________ everyone in our team played well in this football match, we ______ lost it.

A. Although; but????????????? B. Though; and????????? C. Although; still

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.

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 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(感觉) 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 your friends say to you when you make great progress?

A．Congratulations.                        B．That's all right.

C．It's very nice of you.                     D．Not at all.

3.When you have more chances to challenge yourself, you may feel_______.

A．proud            B．lonely            C．happy            D．excited

4.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

5.We can learn from the passage that_______.

A．poor people are 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

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Depending on yourself
Growing up is not always easy .When we face difficulties ,a spirit of depending yourself is more useful than crying for help .That ‘s what Hong Zhanhui’s story of growing from boy to man with family hardship tells us .
Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua county (县),henan Province .When he was only 11,his father became badly ill and one day he came back with an unwanted baby girl .A year later Hong’s mother left home . She no longer wanted to live such a poor life and face her sick hus-band .So everything hard fell on to the young boy’s shoulders :to take care of his father and the sister Chenchen ,and to go on to study .
Although his life was hard ,Hong didn’t go away from hisfather and sister .He worked in part-time jobs to feed his family .He climbed tall trees to get birds’eggs for his sister .He walked two hours at weekends to the market to buy different things to sell around his school .A few years later ,he studied at a sollege .To take care of Chenchen ,he worked hard to rent a room near his college for her ,and send her to school .
After Hong’s story went public ,he became a hero in people’s eyes .But Hong refused offers-from others .He sard he felt encouraged by kind offers ,but he could depend on his own work .
Though his hard life ,he has grown up from boy to man .
From :Shanghai Middle School English Online
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We all need a healthy environment, but we produce waste every day and it___1__ our environment. Though we are young, we can still do something to help. In fact, even the simplest __2__activities can make a real difference to the environment. Here are some ideas for you.

Reduce means “use less”. Don’t waste things. This ___3__money and reduces pollution and waste going into the environment. Before we buy something new, think __4___it is really necessary—or maybe the old one will be just as good! When we do buy things, choose local products if __5____ and try not to buy too many things from abroad.

Reuse means “use again”. Use things for as long as possible. When we buy things, make sure that they __6__ a long time. We should look after them__7__ they will last and we should repair them if we can instead of  throwing them away and buying new ones. Don’t use a paper cup or a paper bag. It’s better to use a china cup and a lunch box because you can use them __8_.

Recycle means “change things into something else”. Although it takes __9__ to change something into something else, it’s better than throwing things away or burning them. Find out what can be recycled in your_10___ and take part in recycling programmes. We should also buy products made from recycled materials, such as recycled paper, to help save trees.