The Danes（丹麦人）are among the happiest people in the world. Denmark is neither the richest country nor the biggest one. What makes its millions of people so happy?
Denmark is widely known for its health care and education. Besides, Danes’ lifestyle is also a reason why they are so happy.
Have you heard of the word “hygge”? In English, the word means coziness（舒适）. In fact, many things can bring people coziness, such as having a tasty meal with family, talking with friends in the sunshine on weekends, enjoying classical music or having a movie night. All these things can be called hygge, which is Danes’ everyday life.
Danes also have a healthy habit. They like riding bikes. In Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen, riding bikes often takes up about 50 percent of their time on the way to school or to work. Riding bikes is not only helpful in reducing pollution, but also good for people’s health. It is reported that just 30 minutes of riding bikes every day can add an average of one to two years to a person’s life expectancy（预期寿命）.
Trust is also important to Danes. They even trust people they don’t know. In Aarhus, the second biggest city of Denmark, we can see people buy flowers when the owner isn’t there. People put money in an empty flowerpot.
“Danes are happy with what they have,” said Kaare Christensen, a university teacher.
1题完成句子；2，3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下第四段的主题句；5题将文中划线句子译成汉语。1. Danes are so happy because of their health care, education and
2. What things can bring people coziness according to the passage?（至少写出两点）
3. How do people pay for the flowers when the owner isn’t there?
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School students have to do homework and study for tests. They don’t have a lot of free time in the week. They often do chores at the weekend.
Young kids only do easy chores. So they don’t get much money. But that’s all right. Many of them only want to buy candy. And candy is cheap! They help wash up after dinner and feed the family cat or dog.
When they get older, kids want to buy more and more things. They want things that are more expensive than candy. Then they have to work harder! They often wash the family car, cut the grass, walk the dog and cook dinner.
Some jobs are a good way for kids to learn new things. For example, they can learn to use a lawnmower (割草机) or how to cook. Of course, their parents help them at first.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. How do the children in western countries get pocket money?
2. When do they usually start to get pocket money?
3. Why do the school students usually do chores at the weekend?
4. Why do the elder kids have to work harder?
5. Do they need help from their parents to do the chores at the beginning?
Christmas Celebration in Germany
In Germany, preparations for Christmas begin before December falls. But the real celebration starts on 6th December, St. Nicholas Day. On the night of fifth December (St. Nicholas Eve) Children put their shoe or boot outside the door. According to a German legend (传说), St. Nicholas goes from house to house on this night carrying a book with all the actions of the year of all children in it. If they have been good, he feels the shoe or boot with delicious treats--chocolates, oranges and nuts. If they have not been good, their shoe is filled with twigs (细枝)
(1)The Christmas tree is an important part of German Christmas celebrations. It should be remembered that Germany actually started the Christmas tree tradition. Parents usually decorate the Christmas tree and place presents under (2) it. The children can’t see the tree until Christmas Eve. They will be excited to find the tree lit up with presents waiting for them under it. There are also nuts, fruit, marzipan (杏仁糖), chocolate and biscuits to eat. Carols (颂歌) are sung. The Christmas story is read. And children open their presents.
In many parts of Germany, there’s a big dinner on evening of Christmas Eve. In some parts, the Christmas dinner is traditionally eaten on Christmas day. In this case, the dinner on Christmas Eve is smaller.
1. When does the Christmas celebration start in Germany?2. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
3. What does the underlined word “it” refer to?
4. What Christmas Eve traditions are mentioned in Paragraph 2?
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In history, the real cowboy was a simple farm worker on horseback. The work was dirty, tiring and not paid very well. Cowboys had to take care of cows day and night. When they were alone with the cows, they often sang beautiful and peaceful songs to keep the animals calm and overcome their own fear. They were not well-educated, so they sang about their daily life in very simple words. Country Western music became popular first among cowboys in the American west countryside.
The cowboy quickly received popularity. Historians say that this was because the cowboy appeared during a time of change in American life. The cowboy seemed free and more independent than other Americans.
At present, the life of real cowboys has changed greatly. There is no need for the modern cowboys to sleep on the ground. Modern cowboys are paid well and are found in almost every state of the United States. Most modern cowboys do not make much money from raising cattle (牛).
Many do it because they love the cowboy life.
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A lot of people think that wind power is new, but that’s not true. For thousands of years, people have used wind to sail boats and move water. We still do those things today, but these days we mostly use wind power to make electricity.
Wind power is a very popular source of energy. Most people think that we should use it more and more. First of all, it’s clean. Windmills don’t pollute the environment at all. Second, we can use wind power forever. After all, we will always have wind. Also, wind power is cheap, and it’s getting even cheaper.
A lot of people don’t understand wind power very well. They believe that there are problems with wind power, but many of those problems are not real. For example, some people say that windmills are dangerous for birds. They used to be true, but it isn’t true anymore. Old windmills killed birds because they spun very fast. New windmills spin slowly, so they aren’t dangerous for birds.
However, there are real problems with windmills. One problem is that many people think windmills are very ugly. This is a problem for people, because windmills are often in very pretty areas. Also, wind doesn’t blow all the time, so we can’t use wind power all the time. Finally, windmills are noisy.
Although there are several problems, wind power is becoming more and more common. Right now, more than 80 countries use wind power. About 2.5 percent of the world’s power comes from the wind. For some countries, that number is a lot higher. Wind power gives Denmark more than 25 percent of its electricity.
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♦ 3 Studies show that doing this will make people lose interest in talking with you because you’re taking control of the conversation.
♦Repeat what the other person said. To show you have really understood someone, say what they have just said before you tell them your idea.
♦ 4 By looking at the other person in the eye, you are showing that you are interested in what they are saying. This also helps you listen more carefully.
A. Keep in touch through eyes.
B. I don’t care what you are saying.
C. It’s hard to end the conversation.
D. Don’t control other people’s sentences.
E. How can we improve our talking skills?
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Free time
As much as we complain about being busy, the typical American has more free time than ever—more than five hours per day. If you feel too busy, it’s probably only because you’re doing so many other things than work. Experts say there’ll be even more free time in the future.
Peace
Wars and terrorist attacks will always make headlines, but it’s remarkable how many of the world’s 6.7 billion people now live in peace. In recent decades, though the population has been growing, the number of wars around the world has declined. In some earlier generations, a quarter of the male population died violent deaths. Over the past century, even counting the world wars, a person’s chance of dying from war was less than 2 percent.
American dream
While some people are struggling to keep their homes, the vast majority of Americans still have plenty to be thankful for when they walk through the front door. In 1950 the typical new American house had one floor with 1,000 square feet, two bedrooms, and one bathroom—and even that bungalow was beyond many people’s means. Today, more than two thirds of Americans own their homes, and the typical new house has two floors, at least three bedrooms, two and a half baths, and more than 2,200 square feet of space for the family.
The reader’s revolution
In 1970 barely half the people in the world were literate, and many of them could afford only a few books. Today, more than 80 percent of the world’s people can read, and 22 percent have access to the greatest library in history. The Web provides classic books and reference works free of charge.
More wilderness
Once you travel beyond the cities, you’ll find plenty of open space and peaceful forests. Many of the woodlands cleared by settlers have returned now that the land is no longer needed for agriculture.
The modern cars
Cars give off greenhouse gases and create maddening traffic jams, but consider what else they do. Compared with the models on the road in 1970, today’s cars burn less gasoline per mile and emit 98 percent fewer pollutants. That’s why, despite the doubling of the number of cars, there’s much less smog in the air. The basic car today offers more comforts and safety than the luxury（豪华）cars of old.
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| The blessings we should count | Today Americans have more free time than ever. |
| The number of people dying of wars has declined despite the | |
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