Most people want to be happy, but few know how to find happiness. Money and success alone do not bring lasting happiness. Aristotle（亚里士多德） said. “Happiness depends on ourselves.” In other words, we make our own happiness. Here are some pieces of advice to help you be happier.
To enjoy simple things in life is meaningful. We often spend so much time thinking about the future—getting into college or getting a good job—that we fail to enjoy the present. You should enjoy simple pleasures, such as reading an interesting book or spending time with close friends. People who have several close friends often live better.
Another secret to living a happy life is to be active, and have hobbies which make you forget your worries and time. Many people experience this by dancing or playing sports, such as swimming. You can forget your worries and only think about the activity.
Finally, many people find happiness from helping others. Studies show that people feel good when they spend their time helping others. If you want to feel happier, be helpful to someone. You can help a friend with his or her subjects, go shopping to buy food for an elderly person, or simply help with housework.
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1. People can be happier for a very long time if they get more money or achievement.
2. The underlined sentence is to lead into the next paragraph.
3. In the writer’s opinion, enjoying the present life well is more important than expecting a bright future.
4. Playing sports can help people forget their worries.
5. The three pieces of advice show us that happiness comes from what we give to others.
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【推荐1】Scientists have developed a way to read minds, translating unspoken thoughts into written words. They used artificial intelligence (AI) (人工智能) to do that.
Scientists used a special machine to carry out an experiment. The machine can see where blood runs, which shows the most active parts of the brain. People taking part in the experiment listened to the radio for 16 hours when their brains were studied by the machine. The AI tool learned to connect certain brain activity with words they heard. After that, each person was asked to think of a story, and the AI tool managed to pick up their thoughts.
The AI results are not accurate enough. One reason is that the AI found it hard to work out the meaning of some words. For example, the AI tool couldn’t turn the sentence “I was late for school” into “She was late for school”. That’s because when it learnt from one person’s mind but it was tested on another, it couldn’t understand their thoughts.
As people’s brain activities are different in many ways, scientists are working on improving the AI tool. After all, the development of this technology has many possibilities in future use. Scientists hope it will help people with certain medical conditions, who are still awake but have lost the ability to speak, to communicate once again.
1. What can the AI tool do for people according to the passage?| A．Help create stories. | B．Improve creative thoughts. |
| C．Change brain activities. | D．Put thoughts into written words. |
| A．By seeing where blood runs. | B．By recording people’s words. |
| C．By studying how people move. | D．By studying people’s feelings. |
| A．Correct. | B．True. | C．Proper. | D．Important. |
| A．It’s not difficult to take AI under control. |
| B．The future development of the AI tool is not clear. |
| C．The AI tool has helped people with medical conditions. |
| D．The AI tool will help those who can’t speak to express ideas. |
| A．High Risks of Using AI | B．Mind-Reading Development |
| C．Importance of Human Brain | D．Ways of Improving Technology |
Of course, sometimes friends do drift apart. As we grow older, our interests change and sometimes this means that a friendship may not be as close as it once was. This also means that you , too, may find a different group of friends to spend time with.
Then what should you do to keep friends? One helpful thing is to be sure you let others know you like them. Smile, talk to them, listen with interest and praise them for the things you like about them. People naturally like to make friends with the people who understand and enjoy them.
It’s also important to remember that you should always be yourself. Sometimes when you focus on “keeping friends”, you might begin to do things or act in some ways that aren’t normally part of your personality. Moreover, if your friend is unfriendly to you, that doesn’t mean you should become hurtful to other people. If keeping a friendship means you have to become someone who you aren’t, that friendship isn’t worth keeping.
1. When you have a different opinion with your friends, you should _____.
| A．keep quiet and have a good rest |
| B．tell how you’re feeling to them |
| C．keep away from them for days |
| A．people remain friends for a lifetime |
| B．the friendship is closer and closer |
| C．the friendship is not as close as before |
| A．Praise and enjoy your friends. |
| B．Never understand the weakness of friends. |
| C．Say something that does harm to your friends. |
| A．it’s important to always agree with our friends |
| B．people shouldn’t lose themselves to keep friends |
| C．we are encouraged to be hurtful to unfriendly people |
| A．feelings | B．education | C．Friendship |
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 There won’t be much land, so there will be big cities underwater, and we will travel in submarines (潜艇). I want to live in an underwater house with glass walls. I will see fish swimming around! |  |
 There will be many parks and enough green space because people will take the environment more seriously. People will live a happy and healthy life. Maybe people will have a much healthier diet and enjoy fresh food every day. |  |
 I think computers will be very small in the future. We will put them in our clothes and use our voices to control them. We’ll meet our teachers and friends in a cool virtual (虚拟的) place to learn about the world. |  |
 I think the earth will become a cleaner place in the future because we will drive cars with the energy (能源) from the sun. What’s more, perhaps cars will be very fast, and some cars can even fly in the air. |  |
1. Who thinks we will use our voices to control computers?
| A．Lara. | B．Bob. | C．Jenny. | D．Jim. |
| A．only eat healthy food | B．use energy from the sun |
| C．live under the water | D．put computers in the clothes |
| A．what the world will be like | B．how fast cars will fly |
| C．where people will get fresh food | D．how much land there will be |
【推荐1】A crow(乌鸦) is about twenty inches(英寸) long and black all over. Crows are dirty birds because they live on bad food. Crows eat a lot of waste food. In this way they are more useful to us than any birds. They clean up the dirty things in our streets. Crows are always hungry. They look for food all day, and in the evening you can see them in large numbers flying back to their nests(巢) in the trees. They sleep there at night.
Crows are much noisier than other birds. Very often a large number of crows will get together on one house and talk. Sometimes they talk together, and sometimes they do it by turns(轮流) like human beings(人类). It is easy to tell(判断) from crow’s sound if they are pleased or angry. Perhaps crows talk a lot because they are friendly birds. A pair of crows will live together all their lives, and if one of them dies, the other one becomes very sad and quiet for the rest of its life and some time later it dies too.
1. Crows “live on bad food” means “ _________ ”.| A．Crows eat old bad food. | B．Old bad food is crows’ nests. |
| C．Crows make their nests on old bad food. | D．Crows sleep on old bad food. |
| A．are clean birds | B．can move away waste food |
| C．can make our streets clean | D．aren’t dirty |
| A．in the evening | B．all day | C．in the morning | D．at night |
| A．together | B．by turns | C．noisily | D．quietly |
| A．they will not live together. | B．neither of them can live alone happily. |
| C．they will die | D．one of them will die |
【推荐2】Early to bed and early to get up makes a man healthy, wealthy and clever. This is an old English saying ,Did you hear of it before? It means that we must go to bed early at night and get up early in the morning. Then we’ll be healthy .We’ll also be rich and clever.
This is true. The body must haveenough sleep to be healthy ,children should have ten hour`s sleep every night.
If they don’t have enough sleep, they can’t study very well. They won’t be clever and they may not be rich.
The body also needs exercise .Walking, running, jumping,Swimming and playing games are all exercise. Exercise keeps the body strong . Exercise also helps the blood(血液)to move around inside the body.
It is very important. Our blood takes food to all parts of our body. The head also needs blood .Exercise helps us to think better.
1. If we get up early and go to bed early, We’ll .| A．be healthy, rich and clever |
| B．be very sleepy |
| C．think better |
| A．will get better |
| B．won’t do well in his or her classes |
| C．will go to school in time |
| A．he or she is strong enough |
| B．he or she has a lot of homework to do. |
| C．it makes him or her healthy and smart |
| A．body | B．head | C．blood |
| A．happy | B．tired | C．strong |
Parents are the closest people to you in the world. But a lot of middle school students have a problem. They feel they are not as close to their parents as before. They even don’t think their parents are fair （公平的） to them.
Some students complain that their parents often say a lot to them, but never listen to them. Some say their parents don’t allow them to play computer games when other people are doing it. Others say when they are making phone calls to friends, their parents like to ask if they’re speaking to a boy or a girl. These make them very unhappy. Some students even decided to leave home because they’re afraid to tell their parents when they have done something wrong, particularly(尤其) when they do badly in exams. Then they usually think running away is the only choice(选择). But they don’t know running away may bring them some more problems. Problems are parts of life. Here are some suggestions for you to solve your problems.
◆Find a good chance to talk with your parents. Don’t be afraid to tell them your feeling.
◆Keep a diary to help you understand more about yourself and your feeling.
◆Get help from others like good friends or teachers.
◆Show your parents you are growing up. Then they will feel you are no longer a small child.
If you follow the advice, you will have a happy life and never think of running away.2·1·c·n·j·y
1. According to the article,______ are the closest people to an only child.
| A．parents | B．classmates |
| C．teachers | D．grandparents |
| A．Parents don’t love their children now. |
| B．Some students don’t think their parents are fair to them |
| C．Middle School students don’t have any problems. |
| D．Parents often ask their children to play computer games. |
| A．leave our parents | B．quarrel with our parents |
| C．talk with our parents | D．run away from home |
| A．Because it is our homework. |
| B．Because it can help us practice writing. |
| C．Because we like keeping it. |
| D．Because it can help us understand ourselves better. |
| A．friends | B．hobbies | C．parents | D．problems |
Q: How was the "Earlier Mona Lisa" discovered?
A: In 1913, Hugh Blaker, a manager of the Holburme Museum in England, found the "Earlier Mona Lisa" and brought it to his museum. A year later, the painting was sent to the US for safe keeping. It was housed in the Boston Museum of Fine Art until 1918.In 1975, Henry Pulitzer, a publisher, bought the painting and kept it in the Bank of Switzerland.
Since the Mona Lisa Foundation was established in 2008 we have done lots of necessary research on the "Earlier Mona Lisa" and many high technologies were used. In the end.28 out of the 29 experts believe this is certainly the painting Created by Leonardo da Vinci.
Q: Do you remember the feeling when you first saw, the "Mona Lisa” painting and this “Earlier Mona Lisa “painting?
A: I first saw the “Mona Lisa in the Louvre as a young boy. Quite honestly I was disappointed as the painting looked quite small and dark. When I first saw the “Earlier Mona Lisa", I was absolutely stunned. Believe me, there is really something amazing that occurs when you are in the presence of this painting.
Q: Why did you choose Shanghai for this exhibition?
A: First, Shanghai is one of the world art centers. In addition, the mission of the foundation is to show the painting to the world. Therefore, we decided to begin its Asian tour and Shanghai obviously would be the first stop.
Q: Could you tell more details about the security for the painting?
A: I can't tell you a lot. What I can say is that we paid huge amounts of money for the insurance and the painting will be exhibited in a high-tech case. And also no more than 2,000 people will be allowed to visit the painting a day. But visitors will be able to come quite close to the painting.
1. _____was the first owner of the "Earlier Mona Lisa “in the passage?
| A．The Mona Lisa Foundation | B．The Holburne Museum. |
| C．The Boston Museum of Fine Art. | D．The Bank of Switzerland. |
| A．To test different high technology. |
| B．To learn the history of Leonardo da Vinci. |
| C．To know the value of the “Earlier Mona Lisa”. |
| D．To find out who painted the "Earlier Mona Lisa". |
| A．surprised | B．frightened | C．bored | D．worried |
| A．Los Angeles. | B．London. | C．Paris. | D．Beijing. |
| A．Using a high-tech case to show the painting |
| B．Buying an expensive insurance for the painting |
| C．Limiting the number of visitors to the exhibition |
| D．Keeping visitors a long distance away from the painting |
| A．Science section. | B．Sports section. | C．Arts section | D．Business section |
【推荐2】With the development of modern technology, robots are going into many fields of human beings. They can be instructed to carry different tasks and finish them well.
Robot Alexander | Robot Joanna |
2.32m with a handsome face, designed in China. Price: $9,900 per robot. He helps build cars and does simple jobs over and over again. Fewer people will do such boring jobs, but Alexander will never get bored. | A middle-aged lady who is 1.67m, designed in India. Price:$10,100 per robot. Joanna is easy-going and acts like a lovely housewife. She does a lot of housework, such as cooking, washing and keeping the house clean and tidy. |
| Robot Susan | Robot Charles |
| Only 1.10m, a pretty girl coming from France. She can sing many songs and dance to music. If you're tired from study and work Susan will tell you funny stories and keep you laughing a lot. Price: $13,700 per robot. | A snake-shaped robot, designed in Australia, less than 1 meter long. Price: $9,760 per robot. If buildings fall down with people inside, Robot Charles can help look for people under the ruins. |
1. Why will fewer people do simple jobs again and again in the coming years?
| A．Because people would like to do them if they get more paid. |
| B．Because modern technology makes people smart. |
| C．Because robots like Alexander will do such boring jobs. |
| D．Because there are many jobs for people to choose from. |
| A．Act like a snake. | B．Tell you a funny story. |
| C．Cook delicious dishes. | D．Make a toy car. |
| A．In a science newspaper. | B．In a story book. |
| C．In a geography book. | D．In a tour guide. |
【推荐3】Mr. Smith is from America. He finds a new job in Hangzhou and all his family move to the city of Hangzhou. He teaches American history in No. 14 Middle School in Hangzhou. He has a son, Peter. Last year Peter was 13 years old. Today is his birthday. There is a big party for him in the house. Many of Mr. Smith’s good friends come here. Mr. Smith asks his new neighbors to come, too. They are drinking wine, eating and talking happily.
Suddenly, a strange man comes into the house. No one in the house knows him. Mr. Smith asks him to sit down and drink some wine. He drinks some wine and eats much food. Then he says to Mr. Smith. “There are many cars in front of your house. They get in the way of my car. Please move the cars. I’m going to the supermarket and my son is waiting for me in the car.”
1. Why does Mr. Smith move to Hangzhou?| A．Because he buys a new house in Hangzhou. |
| B．Because his friends are in the city of Hangzhou. |
| C．Because he finds a new job in the city of Hangzhou. |
| D．Because his son wants to have a birthday party in Hangzhou. |
| A．twelfth | B．thirteenth | C．fourteenth | D．fifteen |
| A．陌生的 | B．喝醉的 | C．大方的 | D．衣衫褴褛的 |
| A．He wants to give Peter a car. | B．He wants to drink some wine. |
| C．He wants his son to wait for him. | D．He wants people to move the cars outside. |
| A．Mrs. Smith teaches American history in Hangzhou. |
| B．That man’s son is waiting for the father in the car. |
| C．That man knows Mr. Smith and his friends. |
| D．Mr. Smith is from Australia with his family. |
【推荐1】Nowadays, many people choose to continue working in their spare time because of much pressure from supporting their families. However, a study shows that instead of spending your spare time at work in hopes of getting a raise, maybe you should go to the gym. That’s because it could make you happy just like the money you made during this time. A new interesting study in The Lancet found that people who enjoy doing exercise have a greater sense of happiness than those who don’t.
Researchers from Oxford and Yale Universities used data collected from more than 1.2 million Americans. They were asked, “How many times have you felt uncomfortable because of mental problems in the past 30 days?” They were also asked about their exercise habits and were able to choose from 75 kinds of activities, including doing housework and childcare, running, weightlifting, and cycling.
The researchers found that the people who exercise regularly feel bad for an average of 35 days per year while the people doing little exercise feel bad for an additional 18 days. From the study, people who exercised had 43 percent fewer days of poor mental health in the past month than people who did not exercise. All exercise types can lead to a lower mental health burden (负担).
Social activities for exercising like team sports had an even more positive effect, although cycling was the most popular. Perhaps that’s because it takes place outdoors, which is always a way for people to get rid of stress.
It is possible to get too much exercise. Business Insider’s write-up on the study said, “The mental health of those people who exercised for longer than three hours a day suffered more than that of those who didn’t exercise.” The right amount seems to be three to five times per week, lasting 30 to 60 minutes each. The key point should be that any amount helps, so don’t force yourself to hit that perfect balance. All exercise types result in a lower mental health burden than not exercising.
1. From Paragraph 2 we can learn ________.| A．what the study found | B．when the study started |
| C．how the study was conducted | D．why the study was carried out |
| A．To warn people of the harm of exercise. |
| B．To recommend a website for exercise. |
| C．To show the proper amount of exercise. |
| D．To show people a special opinion on exercise. |
| A．The best way for people to remain active. |
| B．The activities that are good for people’s health. |
| C．The commonest mental problems among people. |
| D．The relationship between exercise and mental health. |
【推荐2】Friendships can be difficult because often people aren’t as honest and open as they should be. Sometimes, people finally get hurt.
Most problems with friendships come up because people are just too selfish to care about the things that their friends need. They care about their own needs much more, which makes it hard for friendships to work. However, being selfish is part of human nature. A person is put together in order to take care of himself and his own needs, not necessarily those needs of other people. Even though being selfish is something that all humans are born with, it is something that everyone should be against.
The best thing to remember when you are a friend to anyone is that you need to treat your friends the same way that you’d like to be treated (对待). This is wonderful advice for a friendship, because it is really the only way to make sure that you are giving your friends everything you would want to be given in a friendship. Whenever you have a question about how you should treat a friend, it is easy to find an answer simply by asking yourself what you would like your friend to do for you, if he or she is in your shoes.
Even if you’re al ways thinking about how you’d like to be treated, and your friends are too, there are problems that come up from time to time in each friendship, and it is important to understand how to deal with these problems so that you can build stronger and healthier friendships. Problems like friends getting boyfriends or girlfriends and not spending enough time with their friends, or even friends finding new friends and leaving old friends behind are problems that will probably come up with one or more of your friendships. It is important to know how to deal with these friend problems so that you can keep your friends and make new ones. No one wants to have a broken friendship.
1. This passage mainly talks about ________.| A．the importance of friendships |
| B．the advantages of friendships |
| C．the problems of friendships |
| D．the disadvantages of friendships |
| A．one is honest | B．one is selfish |
| C．one is open | D．one is kind |
| A．to treat your friends as you like to be treated |
| B．to give your friends whatever you have |
| C．not to hurt your friends’ feelings |
| D．not to think of your own need any more |
| A．To have a comfortable life. |
| B．To build stronger and healthier friendships. |
| C．To be treated the way you want. |
| D．To get a boyfriend or girlfriend more quickly. |
| A．A novel. | B．A poster. | C．A magazine. | D．A report. |
【推荐3】Clothes are important in our life. Different people wear different clothes. Now let’s listen to some people talking about clothes.
Hello, my name’s Betty. I started working this year, so I’m able to get new clothes more often than before. There are different people in my working place every day. I like to wear bright colors and always dress up when I go to parties. I buy all kinds of clothes and I try to follow the latest way of dressing.
Hi, I’m Jack. I don’t have much to say about clothes. Shopping for clothes isn’t really the way of life I’m interested in. Since I’m still at college, I don’t really mind what I wear. I have two jackets and I often wear them. I know little about the way of dressing.
My name is Alice. I’d like to say that my clothes have to be comfortable and make me feel easy as soon as I put them on. Sometimes I buy clothes in some small markets—they’re less expensive there. I go shopping for clothes about once a month.
1. Betty is able to get new clothes ______ than before.| A．harder | B．more often | C．faster | D．easier |
| A．work | B．the movies | C．parties | D．the park |
| A．Betty | B．Jack | C．Alice | D．The writer |
| A．they are cheaper | B．they are nicer |
| C．they are more expensive | D．they are more fashionable |
| A．Betty tries to follow the latest way of dressing. |
| B．Jack has little money and he only wears the jacket every day. |
| C．Alice goes shopping for clothes about once a month. |
| D．Jack knows little about the way of dressing. |
