Happiness is for everyone. You don't need to care about the rich. Though they have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools, they may often feel lonely(孤独的).

In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your teachers will help you; when you do something wrong, people around you feel unhappy; when you succeed in something, your friends will say congratulations(祝贺) to you. All these are your happiness. If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always around you.

Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. Although you are poor, you can also say you are very happy. Money is not everything. You have something else that money can't buy. When you meet with difficulties, you can loudly say you are very happy because you have more chances to challenge ( 挑 战 ) yourself. So you can not always say you are poor and you have bad luck. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.

1._____may often feel lonely even though they have beautiful houses with large gardens.

A. Teachers B. Parents C. Old people D. Rich people

2.What will friends say to you when you get good grades in exams?

A. Congratulations. B. That's all right. C. It's very nice of you. D. Not at all.

3.You can make yourself happy by__________.

A. making much money B. taking every chance you have

C. owning beautiful big houses D. having nice cars

4.We can learn from the passage that___________.

A. poor people are always unhappy because they don't have money to buy big houses

B. we can find happiness around us even if we don't have much money

C. no one will help you if you are poor

D. rich people are very proud because they have big houses and nice cars

"I don't like my parents. They always tell me I should do this, and should not do that. It sometimes makes me angry," said Zhang Hua, a middle school student in Guangzhou. Do you have the same problem? Perhaps your parents had the same problem when they were your age long ago. Why does it seem that some parents are not so friendly in their children's eyes?

One of the biggest things is when someone becomes a parent, he/she likes worrying about things. They worry about everything about you, from the time you were born. They do a lot for you, though something would make you angry, because they care about you and worry about you. They worry about your choice of friends, the food you eat, your work at school, how much sleep you get etc. All these things are part of your life. They want you to grow up healthily and happily.

So how can you make things easier on yourself? It's easier than you think. Just make sure your parents know what you're doing. Get them to know your friends. Phone if you stay somewhere else so that your parents don't call to know where you are. Say sorry to them when you make mistakes. Take responsibility ( 责 任 ) for what you have done. Talk about your ideas with them. They may talk about theirs with you.

Most of all, try to think about why your parents do this or do that. They are still practicing being parents and need help you can give them. Someday, when you become a parent, they may be able to help you know how to get on with your children.

1.The writer thinks we should__________if we go back home later than usual.

A. tell our friends

B. tell the teacher

C. say sorry to our parents

D. make a telephone call to our parents

2.The writer thinks____________.

A. it's wrong for parents to worry about their children too much

B. some parents are unfriendly, which makes their children angry

C. children should do everything as their parents say

D. parents love their children very much and children should understand them

3.Which is the best title for the passage?

A. parents' Responsibility

B. How to Get on with Parents?

C. Zhang Hua's problem

D. What Are Parents Worrying about?

Anna lived in a village. Although she was poor, she was always helpful. One winter, there was a very big flood ( 洪 水 ) ,and a lot of houses fell down. Anna's house was high enough to escape ( 逃 过 ) the flood. So when the water disappeared, her house was not damaged (破坏).

However, Anna's house was quite small and there were only two little bedrooms. Her husband died of illness when their four children were very young. But, Anna shared her house with one family. because the family lost everything in the flood.

Anna's friends were very surprised when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand why Anna wanted to give herself so much trouble. life is so hard for her.

"Well," Anna told her friends, "30 years ago, a woman in the town found herself very poor. because her husband died in the war , and she had a lot of children, as I have now. The day before Christmas, the woman said to her children, 'We won't have much for Christmas this year, so I am going to get only one gift for all of us and I am sure we will be happy to have it. Now I'll go and get it. ' She came back with a little girl who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents. 'Here's our gift, she said to her children. "

"The children were very excited and happy to get such a gift. They welcomed the little girl, and she grew up as their sister. I was that Christmas gift. "

1.What happened to many of the houses in Anna's village in the flood?

Many of the houses _______in the flood.

2.Why could Anna's house escape the flood?

Because it was on a ________place.

3.What did Anna do after the flood?

She _________with a homeless family.

4.Who was Anna brought up (养育)by?

She was brought up by _____________.

5.What does the passage want to tell us?

It wants to tell us _________.

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