

D．school education can’t meet parents’ expectations

3.Doing some cooking at home helps children        .

A．benefit (有益于) from it and prepare themselves for the future

B．learn how to serve their parents

C．learn how to become strong and fat

D．make their parents believe that they are clever

4.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．Broken things are useful for children

B．Interest is necessary for everything

C．Learning to think is very important.

D．Using hands helps improve thinking ability