I'm Ann. I'm English. I'm twelve. I was born on May 17th, 1991. I learn Chinese at Beijing No.3
Middle School. I have a good friend. Her name is Lucy. She is twelve, too. We are in the same grade.
But we are not in the same (同樣的) class. I'm in Class Two, and she is in Class Three. We have the
same Chinese teacher. Her name is Zhang Ying. We all like her. Lucy's parents are English teachers in
China. She has a sister. Her name is Lily. She is only five years old.

1. Ann and Lucy are ____.

A. classmates
B. sisters
C. brothers
D. friends

2. Ann was born _____.

A. on May 17th, 1990
B. on May 17th 1991
C. in May 17th, 1991
D. in May 17th, 1990

3. Zhang Ying is Luly's _____teacher.

A. English
B. Chinese
C. math
D. music

4. Lily's parents are in ____. They teach English.

A. England
B. China
C. America
D. Japan

5. Lucy and ____ are in the same grade.

A. Ann
B. Lily
C. Zhang Ying
D. her sister

Mr. Wu: Good morning, Bruce. Sit down, please. May I ask you some questions?
Bruce: Certainly. What do you want to know?
Mr. Wu: First, when were you born, Bruce?
Bruce: On June 22, 1980.
Mr. Wu: Secondly, where were you born?
Bruce: In Sydney, Australia.
Mr. Wu: Where was your father born?
Bruce: He was born in Sydney, too.
Mr. Wu: When was he born?
Bruce: Sorry, I don't know. But I know he's about forty years old.
Mr. Wu: I see. What does your father do?
Bruce: He's a doctor. He works in a hospital here.
Mr. Wu: Is your mother working in China, too?
Bruce: No, she works in Sydney. She's coming to China soon.
Mr. Wu: Oh, that's very good. I have no more questions. Thank you, Bruce.
Bruce: You're welcome, Mr. Wu. Good-bye.
Mr. Wu: Good-bye.

1. When was Bruce born? 

A. On July 22.
B. In 1980.
C. In July.
D. On June 23

2. Where was Bruce born?

A. In China.
B. In Australia.
C. In America.
D. In England.

3. When was Bruce's father born?

A. In 1964.
B. In 1952.
C. In 1965.
D. In 1955.

4. what does his father do?

A. He's a worker.
B. He's a teacher.
C. He's a doctor.
D. It doesn't tell us.

5. Where is Bruce's mother working now?  

A. In China.
B. In Australia.
C. In America.
D. In England.

     Ever since I was a child, my mouth has caused me trouble.  I'm not a bad person; I have a hard time
 learning when to keep my mouth closed.
     My mom has told me again and again, " Robert, your constant bad words are hurting me.  If you continue
 to be this rude, you will get into big trouble. "
     It's been a problem at school several times too when teachers have told me something l didn't want to hear.
I used to feel it was my duty to stand up for myself.
     One day in English class I began working on my homework until I heard a classmate talking behind me. It 
was Nathaniel, talking to himself as usual.
      I said ever so nicely, "Nathaniel, would you be quiet?"
     Wathaniel continued talking to himself.  I quickly shouted " Nathaniel,  shut up ! "
      For the next five minutes, we threw hurtful words hack and forth at each other.
       "At least I don't have an ugly lazy eye like you!"  I shouted.
      I knew this would upset him deep inside. Jt would hurt his feelings and shut him up.
     What I said filled him with anger.  He tried co reach over my seat and grab me as he shouted,  "That's it! 
That's it ! "
     Surprised at his reaction, I sat back in my seat. Never had I seen Nathaniel act like this before.
      Later on, we were taken to the principal's ofrice.
     There, Mr. Black, the principal, told us to discuss the matter. It wasn't until then that I finally found chat 
when I hurt someone physically, the wounds eventually heal.  But when I hurt them with my words, 
sometimes the pain (痛苦) never goes away.
     At the end of the discussion, I said sorry to Nathaniel. When I headed back to my room, I spent some
time praying.  I began to think about how often what I said hurt others. But I believe that as l keep praying 
and asking God to help me, he'll tell me when to keep my mouth closed.

1. What's the writer's name?     

A. Nathaniel.       
B. Robert           
C. Black.           
D. Creen.

2. One day in English class, Nathaniel ________ when the ocher classmates worked on their homework.    

A. read the text                                 
B. listened to the others
C. talked to himself                    
D. kept silent

3. What's the Chinese meaning of the underlined word heal?

A. 愈合
B. 痛苦
C. 和好
D. 傷害

4. In the text the writer tried to tell us that ________.     

A. when you hurt someone, the pain never goes away
B. we should try to help each other at school
C. t is one's duty to stand up for himself
D. words cause more pain than wounds

     Over the last 70 years, researchers have been studying happy and unhappy people and finally found out 
ten factors that make a difference. Our feelings of well-being at any moment are decided to a certain degree by 
genes. However, of all the factors,wealth and age are the top two.
     Money can buy a degree of happiness. But once you can afford to feed, clothe and house yourself, each 
extra dollar makes less and less difference.
     Researchers find that, on average, wealthier people are happier.  But the link between money and happiness
 is complex (復(fù)雜的).  In the past half-century, the average income (平均收入)  has sharply increased in 
developed countries, yet happiness levels have remained almost the same. Once your basic needs are met, 
money only seems to increase happiness if you have more than your friends, neighbors and colleagues.
     "Dollars buy status (social position), and status makes people feel better," say some experts, which helps 
explain why people who can seek status in other ways, scientists or actors, for example, may happily accept 
relatively poorly-paid jobs.
      In a research, Professor Alex Michalos found that the people whose desires (欲望) , not just for money,
 but for friends, family, job, health, rose furthest beyond what they already had, tended to be less happy than
 those who felt a smaller gap (差距).  Indeed, the size of the gap predicted happiness about five times better 
than income alone.  "the gap measures just blow away the measures of only income." says Michalos.
     Another factor that has to do with happiness is age.  Old age may not be so bad "Civen all the problems of 
aging,  how could the elderly be more satisfied?" asks Professor Laura Carstensen.  In one survey, Carstensen
 interviewed 184 people between the ages of 18 and 94, and asked them to fill out an emotion questionnaire.  
She found that old people reported positive emotions just as often as young people. Some scientists suggest 
older people may expect life to be harder and learn to live with it, or they're more realistic about their time 
running out. Older people have learned to focus on things that make them happy and let go of those that don't.
    "People realize not only what they have, but also that what they have cannot last forever," she says.  "A 
goodbye kiss to a husband or wife at the age of 85, for example, may bring far more complex emotional 
responses than a similar kiss to a boy or girl friend at the age of 20. "

1. Some actors would like to accept poorly-paid jobs because the jobs _________.   

A. make them feel much better           
B. provide chances to make friends
C. improve their social position           
D. satisfy their professional interests

2. Professor Alex Michalos found that people feel less happy if _________.   

A. the gap between reality and desire is bigger
B. they have a stronger desire for friendship
C. the hope for good health is much greater
D. their income is far below their expectation

3. We can infer from the passage that older people _________.      

A. would like to have more goodbye kisses than young people
B. are used to living a hard life because they are kind to others
C. express their positive opinions just as some young people do
D. find it easier to feel happy because they are more realistic

4. According to the passage, the feeling of happiness  _________.   

A. increases gradually with age           
B. is controlled partly by desires
C. has little to do with wealth             
D. is decided mostly by genes

     What are emotions? As far as we know, human beings have always had emotions. Poets write about them,
singers sing about them, and lovers and friends talk about them. We know that we can 'control' emotions,
express' emotions and ' feel' emotions. Is it possible that we can smell emotions? Are we able, like some
animals, to smell fear?
      Sometimes you can see what emotions a person is feeling. When people are happy, they smile; when they
are sad, they might cry; when they are angry, their faces might turn red; when they are feeling shy, they might
sweat (出汗). These are all physical reactions (反應(yīng)), so can we say that emotions are physical reactions to
something in our lives?
     The problem is that emotions don't always include physical reactions that we can see. Some people are
good at hiding their emotions, and different people can have different physical reactions to the same emotion.
Some people's faces, for example, go white when they are angry and some people's faces turn red. Some
people go quiet when they are angry and some people shout.
     Sometimes there is a physical reaction that we can't see. For example, a person might he nervous and feel
sick inside, but other people might not be able to see that We might be able to see or smell emotions, but we
can't touch them. Can we describe them? In one way we can describe emotions. Everybody has some idea
what 'happy' and 'sad' mean. But in another way it is difficult to describe emotions. Is the way you 'love' your
pet, your family, your friend, or your husband and wife the same? I always think it is strange in English that
we often write 'love' at the bottom of a Christmas card or a letter to a relative we hardly know or hardly ever
see. We might write 'love' al the bottiom of a letter to someone of the opposite sex (性別) who is just a friend,
but we wouldn't write 'love' at the bottom of a letter to somebody of the same sex even if we know that friend
much better.
     Some people say that emotions are just a chemical reaction, but I don't want to believe that. I don't know
what they are, but life would be boring without them.

1. According to the passage, because you can 'express' emotions, _______.

A. your face might turn red when you feel shy.
B. you might know it when you're in danger.
C. you might smile when you're happy.
D. you are good at hiding your emotions.

2. Which reaction is NOT mentioned when people are angry?

A. Their faces turn white or red.
B. They don't seem to like to talk to others.
C. They often talk to people in a loud voice.
D. They write to their friends or relatives.

3. Which of the following is 'IRUE'?

A. Emotions only include physical reactions.
B. We can hardly see a person's feelings from his face.
C. We might smell or see emotions, but we can't touch them.
D. We write 'love' at the bottom of the letter to our closest friends.

4. In the writer's opinion, what is 'emotion'?

A. It's hard to say what it is.
B. It is just a chemical reaction.
C. It's a physical reaction to something in our lives.
D. It can be controlled, felt, expressed and known easily.