When I was eleven years old, God gave me a gift of happiness. One day, on my way home from school, a truck ran over me and cut off my 1 . As I lay there bleeding, I realized that I might have to live the rest of my life 2 legs. How depressing（令人沮丧的）! 3 then I realized that depression won’t get my legs back. So I decided not to 4 my life feeling depressed. When my parents arrived at the 5 , they were shocked and sad. I told them, “I’ve already 6 the fact. Now you also have to get used to this.”
Ever since then, I often see my friends getting 7 about little things: their bus comes late; they get a bad grade on a test. But I just 8 life.
I was lucky to realize that it is a waste of energy to focus on what you have 9 , and that the key to happiness is to take pleasure in what you have. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? So 10 are many people unhappy?
People often think happiness is based on what you 11 . “My whole life would improve if I had a new car.” But when you get the 12 and what happens? For a whole week you are walking on air. Then you go right back to being 13 .
Happiness is not a happening; it’s a state of 14 . You can have whatever there is in the world and still be uncomfortable. Or you can have relatively 15 and feel full of joy. Happiness comes from mastering the art of appreciating and consciously taking pleasure in what you already have.
A．arms B．legs C．feet D．fingers
A．without B．by C．on D．with
A．So B．Or C．But D．Once
A．spare B．devote C．influence D．waste
A．hotel B．hospital C．station D．school
A．believed B．accepted C．refused D．received
A．worried B．guilty C．excited D．curious
A．hate B．enjoy C．save D．dislike
A．struggled B．supported C．lost D．completed
A．how B．why C．when D．whether
A．achieve B．promise C．donate D．admire
A．car B．life C．job D．grade
A．wise B．silly C．friendly D．unhappy
A．pain B．appearance C．anger D．mind
A．much B．many C．little D．all
Dear Sam,
I’m glad to hear from you. Now I’m telling you the for your traveling to Beijing. When you to Beijing, we will have dinner in Beijing Hotel on the first day.
On the day we are going to visit Tian’anmen Square, the History Museum and the Palpace Museum. The Palpace Museum is large, and we’ll about five hours going around it. We are going to Beijing Zoo on the third day, if you don’t feel very . We can see lovely pandas, smart monkeys and other interesting animals.
On the fourth day we are going to the Summer Palace. We can go boating on the lake you like it. On the fifth day we are going to the Great Wall. Then we are visiting the Ming Tombs. They are large palaces under the ground. They are great and beautiful.
We are going to the parks, like Beihai Park and Jingshan Park on the sixth day. And I’ll show you around Beijing after that. you go back to Sydney, I’ll have a party for you at home. All my friends will come and say to you.
I’m looking forward to your coming.
Yours,
Wang XinA. thing B. plan C. news
A. reach B. arrive C. get
A. last B. next C. two
A. take B. pay C. spend
A. tired B. happy C. well
A. few B. many C. a lot
A. when B. until C. if
A. walk B. climb C. run
A. Before B. After C. as soon as
A. hello B. thanks C. goodbye
In November 1979，pupils in England were able to watch a new TV program called Monkey. Most of them were this story for the first time. However, this story is not to Chinese children. The Monkey King or Sun Wukong is the main character in the traditional Chinese book Journey to the West.
The Monkey King is not just any normal monkey. In fact, he sometimes does not even look like a ! This is because he can make seventy-two to his shape and size, turning himself into different animals and objects. But he can hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a person. To fight bad people, the Monkey King uses a magic stick. Sometimes he can make so small that he can keep it in his ear. At other times, he is able to make it big and long.
The Monkey King has the children of China for many years. And as soon as the TV program came out more than thirty years ago, Western children became in reading this story because the clever Monkey King keeps fighting to help the weak and never gives up.A. writing B hearing C. telling
A. famous B popular C. new
A. monkey B man C. horse
A. friends B monkeys C. changes
A. unless B because C. however
A. himself B the stick C. the teacher
A. trained B excited C. taught
A. worried B relaxed C. interested
It must have been about two in the morning when I returned home. I tried to my wife by ringing the door-bell, but she was very deeply asleep. So I got a ladder from the shed in the garden, put it against the wall, and began climbing towards the bedroom .I was almost there when a sarcastic voice below said, "I don't think the windows need cleaning at this time of the night.” I and nearly fell off the ladder when I saw a policeman. "I enjoy at night,”I said, but I immediately felt sorry about in the way I did.
"So do I,” answered the policeman in the same tone. "Excuse my interrupting you. I hate to interrupt a man when he's busy working, but would you coming with me to the station?"
"Well, I'd prefer to stay here,”I said. "You see, I've forgotten_______.”
"Your what? ” he called.
"My key,” I shouted.
Fortunately, the shouting woke up my wife. She opened the window just as the policeman
had started to climb towards me.A. wake up B. hurry up C. give up
A. door B. wall C. window
A. climbed up B. looked down C. ran away
A. climbing ladders B. cleaning windows C. opening doors
A. doing B. climbing C. answering
A. enjoy B. like C. mind
A. my key B. the ladder C. the door-bell
There was once a hardworking farmer who had a fine olive orchard (橄榄果园). But his three sons farm work.When the farmer was , he called the three sons to him and said: “My sons, there is a of gold hidden in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you it.”The sons tried to him to tell them in what part of the orchard the gold was hidden, but he would tell them more.
After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold. they did not know where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one end of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.They dug until they had the soil from one end of the orchard to the other. But no pot of gold was to be found. The three sons were very to have done all their work for nothing.
The next olive season, the olive trees in the orchard bore more fruit than they had ever given; when the fruit was , it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.
When they saw how much money had come from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had meant.
A．enjoyed B．hated C．cared D．minded
A．sick B．lonely C．dead D．dying
A．box B．bag C．pot D．bucket
A．miss B．hate C．care D．want
A．make B．order C．let D．get
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．Since B．And C．So D．But
A．turned up B．turned on C．turned over D．turned around
A．uncomfortable B．disappointed C．angry D．worried
A．picked B．collected C．sold D．found
Tips for Living in China
1.Dinners
When you are invited to a dinner, you don’t have to eat everything .First, try a little of every dish by putting some on your plate or in rice bowl. You don’t have to eat it, but as a foreign guest (客人),you are supposed to be served first. If you don’t try anything, your host will be embarrassed（尴尬）---and will put it on your plate for you .
2.Bargaining
When you go to open-air markets or personal stores, you need to bargain with the shop assistants. Remember to build a friendly relationship(关系)first. You are creating a relationship with the businessman ,not a price war. Think of it this way :Shouting ,arguing ,and pointing are not good. Smiling ,being friendly, offering to buy more for a better price is. And don’t be afraid to ask,” Can you offer me a better price?”
3.Chopsticks
Don’t point with them at other people’s faces ,and by all means don’t stick them upright in your rice bowl----that is how the Chinese honor (纪念)the dead at graves. You should put them beside the plate.
4.Smiling
Chinese smile for more reasons than Americans .A smile can mean the person is embarrassed, trying to be helpful ,curious, happy or friendly .In the middle of an argument ,smiling means that the speaker doesn’t want this to become personal. When all else fails ,smile in China. It shows you have no ill intention (意图)and can work wonders in getting better service.根据表格内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。
When you are invited to a dinner,__________.
A．you need to eat all the dishes B．you may take one dish to put it on your own plate C．you should try to eat the dish on your plate D．you may go out if you don’t like to eat the dishes
A．讨价还价 B．聊天 C．争论 D．交谈
A．shout to the shop assistant B．argue with the shop assistant C．talk with the shop assistant with a smile D．fight with the shop assistant
A．You may point with the chopsticks at people’s faces when you are talking . B．When you finished eating the food ,you may lick the chopsticks. C．If you are full ,you may stick the chopsticks upright. D．When you finished eating the dinner, you may put the chopsticks next to the plate.
A．laughing at the other people B．this is the best attitude to the other people C．the speaker doesn’t want this to become personal D．we must beat the other people
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