People hold the belief that a fun-filled, pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often things that lead to happiness involve some pain.
As a result, many people don’t like the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, commitment(承担的义务)，self-improvement.
Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment, for commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most obvious features.
Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three-day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word “fun” to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.
Understanding and accepting true happiness is one of the most liberating realizations because true happiness has nothing to do with fun. It liberates(解放) time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actully may not be happy at all.
1.According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because____
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A．he is unwilling to take family responsibilities |
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B．he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single |
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C．he finds more fun in dating than in marriage |
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D．he fears it will put an end to all his fun, adventure and excitement |
2. The underlined word bachelor means_________
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A．a married man |
B．a college student |
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C．a single man |
D．an academic degree |
3.From the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes results from______
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A．hatred |
B．misunderstanding |
C．prejudice |
D．ignorance |
4.To understand what true happiness, one must________
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A．have as much fun as possible during one’s lifetime. |
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B．make every effort to liberate oneself from pain |
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C．put up with pain under all circumstances |
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D．be able to distinguish happiness from fun |
5.What is the author trying to tell us?
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A．Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain. |
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B．One must know how to attain happiness. |
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C．It is important to make commitments. |
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D．It is pain that leads to happiness. |
Success is everybody’s dream. But what is the key to success? How can you be successful? I think we should measure success based on how much we give rather than how much we receive. Fortunately, it also works nicely the other way around since those who give more almost always will also receive more. So how do you pave your way to success? How do you become more successful? The answer is amazingly simple: the key to success is making yourself as useful as possible to others. Here are some ideas on how to do it.
1. Be observant of needs
To be useful to others, you should always be aware of even the slightest clues of needs. The more sensitive you are to the needs of others, the more appreciative people will eventually become. The best plan is being able to anticipate a need before the other people are even aware of it.
2. Find solutions to the needs
Now that you are aware of needs, the next step is finding solutions to them. The solutions you offer should be as useful as possible. To be able to do so, there is no other way but to continuously build your own value. It is from the value you have that you could give value to others.
3. Be proactive to help
Do not wait for the other person to ask for your help. Be proactive. Give your help even before they ask.
4. _________________
What matters is not only the solution you offer, but also the way you deliver it. Being sincere means being glad to help others without expecting anything in return. Make it your joy to give something to others. People can somehow distinguish whether or not you are sincere.
5. Go the extra mile
Doing the above four steps is good, but add this one if you can: give more than expected. First, give what is expected, and then add a little more. If you do the above four steps people will be appreciative, but if you add this one step they will be impressed.
1. What is the measure of success according to the author?
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A．Success means giving more as well as asking for more. |
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B．Success is based on how much money you make. |
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C．The more you receive from others, the more successful you will be. |
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D．The more you give, the more successful you will be. |
2.The underlined word anticipate in para 2 probably means_______
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A．offer |
B．expect |
C．prevent |
D．change |
3.What’s the best title for the fifth paragraph?
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A．Solutions Are Important. |
B．Give More Help to Others |
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C．Expecting More |
D．Be Sincere |
4.The author would NOT agree that______
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A．people should continuously build up their own value. |
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B．the best time to help others is when they ask for help. |
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C．people should help others without expecting anything in return. |
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D．it is good to give others more help than what is expected. |
5.What does the passage mainly talk about?
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A．How to measure success accurately. |
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B．How to make your dreams come true. |
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C．Giving is more important than receiving. |
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D．How a person can be most useful to others. |
I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as Mother sat doing letters(学问). Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, Mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk”, she said again, “is for Elizabeth.” I never saw her anger, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was too emotional. But she lived “on the surface”.
As years passed, I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive（原谅）me. I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came. My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace-it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written in, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told me, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside－a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times. Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you chose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.
1.The writer began to love her mother’s desk _______.
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A．after Mother died. |
B．before she became a writer. |
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C．when she was a child. |
D．when Mother gave it to her. |
2.The passage shows that _____.
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A．Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter. |
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B．Mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done. |
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C．Mother cared much about her daughter in words. |
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D．Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words. |
3.The word gulf in the paragraph 2 means ______.
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A．deep understanding between the old and the young. |
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B．different ideas between the mother and the daughter. |
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C．free talks between mother and daughter. |
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D．part of the sea going far in land. |
4.What did mother do with her daughter’s letter asking for forgiveness?
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A．She had never received the letter. |
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B．For years, she often talked about the letter. |
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C．She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life. |
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D．She read the letter again and again till she died. |
5.What’s the best title of the passage?
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A．My Letter to Mother. |
B．Mother and Children. |
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C．My Mother’s Desk. |
D．Talks between Mother and Me. |
语法填空 (共15小题，每小题l分，满分15分)
根据照句子结构的语法性，在下面空格处填入—个适当的词或使用括号中词的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为26—40的相应位置上。
1. There is no doubt that she is a woman with great_________ (ambition)plan.
2. ______________ (fortunate), I achieved my goal finally.
3.Could you ask some __________(assist) to help me tonight?
4.He has been used to __________ (adapt) to new situations here.
5. After he lost one leg, he was ________ (able) to play football game any more.
6.As she turned around, she___________ (find) a man trying to steal her money.
7.The little girl was not allowed ___________ (go) outside alone at night.
8.They went out of the cinema, ___________(talk) about what they had seen.
9.Tim refused __________ (accompany) by his father when he went for a haircut.
10. The picture taken with her reminded me of the days, _________ we spent in Hainan.
11. George didn’t recognize the scientist who is ________ (know) for his theory.
12. Billy went to visit Harbin ____________ some companions last year.
13.A team of rescue workers prevented the heart-broken man ____________ suicide.
14.To learn English well, I spend at least __________ hour reading and writing.
15. I am going to join__________ really interests me without hesitation.
完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As she walked round the large shop, Edith realized how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas 1 for her father.
She wished that he were as easy to 2 as her mother, who was always 3 with perfume (香水). Besides, shoping at this time of the year was a most 4 job. People 5 on your feet, pushed you with their shoulders and almost 6 you over in their hurry in order to find something cheap ahead of you.
Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter, where some beautiful ties were on show . "They are real silk," the shop assistant told her with a smile trying to 7 her to buy one. But Edith knew from past 8 that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.
She moved on slowly and then, quite by chance, 9 where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter. She found some fine pipes on sale and the shapes were very beautiful. Edith did not hesitate for long, although her father 10 smoked a pipe once in a while, she believed this was 11 to please him.
When she got home, with her small but 12 present hidden in her handbag, it was time for supper and her parents were already at table. Her mother was in great 13 . "Your father has at last decided to stop smoking," she told her daughter happily. Edith was so 14 that she could not 15 a single word.
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书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是育才中学学生会主席李华。你校将举办一次英语演讲比赛（speech contest），希望附近某大学的外籍教师Smith女士来做评委。请参照以下比赛通知给她写一封信。
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英语演讲比赛 主题：人与自然 时间：6月15日下午2：00－5：00 地点：501教室 参赛选手：10名学生 联系人：李华（电话44876655） 欢迎大家光临 |
注意：词数100左右。
Dear Ms. Smith,
With best wishes.
Li Hua
