Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those people who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who has cars may want to walk on the country road at their free time.
In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into __it__. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you. When you take lessons, your parents are always taking care of your life and health. When you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you. When you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. And when you do something good to others you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice a bit of them , you can see that happiness is always around you.
Happiness is not the same as money. It’s a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, “ Life is like a revolving door, when it closes, it also opens.” If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.
【小題1】According to the passage, which of the following is happiness?

Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those people who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who has cars may want to walk on the country road at their free time.

In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into __it__. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you. When you take lessons, your parents are always taking care of your life and health. When you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you. When you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. And when you do something good to others you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice a bit of them , you can see that happiness is always around you.

Happiness is not the same as money. It’s a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, “ Life is like a revolving door, when it closes, it also opens.” If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.

1.According to the passage, which of the following is happiness?

A．You have lots of money, but you have no friends.

B．When you’re in trouble, your classmates often help you.

C．You have a big house, but you always feel lonely.

D．When you meet difficulties, you give up at once.

2.What does the underlined word “ it ”refer to?

A．Happiness.         B．Trouble           C．Health            D．Difficulty

3.The third paragraph(段) tells us that ________.

A．Poor people are always happy.             B．Difficulties means happiness.

C．Happiness is a feeling of heart.             D．Life is the revolving door.

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

A．Money and cars.                        B．Happiness is everywhere.

C．Happiness is money.                     D．Luck in life.

1.Sarah：Don’t care too much about what they have said，Tony．   

2.Stephen：Thanks for helping me，Amy．     l’m so proud of having a friend like you．

3.Mr. Lee：Teachers should tell the kids not only what to do，but also how to do that．   

4.Alan：Don’t be upset，Jeff．     The great success is just in front of you．

5.Sally：I don’t want to hear the tour guide introduce the paintings in the gallery．    Don’t you think so ?

As teenagers，you have many dreams．These dreams can be very big，such as winning the Nobel Prize，or they can be small．You may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class．

Once you find a dream，what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real?

“Follow Your Heart”by Australian writer Andrew Matthews tells us that making our dreams real is life’s biggest challenge．

You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects，or that it is impossible for you to become a writer．These kinds of thoughts stop you from getting your dream，the book says．

In fact，everyone can make his dream come true．The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is．Don’t let it leave your heart．Keep telling yourself what you want．Do this step by step and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is，in fact，made up of many small dreams．

You must also never give up your dream．There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams．But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself．You need to decide what is the most important．Studying instead of watching TV will lead to better exam results，while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy anew book．

As you get closer to your dream，it may change a little．This is good as you have the chance to learn more skills and find new interests．

1．“Follow Your Heart”is ________．

A．the first thing you must do to make your dream real

B．the most important dream to have for teenagers

C．the name of a book by Andrew Matthews

D．the name of a famous Australian writer

2．If you want to make your dream real，you should ________．

A．remember what you dream is first

B．keep telling yourself what you want

C．never be afraid of the big difficulties

D．try to start with all the things above

3．From the text，we know the word challenge means ________．

A．變化                      B．挑戰(zhàn)                       C．決定                      D．態(tài)度

4．What’s the best title for the text?

A．Keep your dream in your mind．                  B．How to find your real dream

C．Never stop dreaming of success                   D．Teenagers have many dreams