Happiness is for everyone. You don't   1   (需要) to care about those who are very   2  (穷困的).
Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel   3    (孤独) and those who have cars want
to   4    (走路)on country roads in their free time. 
       In fact, happiness is always around you. When you are in   5   (麻烦), your friends will help you;
when you study   6   (努力)at your lessons, your parents are   7   (照顾) good care of your life and your
health. All these are your happiness.  
      When you are not   8    (富有的)  you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that money can't   9   (买). When you meet with problems, say   10   (大声地) that you are happy,
because you have more chances to challenge yourself.
Take every chance you get, and you can be a happy and lucky person.

       A. People might grow plants and vegetables in the sea in about 50 years.
       B. The Lost World is an exciting American film. People, especially school students, may like it better.
       C. Even if you could buy the world, you could not buy a happy family, good friends or knowledge.
       D. For families with children, an important problem is getting the children away from the TV to do
their homework..
       E. When you need help for your homework, go to the library. You may find magazines, newspapers, and big dictionaries there. They can always help you.

1. ____ Money Isn't Everything     

2. ____ Activities for Free Time

3. ____ Study Tools                

4. ____Farm of the Future

5. ____ Parents' Headache

       David came from a poor family. When he finished his high school, however, he was given a wonderful present. "Some of my friends got new clothes and a rich boy even got a new car," he remembered, "My
dad reached into his trousers pocket and took something out. I held out my hand, and his present dropped into it-a nickel(五分镍币)."
       Dad said to me, "Buy a newspaper with that. Read every word of it. Then turn to the classified section(分类栏目)and get yourself a job. Get into the world. It's all yours now." I always thought that was a great joke my father had played on me until a few years later when I was in the army, sitting in a foxhole(战壕), and thinking about my family and my life. It was then I realized that my friends had got only new cars, or only new clothes. My father had given me the whole world. What a great present!"

1. When David left school, he received ______ as a present.

A. a new car                        
B. new clothes  
C. both A and B                    
D. hardly anything

2. David's father asked him to _____.

A. learn how to read a newspaper    
B. get a job by himself
C. play a joke                    
D. remember the classified section

3. The title of the passage may be ________.

A. How to Be a Soldier            
B. How to Find a Job  
C. A Great Joke                  
D. A Great Present

4. What did David think of his present from his father at first?

A. It was a joke.                  
B. It was a great present.  
C. He disliked it.                  
D. The present was expensive

5. What did David become a few years later?

A. A college student.              
B. A rich person.  
C. A soldier.                    
D. A newspaper reporter.

1. When do they stop serving dinner?

A.10:00 am.      
B.10:30 pm.      
C.2:00 pm.      
D.9:30 pm.

2. How much do a small hamburger and a large soft drink cost?

A. $3.9.        
B. $3.95.        
C. $4.1.        
D. $4.9

3. How many kinds of things have chocolate in them?

A. One.        
B. Two.        
C. Three        
D. Four.

       What's your idea of a good time? What about dancing in a rainy field with one hundred and fifty
thousand other people? A famous rock band plays on a stage so far away that the performers look
very small.
       It may sound strange but that is what many hundreds of thousands of young people in the UK
do every summer. Why? Because summer is the time for outdoor music festivals.
       Held on a farm, the Glastonbury Festival is the most well-known and popular in the UK. It began
in 1970 and one thousand five hundred people took part in it, each paying ￡1－ free milk from the
farm in the ticket. Since then more and more people came for the festival － in 2004 one hundred
and fifty thousand fans came, paying ￡112 for tickets to the three-day event. Tickets for the event
sold out in three hours. There were many superstars in it.
       Glastonbury is a charity event, donating millions of pounds to English and international charities.

1. When did the UK begin the Glastonbury Festival for the first time?

A. For 25 years.
B. In 1970.
C. Last summer
D. Since 2004.

2. Why is the festival held in summer?

A. Because it's a rainy season.
B. Because it's a season for indoor sports festival.
C. Because it's the best season in UK.
D. Because it's the good time for outdoor musical festival.

3. In Paragraph One, the word "performers" means "______" in Chinese.

A. 表演者
B. 风景
C. 观众
D. 雨滴

4. How many people came to enjoy the festival in 2004?

A. 1,500.
B. 105,000.
C. 115,000.
D. 150,000.

5. What do the UK have the Glastonbury Festival for?

A. To see many superstars.
B. To collect money for charities.  
C. For a rock band concert.
D. For free milk from the farm.  

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A. Mary is in hospital.
B. Simon is working in another city for four weeks.
C. John has just started a new job.
D. Karen will start her final exams next week.
E. Ann cleaned her friend's house when her friend was on holiday.

     Have you realized that time has passed very quickly since you entered Grade Nine? Maybe
you think you have so much homework to do every day but you do not have enough time. All
the holidays are far away, so you may feel very upset. However, you needn't be upset．There
are some ways for you to save time and cheer up.
     1. Do less. Please remember: if you want to do everything in one day, you can do nothing
well. So you'd better make a list of things you need to do first, and then decide which things are
the most important, and then put all your energy and time into them.
     2. Don't meet other people too often. Not all meetings will waste your time, but many will.
You should say no to your friends sometimes when they invite you to do outdoor activities. If you
always say yes to those invitations, it may mean that you are giving up your own time and that you
can't do the things you need to do.
     3. Don't make long conversations. You may have one or two close friends in your school
and they may be good at chatting. If you don't want to waste time, you'd better try not to have a
long conversation with them. You should learn how to spend your time.

1. The writer tells us to do _____ first in one day.

A. the most important things
B. the most difficult things
C. as many things as we can
D. something interesting

2. According to the passage, if you want to save time, _____.

A. you need to study with friends
B. you needn't make a list
C. do outdoor activities with your friends
D. you'd better have a short conversation with your close friends

3. _____ ways to save time are talked about in the passage.

A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. One