1．Everybody enjoy s acts（行為） of kindness.But can you tell why？Some people think kindness is something out of love，while others believe it is just for being more popular.But research（研究） shows that being kind can activate（激活） a part of brain called Striatum and make us feel better.Why and how does it happen？Here are a number of different ways.
    Being kind can make someone smile.If you see yourself smile，people around you may be smiling too.This is especially true for your close friends and family.A kind act makes someone who is sad feel better. It can also make ourselves feel good.So why not start that chain（鏈條） of good feeling to people around？
    Secondly，being kind starts or develops a social connection with other people.Kind acts like buying someone a present make friendships stronger.Research shows that spending money on other s may help you get a stronger feeling of happiness than spending it on yourself.In the same way，charities（慈善） also help people to connect with someone on the other side of the world.
    In another recent research，even children in their first year of middle school know how being kind makes them feel happy.If one person is kind，he or she makes others in the group kind.Imagine that you make cakes for your friends and it makes others do it each month.Then you are getting cakes a lot more days than giving them.
    The story doesn't end here.Research also shows that being kind and being happy makes it a wonderful two-way relationship.Being kind may make you feel happier，and if you are happy，you can act much more kindly.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳選項，并在答題卡上將選定答案的字母標號涂黑。
（1）How does the writer leads in the topic？
A．By telling a story.
B．By asking questions.
C．By giving numbers.
（2）What does the underlined word "It" in Paragraph 2.refers to（指的是）？
A．The smile.
B．The family.
C．The kind act.
（3）Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage？
A．
B．
C．
（4）What do these researches show？
A．We should buy presents for all the classmates.
B．Eating cakes every month makes people happy.
C．It's good for us to be kind and smile at others first.
（5）What's the purpose（目的） of this passage？
A．To introduce why and how being kind makes us happy.
B．To show middle school students' kindness.
C．To compare different kind acts.

2．Students Inc．
   Do you want to have your own company？Do you know how to set up a company？
   Here're the three steps before you set up a company．Now read and follow it and maybe you can realize your dream!
   Doing Research
   Think about a product that you can make and sell．Your first job is to choose something that people might want．Choose something that is easy to make．Look at the products for sale in stores．Look at magazine ads．Think about the things that you buy．
   Brainstorm ideas with your classmates．
   Your second job is to price your product．You want your product to be in high demand （需求）．People should want your product．But they should also be able to buy it．Check store prices on products that are like yours．
   Collecting Information
   1．List three products that you could make．People must want the product．Each product must also be simple enough to make easily．
   2．Ask your friends if they would buy any of these products．Ask how much they might pay for them．Take notes on another piece of paper．
   3．Use what you found out to decide which product to make．
   Analyzing （分析） Information
   1．How much should you charge for your product？Remember，people should be able to buy your product．Also，you must be able to make a profit （利潤）．How much does it cost to make your product？
List the materials that you will need to make a sample of your product．Also list the cost of those materials．
   2．Figure （計算） labor costs．
   Example：It takes Marco 1.5 hours to make one bag．He thinks his time is worth 5.00 per hour．（hours）1.5 hrs．×（labor cost per hour） 5.00= （cost of labor） ＄7.50
   3．Work out the production costs by adding the material costs and the labor costs．
（material）         + （labor）          = （production costs）         
   4．Now you know what it will cost to make this item．How much do you want to charge for the item？Think about how much profit you want to make．Look back at the notes of your survey．How much will students spend for your product？Put together what you find out．What will you charge？
（production costs）             + （profit）            = （product price）            
   Now it's time to show what you know．Good luck!
（1）How many steps are there before you set up a company？
（2）What is your second job in the step of doing research？
（3）Must each product be simple enough to make easily？
（4）How do we work out the production costs？
（5）What is the passage mainly about？

3．Long long ago.there was a small village in the Middle East.In the village there was an old man（1） （名叫） Sthira.He lived（2）（獨自）.His only son had gone far away to study.Sthira's friends didn't know if his son would return，but Sthira always said."Whatever happens ，happens for good."
   One day the old man's son returned and the villagers were very happy for Sthira.He thanked the villagers and said（3） （禮貌地），"Whatever happens，happens for good."（4） （然而），one day Sthira's son （5） （突然） fell off the horse and broke his leg.Once again the villagers came to visit him and once again the old man thanked them and said. "Whatever happens.happens for good."Some of the villagers were（6） （吃驚的） to hear this，Why？What was good？His son's leg got badly （7） （受傷）！
   After a few days，the army（軍隊）came to the village and asked all the young men to（8）（加入）the army.When they found his son had a broken leg，they （9） （留下） him behind.Once again，all the villagers came to congratulation（祝賀） him on his good （10） （運氣），like always，the old man was still grateful to them and said，"Whatever happens，happens for good. "