Happiness is important for everyone. Most people want to be happy but few know how to find happiness. Money and success don’t bring lasting happiness. Happiness depends on ourselves. In other words, we make our own happiness.
Some people believe that if they are wealthy, they will be able to do anything they want, which means happiness. On the other hand, some people believe that holding a high position in the government is happiness. In this way, you have not only money, but also many other things which can’t be bought by money. However, other people believe that having lots of money is not happiness, nor is holding a high position in the government. These people value(重视) their beliefs, or their intelligence, or their health. They think these can make them happy.
Here are a few ways 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 college or getting a good job, that we don’t 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 close friends usually enjoy happier and healthier lives.
The second secret of happiness is to be active. Many people go dancing or play sports. People can forget about their problems and only think about the activities.
Finally, many people find happiness in helping others. According to studies, people feel good when they volunteer their time to do many meaningful things for other people. If you want to feel happier, do something nice for someone. You can help a friend with his or her studies, go shopping to get food for an old neighbor, or simply help around the house.
Now maybe you know how to find happiness! The underlined word “wealthy” means “__________” in the article.
| A．pleased | B．healthy | C．excited | D．rich |
Some people who hold a high position in the government think they can _________.
| A．get money and something they can’t buy with money |
| B．do what they want to do at any time |
| C．enjoy health which makes them work hard |
| D．take an active part in all kinds of activities every day |
The writer thinks the secret of happiness is that people ___________.
| A．think about getting a good job | B．think of presents they don’t like |
| C．often spend time with close friends | D．often spend time on entering the college |
Many people find it happy to ___________.
| A．remember the old days and troubles | B．do some meaningful things for others |
| C．go shopping to buy some food | D．make much money and little success |
The passage mainly tells us __________.
| A．how to find happiness | B．how to save happiness |
| C．to do something good for others | D．to value our beliefs or health |
It is believed in some ways that the daughter is father’s lover. But my experience has taught me in a different way. For a long time, my father has been a very vague figure（模糊的形象）to me. He was a man of few words, tall but slim and nothing else.
When I was in primary school, my father was never there to pick me up, and he never came to any of my parent-teacher meetings. He was always busy doing projects. I remember when I was in middle school and my head was badly hurt in a PE class. During my operation, my father was nowhere to be found. This hurt me most. At that moment, I considered my father as a cold-blooded man who did not care about me at all.
But things seemed different at my high school graduation ceremony, where I was chosen to represent my class and give a speech. My father, once again, told me he had a business trip in a place outside the city and would be unable to show up（露面）. “Don’t come. I will be very nervous if I see you,” I told him.
I remember my speech went smoothly. After the ceremony was over and I was about to leave. I suddenly noticed a familiar（熟悉的）looking man sitting in a corner of the hall. It was my father! I was so surprised that I rushed to him with tears（眼泪）running down my face. “Well done,” he said. His eyes were also filled with tears.
Later, I found out that my father had managed to finish his work by staying up late, and he drove for eight hours to get back. He had been sitting in the corner because he didn’t want me to see him. My father remembered every word in my speech.
For much of my life, I described my father was a cold-blooded man who only cared about his work. But when I thought deeply about this, it was obviously（明显地）not true. At my graduation ceremony. I could feel my father’s deep love. The fact is that seeing is not believing, and seeing may not be the fact if we don’t perceive（感知）the world with our hearts and minds. There’s no doubt that life doesn’t lack（缺少）love, but sometimes our eyes have trouble seeing it.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．The writer’s father was in the hospital during her operation. |
| B．The writer’s father attended her high school graduation ceremony. |
| C．The writer’s father sometimes picked her up when she was in primary school |
| D．The writer’s father went to parent-teacher meeting when she was in primary school. |
The writer rushed to her father with tears running down her face mainly because .
| A．she gave a speech successfully |
| B．the graduation ceremony was over |
| C．she was so nervous that she couldn’t help crying |
| D．she was touched to find her father cared about her |
What does the underlined word “this” in the last paragraph refer to（指代）?
| A．That my father was always doing projects. |
| B．That my father was a cold-blooded man. |
| C．That my father sat in the corner of the hall. |
| D．That my father’s eyes were filled with tears. |
What’s the best title of the passage?
| A．My busy father | B．Life is full of love |
| C．Seeing is not believing | D．A wonderful speech |
For many Chinese, winter holiday season doesn’t seem complete without the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. But it’s impossible to satisfy all 1.3 billion Chinese.
Even if you, especially young audience（观众）complain about the Spring Festival Gala, watching it while having Lunar New Year’s Eve dinner has become a common way for families to get together. It’s much more than just a TV program, it’s also a way to bring family members together and get them talking during the holiday. Think about how you’ll watch the gala and discover its fun.
1. Share your opinions（观点）about the programs and artists with your family members. Introduce artists who young people enjoy to the elderly memebers of your family, such as “fellow brother” William Chan, or former（以前的）singing group EXO members Kris Wu and Lu Han.
2. Post your compliments and complaints on micro blogs and WeChat moments to share with friends. Then they will know what you’re satisfied with and what you complain about. In recent years, the gala is trying to attract young people by using Internet slang（俚语）. Guessing when and what Internet chat lingo（术语）will be mentioned in the show is surely going to be hot on social media. Will there be “drunk and tired”（也是醉了）? Have a bet with friends.
3. Online video websites such as IQiyi and Youku have introduced a real-time online discussion system. All comments（评论）are displayed on the screen. You can try watching the show in this interactive（互动的）way instead of the traditional TV sets so that you may know others’ opinions about the programs in the Spring Festival Gala.What does the underlined word “compliments” mean?
| A．praise | B．advice |
| C．messages | D．instructions |
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
| A．Using Internet slang to attract young audience. |
| B．Introducing types of programs in the Spring Festival Gala. |
| C．Watching the Spring Festival Gala on the online video websites. |
| D．Posting compliments and complaints on micro blogs and WeChat moments. |
The writer mainly wants to tell us .
| A．not all 1.3 billion Chinese are satisfied with the Spring Festival Gala |
| B．winter holiday season is the time when family members get together |
| C．several ways for audience to discover the fun of the Spring Festival Gala |
| D．the Spring Festival Gala is the best way to bring family members together |
阅读下面的三篇短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
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Attention, please! Sunshine Language Learning Center will set a course and it will teach pure （纯正的）British English. Maybe you’ve known some British expressions are quite different from American ones. British people use “autumn” for “fall”, “film” for “movie”, “holiday” for “vacation”, “garden” for “yard”, etc.
There are more typical（典型的）expressions that you may not know. Here are Mr Bean’s examples.
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“cheers” or “thanks” |
British people use “Cheers” much more often than “Thanks”. “Cheers” is often used by them in daily informal conversations for small favours（帮助）, such as opening doors for others, lending somebody a pen, showing strangers ways,… |
| Present Perfect Tense or Simple Past Tense |
It’s more common to hear the British say “Have you done your work?” than “Did you do your work?” They prefer present tense to simple past tense. |
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Are you interested in it? Do you want to learn? You can learn British English well if you put much effort into it. We have some native British English teachers with much experience to help you. The course will be open in the coming summer holiday. The price of the course is not very high: ￥500 for one person; ￥900 for two (10% off); ￥1,200 for three (20% off); for four or more, 30% off.
For further details, call 400-810-2345 or search http://www.BEcourse.com. Come and join us!The passage is most probably a(n) .
| A．story | B．notice |
| C．invitation | D．advertisement |
Some typical British expressions are quoted（引用）mainly because the course organizers think .
| A．English is hard to learn and needs hard work |
| B．these typical English expressions are interesting |
| C．some learners can be attracted to take the course |
| D．British English expressions are better than American ones |
If you and thress of your classmates have decided to take the course, how much will you pay all together?
| A．￥1,200 | B．￥1,400 |
| C．￥1,500 | D．￥1,600 |
I have been very lucky to make many trips to China. Though I have had some trouble with the language, I have never had a problem I couldn’t solve. As a native English speaker（土生土长的说英语的人），I can go almost everywhere in the world and find someone to communicate with. I never thought that someone who speaks only Chinese would have a lot of trouble in my country.
Recently, the King family that I had met in China moved to Canada. I met them at the airport. My wife and I made meals for them and showed them around where we live. Everything seemed to go smoothly for the first two days as we looked for a car for them, showed them the way to different stores and the nearest city, Victoria. Mr. and Mrs King had a two-year-old son and soon we became Nainai (grandmother) and Yeye (grandfather). We were having a good time but we didn’t realize Mr. King can’t speak English.
Luckily, Mrs. King can speak very good English. Many people with Chinese background live near us. In fact, none of them speak Chinese. Mr. King can’t even buy a mobile phone without his wife’s help. He can’t talk to me, of course. By the third day, he felt lonely and worried. And on the fourth day, we decided to take them to a large Chinese community.
Now, we often visit them and they visit us too. Sometimes Mrs. King would still like to live near us but Mr. King cannot. I feel bad because he seems very nice and smart but I can’t talk with him. It seems that neither of us will learn the other’s language because of our ages, maybe we will never have a friendly conversation. But we will think of each other as friends.The writer doesn’t have any trouble in travelling around the world possibly because _______.
| A．he’s very lucky |
| B．he speaks very good English |
| C．he’s good at speaking Chinese |
| D．he is good at communicating with others |
How did the two families feel on the first two days?
| A．Sad | B．Happy. | C．Worried | D．Lonely. |
Who can’t speak English in this passage?
| A．Mr. King | B．Mrs. King |
| C．The writer | D．The writer’s wife |
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
| A．How the King family came to Canada. |
| B．How old Mr. and Mrs. King’s son was. |
| C．Why the King family moved to Canada. |
| D．Why the writer feels bad when he is with Mr. King. |
What can we infer（推断）from the passage?
| A．Mr. King is not clever at all. |
| B．The writer has never been to China before. |
| C．Both the writer and Mr. King are quite young. |
| D．The two families live a little far away from each other now. |
One day I got in a taxi, and we left for the airport. We were driving in the right lane（车道）when, suddenly, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver stopped his car at once. The tire（轮胎） made a very loud noise, and at the very last moment our car stopped just one inch from the back of the other car.
I was frightened. But then I couldn’t believe what happened next. The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident, turned his head and started yelling at us. I couldn’t believe it! But my taxi driver just smiled at the guy. So I asked, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost sent us to hospital.”
This is when my taxi driver taught my what I now call, “The Law of the Rubbush Truck（垃圾车法则）.” He explained that many people are like rubbish trucks. They run around full of rubbish, full of anger and full of bad feelings. As their rubbish piles up, they look for a place to throw it away and sometimes they’ll throw it at you. Don’t take it personally. Just smile, wish them well, and move on. Don’t take their rubbish and spread it to other people at work, at home or on the streets.
Successful people never let rubbish trucks change their moods. Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so love those who love you and pray（祈祷）for those who don’t.
Which of the following is NOT true according to the first paragraph?
| A．The writer went to the airport by taxi that day. |
| B．The taxi driver stopped his car in time. |
| C．The black car jumped out and crashed into the taxi. |
| D．A car accident nearly happened on the writer’s way to the airport. |
The underlined word yelling in the second paragraph means in Chinese.
| A．道歉 | B．傻笑 | C．吼叫 | D．告别 |
Why did the guy get angry so easily?
| A．Because he was in a bad mood. |
| B．Because his car was full of rubbish. |
| C．Because he was badly hurt by the taxi. |
| D．Because the taxi driver didn’t say sorry to him. |
From the passage, we can tell that the taxi driver is _______.
| A．silly and dishonest | B．wise and friendly |
| C．helpful but nervous | D．modest but impatient |
What does the passage mainly tell us?
| A．Fight with people like rubbish trucks. |
| B．Make friends with people like rubbish trucks. |
| C．Have a quarrel with people like rubbish trucks. |
| D．Don’t let rubbish trucks change our moods. |