---What _______do you have with that businessman?

   --- He is my regular customer.

   A. connection     B. relation     C. effect     D. influence

The manager, ________to know the fact, left the room quietly.

A. who is surprised        B. having been made     

C. being surprised         D. surprised

Joining the firm as a clerk, he got rapid promotion through his diligence and _____ as a manager last year.

A. dropped out              B. came back  C. ended up           D. started off

Most, if not all, Chinese have become richer thanks to 28 years of reform and opening up. But are we any happier?

　　Various surveys attempt to answer this question. Though experts have presented varying percentages based on different standards, their answers tend to find we are generally happier, and the number of optimists rises each year. The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ 2006 Blue Book on social progress says 70 per cent of rural and urban citizens surveyed in 2005 reported a feeling of happiness and were optimistic about their futures.

　　But each survey shows a worrisome fact that 10 per cent, at the lowest, of citizens were not content with their lives or not hopeful about the future. We cannot be content with the fact that at least 130 million of our countrymen are not happy.

　　Although a sense of happiness remains a luxury（奢望）for many of our countrymen because of poverty, we agree wealth is not the only factor of happiness. For most of us, except the extremely rich and naturally born optimists, there simply are too many variables (可变物) that may kill the feeling of happiness. These include, but are not limited to, rising housing prices, tight and instable job market, back-breaking schooling expenses and medical bills.

The most common one, however, is a low sense of security (安全). Some experts pointed that in the low-and-middle income group there was too much uncertainty regarding employment, income, housing, medical situations, and education. How can you feel happy when you always have to prepare yourself for the unexpected?

It may be beyond the government’s reach, not to mention duty, to guarantee (保证) higher income for every citizen. But it does have a burden to create an environment where all citizens can feel a reasonable level of security.

From the second paragraph we learn _____________________.

A. 70 % of Chinese people feel happy and optimistic about their future

B. the data and the conclusions of the surveys are the same

C. the surveys about the sense of happiness were carried out in 2006

D. the purpose of the surveys is to find out the percentage of rich people

The following factors of happiness are mentioned in the passage EXCEPT _________.

A. security           B. environment             C. wealth            D. employment 

The underlined word “countrymen” in Paragraph 3 refers to ___________.

       A. people from the countryside                   B. people from cities

       C. people from all countries                       D. Chinese citizens

According to the passage, the author tends to hold the view that _________.

A. the wealthier we get, the happier we become

B. though we get wealthier, we do not feel happier

C. it is the government’s duty to raise every citizen’s income

D. the government should make sure all citizens feel a good level of security

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After supper Li Hua came and asked me go                  

and see a film with him. In our way to                     

the cinema we saw the little girl sitting by                   

the roadside cry. We bought her a cake to                        

stop her crying. But when we asked where she              

had lived , she said she did not know . So                  

when we took her to the police station and                   

asked the police to take care for her . After                 

this we went to the cinema, But when we                   

got there the movie was near at its end.                     

Though we missed the movie , we did a good deed.

We felt very happy.

The man will have to wait all day ______ the doctor works faster.

     A.if             B.unless           C.where                D.that

I came here with your mother ________ to see you.

A. specially              B. special          C. especially       D. especial

---I phoned you at 7 yesterday evening but nobody answered.

   ---Oh, I ______ my dog in the park then.

   A. walked     B. was walking      C. had walked      D. would walk