1 . There is an old saying that all of us are born with two bags hung on our necks. A small bag in front of our chest is filled with other people's faults(缺点)，while the big one at the back is full of our own faults.

This makes it easy to find other people's faults, but hard to see our own faults behind us.

There was a boy named Tommy. He had four friends: Simon, Jack, Johnny and Harry. Tommy always opened the front bag to check what was in it. He saw other people's faults very quickly.

When Simon was impatient with him, he said to Simon, “It's so easy for you to get angry. It's hard to be friends with you.”

Later that day, Tommy told his mother about Jack's dishonesty. “Jack takes my things without asking. He also forgets to return them.” Tommy himself did not like sharing things with anyone.

When Johnny was too tired to play with him, he said, “You are such a rude person.”

He thought Harry was too proud of his rich family. But Tommy was just as proud of himself because he could not see any of his faults. He could not understand why he did not get on well with others.

If only Tommy would turn the bags around, he would discover his own impatience, dishonesty, bad manners and vanity(虚荣). They were no better than that of Simon, Jack, Johnny and Harry.

1. According to the story, the bag filled with our own faults is hung ________.

A．on our heads	B．in front of our chest
C．at the back	D．in our arms

2. Tommy found the following in his front bag EXCEPT ________.

A．dishonesty	B．patience
C．bad manners	D．vanity

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Harry became angry easily.

B．Johnny took Tommy's things without asking.

C．Jack's parents were very rich, so he was very proud.

D．Tommy's faults were no better than those of his friends.

4. What can we learn from the story?

A．We should always point out other people's faults.

B．When we point out other's people's faults, you are helping them to be better people.

C．It's not easy for us to find our own faults, so we should not care about them.

D．We should always “turn our bags around" to see our own faults.

2 . Someone asked “What’s your “secret” to a happy life? What makes your life wonderful?” on a forum.

I don’t want to make you annoyed. In fact, I think I’ve got a higher level of life satisfaction than a lot of my friends. I can make sure there are four things that I think I do a little differently from a lot of people.     1    

＊Focus on being grateful for all the amazing and miraculous things in my life.

My wife is a good human, I work with good people,     2    , etc... Looking at the basic, ordinary stuff around me and appreciating it really helps me feel like I’m a lucky person.

＊Try to find pity for people - especially those who make me mad in one way or another.

    3    If so, you usually just remember their negative ones.

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I don’t think people realize how painful they feel until they’ve lost something. I don’t think how they want to express their love for those who have died until they’ve made a truly regretful mistake. However, it is too late.

＊Ask yourself if you could be wrong, and really be open to it.

    5     It is not so important whether you are right or wrong. As long as you’re looking around your world with an open heart and an open mind, the pure intentions behind anything will shine through.

A．I am not sick right now.

B．Here are some tips for you.

C．I hope they will bring you some joy!

D．I’ve lost touch with my good friends.

E．Tell people you love them and be generous with your friends.

F．Give yourself a break, and don’t blame yourself with unreasonable standards.

G．If you don’t have sympathy, you will stop trying to find the truth behind people’s actions.