Perhaps you think you could easily add to your happiness with more money．Strange as it may seem，if you’re unsatisfied，the issue(問題) is not a lack of means to meet your desires but a lack of desires--not that you cannot satisfy your tastes but that you don’t have enough tastes．

Real riches consist of well-developed and hearty capacities(能力)to enjoy life．Most people are already swamped(淹沒)with things．They eat，wear，go and talk too much．They live in too big a house with too many rooms, yet their house of life is a deserted hut(茅屋).

Your house of life ought to be a mansion(豪宅)，a royal palace. Every new taste，every additional interest，every fresh enthusiasm(熱情) adds a room．Here are several rooms your house of life should have．

Art should be a desire for you to develop simply because the world is full of beautiful things．If you only understood how to enjoy them and feed your spirit on them，they would make you as happy as to find plenty of ham and eggs when you’re hungry．

Literature，classic literature，is a beautiful，richly furnished room where you might find many an hour of rest and refreshment．To gain that love would go toward making you a rich person，for a rich person is not someone who has a library but who likes a library．

Music like Mozart’s and Bach’s shouldn’t be absent．Real riches are of the spirit．And when you’ve brought that spirit up to where classical music feeds it and makes you a little drunk．you have increased your thrills and bettered them．And life is a matter of thrills．

Sports，without which you remain poor，mean a lot in life．No matter who you are，you would be more human，and your house of life would be better supported against the bad days，if you could，and did，play a bit．

Whatever rooms you might add to your house of life，the secret of enjoying life is to keep adding．

1. The author intends to tell us that ________．

A．true happiness lies in achieving wealth by fair means

B．big houses are people’s most valued possessions

C．big houses can in a sense bring richness of life

D．true happiness comes from spiritual riches

2. The underlined sentence in the second paragraph probably implies that__________.

A. however materially rich, they never seem to be satisfied

B. however materially rich, they remain spiritually poor

C. though their house is big, they prefer a simple life

D. though their house is big, it seems to be a cage

3. It can be learned from the passage that __________.

A. more money brings more happiness

B. art is needed to make your house beautiful

C. literature can enrich your spiritual life

D. sports contribute mainly to your physical fitness

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. House of Life                B. Secret of Wealth

C. Rest and Refreshment         D. Interest and Enthusiasm

There is one thing that everyone wants more than anything else._ 1.. They think that when they have enough money to buy such things as houses，farms，and cars，they will have the thing that everyone wants.

Other people believe that if they know enough they will find this thing． 2.__. Still others think that if they have power，they will find this thing．Some people keep telling themselves：“When I'm a boss，I will no longer have to search for this thing．”

What is it that everyone wants more than anything else? What is it that all of us keep working and striving(奮斗)for each day? 3. Happiness is a strange thing． 4. .What will make one man happy may not make another man happy．Some men say that happiness comes from helping others；other men say that happiness comes from making life more pleasant for everyone．What do you mean when you say “ That makes me happy. ” ? 5. . Perhaps you will learn something that will bring you peace of mind，comfort，money or it may be what you search for--- happiness．

A．It is happiness．

B. It does not mean the same to all men．

C．They study all their life in search of it．

D．Happiness means the same to everyone．

E. Some people try to get it by making money．

F．When one man feels happy，another man will feel sad．

G．Read what different people have said about happiness．

From my second grade on，there was one event I feared every year：the piano recital(獨奏會)．A recital____I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers．Each year I___ ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”．And each year he’d shake his head，muttering(嘀咕) about building self-confidence and working towards a ．

So it was with really great that I stood in church one recent Sunday，video camera in hand，and my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt rising to play the piano in his very first recital．

My father had longed to play music since childhood，but his family was poor and couldn’t lessons．He could have gone on regretting it， too many of us do．But though he was rooted in his past，he wasn’t there．When he retired three years ago，he his church music director to take him as a student．

For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard，he stared down at his fingers．

Has he forgotten the ? I worried，remembering those split seconds ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would ．But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the fingers that once baited(裝餌于)my fishing lines．And I he had been doing what music teachers always stress： the music and pretend the others aren’t there．

“I'm of him for starting something new at his age，”I said to my son Jeff．

“Yeah，and doing it so ，”Jeff added．

With his first recital，my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago．

1.A．reflected B．explained C．meant D．proved

2.A．would B．could C．might D．should

3.A．nothing B．everything C．a(chǎn)nything D．something

4.A．goal B．stage C．journey D．chance

5.A．trouble B．satisfaction C．strength D．disappointment

6.A．kept B．sent C．watched D．felt

7.A．through B．from C．a(chǎn)gainst D．before

8.A．miss B．a(chǎn)fford C．select D．understand

9.A．a(chǎn)s B．once C．if D．while

10.A．educated B．protected C．stuck D. spoiled

11.A．a(chǎn)llowed B．invited C．inspired D．persuaded

12.A．roughly B．simply C．merrily D．curiously

13.A．words B．videos C．notes D．lessons

14.A．decades B．weeks C．hours D．moments

15.A．play B．freeze C．click D．a(chǎn)djust

16.A．same B．warm C．different D．dirty

17.A．predicted B．realized C．imagined D．insisted

18.A．pass over B．turn up C．concentrate on D．bring in

19.A．a(chǎn)shamed B．a(chǎn)ware C．tired D．proud

20.A．casually B．a(chǎn)nxiously C．nicely D．frequently

People in communities have slowly been pushed apart over the years，mostly because people simply aren’t taking the time to say a simple “hello”．After considering this phenomenon，I decided I was going to the way I was doing things．

My came one morning when I was in the community library . I passed by a girt who her books out of her locker(夾子）．Thinking like most that someone else would help her pick them up，I continued my way．However，when I had to because I stupidly forgot my book，I noticed she had just finished packing them up by herself．No one had stopped to her．

“OK，”I thought to myself，“this is where I should have changed．”

My best opportunity came a few days later when I saw a man by himself waiting for the library to open, so I sat down next to him and began a ．It was difficult to get started，and even when I had to say goodbye，almost every from my new friend had a tone(語氣)of doubt in it．And who could blame him?

People aren’t used to making an chat with a stranger．But a change，no matter how it is needed，doesn’t just happen．It takes people like us to make it possible．I you to take a small step out of your comfort zone and try to make someone’s day a little brighter. Together，we can really make society come as a whole．

1.A．change B．explain C．1earn D．show

2.A．trouble B．doubt C．wish D．opportunity

3.A．took B．dropped C．got D．pulled

4.A．go back B．stand by C．come out D．turn up

5.A．pleaseB．greet C．help D．praise

6.A．sitting B．walking C．riding D．running

7.A．discussion B．lesson C．report D．conversation

8.A．joke B．cry C．response D．story

9.A．unchangeable B．Unprepared C．unforgettable D．unfinished

10.A．desperately B．frequently C．simply D．widely

11.A．a(chǎn)llow B．warn C．order D．a(chǎn)dvise

12.A．1ater B．straighter C．closer D．Slower

Jonny: Hey! I’m just practicing Tai Chi(太極. Would you like to join me?

Peter: I know nothing about it. Is it difficult?

Jonny: It seems easy, but you need a great deal of practice. You just follow me just like this.

Peter：OK-Don’t laugh 1. me．I may look funny．

Jonny：Bend your knees slightly and reach out your arms like tree branches，naturally and 2. (soft)．Try to keep your body straight．Move slowly，then be sure to keep your balance and Don’t let your body shake．

Peter：I cannot control my body well．My legs become 3. (pain)．

Jonny：Keep 4. (hold) your position for a while．It helps develop your strength and flexibility．Raise your leg and let 5. stay in the air for seconds．

Peter：I feel my legs shaking．I cannot do this any longer．

Jonny：Be patient! Tai Chi 6. (call)“shadow boxing”in English．It asks you to act like water：to be flexible as well 7. strong．In real competition，a Tai Chi master borrows

the strength of the competitor and uses this energy to fight back．The 8. (hard) you try to beat him，the more likely you will get hit．He controls you!

Peter：Unbelievable!Oh…， 9. you don’t mind，I'll stop and take a deep 10. ．

短文改錯

Yesterday was my mother birthday．My father and I planned to give him a surprise．In the morning，like usual，my father and mother went to work but I went to school at eight o’clock．My mother seemed to have forgotten her birthday．At four o’clock in the afternoon my father bought a bunch of flowers as well a lot of good food my mother likes to eat. I bought my mother large and beautiful birthday cake．When my mother got home，she was greatly surprised by that she saw. All that we had done made her very happily．After supper，I asked my mother to sit down and watched TV．My father began to clean the floor and I set out to doing the washing-up.

假定你是星光中學(xué)的高中畢業(yè)生李華，母校將為高一新生舉辦主題為“What to learn in senior high school?”的英語沙龍活動，特邀請你結(jié)合自身經(jīng)歷談?wù)勛约旱捏w會。請根據(jù)以下提綱準備一份英語發(fā)言稿。

1．學(xué)會學(xué)習(xí)：方法、習(xí)慣等；

2．學(xué)會做人：真誠、友善等；

3．其他方面：考生自擬。

注意：1．詞數(shù)120左右；

2．發(fā)言稿開頭和結(jié)尾已給出，不計人總詞數(shù)。

Good morning，everyone! It is my honor to be here to share with you my opinions on what to learn in senior high school．

Thank you.

Li hua

My mother is English teacher in No. 2 Middle School.

A. a B. the

C. an D. /

．When you don’t know a word, you can _________ in the dictionary.

A. look it up B. set it up

C. give it up D. pick it up

Mr. Smith couldn’t open the door because his naughty boy _______ it from the inside

A. would lockB. was locking

C. has lockedD. had locked