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 it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice a bit of 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 to challenge(向…挑戰(zhàn))yourself. So you can not always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving(旋轉)door. When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.

(　 ) 11. Those who have big houses may often feel　　　 .

A. happy　　 B. lonely　　 C .free　　 D. excited

(　) 12.When you fall down in a PE class, both your teacher and your classmates　　 　will　　　 .

A. laugh at you　 　 B. play jokes on you

C. quarrel with you 　D. help you up

(　 ) 13. What will your friends say to you when you make great progress?　　 .

A. Oh, so do I　　　 B. Congratulations

C. Good luck D. It’s just so-so

( 　) 14. Which idea is NOT right according to the passage?　　　 .

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 difficulties come towards you

(　 ) 15. Which of the following is this passage about?　　　　 .

A. Bad luck　 B. Good luck　　 C. Happiness　　 D. Life

Liu Yun, 13, pretty and smart. She is a good student. But many students try to stay from her because Liu Yun’s mum has AIDS(愛滋病) and her father has died of AIDS. Luckily, Liu Yun didn’t get it.
AIDS means fear for most people. Nobody wants to play games with her. Even a teacher who used to like her turns his back on her now. The biggest problem is how other people look at her. She sometimes wants todrop out of schoolbecause she can no longer face others’ indifference(冷漠)。
It is said if a person has AIDS, it’s still safe to eat and play with him. So I think Liu Yun’s classmates and teachers are afraid of AIDS because they don’t know much about AIDS. And Liu Yun needs their love and understanding. Even a friendly smile means a lot to her.

1. 1.

   Why isn’t Liu Yun popular with the students and the teachers?

   1. A.
      She has AIDS.                 
   2. B.
      Her mother has AIDS.
   3. C.
      Her father has died of AIDS.      
   4. D.
      Both B and C.
2. 2.

   What will you do when you best friend has AIDS?

   1. A.
      I’ll stay away from him.
   2. B.
      I won’t have meals with him.
   3. C.
      I won’t talk with him.
   4. D.
      I should be more friendly to him than before.
3. 3.

   What’s the meaning of the underlined words “drop out of school”?

   1. A.
      逃學
   2. B.
      輟學
   3. C.
      請病假
   4. D.
      回家
4. 4.

   Can we have meals with the people that have AIDS?

   1. A.
      Yes, we can.
   2. B.
      No, we can’t.
   3. C.
      No, we shouldn’t.
   4. D.
      We don’t know.
5. 5.

   Which of the following is TURE?

   1. A.
      Though Liu Yun’s mother has AIDS, every teacher still love her.
   2. B.
      None of teachers love her after her mother has AIDS .
   3. C.
      Most of teachers love her after her mother has AIDS.
   4. D.
      Only a few teacher love her when her mother has AIDS.

  How time flies !Nobody__1.___ this better than Junior 3 students. This week , they will graduate(畢業(yè)) . __2.___ how do they plan to celebrate?

In Anhui , Zhou Yi , 15, and his classmate thought they should thank their head teacher. They decided to give her a notebook as a ___3.___. Everybody wrote something for her in the beautiful notebook. It was __4.___ secretly.

“ I read many warm words in the notebook ,” said Zhou. “ The teacher will surely like it .” In Beijing , during their last P.E. class, Yang Mingcong and his ___5.__ felt a bit sad for the coming departure(分離). They decided to have a football match to __6.__ goodbye to each other. They are 24 boys in Yang’s class. They grouped two teams for the game.

“What could be ___7.__ than a game to remember our friendship?” said the 13-year-old boy.

While being leaving ,ShenYuanyuan and her classmates ___8.____planned to meet every three or five years.

“ I can’t wait __9.___ then ,” said the 15 year-old Shanghai girl . “ What will we be like at that time ? Graduation means we’re closer to __10.___dreams. It’s exciting!”

Not long ago, I opened an interesting e-mail from Jennifer, a friend of mine. “I’ve realized I want to be around people who make me happy,” she wrote, “I’ve been seeing how I feel after communicating with different people and making a mental list of who I feel good about. And you’re on my list.”

Then she invited me — and 11 other women— to a “Movie Night” to be held every six weeks at her house. We’d chat, eat, and watch feel-good movies. She made it clear in her invitation that there was no stress to show up to all or any movie nights. Wonderful! I e-mailed her back immediately. I was in.

Later, Jennifer told me she had some puzzled reactions to her invitation. Though all the women were willing to join, some said they didn’t see themselves as cheerful people. “I’ve told them they didn’t have to be cheerful around me all the time. I invited them because they made me feel happy,” she says.

Research shows that gatherings such as Jennifer’s make sense. In a US study, researchers measured(測量) the happiness of 4739 people at regular intervals (間隔) over 20 years. The study found that a person’s happiness depends on(取決于) the happiness of people they connect with. Amazingly, it also found that happiness spreads not only between direct friends, but also among friends of your friends’ friends! And those good feelings seem to be the most contagious (傳染性的) among friends of the same sex.

“People with more supportive friends are less likely to develop sadness,” says Dr Toupey Luft, a psychologist in Penticyon, British Columbia. “Though you can’t choose your family or workmates, you do have control over friendships.” With a little effort, you can add more positive(樂觀的) relationships to your social circle. Here’s how…

1.How many people did Jennifer invite?

   A. 1             B. 11               C. 12               D. 13

2.What kind of things can you do on Jennifer’s movie night?

   A. Gathering and measuring happiness among friends.

B. Chatting, eating and watching feel-good movies.

C. Being cheerful all the time.

D. Showing up stress.

3.What do the underlined words mean?

   A. 有意義       B. 有鑒賞力        C. 有感覺           D. 制造氣氛

4.Which of the following is right?

   A. Jennifer was puzzled with her invitation.

   B. All the women who were invited are cheerful people.

   C. Jennifer invited people who are cheerful around her all the time.

   D. People with more supportive friends seem to be more positive than people who don’t.

5.Can you guess what will be talked about in the following passage?

   A. Why it is important to pick friends who make you feel good.

   B. How to make friends who make you feel good.

   C. What kinds of friends you should not make.

   D. How you can find your social circle.