An 85-year-old granny in the 1. (east) Chinese city of Xiamen in Fujian Province has caused a wide online attention for her unusual, positive attitude 2.life despite experiencing many difficulties, local media reported.
Zheng lost her father at age 9 and received no education. From an early age, and to support her family, she tried her hand at all kinds of labor-intensive work usually reserved for men, ranging from raising pigs to farming and fishing.
At 40 years old and with her husband having passed 3., she had to raise seven children by herself.
4. her children competed to invite her to live with them, Zheng prefers 5.(live) by herself and says she is still young enough to try new things. She had her eyebrows trimmed(修剪) and bought facial masks after seeing 6.are part of life for young women.
At 80 years old, she travelled alone to Hong Kong. Two years later, she visited Taiwan by herself, taking a ship and various flights. To make her family members feel at ease, she even 7. (lie) that she was traveling with a group.
She now keeps a good routine every day, 8. (start) her morning with exercise and drinking tea. Sometimes she takes9. bus for four hours to buy her favorite wine.
Her 10. (curious) about life and passion for exploring new possibilities has inspired many online.
Margie seemed to be the best hostess, yet this was not her party. She was also a________ at the party like everyone else and yet she acted as if she were the owner of the ________. She greeted everyone at the door, and she ________ candies and offered drinks. Margie wanted to ________ that everyone had a good time and that absolutely everything was ________.
Margie is the kind who wants to be ________ and needs to be in control. I used to be like Margie, ________ to control the uncontrollable. I felt ________ the feelings and actions of all people around me. My body ached due to the weight I put on my own __________.
One day while I was out with a friend, I realized how far my desire for ________ had gotten. As I talked to my friend, a stranger’s towel was blown away. I _________in vain for the towel. My friend called me on it and I ________ realized how far my sense of responsibility had gone. Realizing I was _________living my life, I had to make a(n) ________.
If we turn to ________, we come to know that it does not fight for control. A stream does not try to direct its own course; water simply ________ the path of least resistance. A ________ does not create an exact flight plan; a plane trusts its inner guidance system and adapts ________ to new wind currents(气流) and obstacles.
Next time you try to control the uncontrollable, take a breath.________ and wait. You will find things can be better, with less effort, and in ________ ways you could not have imagined. And you will find a love of life again.
1.A. customer B. guest C. servant D. neighbor
2.A. place B. company 
C. team D. land
3.A. bought B. produced C. collected D. passed
4.A. admit B. remember C. ensure D. recognize
5.A. perfect B. different C. convenient D. cheap
6.A. in secret B. in time C. in order D. in charge
7.A. helping B. agreeing C. trying D. learning
8.A. angry about B. responsible for C. content with D. sensitive to
9.A. shoulders B. sides C. dreams D. feet
10.A. energy B. wealth C. happiness D. con
trol
11.A. asked B. begged C. rushed D. waited
12.A. finally B. frequently C. totally D. unfortunately
13.A. often B. nearly C. just D. seldom
14.A. change B. promise C. order D. report
15.A. money B. space C. nature D. society
16.A. carry B. offer C. invite D. flows
17.A. train B. tree C. bird D. plane
18.A. suddenly B. eventually C. possibly D. easily
19.A. Struggle B. Relax C. Return D. Decide
20.A. interesting B. amazing C. exciting D. confusing
How to Be Happy in Your Life
Newborn Learning shouldn’t stop once you graduate from school. 1.As an individual, you must constantly seek for more ways to grow. There are always new things to learn and adventures left to be discovered.
Support a cause
2.Learning more about animal welfare can tell you which cosmetic brands support testing on animals. You don’t have 
to force yourself to support something you don’t believe in. You only need to look at your interests and see which ones you need to take some immediate actions.
3.
The first step to learning is accepting that you’re likely to make mistakes. Once you’ve accepted that, you’ll have an easier time taking in things and risking everything in favor of your passion.
Enroll in online or night classes
How about learning a new language you can use whenever you travel? Or taking free online classes about Management? Yes, studying doesn’t also have to be restricted in the four corners of a classroom. 4. But you learn something you like and something you consider useful.
Learn to adapt
You can’t stop changes from happening in your life. 5.This is why you can’t stop learning, and you can’t stop growing.
There are so much more to learn, especially now that we’re virtually connected to everyone in the world. As a student of life, it’s really up to you to use all your resources and make it into something enriching.
A. It’s never too late to start learning something new.
B. Life offers more
lessons than school ever could.
C. Why not try to turn your passion for animals into a good cause?
D. When you learn to adapt, you pick up something you haven’t encountered before.
E. Take risks
F. You won’t get an A for your efforts.
G. What you can do is to accept that it’s unavoidable and you just have to adapt.
While we all try to find happiness, sometimes we still end up feeling low. While most people can control this feeling, low moods can stay with some, leading to depression. About 322 million people suffered from depression in 2015, according to a report by the World Health Organization in February. This is more than 4 percent of the world’s population.
Depression is described by the WHO as a mental disorder. It has several symptoms including sadness, loss of interest and feelings of low self-worth. In severe cases, depression may even lead to suicide.
The number of people living with depression is increasing. The WHO reported a rise of 18.4 percent between 2005 and 2015. Young people are a group known to suffer with depression. “The pressures on today’s youth are like no other generation, perhaps,” Dan Chisholm, an official of WHO, told Reuters.
In China, depression among young people is on the rise, Zhu Zhuohong, a psychology professor with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told Xinhua News Agency. Competition to outperform others, especially in education, can cause a lot of pressure for Chinese youth.
Almost 1.2 million Chinese people aged 15 to 24 suffer from depression, according to a report released by British science journal The Lancet in May.
Luckily, more and more efforts are being made to deal with this problem. This year’s World Health Day, held on April 7, will focus on depression. The day will highlight (强调) the “Depression: let’s talk” campaign. The campaign aims to make sure that people with depression both seek and get help.
1.According to the passage, what was the population of the world in 2015?
A. about 322 million B. about 128.8 million
C. about 8050 million D. about 18.4mill
ion
2.Which symptom is the worst among several symptoms?
A. suicide B. loss of interest
C. sadness D. feelings of low self-worth
3.What does the 3rd paragraph tell us?
A. The pressures on today’s youth are the same as other generations.
B. The pressures on today’s youth are not the same as other generations.
C. The pressures on today’s youth are bigger than other generations.
D. The pressures on today’s youth are not bigger than other generations.
4.What cause a lot of pressure for Chinese youth?
A. Competition between young generations
B. Competition to outperform others
C. Competition to perform better than others in education
D. Education to avoid disorders
A decade ago, secondary and higher education was 
listed above all else. Apprenticeships(学徒工作) were considered as a choice for dropouts(辍学者) rather than a brave career choice. Some young men and women didn’t fit into the school system, but preferred to find new starts, so they were allowed to leave school to focus their attention on making a living in the business world.
Now there’re no birds of this year in last year’s nests. Young people are being encouraged to think carefully about whether what they are learning in school is right for them—this trend has been caused by rising university fees and a global shortage of many skills that were ignored in schools in recent years, ranging from web development to sales.
Young people are required to stay in education or training until they are 18, but now learning takes place in different forms. The Government also has its own way to help interested youths find an apprenticeship that suits their skills and ambitions.
Tom Hartley now owns a large business in Derbyshire, who founded his first company at just 12 years old. “I had no school education,” he says. “Running business was how I learned everything. I call it the Hartley University of Life.
His business, 43 years on, turns over £ 200 million, and sells cars to customers all over the world. Many years ago, Hartley was asked to explain why he had chosen to be self-educated and why he had supported his son’s decision to leave school and join the family business.
“I got heavy suspect at the time,” he explains. “you can’t teach gut feelings(直觉) on a blackboard. School is fine if you want to be a doctor or fly a rocket to the moon, but it is not true about experience in business.”
1.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Education is no more important nowadays.
B. The situation above has changed.
C. Things change for the worse for dropouts.
D. University fees are becoming higher and higher.
2.What does the author say about Tom Hartley?
A. He attaches more value to experience than to education.
B. He was supported in founding his first company.
C. He is well-educated and far-sighted.
D. He is brave and open-minded.
3.How does the author prove his view?
A. By giving an example. B. By making a comparison.
C. By analyzing causes. D. By listing figures.
4.Which statement may the author agree with?
A. Education is the only way to success.
B. Education systems vary from country to country.
C. School dropouts could be future business stars.
D. School dropouts were common among youngsters.
Like many young people, I dreamed of growing up and becoming a successful writer one day. My first part-time job came when I was 18 years old. I was working in a paint factory. Because of the terrible smell of paint, it became normal for me to temporarily pass out during my lunch hour.
All of my spare time was spent writing and sending stories to any publisher that would read them, dreaming that one day losing consciousness while eating my ham sandwiches would no longer be a part of my daily routine.
I discovered content mills, where a writer could devote his time to writing soul-destroying online copy. It provided a little pay, but I wouldn’t faint(昏厥). So, I quit my day job. But it is difficult to work from home
. At times, I would lose all passion for writing 500 words about an advertisement for a bed for a few pounds, but the terrible smell of paint reminded me to get back to writing.
Several months later, the money got better. I was given a job writing for one of the largest entertainment websites in the world. The job was simple: I complained about everything that was wrong with society and they paid me ₤50 for each article. A guy from the website asked if I’d be interested in leaving my small town life to move to the big city of Manchester to become a professional writer for them. I accepted.
After a pretty successful year, I was offered a promotion. Just 18 months earlier, I was suffering from the smell of paint on a daily basis and now I was managing a team of nine writers.
1.What does the underlined part mean in the passage?
A. Losing heart. B. Losing one’s memory.
C. Feeling sleepy. D. Becoming unconscious.
2.What once weakened the author’s love for writing?
A. The unpleasant smell in the factory.
B. Being given consistent writing work.
C. Something’s being wrong with society.
D. Writing advertisements at a low price.
3.What message does the author deliver in the passage?
A. Never give up nor stop trying.
B. A good beginning is half done.
C. Behind bad luck comes good luck.
D. A man can do no more than he can.
