Old age may not sound exciting.But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older.Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of fifty.In fact,they say by the age of eighty?five,people are happier with their life than they were when they were eighteen years old.

The findings came from a survey of more than three hundred forty thousand adults in the United States.The Gallup Organization questioned them by telephone in 2008.At that time,the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty?five.The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness,sadness and worry.They also asked about mental or emotional stress.

Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study.His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of twenty?two and twenty?five.The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.

The study also showed that men and women have similar feeling patterns as they grow older.However,women at all ages reported more sadness,stress and worry than men.

Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older.One theory is that,as people grow older,they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their feelings.They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.

Professor Stone says the emotional patterns could be linked to changes in how people see the world,or maybe even changes in brain chemistry.

The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children,being unemployed or being single.But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well?being related to age.

1.According to the survey of The Gallup Organization,people are most likely to become happier .

A. when they are between ages of 18 and 85

B. when they come to their old age

C. when they are in their twenties

D. when they are eighteen years old

2.According to Arthur Stone,old people .

A. have a positive attitude toward their life

B. can control their behaviors better

C. dream about good things every day

D. have earned a large amount of money

3.From the last paragraph we can know that .

A. you must be worried if you have young children

B. health has nothing to do with your age

C. you can be happy even if you are still single

D. happiness depends on your family and job

4.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A. Getting Older Means Getting Happier

B. The Young Are Happier Than the Old

C. The Younger,the Happier

D. Women Are Easier to Happy in Life

One evening I was resting in a café. I______ a pair of newly bought white leather shoes, which were rather expensive. Then a boy came to me.

He was in a(n) ______ shirt, looking pale and about eleven. No sooner had I begun to speak than he opened the ______ in his hand and took out the tools of shoe-polishing. He _______ down, took off my leather shoes, and began to shine them.

He was busy doing his work ______ heavy rain began to pour down. People rushed to the café for ______ from the rain. More and more people crowded _______and gradually separated the boy from me.

Hours passed, and it turned _______. I had no shoes on my feet and ______ where the boy had been. I thought he would not ______ my shoes, and I would have to go home on my bare feet.

When it was near midnight the ______ ended, and there were fewer and fewer people in the café. The café was to be ______ . I had to move to the door, head _______. Just as I went to the gate, I ______ found that a boy of about eleven, looking very familiar, was sleeping at the ______ with his head leaning against a box and his upper body being ______. He held a package made of his shirt tightly in his arms.

I shook him slightly and woke him up. He ______ up and rubbed his eyes for a while before he recognized me. Then he opened the package ______ , gave me my leather shoes, and apologized to me shyly. I ______ him and wrapped him with his unfit shirt, which had wrapped my leather shoes. On my way home, the boy’s image(形象)stayed in my ______.

1.A. took B. wore C. mended D. owned

2.A. old B. dirty C. small D. unfit

3.A. bag B. package C. box D. toy

4.A. seated B. bent C. put D. looked

5.A. when B. after C. because D. since

6.A. preparation B. rest C. hide D. protection

7.A. out B. away C. in D. off

8.A. dark B. light C. dim D. bright

9.A. thought B. wondered C. guessed D. imagined

10.A. shine B. keep C. return D. carry

11.A. work B. coffee C. time D. rain

12.A. opened B. locked C. stopped D. closed

13.A. lowered B. nodded C. raised D. held

14.A. shortly B. surprisedly C. sadly D. immediately

15.A. table B. door C. bed D. café

16.A. wet B. bare C. pale D. cold

17.A. stayed up B. kept off C. jumped up D. looked into

18.A. finally B. suddenly C. unfriendly D. hurriedly

19.A. recognized B. forgave C. paid D. inspired

20.A. way B. feet C. form D. mind

In life, we should try to combine both money and happiness together. To do this I suggest the following steps:

Consider the Importance of Simplicity(简朴)

The aim of life should not be to control as many belongings and as much wealth as possible. If you feel happiness is directly related to material belongings, you are making a mistake. We should learn to be pleased with what we have and appreciate the advantages of simplicity.

Do Not Take Money Too Seriously

Does it pain you to spend your own money—even if it is for something useful? The problem with this, however, is that if we are always unwilling to spend money, we miss the whole point of making it. We should look at money in this way: spending money enables more to come into our lives. It is no good saving a large amount of water unless we use it to produce power; similarly, it is no use accumulating savings if we feel unwilling to spend them.

Reduce Financial(财政的) Worries to the Lowest Degree

We will be happy if we can make money a small part of our lives. To be able to do this, we need to prevent creating situations of debt(负债) as getting out of debt can be difficult and stressful. If you do need to go into debt, plan ahead and find a loan(贷款) which is clear and manageable to repay. Try not to make risky investment plans, as these give you the possibility to gain more as well as to lose a lot more.

Do Not Live to Work

If you spend all your time working, you will have no opportunity to spend your money. Don't feel guilty about turning extra work down; it is also important to have a rest. It is good if we can feel pleased with work, but if we only spend time working then our lives will be short of a proper balance.

Title: Is Money 1. to Happiness?

Four steps

How to combine money with happiness properly in our life?

2. our life

●We shouldn't equal the aim of life with material

●Instead, we should learn to 3. what we have

Keep a proper 4. towards money

Don't feel painful when you spend your money on necessary things, because it is 5. to accumulate savings if you don't want to spend it

Try to reduce financial worries

●Try not to get into debt 6. you have to

7. risky investment plans in case of a great loss

8. your work and rest

●Give yourself 9. to enjoy your life as much as possible

●It is not wrong to 10. extra work to have a rest

Animals have been used, and sometimes abused(虐待), in movie-making since the early days of the industry. However, the American Humane Association has worked for many years to protect animals in films. And, the digital age might make animal actors unnecessary.

The new film “Dolphin Tale” tells about a dolphin that loses her tail because of an injury from a crab-trap. A doctor provides her with an artificial tail that saves her life. The film is based on a real event. And the star of the film, Winter, is a real dolphin that lost her tail. The American Humane Society worked with the movie’s makers to make sure Winter stayed safe and healthy during filming. The animal protection group does this for all animal actors in America.

A thick book of rules and guidelines tells Hollywood moviemakers how to treat animals. Karen Rosa leads the American Humane Society’s film and television group. He said, “Everything from the smallest insect to the largest mammal shall be protected. We believe that for the sake of entertainment, everybody should go home alive.

This was not always the policy in the early days of film. In 1939, a horse was forced off a mountain, falling to his death, in the movie “Jesse James.” The next year, guidelines were established to guarantee safe and healthy conditions for animals in movies.

A new film “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” tells about the creation of super intelligent apes through science. However, no real animals were among the performers. Computer generated imagery provided the chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans that movie goers see. Clare Richardson is the president of the Diane Fossey Gorilla Fund. She says computer generated imagery should decrease the use of animals in the film industry. She praises movie makers for the use of computer-made animals.

1.What’s mainly talked about in the text?

A. How to protect animals in making films.

B. How to create animal actors by computer.

C. How to use animals to produce digital films.

D. How to improve the movie-making industry.

2.When was it forbidden to abuse animals while making films?

A. In 1939. B. In 1938.

C. In 1941. D. In 1940.

3.The film Rise of the Planet of the Apes mainly tells about ____________.

A. how directors protect actors in making movies

B. how people make use of real animals in films

C. how the computer-made animals replace humans

D. how intelligent animals are created through science

4.Which of the following is TRUE of Clare Richardson?

A. She believes that computer-made animals are dull.

B. She thinks highly of the computer-made animals.

C. She is famous for making films with animal actors.

D. She directed the film “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”.

A hobby is any activity a person likes to do in his spare time.So those who get busy in their activity never get bored in their free time.Hobbies vary from person to person.Hobbies are of different kinds.They can be indoors or outdoors.Some are costly and some are cheap.Pursing a particular hobby is a matter of personal choice.

My favorite hobby is coin collection.It is also one of the oldest hobbies of the world and is also called "hobby of the Kings",as in the old times,it was only done by kings and elite(精英)class of the society.It started for me some years back when my father used to come back from his foreign tours and give me coins of different countries.I started collecting then in my money box and after that I always used to wait for my new coins as much I used to wait for my father.

Since then,it has become my favorite hobby.This hobby has given me information about different countries of the world.I have got to know about important personalities of the different countries.

This hobby has made me be responsible to take care of important things at very young age.I have learnt dealings of different currencies(货币)on my foreign tours and save money for my favorite hobby.I feel extreme pleasure in showing my collection to others.It has also taught me this lesson that A LIFE WITHOUT A HOOBBY IS JUST LIKE FOOD WITHOUT SALT.

1.What decides a person's hobby?

A. Whether he has free time.

B. Whether the hobby can be indoors or outdoors.

C. Whether the hobby is expensive or cheap.

D. It is up to himself.

2.Why was coin collection called "hobby of the Kings"?

A. Only the king could collect coins.

B. The king could collect coins from all over the world.

C. In the past,only the kings and upper class could collect coins.

D. Kings had enough money to collect coins.

3.From the passage,we can infer .

A. the author goes to foreign countries to collect coins

B. the author's father used to go abroad

C. the author likes to save money

D. collecting coins has changed the author's life greatly

4.What's the purpose of the author writing the passage?

A. The author tells readers the advantage of coin collection.

B. The author introduces his hobby—coin collection.

C. The author explains why he collects coins.

D. The author tells readers the importance of hobbies.

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