People's Daily Online 07:57, March 13, 2014
According to "China’s Economic Life Survey 2013-2014", reported by CCTV (China Central Television) on March 4, 20 cities in China has been chosen as the happiest cities in the country. The China’s Economic Life Survey, sponsored by CCTV, the National Bureau of Statistics, China Post Group Corporation and National School of Development at Peking University, is China's largest national media and public survey. More than 100,000 families across 300 counties and 104 cities took part in this nationwide questionnaire（问卷调查）. The survey focused on the income, expenditure, social security, and life quality.
Here are the top 20 happiest cities in China.
Haikou, Hainan Province, Changsha, Hunan Province ,Taiyuan, Shanxi Province ,Nanjing, Jiangsu Province ,Tianjin, Hefei, Anhui Province, Chongqing ,Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, Xining, Qinghai Province, Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region,Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province,Yongzhou, Hunan Province, Yichun, Heilongjiang Province ,Huangshan, Anhui Province ,Huzhou, Zhejiang Province,Chuzhou, Anhui Province,Mianyang, Sichuan Province ,Shangrao, Jiangxi Province,Bozhou, Anhui Province.Maybe the passage is from a/an ______.
| A．ad | B．newspaper | C．textbook | D．story |
_____cities in Anhui are mentioned in the passage.
| A．Three | B．Four | C．Five | D．Two |
According to the passage, no city in _____ is chosen as the top 20 happiest cities in China.
| A．Zhejiang Province | B．Jiangxi Province |
| C．Shanxi Province | D．Hubei Province |
Hello，My name is Dale Smith.I am a good boy. Look at this. It’s a blue bag. It is my bag. What’s in it? Look, this is my English book.What color is it? It’s blue, too. My Chinese book is also in my bag. It is yellow. This is my pencil case. It’s big and nice. I like English and Chinese. My bag is my good friend. I like(喜欢) it very much.
| A．yellow | B．blue | C．nice | D．big |
| A．My English book | B．My Chinese book |
| C．My pencil case | D．My notebook |
| A．也 | B．颜色 | C．不在 | D．放进 |
| A．Chinese book | B．English book |
| C．pencil case | D．bag |
| A．yellow | B．blue |
| C．big and nice | D．my friend |
This is Mike’s bedroom. You can see a desk and a bed in the room. On the desk, there is a bag and three books. One is a Chinese book, the other two are English books. There is a clock on the desk, too. You can see a baseball under the desk. On the bed there is a box. Can you guess(猜) what’s in the box? Ah, it’s a new computer game. It’s the present(礼物) for Mike’s seventh(第七) birthday.
| A．May’s. | B．Mike’s. |
| C．Simon’s | D．Mark’s |
| A．One | B．Two | C．Three | D．Four |
| A．A clock | B．A bed |
| C．A baseball | D．A notebook |
| A．Book | B．Bag |
| C．Computer | D．Clock |
| A．On the desk | B．Under the bed |
| C．On the bed | D．In the desk |
| Lost A new watch is lost. It’s black with a Mickey Mouse on it. Call Xiao Yu at 580-3302. |
| Found A schoolbag is found. Four books and a pencil case are in it. Is it your schoolbag? Please call Liu Xing at 303-1110. |
| Found Some keys are found in the classroom. Are they your keys? Call Kelsey at 535-0083. |
| Lost Lost: My school ID card. My name is Lin Xu. |
| A．a watch | B．a schoolbag |
| C．some books | D．a pencil case |
| A．686-6034 | B．535-0083 |
| C．303-1110 | D．580-3302 |
A. Books.B. A pencil case.
C. A set of keys. D. A and B.
| A．303-1110 | B．535-0083 |
| C．686-6034 | D．580-3302 |
| A．Wang Ya’s. | B．Kelsey’s. |
| C．Liu Xing’s. | D．Lin Xu’s. |
Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(住房汽车)
A small car can hold four persons and a large car can hold six persons， but it is very crowded A van hold seven persons easily, so a family with three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel. They could all travel together.
Mr. Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and bus a van. Their sixth and seventh seats are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases(衣箱)when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents’ home, the suitcases are brought out. The two seats can then carry the grandparents.
Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.
| A．a motor car | B．a motor home |
| C．a motorbike | D．a big truck |
| A．sold their old house |
| B．moved to their grandparents' house |
| C．built a new place for a van |
| D．sold their second car |
| A．to travel with all the family members of holiday |
| B．to do some shopping with all the family members |
| C．to visit their grandparents at weekends |
| D．to drive their children to school every day |
| A．they can take people to another city when people are free |
| B．they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays |
| C．some people think motor homes are cheap |
| D．big families can put more things in motor homes |
“Depend on yourself” is what nature says to every man. Parents can help you. Teachers can help you. Others still can help you. But all these only help you to help yourself.
There have been many great men in history. But many of them were very poor in childhood, and had no uncles, aunts or friends to help them. They couldn’t depend on them for education. They saw it was, and began to work with their efforts. To know something, they worked their own way up to fame (荣誉).
One of the most famous teachers in England used to tell his pupil, “I can’t make worthy men of you, but I can help you make men of yourselves.” Some young men are the best in anything, and they are so be pitied (值得同情的). They can never do things successfully if they don’t see their weak points and change their courses (做法). They are nothing now, and will be nothing as long as they live if they don’t follow the advice of their parents and teachers, and depend on their own efforts.
| A．Because they had good education. |
| B．Because they wanted very much to become well-known. |
| C．Because they worked hard. |
| D．Because their families were very rich. |
| A．A teacher can make his pupils men of strength and courage. |
| B．A teacher can make his pupils worthy. |
| C．A teacher can help his pupils become well-known. |
| D．A teacher can do nothing. |
| A．they are sure to be very famous in the world |
| B．they can be successful in their lives |
| C．they no longer need help |
| D．they are sure to fail |
| A．He thinks highly of those who are working hard to be successful. |
| B．He thinks highly of parents and teachers. |
| C．He wants to be a famous scientist. |
| D．He thinks highly of those who are poor. |