Elvis Aron Presley, often called “the king of rock music”, died on August 16th, 1977, at the age of forty-two. He left a great influence on popular music, and millions of fans. During his lifetime, Elvis sold more than four hundred million records. After Presley died, many of his records rose quickly. When Presley died, many mourners journeyed to Memphis, Tennessee, Presley’s home, to pay their last respects(敬意). While most of these fans knew a lot about the songs of Elvis, few of them knew the story of how Elvis had made his first recording. Elvis did not really want to become a recording star. His first record was for his mother. He paid four dollars to a small Memphis recording shop, and recorded two songs. The songs were “My Happiness” and “That’s Where Your Heartaches Begin”. Sam Philips, who owned the shop where Elvis made the record, liked Presley’s songs. He said he would call him some day. About a year later, Philips did call and asked him to cut a record. This first record had “Blue Moon of Kentucky” on one side, and “That's All Right, Mama” on the other.

1.The passage is mainly about___________.

A . Elvis Presley’ mother

B. the beginning of heartaches

C. how Elvis Presley began his career

D. the way to make a record

2.The underlined word “mourners” are __________.

A. people who get up early

B. usually record-producers

C. sad people

D. the opposite of night people

3.The passage shows that _________.

A. Elvis loved his mother

B. many people loved Elvis

C. Sam Philips kept his word

D. all of the above

Life is full of happiness and bitters(痛苦). Do you choose to live a happy life or a bitter one?

In my opinion, happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and lots of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big house may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads 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 study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice them, you can see that happiness is always around you.

Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving (旋转) door. When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.

1.Happiness is for ____________.

A.those who have large and beautiful houses

B.those who have cars

C.those who have lots of money

D.all people

2.When you do something wrong, .

A.people around you will help you

B.you will have no chance to challenge yourself

C.your classmates will laugh at you

D.you will be happy

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.When you get success, your friends will be very proud of you.

B.You can get help from others when you make mistakes.

C.You can still be a happy person even if you have little money.

D.All of the above..

4.We say “Happiness is not the same as money.” because .

A.money always brings happiness

B.money doesn’t always bring happiness

C.everything can be bought with money

D.only rich doesn’t always bring happiness

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