Do you feel happy in your life? 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? Those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads during 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. While you study hard, your parents are always taking care of your life and your health. When you have 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 begin to notice even a few of them, you will see that happiness is always around you.
Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling in 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 go “Life is like a revolving door.” When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.
1. Those who have big houses may often feel ________.| A．happy | B．lonely | C．free | D．excited |
| A．People who have cars would never like to walk in the open air. |
| B．You can get help from others when you make mistakes. |
| C．You can still be a happy person even if you have little money. |
| D．Happiness is always around you though you have difficulties. |
A． | B． |
C． | D． |
| A．Happiness | B．Good luck | C．Bad luck | D．Life |
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【推荐1】Hello, everyone. I’m very proud that I have been chosen to speak to you all today. I’m a bit nervous as I’ve never made a speech before to so many people, so please forgive me if it shows!
As we all know, this is the school leavers’ party and it’s time to say goodbye to everyone. We’re sorry to leave you at the end of our junior high school education and we promise that we’ll never forget the happy times we have spent in these buildings with you all.
I’d like to thank three groups of people for the three things I’ve learnt while I am a pupil at our school. The three things are friendship, love and knowledge.
The first group is my friends and what I’ve learnt is the importance of friendship. We’ve worked hard together and we’ve even shared some difficult times together but we’ve also had a lot of fun. Many of us will go to new schools and we may not see each other so often in the future. Others will go on to senior high school and continue their close friendships. But friends don’t have to see each other all the time. Sometimes the friends you treasure most are the friends you see less often. A life without old friends is like a day without sunshine. We’ll always stay in touch.
The second group is our parents and grandparents. We thank you for the love you have shown to us during our years at junior high school, for making homes where we feel both safe, and relaxed, and where we can prepare ourselves for our school days. We also thank you for your help with our homework. How many of us owe our good grades to the suggestions you have made during those long evenings?
And finally, the third group is our teachers. We can never pay you back for your kindness, your patience and gift of knowledge which you have offered us. Sometimes you’ve made us work very hard. But you have always been fair and you’ll always be our role models.
There’s a saying from Ireland which is a favorite of mine: Strangers are only friends you haven’t met yet. I couldn’t say it better myself. So from the bottom of my heart, I thank you all and wish you success in the future.
1. The speech was probably made by ________.| A．a head teacher | B．a graduate | C．a new student | D．a school clerk |
| A．friendship, love and knowledge | B．help, patience and friendship |
| C．kindness, patience and happiness | D．love, help and kindness |
| A．proud and strict | B．nervous and worried | C．fun and excited | D．nervous and thankful |
| A．The writer will meet his friends less in the future. |
| B．The writer’s families always get everything ready for him. |
| C．The writer’s teachers sometimes are strict with students. |
| D．The writer had many happy times in his school. |
| A．To say goodbye to three groups of people. | B．To make a promise for the bright future. |
| C．To feel thankful to the people around. | D．To remember the happy times in the school. |
When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and “too serious” about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. We said little at school, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say, “Let’s start with a train whistle（鸣笛）today.” We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of that school year, we, too, were changing into social persons and the stories and poems stopped.
When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend. He was in despair（失望）and I was in despair, too. But our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not travel over this great city because we had felt bad at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted.
For almost four years I have had a great friend whose imagination brightens mine. We write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears, sometimes in a funny way, in the other’s dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind.
It is such comforting companions（陪伴）I wish to keep. One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist, who will only fill up the healing silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be with my own best friend.
1. We can infer from Paragraph 2 that the writer ______ finally.
| A．wasn’t serious about her studies |
| B．didn’t like writing poems or stories |
| C．became popular with her classmates |
| D．developed her proper social behaviors |
| A．our tour in London was a memorable gift to both of us |
| B．our unpleasant feeling about London disappeared |
| C．we were unwilling to stay away from London |
| D．we waved goodbye to each other in London |
| A．Unforgettable Experiences. |
| B．Unbelievable Imagination. |
| C．Touching Companions. |
| D．Lifelong Friendship. |
【推荐3】We all experience disappointments(失望) in life, and they are never easy. When you get disappointed, what do you do? Keep silent? Get angry? Feel depressed? These are natural reactions (反应) when you face disappointment. But there are better ways to deal with it.
Dealing with disappointment
Disappointment is a real emotion. Take a certain amount of time to feel hurt, sad or upset. Find a parent, friend or mentor and share your disappointment with them. Or write your thoughts and feelings of frustration down on paper.
Look at the Big Picture
A disappointment can seem huge at first, but after you’ve expressed your hurt, look at the big picture. How much will this disappointment really affect you tomorrow, next week or next year?
Look for positive (积极的) activities that will help you get over your disappointment. Perhaps you may enjoy writing in your journal, playing games or running in the park. Do one or more of those things. This will help you overcome the disappointment. Also, write down everything that you’re grateful for. This will help you see the positive things rather than the negative things.
Moving ahead
You’ve been disappointed. That’s in the past. It’s time to move forward, so don’t think about your disappointment. Remember not all disappointments are bad. In fact, you may eventually realize what you wanted is not what you really needed. You may discover you are better off because things didn’t work out as you’d planned. There may be a silver lining in your disappointment. Use the disappointment to reexamine your priorities. Then you may want to make major or minor changes in your life and focus on new goals. That can help you work through your disappointment. Remember, the only true failure is to give up.
1. When you get disappointment,what do you usually do except ________.| A．feeling upset | B．getting angry | C．keeping silent | D．writing to friends |
| A．Take all your time to feel hurt, sad or upset. | B．Write your thoughts and feelings down on paper. |
| C．Write in your journal, play games or run in the park. | D．Move forward, don’t think about your disappointment. |
| A．Overcome the disappointment. | B．Just forget your disappointment. |
| C．Look for some positive activities. | D．Focus on its real effect on your future. |
| A．disappointment is a real emotion | B．the only true failure is to give up |
| C．the ways to deal with disappointment | D．people all experience disappointment in life |
【推荐1】People have birthdays in every country in the world. And they celebrate (庆祝) them in many different ways.
| In Brazil, the special birthday food isn’t cake, but special candies. |
| In China, people eat long noodles as a wish for long life. |
| In Iceland, people have pancakes with candies in them on birthdays. |
| In Britain, people have birthday all day. At school, the birthday child is lifted up high and bumped (碰撞) by his classmates. This means the child can grow up happily and healthily. |
| In Holland, children not only get gifts, they give things to others too. They give cakes, cookies and candies to their classmates and teachers on their birthday. |
| In Mexico, it’s good luck to give birthday greetings as early in the day as possible. So it’s usual for the birthday child to wake up at midnight with friends singing birthday songs. |
| In Thailand, the birthday person holds a tall candle. The candle is as tall as the birthday person. It will bring good luck to him or her. |
In many countries, birthday customs (习俗) are changing, but one thing never changes—birthdays are special days for everyone.
1. How many countries are there in the text?| A．Six. | B．Seven. | C．Eight. | D．Nine. |
| A．被举起 | B．被安慰 | C．被批评 | D．被发现 |
| A．China. | B．Brazil. | C．Holland. | D．Mexico. |
| A．Food on our birthdays | B．Reasons for our birthdays |
| C．Festivals around the world | D．Birthday customs in different countries |
【推荐2】Three new lifestyles you need to know about in 2019
● Nap rooms
Nap rooms give “sleeping on the job” a whole new meaning. Research has shown that even 20-minute naps in the middle of the day help people deal with stress better as well as improve their performances, learning and memories. Companies are catching up and some are offering nap rooms. Nap York will open several new nap stations all over New York in 2019. Of course the nap rooms are only for the day, not the night, and also you can't stay there for more than 2 hours.
● special product(产品)
Before, companies use lots of different things to make skin(皮肤) products, but these years, some companies have noticed that people care more and more about their looks. So they work with some doctors to make a special product, which mainly uses plants. It's 100% healthy for our face, arms, hands, legs and feet. People like it a lot and lots of people like to spend money buying it for themselves and also send them to their friends. The personal care business has grown from a small market to a growing industry that will be worth more than $25 billion by 2025, according to a report by China Daily.
● Robots as pet sitters
Speaking of smart technology, robots can now take care not only of what people need, but of what their pets need as well. Robotic pet sitters have been in development since 2017. Several companies have invented some apps that play with your cat or dog in order to keep it active and happy when you're not home, but not yet to mass-produce(批量生产) it at least two companies have made pet-sitter products, and the price is from $79 to $189. They also tell people on TV that they can go to their websites and order the one they like.
1. The three new lifestyles are about .| A．Health, high technology and pets |
| B．nap rooms, personal care and robots |
| C．working places, look and health care |
| D．companies, skin care and animals |
| A．People don't need to go home and can sleep in nap rooms at night. |
| B．People usually sleep in nap rooms for more than two hours. |
| C．Companies don't want to offer nap rooms because they cost a lot. |
| D．Even a 20-minute nap in the nap room helps a lot. |
| A．Companies mainly use plants to make them. |
| B．People can eat them. |
| C．They can help people lose weight. |
| D．They are 100% healthy for people's hair. |
| A．robotic pet sitters will be fewer and fewer in the future |
| B．lots of companies have been ready to make robotic pet sitters |
| C．smart technology will play a more important role in our life |
| D．people won't be able to order robotic pet sitters in two years |
【推荐3】When Justin was a child, his parents always let him do lots of housework such as taking out the rubbish and sending newspapers. His childhood friends often felt sorry for him. But when he grew up, he was better than his childhood friends and lived a happier and healthier life.
According to a 40-year study, the children will have a richer and a happier future if they work hard in childhood. Helping do the housework is one of the most important childhood activities. These children believe they can do something to the world. They feel they are important members of the world. And because they felt good about themselves, others felt good about them, too.
The study collected all the information about these children. It followed them when they were at ages 25, 31 and 47. The researchers compared the children’s mental-health(心理健康) grades with their childhood-activity grades. It showed that children were more healthier when they were active in childhood activities such as doing chores and doing part-time jobs. And these children were more likely to work hard in school and solve problems independently.
Working at any age is important. Childhood activities help a child develop responsibility(责任感), independence and confidence(自信). They also help the child understand that people must work together and work toward common goals.
1. Justin’s friend felt sorry for him because ________.| A．Justin needed to do much housework | B．Justin was better at school learning |
| C．Justin didn’t feel happy to do the housework | D．Justin couldn’t go out to play |
| A．studying hard | B．solving problems | C．doing housework | D．playing with friends |
| A．团队 | B．目标 | C．记忆 | D．角色 |
| A．Childhood activities are good for one’s future. | B．Everyone should do chores to be independent. |
| C．Children shouldn’t do housework. | D．Mental health is important for children. |
