Sadness and happiness are often talked about by people in their spare time. Most people want themselves to be happy for ever, but few know how to find happiness. Others say if you own lots of money and success, you will be happy. However, money and success alone do not bring lasting happiness. A famous a Greek thinker, Aristotle, said, “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” That’s to say, 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 college or getting a good job, which 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. 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. 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 or help out with some things around the house for an elderly person.
If you do above, you will be happy.
1.How many suggestions of happiness are mentioned in this passage?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
2. If you want to enjoy the simple things in life, you can ________.
A. listen to your favorite music B. remember some problems
C. think about getting into college D. read a bad book
3.According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Money and success alone do not bring you lasting happiness.
B. If you want to feel happier, you can go shopping for an elderly person.
C. Spending so much time thinking about the future can enjoy the present.
D. Active person may live a happier life than inactive person.
4. What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. How to live a happy life. B. How to depend upon ourselves.
C. How to help the old people. D. How to get a good job.
Not only adults but also teenagers have problems in their life. Here is a survey showing the main problems of .
They feel stressed because they have homework to do both at school and at home. They have lots of exams . And parents usually send them different classes at weekends. As a result, so many of them almost become bookworms(书虫). On holidays, they could hardly have time to do what they are interested in. Now more and more teenagers short-sighted. They often read in bed or keep for a long time without having a rest. Some of them are crazy about playing computer games. Some too much watching TV. serious problem among teenagers is that many of them are becoming fat. They eat too much junk food, but they take little exercise.
I think teenagers should think of ways on how to the problem. They should make a plan for study and hobbies and find time to relax as much as possible.
1.A. adultB. adultsC. teenagerD. teenagers
2.A. too manyB. too muchC. much tooD. many too
3.A. join B. to be taken C. to takeD. to join
4.A. toB. forC. ofD. in
5.A. our ownB. their ownC. his ownD. they own
6.A. are getting B. are gettingC. gotD. are become
7.A. redB. readC. to readD. reading
8.A. payB. costC. spendD. take
9.A. AnotherB. OtherC. OthersD. Some
10.A. doing with B. do withC. dealing withD. deal with
The Malaysian government announced that Malaysian flight MH370 lost the contact with the Air Traffic Control the morning of March 8th. The flight at 00:41 a.m. that morning and planned to arrive in Beijing at 6:30 a.m. It carried 239 passengers, 154 Chinese. The passengers come from 14 countries and areas. Nobody knows what happened to the plane. Over twenty countries took part in it. On March 24, Prime Minister of Malaysia said that MH370 crashed in southern Indian Ocean and none of the passengers survived. When we heard the bad news, we were very sad. So far the plane wreckage(飞机残骸) yet. We hope they will find it soon.
1.A. inB. atC. onD. for
2.A. takes offB. landedC. was taken offD. took off
3.A. includingB. exceptC. besidesD. inclusion
4.A. searching outB. searching forC. looking forD. looking out
5.A. hasn’t been founded B. wasn’t foundC. hasn’t been foundD. has been found
—Would you mind if I turn on the radio? —________. The baby is sleeping in the next room.
A. No, I don’t mind B. Not at all
C. Better not D. That’s all right
—Swimming in the river for teenagers is very dangerous.
—So it is. If I ________ them, I ________ a shower at home.
A. am; would take B. were; will take
C. was; would take D. were; would take
—Excuse me, could you please tell me if the sports meeting ________ on time?
—Hard to say. If it ________ tomorrow, we’ll have to put it off.
A. will hold; rains B. will be held; rains
C. will be held; will rain D. holds; will rain
