Most people want to be happy, but few know how to find happiness. Money and success alone do not bring lasting happiness. Aristotle, a Greek thinker, said, “Happiness depends on(取决于)ourselves.” In other words, we make our own happiness. Here are some ways to help you be happier.

The first secret of happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life. Too often, we spend too much time thinking about the future—for example, getting into 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 is to be active, and have hobbies that make you forget your problems and time. Many people dance 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 to buy food for an elderly person, or simply help out around the house by washing the dishes.

1.The second paragraph tells us that________.

A.we shouldn’t think about our future. B.some people fail to live a happy life.

C.happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life. D.the more friends you have, the happier you.

2.The writer thinks that ________.

A.everyone knows how to live a happier life

B.it’s wrong to spend time on work

C.people spent too much time on hobbies

D.doing good things for someone can make you happier

3.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A.Happiness is always around us in some small things.

B.People are able to find and make their own happiness.

C.Money and success will never bring people happiness.

D.An active person who enjoy simple life must be happy.

4.The passage mainly tells us________.

A.how to enjoy happy life with your family B.we can find happiness by helping others

C.some secrets of finding true happiness D.most people know how to be happy

5.Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?

A.Reading a good book. B.Traveling to a foreign country.

C.Playing a sport. D.Spending time with close friends.

Bertie was sad for weeks, months after the lion died. There was nothing I could do to cheer him or even console (安慰) him. He would sit for hours in his room, or go off on long walks all on his own. He seemed so shut away inside himself, so distant. Try as I did, I could not reach him.

? Then one day I was in the kitchen here, when I saw him hurrying down the hill, waving his stick and shouting for me. “I’ve got it,” he cried, as he came in, “I’ve got it at last. ” He showed me the end of his stick. It was white. “See that, Millie?” “Chalk! It’s chalk underneath, isn’t it?”

“So?” I said.

“You know the famous White Horse on the hillside at Uffington, the one they carved out of the chalk a thousand years ago? That horse never died, did it? It’s still alive, isn’t it? Well, that’s what we’re going to do, so he will never be forgotten. We’ll carve The White Prince out on the hillside-he’ll be there forever, and he’ll be white forever too. ”

“It’ll take a bit of time, won’t it?” I said.

“We’ve got plenty, haven’t we?” he replied, with the same smile he had smiled at me when he was a ten-year-old boy asking me if he could come back and mend my kite for me.

? Every spare hour we had, we were up there scraping (刨土) away with spades (铲子), and we had buckets (桶) to carry away the earth. It was hard, back-breaking work, but it was a labour of love. We did it, Bertie and I, we did it together-paws, claws, tail, mane, until he was complete and perfect in every detail.

?It was just after we’d finished that the butterflies first came. We noticed that when the sun comes out after the rain in the summer, the butterflies-Adonis Blues, they are, I looked them up-come out to drink on the chalk face. Then The White Prince becomes a butterfly lion, and breathes again like a living creature.

? So now you know how Bertie’s white lion became The White Prince and how The White Prince became our butterfly lion.

(Adapted from The Butterfly Lion)

1.The sentence “It took the next twenty years to do it.” should be put at the beginning of one paragraph. Where should we put it?

A.? B.? C.? D.?

2.The underlined word “he” in Paragraph 4 refers to (指代) ________.

A.Bertie B.butterfly C.the White Horse D.the white lion

3.The correct time order of the events about the story is ________ .

a. The lion died and Bertie was sad.

b. Butterflies flew to the chalk face.

c. Bertie decided to carve the lion on the hillside.

d. Bertie and Millie spent all the spare time carving.

A.a-d-b-c B.a-c-d-b C.d-a-b-c D.c-b-a-d

4.Millie told the story to express ________.

A.how much Bertie loved the lion B.how Bertie cheered up

C.how much Bertie loved the horse D.how Bertie carved the lion

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