The way we spend our time can be divided into three "bottles". These are the Necessary Tasks Bottle, the Voluntary Tasks Bottle and the Happiness Bottle.

Every day, we spend time filling the Necessary Tasks Bottle with useful things, like making money, doing housework, buying food and paying bills. We then fill another bottle with Voluntary Tasks. These are things that we do for others, we may not enjoy, but we do them anyway This bottle gets filled with tasks like taking children to activities, cooking family meals, and washing clothes for family members, Those bottles are very important if we don't fill them each day.

However, we often forget to fill the third bottle-the Happiness Bottle. This is the bottle that we fill with activities that make us happy. Is your Happiness Bottle sometimes empty at the end of the day? Between doing all the Necessary and Voluntary Tasks, time flies by, and before we know it. it is time for bed. We all have days like that.

This is why each day we have to make an effort(努力) to fill our Happiness Bottle. Most days, I fill mine by going to the dancing class. And I always leave classes more happily than when I enter. This week, I had the pleasure of taking part in a guitar practice in my neighborhood. We show our musical talent and practice music for charity(慈善) It was a time of fun, friendship and music-making. At the end of the evening, my Happiness Bottle was filled to top.

The challenge(挑战)for each of us is to not let the day go by without filling our Happiness Bottle. That takes some planning. Many of us probably need to pencil happiness activities into our schedule(日程表) Or, we will fill our schedule with those Necessary and Voluntary Tasks.

This week. Think about how your time is being spent. Are you doing enough activities that bring joy to your life? Or are the Necessary and Voluntary Tasks using up all your time? At the end of the day. Hopefully we've done all we can to make sure that our Happiness Bottle is filled.

1.Which activity belongs to(属于) a Necessary Task according to the passage?

A.Having fun with your good friend

B.Preparing a big dinner for your family.

C.Going to work although it is raining heavily.

D.Sending your son to a piano lesson on Sunday.

2.People can fill the Happiness Bottle by________.

A.planning our schedule without any Voluntary Tasks

B.spending time on activities that make us happy

C.using up all the time to find happiness.

D.doing more things for other people

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A.People often fill the Happiness Bottle at bedtime.

B.People are happy to fill the Voluntary Tasks Bottle each day

C.It is necessary for people to plan happiness activities on the schedule.

D.It is OK if we don't fill the Necessary Tasks or Voluntary Tasks Bottle.

4.What is the writer's main purpose in writing this passage?

A.To describe what the Happiness Bottle is like

B.To introduce ways to fill the Harness bottle

C.To share the experience of filling the Happiness Bottle

D.To tell people to spend time filling the Happiness Bottle

Jack puts on his backpack(背包)and walks out of school to catch his bus home. His backpack is full of books. "Hey, Jack!”Carl says, running up to him. "My dad's doing the park clean up this weekend. Could you help out?"

"Um." Jack knows he doesn't have time to help, but he hates(讨厌)to say no. "I guess I can."

Jack gets onto the bus. He is going to have to stay up late(熬夜)tonight to do his homework so he can help Carl in the morning.

"Jack," Jane says, sitting down next to him. "I have to walk Mrs. Green's dogs this weekend. Do you think you could help me?"

"Um...I guess I can."

"Great! "

Jack's backpack feels even heavier(更重了)as he walks into the house.

“Haul day?" his mother asks.

“Hard weekend. I have to finish my homework, help Carl with the park clean-up, and he help Jane walk Mrs. Green's dogs."

"You agree(同意)to too many things this weekend." his mother says.

"I know, but Carl and Jane are my friends. I can't say 'no' to them. What should I do? "

"I'm happy you want to help your friends, but you need to have time for your things, too."

Jack knows she is right. "Maybe I can tell Carl that I can only help for two hours in the morning. And I can help Jane walk dogs early in the morning, but not at lunchtime or in the evening. " Jack says. "Mom, do you think they'll be unhappy?"

"They're your friends. Tell them you, need time to finish your homework. They'll understand.(理解). "

He calls Carl and Jane and tell them the truth(真相). Then he turns to his mum. "They're fine with it. and they offer(提供)to help with my homework, too."

1.Jack's backpack feels even heavier because ___________

A.his mother doesn't like his friends B.his friends put some books in it

C.he puts too many books in it D.he has too many things to do

2.In his mothers eyes, Jack's problem is that ___________.

A.he has too many friends B.he doesn't know how to say 'no'

C.he cares about(关心)his friends too much D.he doesn't want to do his homework

3.The underlined sentence "They're fine with it" means ___________

A.They get ready for it. B.They don't get unhappy.

C.They can help each other. D.They are good at doing homework.

4.Jack gets to understand ___________.

A.friendship (友谊)isn't just saying "yes" B.only parents can help us

C.making friends is very boring D.making friends is very hard

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