Happiness is a feeling that lights up your eyes, makes your steps light and makes you want to sing for no reason. Everyone wants to be happy. But sometimes, a guest comes in without invitation. It’s unhappiness. Don’t let it get you down. Send it away!
When you are happy, the world feels like a better place. A good mood (心情) always gives you hope, which makes trouble and problems easier to handle.
No matter how happy you are, it’s natural to feel angry, sad or upset once in a while. Life is full of ups and downs. So it’s good to know some of the factors that influence happiness.
One of the biggest factors is social relationships. Talking and sharing is a good way to relax and build confidence. Knowing someone is there for you will make you braver and more outgoing.
Another factor is work or school. If you enjoy school, even if you have lots of homework or extra classes, you will still feel that your school life is meaningful and happy. But if you hate school, your negative attitude may cause you to feel bored and upset that you have to do so much work.
A third factor is your attitude towards life. How do you feel if you fail in an exam? Maybe you think it’s unfair because you always study hard and should have got a good mark. You can’t stop blaming (责备) yourself. Or, maybe you accept it. You go through the paper carefully, find out why you made stupid mistakes, and tell yourself, “Take it easy! I’ll do better next time!” Your attitude makes a big difference.
Do you smile a lot or wear a long face most of the time?
【小题1】 From this passage, we know that _______________.
A. we go upstairs and downstairs in life.
B. we should never feel sad or angry in life.
C. we have both happy and sad momentsin life.
【小题2】What does the underlined word “factors”mean in Chinese?
A. 事实       B. 结果    C. 因素
【小题3】Why is social relationship one of the biggest factors that influence happiness?
A. Because we can ask our friends to do what we want them to do.
B. Because we’ll feel braver and more outgoing if we know someone is there for us.
C. Because we are always happy to help others.
【小题4】Which of the following statements isTRUE according to the passage?
A. We should keep blaming ourselves whenwe fail in an exam.
B. We can’t be happy if we are busy with ourstudies.
C. We should accept our failure and try to dobetter next time.
【小题5】What is the main idea of the passage?
A. You make your own happiness.
B. Being happy is the key to a successful life.
C. It is impossible for us to control ourselves.

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If you think of after-school activities as a waste of time, you are wrong! After-school activities help us grow up in many w  1  . Above all, they offer us chances to practise  what we learn in c  2 . Through various activities, we can also learn more about today's society (社会) and a lot of n  3  things that we can't learn from our hooks. What's more, they help to develop our abilities that we need both for our studies now and for our work and life in the f  4  .

We are busy with our studies in school, so after school we all need to r  5  ourselves. After-school activities just make it possible for us to breathe f  6  air and remove tiredness. Then, we can pay a  7  to our studies and achieve good results.

Some after-school activities will make us useful and helpful to o  8  ; some can keep us strong and h  9  ; some may even change our life. So, all the students, get out and take an a  10  part in various after-school activities!

As Grade 9 students,we are busy studying for the coming entrance exam.Every day we have lots of exercises to do and many ___to take .Some of us feel upset,and some even lose heart.But we’ll not help ___if we lose heart. There’s a saying ,”Difficulty is like a spring(弹簧).If you are weak,it will be ____.”If we have a problem we should face it__ a smile.Once I____ a short story called The Smile. In this book,he _____his experiences as a soldier in World War II. He  _by enemy and sent to jail.(监狱)But he tried to think of ways to run away._ __he wanted to smoke ,but he had no match. So he asked his jailor for a __.When the jailor came up to him ,he smiled ______and naturally.The jailor seemed to be affected and smile,too.Then they began to talk. They ___took out pictures of their families and showed them to each other.The soldier said sadly he would never see his ___again because he was to be killed .He would never have a chance to see his children grow up.The jailor was moved by the soldier’s words.___ ___saying a word ,he unlocked the cell and quickly let him go .__ __ a smile ,the soldier was saved. Even in a terrible solution the man  was optimistic .He didn’t____.Surely we can do the same.Life is like a mirror,if you smile at it,it will smile back at you,too.

1.A. meetings       B. exams                 C. books                 D. photos

2.A. ourselves        B. yourselves           C.  themselves          D.  myself

3.A. weak                           B. strong                 C. long                     D.  short

4.A. by                        B. for                        C. with                        D.  to

5.A. watched              B. looked                    C. saw                       D. read

6.A. talked to                      B. talked with            C. talked  about       D. talked over

7.A. was killed            B. was taught             C. was caught            D. was told

8.A. One day                 B. Some day                C. A day                       D. Any day

9.A.  book                           B. pen                         C. light                         D. cake

10.A. loudly                       B. slowly            C. coldly                      D. politely

11.A. all                              B. both                        C. either                      D. neither

12.A. friend                        B. classmate                C. family                     D. neighbour

13.A. Without           B. Except            C.  Through       D. With

14.A. At the beginning of  B.As a result of          C. At the end of        D. As well as

15.A. give in                        B. give out                  C. give  away            D. give up

The Smiths are very busy. Mr. Smith is 60 and he has a lot of jobs. He is a postman, a car driver, a school-bus driver, a boatman, a salesman(售货员), a cook and a milkman. Also he and Margaret have a shop and a small hotel. Margaret is Mrs. Smith.
Mr. Smith lives and works on a small island(岛) in Canada. Only 120 people live on the island. But every summer about 150 people from other places come here on Mr. Smith’s boat every day. So Mr. Smith gets up at six and makes breakfast for the people in the hotel. At eight, he drives the island’s children to school.
At nine, he gives letters to all the houses on the island. He also gives milk to them. 然后他在商店里帮忙。He says, “Margaret likes to be busy, too. We are busy and we don’t like watching TV in the shop. I cook dinner and Margaret helps. At ten, we have some milk and then we go to bed. Some people may think our _______ is very boring, but we like it.”
【小题1】There are only ______ people living on the island.
【小题2】将文中汉语译成英语。 Then he _______________________.
【小题3】文中空白处填入一个恰当的单词  _________
【小题4】Mr. Smith has ______ jobs.
【小题5】The Smiths are from ________.

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If you think of after-school activities as a waste of time, you are wrong! After-school activities help us grow up in many w  【小题1】 . Above all, they offer us chances to practise  what we learn in c  【小题2】. Through various activities, we can also learn more about today's society (社会) and a lot of n 【小题3】  things that we can't learn from our hooks. What's more, they help to develop our abilities that we need both for our studies now and for our work and life in the f  【小题4】  .
We are busy with our studies in school, so after school we all need to r  【小题5】 ourselves. After-school activities just make it possible for us to breathe f  【小题6】  air and remove tiredness. Then, we can pay a  【小题7】  to our studies and achieve good results.
Some after-school activities will make us useful and helpful to o  【小题8】 ; some can keep us strong and h  【小题9】  ; some may even change our life. So, all the students, get out and take an a  【小题10】  part in various after-school activities!