and elders. So there are many books and theories that introduce the way of living longer. Dancing, jogging, dieting, even singing and shouting together are said to do good to one's health.

However, some people think that high spirits is the most important to the quality of one's life. If you are in high spirits, you'll find everything pleasing and comfortable in life: warm sunshine, blue sky, white clouds, happy birds, comfortable breeze(gentle wind), sweet smiles, and so on. You seem to have friends across the world. Your life will be happy at every moment. You will be in good health and can make more money if you live longer.

In one word, let's keep ourselves in high spirits, therefore we could keep longevity and make considerable money at the same time.

9. The Chinese saying "Human beings live for money while birds die for food" tells us _____.

　　A. people make money by all means at the cost of everything

　　B. to live is to make more money

　　C. the more money people make, the longer they will live

　　D. people will die for making more money, just as birds die for food

10. The reason why the rich are happier is that ____.

　　A.they have the hobby of saving money

　　B.they can gain all the things in the world

　　C. the consumption can increase their enjoyment of life

　　D. they help the poor by giving them a lot of money

11. The author thinks that ____ is the most important.

　　A. the quality of one's life. B. high spirits C. high age D. high income

12. As the passage describes, people usually make wishes for their dears and elders to have ____.

　　A. a good job B.good mood C. wealth D.a high age

School tragedy

A man wounded eight school children to death and injured five others while they were waiting at their school gate in Nanping City, Fujian Province, on the morning of March 23.

Police arrested(put somebody into prison) 43-year-old suspect(嫌犯) Zheng Mingsheng, a former community doctor in Nanping. Zheng is a native of Nanping and used to work at the Mazhan Community clinic(诊所), before quitting his job in June 2009.

The local prosecutor(检查官) said on March 24, Zheng, who showed no sign of any mental illness in conversation, told investigators(people who were looking into the case) that he developed hatred(feeling of hating somebody or something) toward society after failing to find a job and breaking up with his girlfriend.

A Spring Festival

Water-Sprinkling Festival, which comes in mid-April, is the new year of the Dai ethnic people(傣族人) in southwest China's Yunnan Province. In face of the recent serious drought disaster, there have been calls for calling off this year's festival celebrations.

Droughts and floods are not new things. Still, the Water-Sprinkling Festival keeps going on year by year. Indeed, this is a serious drought, but that is not a reason to call off this year's celebrations. After all, it is an important event for Dai people to carry forward their culture.

Of course, the drought will affect the celebrations to some extent. Given the seriousness of the disaster, this year not so much water is available for sprinkling. So many Dai people suggest only symbolic activities be held. They also call for donations to be made and prayer ceremonies for rain