When I was a child, my parents often took me to an old house in a thick forest. No other children ever stayed there. I didn’t even have the choice of playing with a brother or sister.
I could never understand what the attraction(吸引) of the house was, even for my parents, who enjoyed nothing better than to sit in silence with a good book. The woman in the house, my father’s distant cousin, was a terrible cook and her food was inedible.
One day, when I was wandering around the garden behind the house, I noticed a wooden house which had clearly been abandoned(被遗弃的). As I walked towards it, I heard a noise, like an animal moving hurriedly away. Then I saw a man with a long beard standing at the door. I was greatly surprised.
“Please don’t tell them you saw me,” he said. “They never use this place, and I have nowhere else to live.” “Don’t worry,” I said. “I won’t tell anyone. But are you all right out here? I mean—do you have enough to eat?” The old man shook his head.
The same evening, I took a small plastic bag into the dining room and, while no one was looking, emptied some of the food into it. Later, I got out of the back door secretly and gave the food to the old man, whose name I had discovered was Taff.
I had never seen anything else as lovely as the smile of satisfaction on Taff’s face when he ate the food. From then on, my visits to the old house had a purpose, and I enjoyed every minute of the rest of my stay.
【小题1】 How did the writer feel about staying in the old house at first?

Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those people who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who has cars may want to walk on the country road at their free time.

In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into __it__. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you. When you take lessons, your parents are always taking care of your life and health. When you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you. When you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. And when you do something good to others you will feel happy, too. 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’s a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, “ Life is like a revolving door, when it closes, it also opens.” If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.

1.According to the passage, which of the following is happiness?

A．You have lots of money, but you have no friends.

B．When you’re in trouble, your classmates often help you.

C．You have a big house, but you always feel lonely.

D．When you meet difficulties, you give up at once.

2.What does the underlined word “ it ”refer to?

A．Happiness.         B．Trouble           C．Health            D．Difficulty

3.The third paragraph(段) tells us that ________.

A．Poor people are always happy.             B．Difficulties means happiness.

C．Happiness is a feeling of heart.             D．Life is the revolving door.

4.What would be the best title for this passage?

A．Money and cars.                        B．Happiness is everywhere.

C．Happiness is money.                     D．Luck in life.

One day a poor boy, who was selling newspapers in a town, found that he had only ten pennies（便士）left, and he was hungry. He decided to ask for a  1.  at the next house. However, he had another idea when a young woman opened the door.

Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. But as he looked   2. , she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it, and then asked, “How much do I own（欠）you?”

“My mother teaches me that I should   3.  get money for any kindness,” she replied. “So you don’t owe me  4. .”

Many years later, the woman became seriously ill. Then she was sent to a famous hospital in London. Dr Kelly was called in to study her illness. When he heard the name of the  5.  which she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. As soon as he walked into her room, he got to know her at once. He did his best to  6.  her. Then he gave special attention to her. After some time she got well.

Dr. Kelly asked for her final bill before she left hospital. He    7.  it, then wrote something on it  8.  it was sent to her. She was afraid to open it, for she believed it would cost the rest of her life to   9.  for it all. But   10.  she opened it, and read these words on it: Paid in full with one glass of milk.

11.A．banana              B．drink                C．meal

12.A．excited             B．thirty               C．hungry

13.A．always              B．never                C．sometimes

14.A．anything            B．everything           C．nothing

15.A．country             B．house                C．town

16.A．protect             B．remember             C．save

17.A．looked at           B．looked after         C．looked for

18.A．after               B．before               C．when

19.A．take                B．pay                  C．spend

20.A．finally            B．quickly              C．happily