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阅读理解       Over the last 70 years, researchers have been studying happy and unhappy people and finally found
out ten factors that make a difference. Our feelings of well-being at any moment are decided to a certain
degree by genes. However, of all the factors, wealth and age are the top two.
       Money can buy a degree of happiness. But once you can afford to feed, clothe and house yourself,
each extra dollar makes less and less difference.
       Researchers find that, on average, wealthier people are happier. But the link between money and
happiness is complex(复杂的). In the past half-century, the average income (平均收入) has sharply
increased in developed countries, yet happiness levels have remained almost the same. Once your basic
needs are met, money only seems to increase happiness if you have more than your friends, neighbors and colleagues.
       "Dollars buy status (social position), and status makes people feel better," say some experts, which
helps explain why people who can seek status in other ways, scientists or actors, for example, may happily accept relatively poorly-paid jobs.
       In a research, Professor Alex Michalos found that the people whose desires (欲望), not just for
money, but for friends, family, job, health, rose furthest beyond what they already had, tended to be less
happy than those who felt a smaller gap (差距). Indeed, the size of the gap predicted happiness about
five times better than income alone. "The gap measures just blow away the measures of only income."
says Michalos.
       Another factor that has to do with happiness is age. Old age may not be so bad "Given all the
problems of aging, how could the elderly be more satisfied?" asks Professor Laura Carstensen. In one
survey, Carstensen interviewed 184 people between the ages of 18 and 94, and asked them to fill out an
emotion questionnaire. She found that old people reported positive emotions just as often as young people. Some scientists suggest older people may expect life to be harder and learn to live with it, or they"re more
realistic about their time running out. Older people have learned to focus on things that make them happy
and let go of those that don"t.
       "People realize not only what they have, but also that what they have cannot last forever," she says.
"A goodbye kiss to a husband or wife at the age of 85, for example, may bring far more complex emotional responses than a similar kiss to a boy or girl friend at the age of 20."1. Some actors would like to accept poorly-paid jobs because the jobs____ .A. make them feel much better
B. provide chances to make friends
C. improve their social position
D. satisfy their professional interests2. Professor Alex Michalos found that people feel less happy if _____.A. the gap between reality and desire is bigger
B. they have a stronger desire for friendship
C. the hope for good health is much greater
D. their income is far below their expectation3. We can infer from the passage that older people _____.A. would like to have more goodbye kisses than young people
B. are used to living a hard life because they are kind to others
C. express their positive opinions just as some young people do
D. find it easier to feel happy because they are more realistic4. According to the passage, the feeling of happiness _____.A. increases gradually with age
B. is controlled partly by desires
C. has little to do with wealth
D. is decided mostly by genes

1-4 C A D B

完形填空。
     "I"ve been writing a book, John. Do you think anyone would be interested in   1    it?" said the old
lady.
     John took over the papers from her shaking hand and   2    her in chair. He remembered her rich   3
in the early days of the Old West. He looked through the papers. "It"s good, Grandma," he said gently.
Then realizing that she   4    hear him, he shouted into her ears, "I think it"s very good. I"ll   5    it to a
publisher."
     Ten days later, he reported that the publisher had had time to read only a few    6   . But he was so
impressed that he had sent $ 100 for an option (版权). 7    money would be given as an advance.
Every month John   8    $100 for her with a letter from the publisher telling about the progress of the book.
     One morning, three months after her 100th birthday, Grandma didn"t get up. The doctor told her that
she couldn"t   9    more than a few days. She was ready to go, but she first wanted her book to be in print. John promised that she could get it very soon.
     Grandma held on until the day the book came into her hands with the title and her name on the cover.
Though she couldn"t see it, she could touch it . She proudly traced (探查) her name with her fingers, tears
in her eyes. Two hours later, she died peacefully,   10   holding her book.
     Her granddaughter took up the book and opened it. "Why, it"s just blank pages!" she cried in _11 .
John"s face turned 12 . Then the girl understood. There never was a book. Grandma couldn"t hear the
little bell when the typewriter came to the 13   of the line. She would keep on working, not   14 the
whole sentences and sometimes the paragraphs were missing. John did not tell her, for he couldn"t take
away her only hope. It was John himself who had written the letters and sold his car to pay the advance.

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(      )1. A. buying
(      )2. A. sat
(      )3. A. sufferings
(      )4. A. couldn"t
(      )5. A. throw
(      )6. A. words
(      )7. A. Some
(      )8. A. brought
(      )9. A. die
(      )10. A. still
(      )11. A. anger
(      )12. A. white
(      )13. A. middle
(      )14. A. writing

B. publishing
B. put
B. experiences
B. needn"t
B. put
B. sentences
B. Much
B. took
B. stay
B. yet
B. joy
B. red
B. last
B. knowing

C. reading
C. placed
C. thoughts
C. mustn"t
C. send
C. pages
C. Enough
C. gave
C. last
C. always
C. surprise
C. gray
C. end
C. thinking

D. lending
D. seated
D. family
D. doesn"t
D. lift
D. books
D. More
D. carried
D. remain
D. then
D. tears
D. pale
D. beginning
D. wanting

阅读理解。

     In the United States, when you become rich you want people to know about it. And even if you do
not become very rich you want people to think that you are. That is what "keeping up with the Joneses"
is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.
     The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days.
He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City. When
he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich
people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new
neighbors.
     It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up. The
race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They
moved back to an apartment in New York City.
     Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with the rich
lifestyle of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He
called it "Keeping up with the Joneses" because "Jones" is a very common name in the United States.
"Keeping up with the Joneses" came to mean keeping up with the rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand"s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
     People never seemed to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are "Joneses" in every
city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what
one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.
1. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they _______.
A. want to be as rich as their neighbors
B. want others to know or to think that they are rich
C. don"t want others to know they are rich
D. want to be happy
2. It can be inferred from the story that rich people like to _______.
A. live outside New York City
B. live in New York City
C. live in apartmentsD. have many neighbors
3. Arthur Momand used the name "Jones" in his series of short stories because "Jones" is _______.
A. an important name
B. a popular name in the United States
C. his neighbor"s name
D. not a good name
4. The best title for this passage probably is _______.
A. The secret lives of the rich
B. How New Yorkers behave
C. Why being rich is never enough
D. The funny side of being rich

阅读理解。

     When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn"t look
like any doctor I"d ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but
he was a very kind person.
     When Dr. Gibbs wasn"t saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a
large field and wanted to make it a forest.
     The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never
watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled
them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and
weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker
trees early on.
     He talked about how watering trees made for shallow roots, and how trees
that weren"t watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth
by themselves. Deep roots were very important.
     So he never watered his trees. He"d planted an oak and, instead of watering
it every morning, he beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he
did that, and he said it was to get the tree"s attention.
     Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I
walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about
twenty-five years ago. They"re very big and strong now. I planted some trees a
few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years
of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.
     Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray (祈祷)
that their lives will be easy. But lately I"ve been thinking that it"s time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There"s always a
cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that
reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, they
could face it strongly and won"t be beaten down.

1. What does the underlined word "shallow" in the fourth paragraph probably
mean?

A. Near to the surface of the earth.
B. Short.
C. Thin.
D. Weak.

2. The writer"s trees shake a lot whenever a cold wind blows because ______.

A. he has never beaten his trees with a rolled-up newspaper
B. he didn"t often water his trees
C. his trees are younger than Dr. Gibbs"
D. he has done too many things for his trees

3. The writer wants to change his prayer, hoping that his sons will ______.

A. not catch a cold in the rain easily
B. be strong enough in the cold wind in winter
C. be better at planting trees
D. be stronger in their lives

4. Which can be the best title of the passage?

A. Watering Trees
B. Growing Roots
C. How to Be a Father
D. How to Plant Trees

阅读理解。

     Our "Mommy and Me" time began two years ago. My next-door neighbor
and fellow mother, Christie, and I were out in our front yards, watching seven
children of age 6 and under ride their bikes up and down. "I wish I could take
one of my children out alone," said Christie.
     Then we worked out a plan: When Christie takes one of her children out,
I"ll watch her other three. And when she watches two of mine, I"ll take
someone out.
     The children were extremely quick to accept the idea of "Mommy and Me"
time. Christie"s daughter, McKenzie, went first. When she returned, the other
children showered her with tons of questions. McKenzie was smiling broadly.
Christie looked refreshed and happy. "She"s like a different child when there"s
no one else around," Christie shared with me quickly. With her mother all to
herself, McKenzie didn"t have to make an effort to gain attention.
     Just as Christie had noticed changes in McKenzie, I also discovered
something different in each of my children during our alone times. For example,
I am always surprised when my daughter, who is seldom close to me, holds
my hand frequently. My stuttering(口吃的)son, Tom, doesn"t stutter once
during our activities since he doesn"t have to struggle for a chance to speak.
And the other son, Sam, who"s always a follower when around other children,
shines as a leader during our times together.
     The "Mommy and Me" time allows us to be simply alone and away with
each child ---talking, sharing, and laughing, which has been the biggest gain.
Every child deserves(应得到)to be an only child at least once in a while.

1. What is the text mainly about?

A. The experience of the only child being with mother.
B. The advantage of spending time with one child at a time.
C. The happy life of two families.
D. The basic needs of children.

2. Right after McKenzie came back, the other children were _____________.

A. happy
B. curious
C. regretful
D. friendly

3. What is one of the changes the author finds in her children?

A. The daughter acts like a leader.
B. Sam holds her hand more often.
C. The boys become better followers.
D. Tom has less difficulty in speaking.

4. The author seems to believe that ___________.

A. having brothers and sisters is fun
B. it"s tiring to look after three children
C. every child needs parents" full attention
D. parents should watch others" children

完形填空。

     Mr. Chen is a farmer who lives in western China with his wife and two sons. One year ago, he
discovered that he had cancer. The doctor told him that he needed 1 at once. And he said the
operation would 2 thousands of yuan. It was too much money for Mr. Chen and his wife. They
had no job and 3 were at school. The situation seemed 4 .
     Two weeks later, however, Mr. Chen got some 5 news. He was told about a health care
project which provides medical treatment for poor patients in 6 China. They 7 to pay only half
the cost or even less. Thanks to the project and the kindness of 8 family and neighbors, he was
able to receive an operation just 9 to prevent the illness from getting worse. 10 he has returned
to his family.
     The 11 of this health care project is to improve the situation for poor people in western China.
So far, the project has helped more than 5,000 people 12 medical aid. The Chinese government is
13 working together with other countries and international organizations to do this. They hope to
develop a new health care model 14 China. As our country develops, we must remember the
responsibilities(责任) of caring for the weakest members.

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