Alan worked in an office in the city. He worked very hard and really looked forward to his holiday. He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an ad. in a newspaper “Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at William Farm. Good food, fresh air, horse riding, walking, fishing…”

“This sounds like a good idea.” he thought, I’ll spend a month at William Farm. I’ll go horse riding, walking and fishing. It’ll be different from the seaside.” Four days later, he returned home.

“What’s wrong with William Farm?” His friend Jack asked him. “Didn’t you enjoy country life?”

“Country life was fine,” Alan said. “But there was another problem.”

“Oh, what problem?”

“Well, the first day I was there, a sheep died, and we had roast(烤肉) mutton for dinner.”

“Fresh meat is the best.”

“I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.”

“Lucky you!”

“You don’t understand,” Alan said, “On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner.”

“A different roast every day.” Jack said.

“Let me finish.” Alan said, “On the fourth day a farmer died and I didn’t want to stay there for dinner.”

1.Alan saw ________ in a news paper.

A. an ad. B. a letter

C. a story D. a report

2.Alan usually went to ________ on the vacation.

A. the mountains B. the countryside

C. the seaside D. William Farm

3.Alan spent _________ at William Farm.

A. four days B. three months

C. a month D. a few weeks

4.Alan had roast _______ for dinner on the third day.

A. mutton B. pork C. beef D. fish

5.From the passage we know that ________.

A. Alan left the farm because he missed his family

B. Alan left the farm because he had four dinners at the farm

C. Alan left the farm because he couldn’t go fishing at the farm

D. Alan came back home because he was afraid of the fourth dinner

Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses (A)______ large gardens or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on.

Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads in their free time.

In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. (B)When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your parents always take good care of your life and (C) they also look after your 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 (D) ______ money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also 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 more chances to challenge yourself. As the saying goes, life is like a turning door. When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance(机会) you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.

1.在文中(A)和(D)的空白处填入适当的词:(A)_____ (D)_____

2.文中画线部分(C)指代的是:_____

3.将文中画线部分(B)改写为同义句:

When you are in trouble at school.

When you _____ _____ at school.

4.从文中找出两个描述人心情的形容词:_____ _____

5.从文中找出能说明本文中心大意的词语或短语:_____

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