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 a 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.
1.The best title of the passage is ___________ .
A. Money Makes You Happy
B. Good Friends Makes You Happy
C. Ideas for Helping Other People to Be Happy
D. The Secrets of Happiness
2.The second paragraph tells us that _____________ .
A. the more friends you have, the happier you will be
B. we shouldn’t think about our future
C. happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life
D. some people fail to live a happy life
3.The passage gives us ______pieces of advice on happiness.
A.one
B.two
C.three
D.four
4.The writer thinks that______.
A.everyone knows how to live a happier 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
5.Which of the following is not mentioned（提及）in the passage?
A.Reading a good book.
B.Traveling to a foreign country.
C.Playing a sport.
D.Spending time with close friends.
Mary didn’t understand such sentences as “She is blue today”, “You are yellow”, “He has a green thumb(拇指）”, “He has told a white lie” and so on. And she went to the teacher Mrs. James for help.
Mary: Mrs. James, there is a colour in each of the sentences. What do they mean?
Mrs. James: In everyday English, Mary, blue sometimes means sad, yellow afraid. A person with a green thumb grows plants well and a white lie is not a bad one.”
Mary: I’m afraid I don’t understand them all. Would you give me an example for “a white lie”?
Mrs. James: Certainly. Now I just give you some cakes. In fact you don’t like it, but you don’t want to let me know it. Instead you say, “No, thanks. I’m not hungry.” That’s a white lie.
Mary: It sounds very interesting. Thanks very much.
Mrs. James: You are welcome. Colours are meaningful. I think you will meet more sentences like these in the future. Please come to me if you have any questions.
1.I don’t have a green thumb, so all my plants ________________.
A. die off B. grow well
C. look nice D. are good
2.David is yellow and he is ___________ to climb the tall tree!
A. happy B. clever C. brave D. afraid
3..He didn’t like me to know ___________ of the accident. He told me a white lie at last.
A. the reason B. the true story
C. the meaning D. the answer
I believe listening is a powerful medicine.
It was Sunday. I had the last to see and I got into her room. She was an old woman, sitting on the bed, trying to her socks. Usually I said something like this: "How are you feeling? The nurse says your son is visiting you today. I believe you are seeing him..."
She me with a serious voice, "Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not yours."
I was surprised and . I sat down and helped her with the socks. She began to tell me that her only son lived not far from her, she had not seen him for five years. She believed her health problems were worse because of her son. After hearing her story and helping her put on her socks, I asked if there was I could do for her. She her head and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to .
Each story is . Some are clear; others are not. Some are true; others are not, yet all those things do not really . What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard.
Listening to someone's story costs nothing but it is the key to healing (康复) . I often
1.what the woman taught me, and I myself of the importance of stopping, sitting down and truly listening. I the power of listening.
2.A. doctor B. nurse C. patient D. student
3.A. take off B. get off C. clean out D. put on
4.A. looking forward to B. asking for C. going on D.worrying about
5.A. impressed B. stopped C. asked D. greeted
6.A. excited B. mad C. Embarrassed D. angry
7.A. or B. so C. but D. if
8.A. missing B. loving C. understanding D. meeting
9.A. nothing else B. anything else C. something else D. everything else
10.A. shook B. dropped C. waved D. moved
11.A. see B. dropped C. listen D. feel
12.A. terrible B. different C. similar D. true
13.A. happen B. appear C. matter D. change
14.A. think of B. dream of C. get over D. laugh at
15.A. teach B. ask C. remind D. cheer
16.A. talk about B. show off C. believe in D. run out of
If you want to be ____,you’d better take ____.
A.healthy enough;enough exercise
B.enough healthy; exerciseenough
C.enough healthy; exerciseenough
D.healthy enough; exercise enough
Tom has much difficulty _____Chinese so he often asks me ______help.
A. understanding; for B. understanding; of
C. to understand; for D. to understand; for
. I prefer_____shopping_____at home.
A．to go; staying B．going; stay
C．going; staying D．go; to stay
