“Are you happy?” The simple question usually makes people confused (迷惑的). Even Mo Yan, who won a Nobel Prize, replied to it by saying, “I don’t know.”

When a migrant worker (农民工) was asked, “Are you happy? (Ni Xing Fu Ma?)” by a CCTV reporter, he looked confused before replying, “My family name is Zeng. (Wo Xing Zeng.)” This has become a joke. But his answer showed migrant workers and TV reporters live in different worlds and they cannot even communicate with each other.

Similarly, when asked, “Are you happy?” a 73-year-old man, collecting used plastic bottles in a street in Zhejiang, said, “The bottles can be sold for 0.1 yuan each.” Asked again, he said, “The government is good.” The reporter went on, “My question is ‘Are you happy?’” The old man answered, “My hearing is not good.”

The reporter probably tried to reach the same answer that the interviewees(被采访者) including the migrant worker and the old man are “happy”.

In fact, when the question is asked, we should learn about people’s true situation and their true wishes and opinions but their “Yes” or “No”.

Luckily, the government has paid more attention to the importance. Now there are many TV programs giving common people the chance to give their opinions.

“Everything we do is aimed at letting people live more happily.” At last year’s National People’s Congress (人大), Wen Jiabao said and agreed that increasing happiness would be a top aim for the 12th five-year plan.

1.Ten plastic bottles could be sold for ________ to the 73-year-old.

A．0.1 yuan          B．1 yuan            C．10 yuan           D．20 yuan

2.The government has paid more attention to the importance of ________.

A．learning about people’s true wishes and opinions

B．people’s different replies to “Are you happy?”

C．improving migrant workers’ education

D．keeping the old people’s health

3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．The reporters wanted the people to say “Yes” when asked “Are you happy?”

B．Letting people live more happily is a top aim in the next five years.

C．The reporter asked the old man three different questions.

D．We can call the migrant worker Mr. Zeng.

4.This passage is mainly about ________.

A．the questions                          B．the happiness

C．the popular songs                       D．the education

假如你是Chen Hui, 你的加拿大笔友David 想了解你的兴趣和生活喜好，请你根据下图，从4个方面进行介绍，并简单说明理由，其中3项内容已给出，另1项可适当发挥，字数不少于60词。

For many years, artists have flocked（聚集）to Paris, France, to paint or to learn to paint. Perhaps artists first went there because of the city's beauty. They went to paint pictures of the broad tree-lined streets, the great churches, and the graceful river bridges. The artists felt comfortable in Paris because the people of the city had always enjoyed art.  Paris had great art museums, filled with famous paintings and statues from many countries. And the people of Paris had always welcomed new ideas. In this city, artists felt free to experiment with new ways of painting. As soon as famous artists painted in Paris, students came to learn them. People came to buy paintings.  Men called art dealers（商人） set up galleries where paintings could be bought and sold.  Others kept shops that sold artists' paints and supplies. Students and the artists who were not yet famous could live in Paris for very little money. They learned by studying great art in the museums, and they learned from one another.  They held art fairs, hanging their paintings outdoors along the streets.

 Today, New York City and Florence, Italy, are also famous art centers.  But the world's principal art exhibits are still held in Paris.  Important judges of art live there.  Most of the new ways of painting that have started in the last hundred years began in Paris. So artists and art dealers still go to Paris because it is the world's leading art center.

（     ）6. Artists first went to Paris because _____.

A. it was very beautiful

           B. it was cheap to live there

C. there were a lot of streets, bridges and churches

 D. there were a lot of art museums

（     ）7. Artists still go to Paris now because _____.

      A. it is still very beautiful

      B. it is still cheap to live there

      C. there are more art museums

 D. it is the leading art center of the world

（      ）8. The main idea of the story is about _____.

      A. the world's most famous art center

     B. how to buy a painting in Paris

      C. the famous art centers of New York and Florence

 D. art museums and art dealers

（       ）9. The story leads us to believe _____.

 A. all artists who go to Paris will become famous

 B. the people of Paris have never liked new ideas

 C. people can buy fine paintings in Paris

 D. Paris is the most beautiful city in the world

（       ）10. The story makes us think _____.

 A. that Paris is famous for its artist's paints

B. that there is more than one way to paint

 C. that art fairs are held in galleries

 D. that few artists will go to Paris in the future

–Did you visit the 23rd National Books Expo last month?
–Yes, it was really ______. We saw many famous people, like Mo Yan, Ni Ping and Yu Dan.