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.

One day at the end of the class, a wise teacher told each of her students to   1  a plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school.
The next day she told her students: “From today on, for every person you don't like in your lives, you can choose a potato, write the person's name and the date   2  it and then put it in the plastic bag.” Day after day, some of the students' bags were very   3 . They were then told to carry this bag with them everywhere they went for a week. They would put it inside their quilts 4  , on the seats when sitting in a car or on a bus , and next to their desks at school. The days carrying the bag around with them   5  students get to know what a weight they were carrying in their minds. They had to pay attention to it all the time   6  they wouldn't forget it. As time passed by, the potatoes went bad and   7  nasty(恶心). They all tired to get rid of them.
Too often we think of tolerance（宽容）as a gift to   8  people, and it clearly is for ourselves! If we choose to keep our sadness and hatred（仇恨）in our   9 , we will have to
carry them around all our lives.
Do you think you have got   10  from the wise teacher and what she asked her students
to do?

I live in a small town near Xing'an in Guilin. You can't see it on the map of China, because it is too small. The air here is very fresh(清新的).

There are not many tall buildings in our town. The tallest building is in our school. There are five hundred students and twenty-five teachers in our school.

In the front of the school, there is a playground. I often play basketball with my classmates on it. There is a little garden behind our school. And we can grow (种植) beautiful flowers and plant trees there. Next to the garden, there is an orange orchard(果园). You can hear birds singing everywhere.

There is a river not far from our school. In summer, we usually go swimming with our teachers in it. We study Chinese, English, Maths and other subjects at school. The teachers are very nice. We love our school.

Do you like my town? I hope you can come here to have a look.

1.The writer lives_______.

A.in a small town B.in the city C. in the country D. in a tall building

2.There is_______in the front of our school.

A. a river B. an orange orchard C. a playground D.a garden

3.How many students are there in the school?

A. 4025 B. 500 C. 245 D.425

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. There are many tall building in the town

B. People can hear students singing everywhere.

C. There is a river in the school

D.Behind the school there is a garden

One day at the end of the class, a wise teacher told each of her students to   1   a plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school.

    The next day she told her students: “From today on, for every person you don't like in your lives, you can choose a potato, write the person's name and the date   2   it and then put it in the plastic bag.” Day after day, some of the students' bags were very   3  . They were then told to carry this bag with them everywhere they went for a week. They would put it inside their quilts 4   , on the seats when sitting in a car or on a bus , and next to their desks at school. The days carrying the bag around with them   5   students get to know what a weight they were carrying in their minds. They had to pay attention to it all the time   6   they wouldn't forget it. As time passed by, the potatoes went bad and   7   nasty(恶心). They all tired to get rid of them.

    Too often we think of tolerance（宽容）as a gift to   8   people, and it clearly is for ourselves! If we choose to keep our sadness and hatred（仇恨）in our   9  , we will have to

carry them around all our lives.

    Do you think you have got   10   from the wise teacher and what she asked her students

to do?

1. A. take           B. bring           C. put             D. show

2. A. in             B. at              C. on             D. with

3. A. heave          B. strong          C. light            D. big

4. A. in the morning   B. in the afternoon  C. during the day    D. at night

5. A. kept           B. made           C. asked           D. allowed

6. A. as soon as      B. since            C. so that          D. until

7. A. sounded       B. tasted            C. smelt           D. felt

8. A. another        B. other            C. the other        D. others

9.A. hands         B. eyes             C. stomachs        D. hearts

10. A. anything      B. nothing          C. somebody        D. Anybody

We went into a secondhand shop to get out of the rain.
I took my 6-year-old daughter’s hand and we started to walk around. Suddenly she reached out her hand to touch a pair of shiny black shoes.
“Buy for me?” she asked.
“Oh, Sweetie, they are tap dancing (踢踏舞) shoes. You aren’t taking tap dance.”
“Buy for me?” she repeated.
“Well, let’s try them on.”
She sat on the floor and took off her bright pink rain boots . When she stood up we heard “click”. She took a step, “click, click, click.”
The sun came out and we went on our way. Our next stop was the grocery store(杂货店).
“Click, click, click…” people turned to look as we entered the store. People would never allow their ?daughter to wear tap dancing shoes to the grocery store .
“Excuse me, dear. Why would you allow your daughter to wear tap dancing shoes here?  They make such a noise.”
“Isn’t it wonderful?”
“Wonderful? My dear, this is not the place to wear those shoes.”
“You don’t understand. When she was a baby, doctors told us that she would never walk or talk. It has taken a lot of hard work and patience, but she asked for the shoes and the ‘click, click, click’ says that she can walk,” I said.
My daughter is 18 now and will graduate from grade 12 in June. It has not always been easy, but it has all been worthwhile (值得做的). She has taught me that it doesn’t matter what others think. They don’t walk in your shoes.

【小题1】Why did the mother and daughter go to the secondhand shop?