2 . 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? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at 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; when you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct(改正) it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice them, you can see that happiness is always around you.

Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of 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(机会) to challenge yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving(旋转)door. When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.

1. Happiness is for_________.

A．those who have large and beautiful houses	B．those who have cars
C．those who have a lot of money	D．all people

2. When you do something wrong, _________.

A．you may correct it	B．you will have no chance to challenge yourself
C．anybody will laugh at you	D．you will be happy

3. Which is the title of the passage?

A．Do Something Good to Others	B．Happy and Lucky
C．Happiness	D．Life and Success

3 . 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词。在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Discovering yourself     1     (play) an important role in inspiring your confidence. By     2     (do) so, you could know what you are weak in. And you may also realize you’re quite a great person     3     great strengths. So when you’re in a hard situation, you will believe in     4     (you) and spend the most difficult time with confidence. Otherwise you may give up and then lose everything. Therefore, the ability to trust yourself will decide your future a lot.

5 . A man was fishing on the bank of a river. A boy came to see him fishing. The man was really good at fishing and he could catch a full basket of fish in a short time. The man saw that the boy was very cute, and he wanted to give him a whole basket of fish. But the boy shook his head. The man was surprised and asked, “Why don’t you want the fish? ”

The boy replied, “I want the fishing rod(竿)in your hands.”

The man asked, “Why do you want the rod? ”

“I will eat up all the fish in the basket soon, but if I have the fishing rod,I can use it to catch a lot of fish by myself.”

Many people will certainly say the boy is very smart...wrong! If he doesn’t know fishing skills. He can’t catch fish without a fishing rod. It’s useless to only have a fishing rod, fishing skills are more important than having a fishing rod.

Many people want to have a “fishing rod” in their life. They are just like the boy, they thought that if they had a fishing rod, they would have fish to eat. Life is full of exciting things, we should try to learn fishing skills instead of having a fishing rod.

1. The man was fishing on the bank of________.

A．a river

B．a lake

C．a pool

D．a sea

2. Many people thought the boy was________after he explained why he didn’t want the fish.

A．smart

B．silly

C．wrong

D．hardworking

3. Life is full exciting things,we should try to________.

A．fish

B．eat fish

C．learn fishing skills

D．have a fishing rod

6 . There was a park near my home. But I didn’t go there very often, many people said there was nothing ______ . One afternoon, I went into the ______ and found it was really small. I walked ______ because there wasn’t much to see. I walked for some time and found myself ______ in front of two paths. “Which way should I go?” asked myself, looked at one way, then the ______. I found that the two paths were different from each other.

The left one was wide and clean. There were lots of ______ on both sides of the path. Though the flowers weren’t beautiful, they made me feel good. I ______ to take this path. But wait! I looked at the right one, the path didn’t look nice, it looked like it had not been cleaned for months.

Grass grew ______. For a long time, I couldn’t make up my mind.

After a while a strange feeling made me follow the ______ path. It wasn’t nice, but I didn’t want to ______. At last, I came to the end of the path. Ah! There was a small garden there. It was beautiful, perhaps the most beautiful garden I had ever seen. There were trees, flowers and chairs. I thought it was the ______ part of the park.

Many people told me that there was nothing much to see in the park. Now I’d like to tell them that if they had ______ the right way, they would have felt differently. But when I told them about what I had seen in the park, they just smiled at me without saying a word. I knew they didn’t believe me. They couldn’t even remember that path ______ it was too small.

My trip to the park that day made me understand something about ______. Don’t be afraid to choose a ______ path. You may get a big surprise!

1.

A．special

B．common

C．difficult

2.

A．house

B．park

C．mountain

3.

A．quickly

B．slowly

C．lazily

4.

A．sitting

B．lying

C．standing

5.

A．another

B．other

C．others

6.

A．grasses

B．trees

C．flowers

7.

A．decided

B．destroyed

C．demanded

8.

A．anywhere

B．everywhere

C．nowhere

9.

A．clean

B．clear

C．dirty

10.

A．give up

B．give in

C．give out

11.

A．worst

B．nicest

C．softest

12.

A．discussed

B．played

C．followed

13.

A．so

B．because

C．but

14.

A．life

B．path

C．book

15.

A．similar

B．small

C．different

7 . The fall leaves are really starting to change now. It looks like the trees and mountains have become a canvas painted by a loving artist. The bright, beautiful reds are_________in the sunlight and the yellows look like gold. Some trees have only a few leaves changed, some are half-way and others have already completely_________. Some of the leaves are falling to the ground to turn it into a colorful_________. I am enjoying this so much because I am completely aware when winter arrives all of the trees will be_________with the leaves down. It is always a little sad to see but I know it is the circle of life. Those dead leaves will become the soil that feeds the trees and_________new life next spring.

Today I noticed a lovely little girl from our community picking up the fallen leaves from the ground. The prettiest reds, yellows, and oranges were picked up and_________in her arms. Soon she had quite a pile and carefully carried them over to her Mom and then with a smile gave them to her as if they were delicate flowers. Her Mom accepted them with a smile and together they put them out on their porch and stared at them like the priceless_________.

I watched this_________from my living room window with a smile on my face as well. The world creates a circle of love as well as a circle of life. And I am positive that the former like the latter will never end. It will_________all through this life and into the next. Take your place in the circle. Give love. Receive love. Live every day of your life to the__________with love. And your soul will shine bright like the most beautiful tree in autumn.

1.

A．shining

B．burning

C．flashing

D．shaking

2.

A．gone

B．reserved

C．fixed

D．transformed

3.

A．pad

B．bed

C．curtain

D．carpet

4.

A．fruitful

B．bare

C．safe

D．natural

5.

A．tears up

B．brings about

C．holds back

D．differs from

6.

A．held

B．received

C．admired

D．searched

7.

A．potentials

B．chances

C．treasures

D．exchanges.

8.

A．scene

B．view

C．story

D．notice

9.

A．return

B．break

C．continue

D．panic

10.

A．fastest

B．easiest

C．coolest

D．fullest

9 . 阅读下面短文，根据上下文连贯要求和句子结构，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中单词的正确形式。

An old woman had     1     cat. The cat was very old. She could not run     2    (quick), and she could not bite,     3    she was so old. One day, the old cat saw a mouse. She jumped and     4    (catch) the mouse. But she could not bite     5    , so the mouse got out     6    her mouth and ran away.

Then the old woman became very     7    (anger) because the cat did not kill the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said: “Do not hit your old servant (仆人). I     8    (work) for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I’m too old. Do not be     9    (kind) to the old, but remember     10     good work the old did when they were young.”

10 . 语法填空

Over the years I     1     (teach) children about a simple but powerful concept — the ant philosophy (哲学),     2     amazing four-part philosophy.

First, ants never quit. If they’re heading somewhere and you try to stop them, they’ll climb over, they’ll climb under, and they’ll climb around. They never quit     3     (look) for a way to get where they     4     (suppose) to go. Second, ants think about winter all summer. They are always gathering their winter food in the middle of summer and they are making     5     (prepare) for the long cold winter. So you have to think about storms in summer, think about rocks     6     you enjoy the sand and sun. Third, ants think about summer all winter. During the winter, ants remind     7     (them), “This won’t last long. We’ll soon be out of here.” On the first warm day, the ants are out. If it     8     (turn) cold again, they’ll dive back down, but they come out again if it is warm. Last, how much will an ant gather during the summer to prepare for the winter? All that it     9     (possible) can.     10     you can learn from the ant philosophy is: Never give up, look ahead, stay positive and do all you can.