Linda was a sixteen-year-old girl in Canada . She was feeling bad for several days . Her mother took her to a hospital and the doctors found out that she had cancer .

    Linda ' s life changed . She began to go to the hospital often for treatment (治疗）,and she also became depressed .

    The hospitals and the doctors were good , but Linda did not have hope herself . Linda ' s mother called a flower shop close to the hospital . “ I want some beautiful flowers for my daughter. She is a teen girl with cancer . ” She told the shop owner .

Later , the flowers arrived . Then Linda saw something unusual . It was a card . It read , “

Linda ,

I own (拥有 ）this flower shop . I had cancer when I was fifteen years old . I am 24 years old now . Good luck . My heart goes out to you .

                                                        Yours ,

                                                         Alice.

Linda smiled . She finally felt some real hope . She found the will ( 意志 ）to live.

Little things make a big difference . All of us can give little things like kindness , encouragement and hope to others .

1.Why was Linda feeling bad for several days ?

A. Because she was seriously ill .

B. Because she had no friend.

C. Because her life changed .

2.What does the underline word “ depressed  ”mean in Paragraph ( 段）2 ？

A. Safe          B. Serious .      C. Sad .

3.Who sent Linda a card ?

A. Her mother .    B. A doctor .      C. A shop owner .

4.What happened to Linda after reading the card ?

A . She became hopeful about life .

B . She wanted to work with Alice .

C . She thanked her mother a lot .

5.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage ?

A . Be kind to yourself .

B .Little things make a big difference .

C . Try something different .

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

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.