Happiness is for everyone. You don't need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools 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 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 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 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 more chances to challenge yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor and 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.
小题1:Happiness is for_________ .
A. those who have beautiful houses and cars
B. all people       
C. those who have a lot of money
小题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
小题3:Which is TRUE according to the passage? _________.
A. When you get success, your friends will be very proud of you.
B. You can still be a happy person even if you have little money.
C. Both A and B.
小题4:Why do 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
小题5:Which is the title of the passage? ____________.
A. Happiness   B. Happy and Lucky   C. Do Something Good to Others
This year, who “entertained us, challenged us and changed our world”? Absolutely(毫无疑问地), Jeremy Lin, an Asian-American NBA rising star, is one of those people. On April 18, TIME Magazine named him one of 2012’s Most Influential People in the World.
Lin, 23, is not just a good basketball player, but also a graduate of Harvard University, one of the best universities in the world.

“Lin has broken the idea that one can’t be a world-class athlete on the court and an excellent student off the court at the same time.” US Education Secretary Arne Duncan wrote in the TIME article about Lin.
At 191cm, Lin isn’t especially strong, compared with other point guards (组织后卫) in the team. What makes Lin stand out from other players is his hard work and never-give-up spirit.
“I know how the team works. I may not get an opportunity, but I’m just going to put it all into this and see what happens.” Lin once said. He kept arriving early, leaving late, practicing hard and learning from other experienced players. Finally, when his opportunity came, he started to shine.
“He earned(赚得) it.” Duncan said. “He lives the right way, and he plays the right way. He works hard and stays modest. He sets a good example for young people today. ”
小题1:What did TIME Magazine name Jeremy Lin?
A.He is one of the most influential people in the USA.
B.He is one of the most influential people in 2012.
C.He entertains us, challenges us and changes our world.
D.He is an Asian-American NBA basketball player.
小题2:What makes Lin stand out from other players?
A.His hard work.        B.Never-give-up spirit.   C.His opportunity.    D.Both A and B.
小题3:Why did Lin start to shine when his opportunity came?
A.Because he graduated from Harvard University.
B.Because he knew how the team worked.
C.Because he practiced hard and learned from other experienced players.
D.Because he is an Asian-American NBA rising star.
小题4:What does the underlined word “influential” mean?
A.有影响力的B.有价值的C.有意义的D.流行的
小题5:Which is the best title of the passage?
A.Jeremy Lin’s School LifeB.Harvard Owns the Best
C.Hard Work Paid OffD.Teamwork Comes First
Some people have a very poor sense(感觉) of direction. Unlucky, I am one of them. I have visited a place many times but I may still get lost there the next time.
When I was a little girl, I never dared ask strangers the way. And so I used to walk round in circle and hope that by chance I would get to the place I was going to.
Now, I am no longer too shy to ask people for directions, but I often receive helpless or even wrong information. So I try to avoid giving people wrong directions. If anyone asks me the way somewhere, I would say, “sorry, I am a stranger here.”
Once on my way to work I was stopped by a man. He asked me if I could tell him the way to the Friendship Building. I gave him my usual reply. But just as I walked on only a few steps. I realized that he had asked the way to my office building. However, I had no time to turn back and look for him. I was rushing to meet with someone at my office and I didn’t want to keep him waiting.
When I just got to my office, the secretary showed in the man who had asked me for directions. Imagine how embarrassed I was and how surprised he was when we saw each other at the first sight!
小题1:The writer always refuses to give people directions because          .
A.she’s a strange to the cityB.she doesn’t know the people
C.she has no time to help othersD.she’s afraid of giving wrong directions.
小题2:A man stopped the writer on the way to          .
A.sell her somethingB.ask for the time
C.make friends with herD.ask for the directions.
小题3:The Friendship Building is the place where the writer          .
A.livesB.studiesC.worksD.teaches
小题4:The word “embarrassed” in the last paragraph means “      ”.
A.尴尬B.困惑C.激动D.拮据
小题5:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.The writer is too shy to give others directions
B.The writer has a very poor sense of directions
C.The writer never got lost when she was young.
D.The man was quite nervous when he saw the writer.
People often like collecting things. Collecting stamps, books, pictures and pens are some common hobbies. I know many kinds of collections, but do you know the collection of clocks? My friend Mr. Clock, a short man, has the hobby. He has one thousand five hundred clocks.
There are clocks here and there in his house. You can see lots of clocks on the shelves. As there is not enough room for so many clocks, the man has to put clocks into some boxes under the beds in his house .
Mr. Clock likes his large collection of clocks, but his wife , Mrs. Clock does not enjoy them at all. She complains (抱怨) every day because she has to do much work, for it is not easy to clean hundreds of clocks. She also complains about the noise. Each clock keeps a different time. So she can hear the chimes almost any time day and night. There is something even worse. With so many clocks around, she is never able to know the correct time !
小题1:Mr. Clock likes collecting _________.
A.stampsB.picturesC.watchesD.clocks
小题2:Mr. Clock collected about _________ clocks.
A.1,050B.1,500C.1,550D.5,010
小题3:The underlined word “chimes ” means________ in the passage.                  
A.报点声B.钟摆C.温度D.刻度
小题4:Mrs. Clock complains every day because _______.
A.she has to clean many clocks
B.she can hear the chimes any time at home
C.she can’t know the correct time
D.A, B and C
小题5:From the passage we know __________________.
A.all the clocks in Mr. Clock’s home tell the same time
B.Mr. Clock enjoys collecting the clocks,but Mrs. Clock doesn’t like it at all
C.no clock works well in their house
D.Mr. Clock only put the clocks on the shelves
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