The way we spend our time can be divided into three "bottles"．These are the necessary tasks bottle，the voluntary（自愿的） tasks bottle and the happiness bottle．
Every day，we spend time filling the necessary tasks bottle with useful things，like making money，doing housework，buying food and paying bills．We then fill another bottle with voluntary tasks．These are things that we do for others，but we may not enjoy them．This bottle gets filled with tasks like taking children to activities，cooking family meals，and doing laundry．Those bottles are very important．If we don't fill them each day，our family won't run properly．
However，we often forget to fill the third bottle﹣﹣﹣﹣the happiness bottle that we fill with activities that make us happy．Is your happiness bottle sometimes empty at the end of the day？Between doing all the necessary and voluntary tasks，time flies by，and before we know it，it is time for bed．We all have days like that．
This is why each day we have to make an effort to fill our happiness bottle．I fill mine by going to the dancing class．And I always leave classes more happily than when I enter．This week，I had the pleasure of taking part in a guitar practice in my neighborhood．We show our musical talent and practice music for charity．It was a time of fun，friendship and music﹣making．At the end of the evening，my happiness bottle was filled to top．
Will your activities bring joy to your life？Or are the other two tasks eating up all your time？Try to find ways to achieve a balance between how you fill your three bottles．At the end of the day，hopefully we've done all we can to make sure that our happiness bottle is filled．
42．Which activity belongs to a necessary task according to the passage？
A．Going to work though it is raining heavily．
B．Buying a birthday gift for your good friend．
C．Having a yard sale to raise money for sick kids．
D．Sending your son to a piano lesson Sunday．
43．What does the underlined word "it" mean in the third paragraph？
A．We require enough time to fill the necessary tasks bottle．
B．Necessary and voluntary tasks are less important．
C．All the three bottles are filled to top at the end of the day．
D．We need time to do something to make ourselves happy．
44．How did the writer fill the happiness "bottle" this week？
A．By cooking meals for family．
B．By going to the dance class．
C．By practicing music for charity．
D．By listening to some nice music．
45．Which of the following is the best for " " in the last paragraph？
A．Make sure to fill all the three bottles．
B．So consider how your time will be spent．
C．People will have more happy activities．
D．It's not enough to fill the happiness bottle．
B
How much do you know about Albert Einstein?
Albert Einstein, born on March 14, 1879 in Germany, was a great scientist in the world. He was strange because he hated haircuts and new clothes. He believed in peace. All his life, he hated war. However, his most famous idea, E = mc², helped create the world’s most dangerous weapon (武器). Many people think he was the smartest person in the world. But Einstein said that he thought like a child with many questions and unusual ideas.
What did he like?
Einstein liked learning sailing(帆船运 动). He sailed in small boats all his life. He
once joked, “Sailing is the sport that takes the least energy!”
When Einstein was a child, his mother made him take violin lessons. At first, he didn’t like the violin. But then he learned to love music and became a good violinist.
Later, he said, “Love is the best teacher.”
Why is the sky blue?
In 1910, Einstein asked a question which many children often ask, “Why is the sky blue?” After his careful research, he answered the question like this: “It’s because light is made up of many colors including blue. When light travels to Earth, gas particles(气体微粒) spread the blue light all over the sky.” His answer is true in physics.
According to the passage, Albert Einstein haircuts and new clothes.
A．forgot B．minded C．dislikedThe underlined part actually shows Albert Einstein was a/an _ person.
A．clever B．imaginative C．childlikeEinstein learning sailing and playing the violin.
A．was interested in
B．looked forward to
C．was known forFrom Paragraph 3 we know that .
A．mother teaches the best
B．without mother’s push, we can’t love anything
C．when we love something, we’d like to learn about itEinstein offered a _ explanation for the question why the sky is blue.
A．magic B．scientific C．careful
My friend’s grandfather came to America from a farm in Thailand. After After arriving in New York, he went into a cafeteria(自助餐厅) in Manhattan to get something to eat. He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order. Of course nobody did. Finally, a woman with a big plate full of food came up to him. She sat down opposite him and told him how a cafeteria worked.
“Start out at that end,” she said, “Just go along the line and choose what you want. At the other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”
“I soon learned that’s how everything works in America,” the grandfather told my friend later, “Life’s a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want as long as you want to pay the price. You can even get success, but you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it yourself. ”My friend’s grandfather came from .
A．Thailand B．Manhattan C．New YorkThe grandfather went into a cafeteria to .
A．wait for someone
B．get something to eat C．meet my friendThe woman in the cafeteria might be .
A．a waitress
B．a friend of grandpa’s
C．a customerWhat should we do to get food in a cafeteria?
A．Wait for the waiter.
B. Ask someone for help. C．Get it ourselves.What can we learn from the grandfather’s words about the life in the US?
A．Get up early and you can succeed.
B．Act and get what you want on your own.
C．Nobody brings you anything unless you pay the price.
We are collecting more news for our school English newspaper. Would you like to be reporters for it? Welcome! Here are two pieces from the news page.
The BestRunner
We had a sports day at school yesterday. Last year’s best runner, LiYu, only won the second prize in the 800-meter race. Instead, Yang Liufrom Class 2 came first by two seconds. Next year the race is going to bemore Interesting! Who will be the best runner? Iwonder.
Good-bey, Mr.White!
Our Englishteacher, Mr. White, has finished his two years’ teachingat our school and will leave next month. Mr. White is an excellent teacherand he’s always friendly to us. We’ll never forget his lively andinteresting teaching. We are lucky to be his students. We thank him for all his hardwork and wish him a nice journey home. We will miss you, Mr.White!You are welcome to be reporters for our school English newspaper.
Li Yu won the second prize in the 800-meter race yesterday.
Yang Liu was the best runner last year.
Mr. White will teach us English for two years at our school.
We’ll always remember Mr. White’s lively and interesting teaching.
Countries like France, Brazil and even Japan have their own hip-hop culture. But where did this strange speaking-singing style come from? Many centuries ago, in West Africa, traditional storytellers played musical instruments while they were telling stories. When this tradition travelled from West Africa to the USA, it developed into different musical styles. For example, blues and jazz.
And in the 1970s, there were many poor areas in New York. There wasn’t any money for music lessons in schools, so kids made their own music. Teenagers Afrika and DJ Here played their records outside in the streets. Everybody joined in. MCs had rapping（说唱） competitions. Every week, there were talented new dancers, new DJs and new MCs. Hip-hop culture was born.
It was 1980. I was at a party in New York. There was a young DJ at the party. He was playing records. While he was putting a record on, a kid picked up a microphone（话筒） and begantapping. Some other kids were break-dancing to the music. It was loud and boring, and I
hated it. I preferred jazz.Today’s successful American artists like Missy and her friend Tim heard it on the radio when they were growing up.
The last time I heard hip-hop, I was in West Africa. I was going to interview a traditional storyteller when I met a young hip-hop artist, He told me there are hundreds of rap groups in Africa today. We live on a hip-hop planet.
| A. I remember the first time I heard hip-hop. B. You can find hip-hop everywhere you go. C. I was writing a book about African-Americans. D. Many Americans gave music lessons to poor children. E. These styles all started in poor African-American areas. F. During the 1980s, hip-hop became popular all over the USA. G. Some people don’t like hip-hop because of its spoken words. |
The first part of a new science-fiction series （系列剧）was shown on NBC last night. Star Trek is about a spacecraft（宇宙飞船）which travels faster than the speed of light. The show is developed from three ideas about the 22nd century. First, we’ll find other life forms great tools which will make amazing things possible.
Let’s think about these predictions. If we find life forms on other planets, will they be intelligent? I hope so. But we human beings might not be friendly – I don’t think we’ll believe in the idea of peace one hundred years from now. But this is science fiction, so we can be optimistic! And Star Trek’s idea of life in the future is ‘communicators’. And we will be ablt to have conversatins with people who are on because you’ll have an electronic notebook. And if you get ill, the doctor won’t have to examine you – a machine will ‘read’ your body. The strangest manchine includes a ‘teleport’ which will take people to a different placein a second!
The ideas are interesting, and in my opinion there’s only one problem with star trek: the acting. The TV company （公司）will have to get better actors. If they do that, the show might be a success. If the acting doesn’t improve, Star Trek won’t last for more than one series. Of course, my prediction may be wrong. I can’t see into the future!What is Star Trek?
| A．A TV play. | B．A popular song. |
| C．A spacecraft. | D．An alien. |
What does the underlined word “optimistic” mean?
| A．Lucky and happy. | B．Hopeful and confident. |
| C．Helpful and creative. | D．Thankful and popular. |
What’s the writer’s opinion about Star Trek?
A. The life forms on other planets are stupid.
B. Interesting ideas make a new series popular.
C. The new series might not be successful without better actors.Which would be the best title for the passage?
| A．Aliens on Other Planets. | B．The Idea of Human Life. |
| C．A Science Fiction. | D．A New Series about Future. |