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Dear Mr. White,

I am writing tell you a piece of good news. Last week our school hold a Spoken English Competition. I stood out in the competition and won a first place. In my view, it is your kind help which has helped me gain the achievement. During your spare time, you often spent such much time helping me with my speaking English that I made rapid progress. In the competition, I followed your advices on how to behave, which led to my success. I'm grateful to you for your help and decide that you will make more efforts and try to make great progress in the future.

I'm looking forward to hear from you soon.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

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I tried a new lifestyle. I gave up the Internet, but even didn’t watch TV. I thought I would feel very boring. However, I had very different day. I wrote two article that morning. In the past, I always want to write one, but I didn’t have time. While I was separated from the Net and TV, I could devote me to writing. I once read an article, that said that every morning the writer spent two hours write without the Net. At that time, I thought of she was too strict. After I tried the method myself, I found it real worthwhile.

   “Are you happy？”I asked my brother，Ian，one day.

“Yes. No. It depends on what you mean，”he said.

“Then tell me，”I said，“when was the last time you think you were happy？”

“April，1967，”he said.

It served me right for putting a serious question to someone who has joked his way through life. But Ian’s answer reminded me that when we think about happiness，we usually think of something extraordinary，a pinnacle（顶点）of delight. And those pinnacles seem to get rarer as we get older.

For a child，happiness is simple，such as playing with friends. In the teenage years，the concept of happiness changes. Suddenly it’s conditional on such things as excitement，love and popularity. For adults，happiness is complicated—love，marriage，responsibility and the risk of loss.

My dictionary defines happiness as“luck”or“fortune”，but I think a better definition of happiness is“the capacity（能力）for enjoyment”. The more we can enjoy what we have，the happier we are. It’s easy to overlook the pleasure we get from loving and being loved，the company of friends，the freedom to live where we please，and even good health.

I added up my little moments of pleasure yesterday. First I had my breakfast and enjoyed myself in the house. Then I spent an uninterrupted morning writing，which I love. When the kids came home，I enjoyed their noise after the quiet of the day.

You never know where happiness will turn up next. When I asked friends what makes them happy，some mentioned seemingly unimportant moments.“I hate shopping，”one friend said.“But there’s a shop assistant who always chats and really cheers me up.”Another friend loves the telephone.“Every time it rings，I know someone is thinking about me.”We all experience moments like these. Too few of us think of them as happiness.

Happiness isn’t about what happens to us；it’s about how we think of what happens to us. It’s not wishing for what we don’t have， but enjoying what we do have.

【小题1】It is widely thought that as one grows older，getting happiness seems to be________.

A．out of the question

B．quite easy

C．a romantic dream

D．more and more difficult

【小题2】The writer feels it is a pity that we sometimes________.

A．don’t have our own houses to live in

B．ignore the happiness that we have

C．don’t know how to get happiness

D．don’t notice others can cheer us up

【小题3】The writer thinks the key to happiness lies in________.

A．getting something extraordinary

B．being able to enjoy what we have

C．living a simple life

D．pursuing things we don’t have

【小题4】What’s the best title for the passage?

A．My Happiness	B．Are You Happy?
C．What Is Happiness?	D．Do What You Like

   I have been teaching the tenth-grade English for four years. Needless to say，I love my subject and promise to one day pass my love of literature on to my future students. Well，I must admit，I have made more than a difference. I have changed the way students perceive（感知）literature and have even inspired some to become English teachers.

One student in particular is named John. I met him last year when he was a student in my English class. He sat in the back often，saying very little. However，I sensed that he was taking in all that I taught. John was never absent nor was he late. He seemed very mature for his age.

As the year progressed，we read lots of poetry and various stories about different cultures and real-life experiences. I have always wanted literature to speak to my students so that they could find related connections which would finally give them that motivation（动力）to read，write and interpret. While reading and writing poetry，John wrote some beautiful poetry that spoke of his experiences in America.

On the last day of school，students were asked to write a brief autobiographical essay and to dedicate（献给）it to someone he or she thought was significant in his or her life. John dedicated his essay to me and used clip art that decorated the dedication with roses.

He stated in the essay that "Some people you meet in life are flowers，but then there are those who are roses. Ms. Hopkins，I just want you to know that you are a rose in my life and I have enjoyed every minute of being in your class. You have shown me that I have a purpose in life and that I am a poet. I will never forget you." Tears streamed down my eyes. I had had a particularly hard personal life that year but somehow that letter made it worth the struggle.

Making a significant contribution to someone's life is something money could never buy. Teaching allows teachers to make a positive difference in the life of students.

【小题1】What's the author's purpose to take John for example?

A．To show that her students were all excellent readers.

B．To develop her own idea about English literature.

C．To prove she kept what she promised.

D．To persuade her readers to read English poetry.

【小题2】How did the author keep her students motivated?

A．By making connections with them.

B．By reading them literature.

C．By writing poetry and stories.

D．By sharing real-life experiences.

【小题3】Why did John choose to dedicate his autobiographical essay to Ms. Hopkins?

A．He thought she was significant in his life.

B．He wanted to say to her that she was a rose.

C．He expected her to know he had enjoyed her class.

D．He remembered she had promised to let him be a poet.

【小题4】Which of the following can be the best title for this text？

A．The difference a good teacher can make

B．The friendship Ms. Hopkins and John developed

C．An experience in an English class

D．The significant contribution everyone can make

Directions: Fill in the blanks with only one word according to the text.
Eye contact is【小题1】the key to communication. It can signal friendliness or hostility, interest or【小题2】 , and understanding or confusion.
In Western cultures, maintaining eye contact in conversations is necessary. As a matter of fact, a Westerner might consider a lack of eye contact as a lack of interest. In Spain. Italy and Greece. where people stand close together talking to each other, eye contact is more 【小题3】and lasts longer.
In many Asian cultures, avoiding eye contact shows respect. It is done when talking with anyone in 【小题4】or with anyone older.
Habits like this can cause problems when people do not understand 【小题5】. For instance, an Asian might close his eyes in 【小题6】 while listening to a speaker.