You have the ability to decide if you are happy or not. Happiness is a choice.

You can’t depend on someone else to make you happy. That is a lesson I learned early on in my marriage. I realized that I couldn’t rely on my husband as my source of happiness. I learned that my happiness depended on me and not my husband’s actions. I learned that you have to choose to be happy.

You can choose your emotions (情绪). Happiness can’t be forced by outside forces. So how do you choose happiness? You can choose to smile or choose to wear a certain outfit. You choose it because that’s what you want to experience in your life.

You want to buy a new pair of shoes so you choose a pair that you like and feel good. You wouldn’t buy a pair of shoes that you don’t like or that don’t fit well, right? So why do we keep choosing emotions and feelings that don’t make us feel good?

Choosing to be happy after you realize your anger has shown up (or even choosing to be calm) can be beneficial. We choose our feelings and no one can do that for us. If we let others get to us, influence our emotions—we are giving them power over us. When others cause us anger or pain, we are giving them our power.

We need to keep our feelings in check and not react automatically to what is thrown at us. We need to think our actions out instead of just reacting to what someone says or does.

Remember that we can always choose happiness. At first it will be difficult to just change your thoughts and feelings from anger, self-doubt, or fear to joy and happiness. But it is only a thought away. Don’t think about what happens to you unnecessarily but realize what is causing you to feel that way. Realize that thoughts, feelings and emotions can change. Then move on and choose to be happy.

66. What’s the best title of this passage?

A. Ways to Be Happy                                          B. Choose Your Emotions

C. Choose to Be Happy                                       D. Find Your Happiness

67. The lesson the writer learned in her marriage is ________________.

A. one can’t depend on someone else to make himself or herself happy

B. balancing the relationship between the husband and wife is an art

C. she can depend on her husband to find happiness

D. happiness can be influenced by outside forces

68. Why did the writer mention buying shoes?

A. To offer advice on how to choose comfortable shoes.

B. To use it as an example to explain the importance of choosing to be happy.

C. To consider it as a hard job.

D. To help to move to the next paragraph easily.

69. The writer suggests that we should _________________.

A. let others control our feelings                   B. give answers immediately to others’ words   

C. control our feelings properly                    D. pay more attention to words than actions

70. The main idea of the last paragraph is that __________________.

A. people have different feelings at different time

B. anger is only a thought away

C. we should list the reasons for our different emotions

D. one can change one’s feelings and choose to be happy

Though he wore his whiskers (颊须) only four years, today we can hardly think of Abraham Lincoln without them. He often talked about the little girl in Westfield, New York, who suggested in a letter that he grow the famous whiskers. And he would add, “Sometimes a small thing can change our lives!”
Grace Bedell sat in her room looking at a picture of Lincoln. Her little lamp threw shadows on the picture. A frame (框) of small shadows lay around the thin face and covered the hollow cheeks (面颊). “Whiskers!” she thought.
“How nice!” she said to herself. “There will be more people to elect him President if he lets his whiskers grow. Somebody ought to tell him.” She reached for a pen and began to write the letter.
On February 16 of the following year a special train carried the newly elected President Lincoln to the White House. The train stopped briefly at a station near Grace’s town. At the station Lincoln was speaking to a large crowd, among whom were the Bedell family.
Lincoln continued his speech, “I have a little friend in this place,” he said. “That little lady told me how to improve my appearance, and I want to thank her. If she is present, I would like to speak to her. Her name is Grace Bedell.”
Grace’s father led her forward to Lincoln. She looked and laughed happily, for up there on his face were the whiskers.
If you visit Springfield, Illinois, today you will see the house in which Abraham Lincoln used to live. On the wall of a room hangs a piece of paper covered with a child’s handwriting: “Dear sir...”
【小题1】Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

Though he wore his whiskers (颊须) only four years, today we can hardly think of Abraham Lincoln without them. He often talked about the little girl in Westfield, New York, who suggested in a letter that he grow the famous whiskers. And he would add, “Sometimes a small thing can change our lives!”

Grace Bedell sat in her room looking at a picture of Lincoln. Her little lamp threw shadows on the picture. A frame (框) of small shadows lay around the thin face and covered the hollow cheeks (面颊). “Whiskers!” she thought.

“How nice!” she said to herself. “There will be more people to elect him President if he lets his whiskers grow. Somebody ought to tell him.” She reached for a pen and began to write the letter.

On February 16 of the following year a special train carried the newly elected President Lincoln to the White House. The train stopped briefly at a station near Grace’s town. At the station Lincoln was speaking to a large crowd, among whom were the Bedell family.

Lincoln continued his speech, “I have a little friend in this place,” he said. “That little lady told me how to improve my appearance, and I want to thank her. If she is present, I would like to speak to her. Her name is Grace Bedell.”

Grace’s father led her forward to Lincoln. She looked and laughed happily, for up there on his face were the whiskers.

If you visit Springfield, Illinois, today you will see the house in which Abraham Lincoln used to live. On the wall of a room hangs a piece of paper covered with a child’s handwriting: “Dear sir...”

1.Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

   A. Why Lincoln Grew Whiskers

B. A Little Girl’s Letter to Lincoln

    C. How Lincoln Becamse President of the U. S.

D. Lincoln’s Great Kindness to Children

2.Grace suggested Lincoln growing whiskers because she supposed ______.

    A. he looked terrible without whiskers around his face

    B. he would look better with whiskers around his thin face

    C. no one would elect him President if he had no whiskers

    D. he would be famous with whiskers around his thin face

3.Grace’s idea that Lincoln should grow whiskers came from ______.

   A. the lamp        B. Lincoln’s hollow cheeks

   C. the picture of Lincoln           D. the shadows on the picture

4.When Lincoln said “Sometimes a small thing can change our lives”, what he really meant was that ______.

    A. his whiskers had helped him to become President of the U. S.

    B. one should pay attention to small things in one’s life

    C. a little child’s advice had helped to improve his appearance

    D. a child could play an important part in politics

5.Which of the following did Grace most likely tell Lincoln in her letter?

   A. Her school.     B. Her problems.                      C. Her age.      D. Her friends.

Though he wore his whiskers (颊须) only four years, today we can hardly think of Abraham Lincoln without them. He often talked about the little girl in Westfield, New York, who suggested in a letter that he grow the famous whiskers. And he would add, “Sometimes a small thing can change our lives!”
Grace Bedell sat in her room looking at a picture of Lincoln. Her little lamp threw shadows on the picture. A frame (框) of small shadows lay around the thin face and covered the hollow cheeks (面颊). “Whiskers!” she thought.
“How nice!” she said to herself. “There will be more people to elect him President if he lets his whiskers grow. Somebody ought to tell him.” She reached for a pen and began to write the letter.
On February 16 of the following year a special train carried the newly elected President Lincoln to the White House. The train stopped briefly at a station near Grace’s town. At the station Lincoln was speaking to a large crowd, among whom were the Bedell family.
Lincoln continued his speech, “I have a little friend in this place,” he said. “That little lady told me how to improve my appearance, and I want to thank her. If she is present, I would like to speak to her. Her name is Grace Bedell.”
Grace’s father led her forward to Lincoln. She looked and laughed happily, for up there on his face were the whiskers.
If you visit Springfield, Illinois, today you will see the house in which Abraham Lincoln used to live. On the wall of a room hangs a piece of paper covered with a child’s handwriting: “Dear sir...”

1. 1.

   Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

   1. A.
      Why Lincoln Grew Whiskers
   2. B.
      A Little Girl’s Letter to Lincoln
   3. C.
      How Lincoln Becamse President of the U. S.
   4. D.
      Lincoln’s Great Kindness to Children
2. 2.

   Grace suggested Lincoln growing whiskers because she supposed ______.

   1. A.
      he looked terrible without whiskers around his face
   2. B.
      he would look better with whiskers around his thin face
   3. C.
      no one would elect him President if he had no whiskers
   4. D.
      he would be famous with whiskers around his thin face
3. 3.

   Grace’s idea that Lincoln should grow whiskers came from ______.

   1. A.
      the lamp
   2. B.
      Lincoln’s hollow cheeks
   3. C.
      the picture of Lincoln
   4. D.
      the shadows on the picture
4. 4.

   When Lincoln said “Sometimes a small thing can change our lives”, what he really meant was that ______.

   1. A.
      his whiskers had helped him to become President of the U. S.
   2. B.
      one should pay attention to small things in one’s life
   3. C.
      a little child’s advice had helped to improve his appearance
   4. D.
      a child could play an important part in politics
5. 5.

   Which of the following did Grace most likely tell Lincoln in her letter?

   1. A.
      Her school.
   2. B.
      Her problems.
   3. C.
      Her age.
   4. D.
      Her friends.