Betty is a lazy girl. She doesn’t study hard, and she doesn’t help her mother with the housework either.
“What are you going to be when you grow up, Betty?” Mother asks. “You are too lazy. No job will ever fit you.”
“But I know one,” says the girl. “I’m going to be Father Christmas.”
“You want to be Father Christmas?” Mother is surprised. “But why?”
“Because he works only one day in a whole year.”
1.Betty is a ________ girl. ( )A.lazy | B.good | C.pretty |
A.Betty can find a good job | B.Betty can’t find any jobs | C.Betty isn’t lazy |
A.a teacher | B.Father Christmas | C.a writer |
A.happy | B.excited | C.surprised |
A.that job fits her | B.she likes Father Christmas very much | C.she could work only one day in a whole year |
Everybody wants to have a happy life. The problem is that no one teaches you how to live a happy life. There are many ways and here are three of them to help you start.
What is happiness?
I often hear people say they want to be happy. But when I ask them what happiness is to them, they don’t know how to explain it. If you don’t know what happiness is to you, happiness is only a word.
Have goal(目标).
If you know what makes you happy, you need to have goals to get those things. You can’t get happiness if you only want it, but don’t make it come true.
Don’t do things that make you unhappy.
This may seem very easy but you would be surprised how many people do things that make them unhappy. If you want happiness in your life, you have to do things that make you happy.
1.According to the passage, everybody wants to ________. ( )A.have a good job | B.travel around the world | C.live a happy life |
A.easy | B.boring | C.difficult |
A.We don’t know what happiness is. |
B.Happiness never comes to the people who want it. ( ) |
C.We should do something to get happiness. |
A.If you know what makes you happy, you need to have goals to get those things. |
B.Everybody knows clearly how to live a happy life. |
C.Many people do things that make them unhappy. |
A.Three ways to have a good job. |
B.Three ways to start a happy life. |
C.Three things that make you successful. |
A.the UK | B.the US | C.China |
A.Australia | B.the UK | C.the USA |
One day, my cousins and I are in the park. The park is very beautiful. There are many flowers and trees in it. And there is a lake, too. My cousins are playing games by the lake. And I am sitting under a tree. I look at the blue sky. The white clouds are like white sheep(绵羊). Oh, two birds are flying. One is yellow, the other is green. They look so beautiful and free.
I have a dream now. I want to be a bird and I want to fly in the sky with my friends.
1.Where is the writer(作者) one day? He is __________. ( )A.in the dream | B.in the park | C.in the lake |
A.His brother | B.His classmates | C.His cousins |
A.are sitting | B.playing games | C.flying a kite |
A.a sheep | B.a bird | C.a cloud |
A.sheep | B.birds | C.a lake |
A.a | B.an | C.the |
Alice's invitation | |
Welcome to Alice's birthday party! | |
Time: | 3:30pm |
Date: | Saturday, Feb 7th |
Place: | Flat 15A Shanghai Road |
Telephone: | 87262533 |
With snacks, fruit and drinks | |
Play with toys, watch cartoons and play chess |
A.Teachers' Day | B.classmate | C.birthday |
A.four thirty in the morning | B.five thirty tomorrow | C.three thirty in the afternoon |
A.call your mother | B.go home | C.call Alice |
A.eat dumplings | B.have some fun | C.get gifts |
A.play football | B.watch cartoons | C.play cards |
A.to watch | B.watching | C.watches |
The children are talking about their dreams. Sandy likes painting. She has some painting lessons every week. She wants to be an artist. Mary likes dancing. She can dance beautifully. She wants to be a dancer. Tom is good at sport. He likes playing football. He wants to be a football player. Danny wants to be a policeman. He thinks policemen are cool. He likes films about policemen.
1.The children are talking about their holiday plans.