Most people want to be happy, but few know how to find happiness. Money and success alone do not bring lasting happiness. Aristotle, a Greek thinker, said, “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” In other words, we make our own happiness. Here are a few suggestions to help you be happier.

  The first secret of happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life. Too often, we spend so much time thinking about the future, for example, getting into the college or getting a good job, that we fail to enjoy the present. You should enjoy life’s simple pleasures, such as reading a good book, listening to your favorite music, or spending time with close friends. People who have several close friends often live happier and healthier lives.

  Another secret to living a happy life is to be active, and have hobbies where you forget your problems and time. Many people experience this dancing, or playing a sport, such as swimming. You can forget about your problems and only think about the activity.

  Finally, many people find happiness in helping others. Studies show that people feel good when they spend their time helping others. If you want to feel happier, do good things for someone. You can help a friend with his or her studies, go shopping to buy food for an elderly person, or simply help out around the house by washing the dishes.

61. The best title of this passage is _________ .
     A. Money Makes you happy              

B. The Secret of Happiness

 C. Ideas for Helping Other People to Be Happy   

D. Good Friends Make You Happy

 62. The second paragraph mainly tells us that __________.
     A. happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life. 

     B. we shouldn’t think about our future.
     C. the more friends you have, the happier you will feel.

     D. some people fail to live a happy life.

63. The passage gives us _______ pieces of advice on happiness.
    A．one                       B．two
    C．three                      D．four
64. The writer believes that________ .
    A. everyone knows how to live a happy life.
    B. it’s wrong to spend time on work.
    C. hobbies take up too much time.
    D. doing good things for someone can make you happier

65. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

    A. Reading a good book.
    B. Travelling to a foreign country.
    C. Playing a sport.
    D. Spending time with close friends.

Everyone needs friends. We all like to feel close to someone. It is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh and do things with. Sure, there are times when we need to be alone. We don’t always want people around. But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.
No two people are the same. Sometimes friends don’t get along well. That doesn’t mean they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will go on being friends. Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very sad. We miss them very much. But we can call them and write to them. Maybe we wound never see them again. And we can make new friends. It is surprising to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them. Families sometimes name their children after a close friend. Many places are named after men and women, if they are friendly to people in a town. Some libraries are named in this way. So are some schools. We think of these people when we go to these places.
There is more good news for people, if they have friends. These people live longer than those people who don’t have friends. Why? It could be that they are happier. Being happy helps you stay well. Or it could be just knowing that someone cares. If someone cares about you, you take better care of yourself.
【小题1】 The first paragraph tells us_______
what is the feeling of having no friends
how to communicate with friends
making friends is a need in people’s life
we need to be alone in our life
【小题2】 According to the author, why sometimes friends don’t get along well? Because________
friends move away
we don’t call them and write to them
we have made new friends
no two people are the same
【小题3】 Which of the following places people name after their friendly people is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．A town

B．A room

C．A school

D．A library

【小题4】Why do people who have friends live longer?
They feel happier and healthier.
They know more about friendship.
They take less care of themselves.
They care more about their friends.
【小题5】This passage mainly tells us ______
that people are all friends        B. that people need friends
how to get to know friends       D.how to name a place

Can you imagine what our life will be like in the year 2050? Perhaps you will be flying off for a holiday on the moon, or maybe you will be taking your dog for a walk in virtual（虚拟的）reality. We recently carried out a survey（调查）of 1000 people from different countries find out what they think life will be like in the future. The results clearly show both our hopes and fears.

　　The survey suggests that friendship—one of the most important human relationships—will have changed dramatically（显著地）. People will make friends mainly through the Internet. What is more, a large number of people will come across their future spouses（配偶）in this way! Computers will have become Completely necessary by 2050. Even now, some people begin to regard them as their best friends! Others, however, say that we will become much more separated and estranged（疏远的）from each other because we will have little real human contact.

　　Education will have changed a lot, too. As more and more children will be using computers in schools, certain abilities, such as mental arithmetic（心算）won’t be necessary since there will be computer programs for most calculations（计算）. Even writing by hand—at least to some extent—will have become a thing of the past.

　　According to the survey, home life will be more and more comfortable. Most people believe that by 2050 robots will be doing housework and we will rely mainly on ready-made food. A lot of people think that we might only cook for fun in the future.

　　Space exploration（探险）will become increasingly popular. Fifty percent of the people we talked to believe that man will regularly visit Mars. They also believe that travel on our own planet will probably change. Almost everyone thinks that there will be no cars in the city center. Some even think that environmentally—friendly（利于环保的）electric of solar-powered cars will have replaced the cars we use now.

　　Pollution is something that worries us very much. Some fear that it will continue to get worse, and that it well be impossible for us to live on our polluted planet. Others even foresee（预言）that one day we’ll have to pay for clean air.

　　On the other hand, people seem to be quite optimistic about the benefits of genetic（遗传）engineering, as they think scientists will use it to cure diseases like cancers and AIDS. If scientists manage to find a cure for these, we’ll have a much healthier society.

　　Some people worry about the future, while others are full of hope and confidence（信心）. No matter how dark or bright it may seem, it is up to us to look after our planet and try to make it a better globe to live on.

(1) Many people believe that in 2050, we will ________.

[　　]

A．not pay for computers

B．seldom leave our homes

C．not have any real friends

D．find partners and friends mainly through computers

(2) The passage suggests that in 2050 ________.

[　　]

A．half of the world population will have traveled to Mars

B．students will write with typewriters only

C．cooking will not be easy to people

D．lessons taught at school and the ways in which they are taught will be very different

(3) Some people believe that pollution will have ________ by 2050.

[　　]

A．disappeared

B．killed most of the people on the planet

C．become an even worse problem

D．made our planet a warmer place to live on

(4) Many people think that by 2050 ________.

[　　]

A．there will be a cure for cancer and AIDS

B．people will have stopped dying

C．scientists will solve all the problems we face

D．people won’t get diseases

Can you imagine what our life will be like in the year 2050? Perhaps you will be flying off for a holiday on the moon, or maybe you will be taking your dog for a walk in virtual（虚拟的）reality. We recently carried out a survey（调查）of 1000 people from different countries find out what they think life will be like in the future. The results clearly show both our hopes and fears.

　　The survey suggests that friendship—one of the most important human relationships—will have changed dramatically（显著地）. People will make friends mainly through the Internet. What is more, a large number of people will come across their future spouses（配偶）in this way! Computers will have become Completely necessary by 2050. Even now, some people begin to regard them as their best friends! Others, however, say that we will become much more separated and estranged（疏远的）from each other because we will have little real human contact.

　　Education will have changed a lot, too. As more and more children will be using computers in schools, certain abilities, such as mental arithmetic（心算）won’t be necessary since there will be computer programs for most calculations（计算）. Even writing by hand—at least to some extent—will have become a thing of the past.

　　According to the survey, home life will be more and more comfortable. Most people believe that by 2050 robots will be doing housework and we will rely mainly on ready-made food. A lot of people think that we might only cook for fun in the future.

　　Space exploration（探险）will become increasingly popular. Fifty percent of the people we talked to believe that man will regularly visit Mars. They also believe that travel on our own planet will probably change. Almost everyone thinks that there will be no cars in the city center. Some even think that environmentally—friendly（利于环保的）electric of solar-powered cars will have replaced the cars we use now.

　　Pollution is something that worries us very much. Some fear that it will continue to get worse, and that it well be impossible for us to live on our polluted planet. Others even foresee（预言）that one day we’ll have to pay for clean air.

　　On the other hand, people seem to be quite optimistic about the benefits of genetic（遗传）engineering, as they think scientists will use it to cure diseases like cancers and AIDS. If scientists manage to find a cure for these, we’ll have a much healthier society.

　　Some people worry about the future, while others are full of hope and confidence（信心）. No matter how dark or bright it may seem, it is up to us to look after our planet and try to make it a better globe to live on.

(1) Many people believe that in 2050, we will ________.

[　　]

A．not pay for computers

B．seldom leave our homes

C．not have any real friends

D．find partners and friends mainly through computers

(2) The passage suggests that in 2050 ________.

[　　]

A．half of the world population will have traveled to Mars

B．students will write with typewriters only

C．cooking will not be easy to people

D．lessons taught at school and the ways in which they are taught will be very different

(3) Some people believe that pollution will have ________ by 2050.

[　　]

A．disappeared

B．killed most of the people on the planet

C．become an even worse problem

D．made our planet a warmer place to live on

(4) Many people think that by 2050 ________.

[　　]

A．there will be a cure for cancer and AIDS

B．people will have stopped dying

C．scientists will solve all the problems we face

D．people won’t get diseases

Eco City Farms are becoming more popular in cities and towns around the Unites States.
Eco City Farms in Edmonton, Maryland, is located near shopping centers, car repair shops and homes. The neighborhood is a working-class community. People do not have very much money. And they have limited access to fresh food in markets.
Over the past two years, the farm has attracted volunteers form the community like Marcy Clark. She schools her four children at home. On a recent day she brought them to Eco City Farms for a lesson, her son Alston Clark thinks his experience is very valuable. “I like coming out here,” he says, “You know, you connect with the earth, where your food comes from. You appreciate the food a little bit more.”
Margaret Morgan started Eco City Farms. She thinks of it as a place where people can learn to live healthier lives. “Growing food in a community brings people together, ”she continues, “Every piece of what we do here is a demonstration (范例) to show people everything about how to have an eco-friendly community.” she says. From the Eco City Farms people come to know that they are not only growing food and raising chickens and bees, but improving the soil with compost (肥料) made from food waste.
Eco City Farms is an experimental operation. The farm gets its power not from the local electricity networks, but from the sun with solar panels (板). In winter, the green house use a geothermal (地热) system.
Vegetables can be grown all year. So once a week, all winter long, neighbors like Chris Moss and her three children bike to the farm to pick up a share of the harvest.
“I like eating the vegetables” say five-year-old Owen Moss.
【小题1】What is mainly talked about in the passage?

A．Eco City Farms save a lot of energy.

B．Eco City Farms are influencing community life.

C．Eco City Farms helps the working-class live better.

D．Eco City Farms are gaining popularity.

【小题2】What is the author’s attitude toward Eco City Farms?

A．Enthusiastic.	B．Disappointed.
C．Surprised.	D．Doubtful.

【小题3】According to the passage, Eco City Farms are close to the following places EXCEPT______.

A．shopping centers

B．car repair shops

C．fast-food restaurants

D．working-class community

【小题4】In which of a newspaper can you most probably read this article?

A．People.	B．Travel.
C．Environment.	D．Education.