【正文】 . I gratefully accepted. Taking my handbag with me, I jumped out of the car and handed him my keys. As I watched, he drove the car out into the busy traffic before moving back and parking with swift precision. “Thank you so much,” I said excitedly. While it was a simple act of kindness for this young man to perform, I felt it was quite an unusual thing to occur these days. He politely refused further thanks and hurried away. I related this story to my daughter over dinner and then we went to the Pop Up Theatre to see Hamlet. Sitting in the theatre later, imagine my surprise when the actor playing Rosencrantzor was it Guildenstern?—turned out to be the same young man. I have seen him in a few other local productions since then. Although I can’t remember his name, he’ll always be the kind young man who parked the car for me. 25. Why was the author worried? A. A strange man knocked at her car window. B. Her daughter would be late for school. C. She might fail to meet her daughter in time. D. Her car crashed into another car. 26. How did the author react to the young man’s offer? A. She refused it at first. B. She felt extremely embarrassed. C. She hesitated about it. D. She thankfully accepted it. 27. What do we know about the actor? A. He was a kindhearted man. B. He liked Guildenstern. C. He was like Rosencrantz. D. He played Hamlet in a play. C As a child, I was generally happy, singing and dancing to my favorite songs, smiling and laughing with my friends and family. But as far back as second grade, I noticed a “darkness” about me. I didn’t enjoy participating in many things. In middle school things in my life began to get even worse. I began withdrawing from everything I once enjoyed. I was always tired. Everything was horrible. Finally, midway through eighth grade, I was told I had a chemical imbalance, diagnosed (診斷 ) with clinical depression, and had to take medicine. It took months for me to feel the effects of the medicine. When I began to feel happy again is when I realized that I had to take the responsibility for getting better myself, rather than relying on medicine. Aristotle said, “To live happily is an inward power of the soul,” and I believe that this quote describes what I had to do to achieve happiness. Happiness is a journey. Everyone seems to need different things to be happy. “The essentials (要素 ) to happiness are something to love, something to do, and something to hope for,” a quote from William Blake sums up what I believe people need to realize to be truly happy in life. People need love。 I feel they need their family and their friends more than anything else in the world. People need work to do, something to make them feel they are making a difference in the world. People need to know that more good is to e in the future, so they continue to live for “now” instead of constantly worrying about the bad that could e. Love and hope are happiness. 28. What do we know about the author in Paragraph 2? A. He hated going to sleep because he couldn’t sleep well. B. He spent months recovering from the clinical depression. C. He was diagnosed with clinical depression in Grade Seven. D. He suffered a great deal from clinical depression. 29. Who helped the author to be happy again? A. The author’s friends. B. Aristotle. C. The author himself. D. William. 30. Which of the following about being truly ha| A. Love. B. Ambition. C. Hope. D. Work. 31. What may be the best title for the text? A. The Essentials to Happiness B. Ways to Overe Shortings C. Everyone Needs to Be Happy D. Happiness Is Love D Dragging a sleigh loaded with enough presents for the world’s children can be no easy skill. But, since ancient times, the Christmas Eve duty has been performed with distinction by a team of beloved reindeer (馴鹿 ). Soon, however, Santa Claus may have to start looking around for a stronger type of animal, as a new research shows the species is being increasingly puny. A 16vear survey on the arctic Norwegian island of Svalbard found the reindeer there have declined in weight by an alarming 12 percent. The reduction in average bodymass is being blamed on global warming. In the research presented lately at a meeting of the British Ecological Society in Liverpool, scientists have explained how rising temperatures are robbing female reindeer of nutrients during important periods of pregnancy. are being starved, causing them to abort their babies or giving birth to much lighter young. Snow in Svalbard typically covers the ground for eight months of the year, which, bined with low temperatures, limits grass growth to June and July. But as summer temperatures have increased by around 176。C , grass has bee more productive, allowing female reindeer to gain more weight by the autumn and therefore to have more babies. However, wanner winters have brought with them greater rainfall which freezes when it settles on the snow. Reindeer can often access the poor food sources beneath the snow by clearing it away with their antlers (鹿角 )， but they cannot break through the hard ice. As a result, female reindeer are being starved, causing them to abort their babies or giving birth to much lighter young. Despite the findings, reindeer appear to be suffering less from the effect of climate chang