Mom:    Daniel, I need to talk to you about your behavior. Dad and I realize there is probably an explanation for why the house is so dirty, but you shouldn’t have run out of the room and closed the door so hard like that.

Daniel:     Mom, I’m sorry, but I was so angry! You want me to act like an adult but you and dad treat me like a child. Why didn’t you just ask me what had happened?

Mom:    Well, I know that grown-ups are supposed to make good decisions but sometimes we make mistakes. We were angry too. None of us stopped to think and we should have. Can you explain to me now why the house was a mess and what you did with the money we left?

Daniel: Spot was sick, Mom. Eric and I didn’t want to call you and dad on your vacation, so I used the money you left and some of my own to take him to the vet. We stayed there and waited for him all day. That is why we didn’t have time to clean the house.

1. Who is Spot?

2. Where were Daniel’s parents when Spot was sick?

3. Why did Daniel’s mother talk with him?

Mom:    Daniel, I need to talk to you about your behavior. Dad and I realize there is probably an explanation for why the house is so dirty, but you shouldn’t have run out of the room and closed the door so hard like that.
Daniel:     Mom, I’m sorry, but I was so angry! You want me to act like an adult but you and dad treat me like a child. Why didn’t you just ask me what had happened?
Mom:    Well, I know that grown-ups are supposed to make good decisions but sometimes we make mistakes. We were angry too. None of us stopped to think and we should have. Can you explain to me now why the house was a mess and what you did with the money we left?
Daniel: Spot was sick, Mom. Eric and I didn’t want to call you and dad on your vacation, so I used the money you left and some of my own to take him to the vet. We stayed there and waited for him all day. That is why we didn’t have time to clean the house.
【小题1】 Who is Spot?

Will you be happy if you have a new Nike T-shirt on? Probably you will．But what if you see a friend 1  a more fashionable（时髦的）and more beautiful one? You may not feel as satisfied

2  you expect to and the feeling of happiness may disappear in a minute．

    Why are we not so happy we should be? the secret is：we focus（专注）on what we want

instead of what we have．We keep making Our list of desires（愿望）longer and longer．As a result，

we are not pleased with what we have  3 owned．We say to ourselves,“I’11 be happy when this

desire is satisfied．”However, another desire appears when this one is met．So。we still don’t feel  happy though we have got what we want．Happiness   4  when we always have new desires

hard to satisfy．

    Luckily．there is a way to be happy．Think more about what we have than what we want．Rather than wish you were 5  to have an enjoyable vacation on the beach．think of  6  fun you have had nelil home．Similarly，instead of hating to do much homework，7 teachers for

making you have the chance to practice mole．The list of what you have can also be endless．Each

time you find yourself falling into “I wish life was different” trap（陷阱），take a deep breath and think of 8  you have every" had．

  Pay anole's attention to what you have，and you’11 probably get mole of what you want． 9

example，your good attitude toward doing homework can bring exeunt grades in exanlt8 because 10  makes perfect．

    Start to focus on what we have! The more we feel satisfied．the more happily we’ll live．

根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

（    ）1．A．wearing                           B．to wear                   C．wore

（    ）2．A．very                                B．as                           C．too

（    ）3．A．already                            B．yet                         C．far

（    ）4．A．can’t be found                 B．Call be found           C．can find

（    ）5．A．used                  B．sad              C．able

（    ）6．A．how                                B．what                       C．whose

（    ）7．A．thank                              B．refuse                     C．dislike

（    ）8．A．everything                       B．thing                       C．nothing’

（    ）9．A．As                                  B．For                         C．On

（    ）10．A．exercises                       B．grade                      C．practice