阅读与回答问题

The way we spend our time can be divided into three groups or jars (罐子). These would be the necessary tasks jar, the voluntary tasks jar and the happiness jar.

Every day, we spend time filling the necessary tasks jar. We fill this jar with useful things, like making money, doing housework, buying food and paying bills. We then fill another jar with voluntary tasks. These are things that we do for others, but we may not enjoy them. This jar is filled with tasks like taking children to activities and cooking family meals. Those jars are very important. If we don’t fill them each day, our family won’t run properly.

However, we often forget to fill the third jar? the happiness jar. This is the jar that we fill with activities that make us happy. Is your happiness jar sometimes empty at the end of the day? We all have days like that. Between doing all the necessary and voluntary tasks, time flies by on some days, and before we know it, it is time for bed.

That is why each day we try to fill our happiness jar. Most days, I fill mine by going to the ballroom dance (社交舞) class. Between the music, the dancing and the friendship among the students, I always leave classes happier than when I entered. Playing music is another way that I fill my happiness jar. This week, I was happy to take part in an orchestra (管弦乐队) practice at my church (教堂). A small group of us met to practice Christmas music for a church service. It was a time of fun, friendship and music making. At the end of the evening, my happiness jar was full.

Consider how your time is spent. Try to find ways to achieve a balance. At the end of the day, hopefully we’ve done all we can to make sure that our happiness jar is filled.

1.How many kinds of jars are mentioned in this passage?

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2.What will happen if we don’t fill the necessary tasks jar and the voluntary tasks jar?

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3.Why do we often forget to fill the third jar?

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4.How does the writer fill her happiness jar?

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5.Do you think it important to fill the happiness jar? Why or why not?

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Once upon a time , there was a saint . In his final years, someone asked him about teachers from whom he had learned all wisdom, so the saint told him three stories:

One day, I visited a village. It was late and no one was outside. At last, I saw a man who was trying to make a hole in a wall. I asked him if I could find a place to stay. He replied that I could stay with him if I didn’t mind staying with a thief. I stayed with him for a month. Every night, he would go out to “work.” Mary times, he would come back with nothing. However, He never lost hope and said, “Tomorrow I will try again.” In the past years, there were many moments when I became so hopeless that I just wanted to give up what I was doing. And then suddenly, I would recollect the words of the thief.

There was another day when I was walking along the bank of a river. I saw a dog who was very thirsty and wanted to drink water from the river. However, he was afraid of his own image reflected in the water. He looked into the river, barked and then ran away. He did this several times. Finally, he managed to take a drink from the river despite his fears.

I met a little boy the other day in a small town. He was carrying a lighted candle with him. I

asked him , “Did you light the candle by yourself?” He said yes. I asked him again, “Then can you tell me where the light came from?” The boy laughed. He blew out the candle and asked me, “You see, I just put out the candle. Could you tell me where the light has gone?” I couldn’t answer and he told me, “It has returned to where it came from. “Since then, I have dropped all conceit(自责).

I have had no teachers, but it doesn’t mean that I have nowhere to learn the wisdom of life.

1.What did the saint learn from the thief?

A. Never lose hope B. Never stay with a thief

C. Never steal things D. Never make a hole in a wall

2.Why didn’t the dog drink water from the river at first?

A. Because he was afraid of falling into the river.

B. Because there was another dog barking at him

C. Because he didn’t think the water was clean enough

D. Because he was scared by his own image in the river

3.What’s the probably meaning of the underlined phrase “put out”?

A. Put down B. Go out C. Take out D. Give away

4.What can you learn from the stories?

A. People shouldn’t look down upon children

B. It was not easy to be a saint in ancient time

C. It was great to overcome the fear in the bean

D. The wisdom of life is from many different people

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A. How to become a saint B. The wisdom of life

C. The saint and his teachers D. The road to be a saint

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