__________was most important to her ,she told me ,was her family.
A. I t B. This
C. what D. As
History is ______ a subject that lets us know something in history ,it also tells us a lot of truths.
A. not more than B. less than
C. more than D. no more than
If he ____ my advice , he wouldn’t have lost his job.
A. follow B. should follow
C. had followed D. would follow.
They ______the plan because it was very practical
A. resisted B. agreed
C. refused D. adopted
A passenger has been fined almost 
550 after he was caught without a train ticket—that would have cost just 2.80.
Nicky Haywood，from Nottingham，was found guilty of travelling on an East Midlands train from Nottingham to Newstead without a ticket.
The 27yearold，who did not appear for his hearing at Nottingham Magistrates Court(地方法庭)，is now being made to pay the price—which is almost 200 times the original price—for the 20 minute journey.
According to the Nottingham Post，Magistrates have ordered Haywood to pay a 220 fine，302 in costs，a 22 government surcharge(追加费用) and the 2.80 fare.
Senior conductor，Yvonne Clay was working on the day of the incident，according to the Nottingham Post.
The newspaper reported that she said Haywood had got on the train without a ticket，though he had the chance to buy one from both vending machines and booking offices on the platform.
She said，“He offered a Solo Electron card but we could not take that on the train.I informed him with a notice to pay.He gave his name and address and had 21 days to pay the fare.”
Even though he was given three weeks to pay the 2.80，a payment from Haywood was not received.
1.How much should Nicky Haywood pay according to the court?
A. 2.80. B. 544.
C. 550. D. 546.8.
2.Nicky Haywood can buy a ticket from .
A. convenience shops B. booking offices
C. the conductor D. the court
3.Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Nicky Haywood was heading to Nottingham in this incident.
B. The conductor didn’t inform him to pay the ticket.
C. Nicky Haywood offered a card but it couldn’t be used on that train.
D. If Nicky Haywood had been given some days after the incident，he would have paid the ticket.
4.Which of the following can best describe Nicky Haywood?
A. Welleducated. B. Responsible.
C. Dishonest. D. Mean.
Old age may not sound exciting.But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older.Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of fifty.In fact，they say by the age of eightyfive，people are happier with their life than they were when they were eighteen years old.
The findings came from a survey of more than three hundred forty thousand adults in the United States.The Gallup Organization questioned them by telephone in 2008.At that time，the people were between the ages of eighteen and eightyfive.The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness，sadness and worry.They also asked about mental or emotional stress.
Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study.His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of twentytwo and twentyfive.The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.
The study also showed that men and women have similar feeling patterns as they grow older.However，women at all ages reported more sadness，stress and worry than men.
Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older.One theory is that，as people grow older，they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their feelings.They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.
Professor Stone says the emotional patterns could be linked to changes in how people see the world，or maybe even changes in brain chemistry.
The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children，being unemployed or being single.But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and wellbeing related to age.
1.According to the survey of The Gallup Organization，people are most likely to become happier .
A. when they are between ages of 18 and 85
B. when they come to their old age
C. when they are in their twenties
D. when they are eighteen years old
2.According to Arthur Stone，old people .
A. have a positive attitude toward their life
B. can control their behaviors better
C. dream about good things every day
D. have earned a large amount of money
3.From the last paragraph we can know that .
A. you must be worried if you have young children
B. health has nothing to do with your age
C. you can be happy even if you are still single
D. happiness depends on your family and job
4.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
A. Getting Older Means Getting Happier
B. The Young Are Happier Than the Old
C. The Younger，the Happier
D. Women Are Easier to Happy in Life
