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阅读理解。     Just 25 years ago, the top three career hopes for young people in Britain were teacher, banker and
doctor. Now, they want to be sports star, pop star and actor, according to survey by the Guardian
newspaper.
     Rachel, a character in the popular TV show Glee, may be said to speak for British teenagers.
"Nowadays being nobody is worse than being poor." He said.
     Emma Brockes, a reporter with the Guardian, believes it is "the bad influence of celebrity(名人)
culture" that is to blame. "When children wanted to be doctor, it wasn"t because they were really more
interested in the functions of human organs than they are now; you go where the respect is." She wrote.
     It could explain why there has been such an increase in levels of anxiety and depression. Dr Carlo
Stranger, of Tel Aviv University, studied the sense of self for his new book The Fear of Insignificance:
Searching for Meaning in the 21st Century. He told the Daily Mail that young people now are "affected
by the close connection to the global entertainment network, which has turned ranking and rating people
according to wealth and celebrity into an obsession(痴迷)."
     "As humans, we naturally measure ourselves to those around us, but now we live in a global village.
We are comparing ourselves with the most "important" people in the world and finding ourselves wanting," he said. Today, even high achievers constantly fear that they are insignificant when they compare
themselves to success stories in the media.
      The way out? Simply stop measuring your achievement through a fantasy of wealth and celebrity.
Dr Strenger said that it is a process called "active self-acceptance through a constant search for
self-knowledge through life."
     "The fear of insignificance can only be overcome through strong individual and cultural identity over
and above measurable achievement," he said.1. Nowadays, young people in Britain want to         .       A．choose jobs based on interests
B．become famous
C．be teacher, banker and doctor
D．earn more money2. According to Emma Brockes, what causes the increasing level of anxiety?A．Choices of future careers.
B．Access to the global network.
C．Bad influences of celebrities.
D．Endless comparison with others.3. Which of the following is true of Dr Carlo Strenger?A．He is a newspaper reporter
B．He is the spokesman of teenagers.
C．He tells success stories on TV.
D．He is against ranking people with wealth.4. Dr Carlo Strenger suggests that young people should         .A．seek active self-acceptance
B．stick to their own dreams
C．make great achievements
D．search for the secret of wealth5. The text is mainly written to         .A．talk about job choices
B．analyse a social phenomenon
C．encourage celebrity culture
D．introduce three famous people

1-5: BCDAB

阅读理解。     It is a hot summer day, and you feel thirsty. A friend gives you a glass of cold lemonade. How do you
feel when you see the glass? Will you describe your feeling as happiness or as pleasure? I believe you will
say it is a feeling of pleasure. There is a connection between these two kinds of feelings, and sometimes
one causes the other, but they are not the same. Pleasure is more dependent on the five senses while
happiness is independent of them.
    When you are happy, little unpleasant events usually do not disturb you. When you are unhappy, you
feel as if everything is against you. You may compensate for it by eating chocolate and sweets because
this gives you pleasure；yet you stay unhappy. A person may smoke cigarettes because it gives him
pleasure, yet, this does not make him happier, especially if he knows the fact that it is not good for his
health.
    The physical world is always in a changing state. At each moment a new thing is being created ,
changed, transformed and then destroyed. This is the normal state of things and no one call change it.
If we stay still in a certain state, we are sure to experience unhappiness sooner or later. On the other
hand, if we adjust to the environment,  nothing can influence our moods. Then outer events have nothing
to do with our inner joy of mind.
    The room of the mind was filled with worry or fear. If you are free of thinking about them, the room
has been emptied,  and then you will see what is happening and experience it When your mind stays
quiet, you will see that happiness comes from the inside.1.What does the underlined phrase "compensate for" in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?A. to make a suitable payment for
B. to let out your anger for
C. to provide with a balancing effect for
D. to solve the problems for2. According to the passage, in which of the following situations can you feel happy?  A. A friend gives you a glass of cold lemonade when you feel thirsty.
B. You eat chocolate and sweets when you feel as if everything is against you.
C. Smoke cigarettes even though you know the fact that it is not good for your health.
D. You are free from worry or fear when your mind stays quiet.3.We can learn from the passage       .A. happiness is more dependent on the five senses
B. pleasure sometimes arouses happiness
C. you feel happy when nothing around you changes in a certain state
D. you feel unhappy because you have to adjust to the environment4.Which can be the best title for the passage?A. Pleasure Leads To Happiness
B. Happiness Changes Us
C. Happiness Is Within Us
D. Stay A Quiet Mind

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阅读理解。     It was graduation day at the university where I work and a beautiful day quite unlike the first
graduation I attended as a young professor. On that cold day years ago, as we watched the students
walking into the hall, one of my colleagues turned to me and said, "Graduation will be one of the happiest
and one of the saddest time of your life." At my inquiry, he answered, "Because the students you have
gotten to know have to leave."
     As years went by, my previous confusion about my colleague"s words no longer existed. When I
came across naughty students, I have had to rethink why I chose to be a teacher. It obviously isn"t the
money. Once a former computer science student of mine called me, asking me if I wanted to have a
change. He was working at Nintendo Corporation. His salary was higher than my current one, though
I have more education and have worked for over a decade. With my programming skills, he said he
could get me hired. I thanked him, but declined his kind offer.
     A few days before this current graduation, while working on final grades, I found a note a s student
had slipped in with her homework. She thanked me for being her teacher and said the things she had
learned in my class - not about math, but about life - would be things she would remember long after
the math skills had faded away.  As I finished reading, I remembered why I had become a teacher.
      Now, on this sunny graduation day, as I again observed the sea of blue hats and gowns, I did so
with renewed dedication and a deeper sense of satisfaction - I will always be grateful that I am a teacher.1. Hearing his colleague"s description for the first time, how did the author feel?A. He quit agreed with his colleague.
B. He was very puzzled
C. He thought it very funny.
D. He was very sad.2. What does the underlined part in the last paragraph refer to?A. University colleagues.
B. Life memories.
C. Decorations in the hall.
D. Graduates" clothes.3. The author wrote this passage to         . A. express his devotion to being a teacher
B. compare two different graduation ceremonies
C. talk about the meaning of graduation
D. give advice on how to be a good teacher

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完形填空。"He looks normal." That"s what everybody says when I tell them my son was just diagnosed as autism (孤
独症). They all say it without   1 .
    It"s true. Alejandro does look like every other   2 boy. He plays, he smiles, and he runs around with the
two-year-old boy"s boundless  3 until he is too tired. He laughs when you move your fingers  4 on a
sensitive part of his body. And he often   5    his toys like every other young child at his age.
    But most of the time, Alejandro   6    in his own little world playing with his toys all by himself   7    in a
group of kids and   8    you when you talk to him loudly. At that time he"s alone, no matter how hard you
try to    9 him.
    My wife and I get   10 . We ask for "nose kisses" or hugs and many times he doesn"t  11 us. It"s
extremely anxious when your child"s face is right in front of you and he won"t admit your   12 .
   He regularly doesn"t eat. The food often   13    him when he puts it in his mouth. He is very small   14
his age. We are told that it"s another  15   of the autism.
   Because autism isn"t like some other   16 , there is no set treatment. Each child needs to be treated
  17 ; what works for one probably doesn"t work for another. Try a treatment. If it doesn"t work, you have
to try another   18   you hopefully find something that does work.
    The future is cloudy, but we will try everything we can do to reach him, because we love him and we
know he"s a(n)   19    little boy. And we believe with the help of love, we can    20 any difficulty.

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(     )1. A. exception
(     )2. A. naughty
(     )3. A. force
(     )4. A. lightly
(     )5. A. gets along with
(     )6. A. exists
(     )7. A. seldom
(     )8. A. watching
(     )9. A. reach
(     )10. A. tired
(     )11. A. recognize
(     )12. A. appearance
(     )13. A. pleases
(     )14. A. at
(     )15. A. usage
(     )16. A. diseases
(     )17. A. equally
(     )18. A. unless
(     )19. A. clever
(     )20. A. treat

B. problem
B. normal
B. power
B. secretly
B. deals with
B. sleeps
B. even
B. teasing
B. wake
B. bored
B. understand
B. impression
B. bothers
B. for
B. advantage
B. causes
B. individually
B. when
B. special
B. experience

C. discussion
C. alone
C. energy
C. heavily
C. puts up with
C. studies
C. only
C. ignoring
C. relieve
C. discouraged
C. notice
C. presence
C. relaxes
C. under
C. function
C. factors
C. similarly
C. until
C. foolish
C. discover

D. question
D. stupid
D. imagination
D. greatly
D. plays with
D. works
D. never
D. listening
D. comfort
D. upset
D. remember
D. satisfaction
D. delights
D. over
D. effect
D. sufferings
D. usually
D. though
D. pleasant
D. overcome

完形填空。

     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. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pen, and white paper, I decided that the act of   1
must be the most   2   thing in the world.
    Years later, during her final illness, mother   3 different things for my sister and brother. "But the   4 ",
she said, "is for Elizabeth".
    I never saw her angry, and never saw her cry. I knew she   5   me. She showed it in action. But   6   a
young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks   7 mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf
opened between us. I was "too emotional".    8 she lived "on the surface".
    As years passed and I graduated from college, I loved my mother and I wrote to her in 9 words and
asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did    10 me. I posted the letter and waited for
her answer.   11 came. My hope turned to   12 , then little interest, finally, peace --- it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn"t be sure that the   13   had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I
could    14   trying to make her into someone she was not.
    Now the   15 of her desk told me, as she"d  16   been able to, that she was   17   that writing was my
chosen work. I   18   the desk carefully and found some papers   19 --- 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  20 that speaks louder than words.

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(     )1. A. speaking
(     )2. A. wonderful
(     )3. A. bought
(     )4. A. pen
(     )5. A. loved
(     )6. A. like
(     )7. A. with
(     )8. A. So
(     )9. A. careful
(     )10. A. ignore
(     )11. A. No one
(     )12. A. surprise
(     )13. A. ideas
(     )14. A. stand
(     )15. A. present
(     )16. A. always
(     )17. A. sorry
(     )18. A. moved
(     )19. A. inside
(     )20. A. gesture

B. writing
B. tiring
B. gave
B. paper
B. disliked
B. as
B. among
B. And
B. active
B. accept
B. None
B. joy
B. information
B. stop
B. appearance
B. ever
B. encouraged
B. cleaned
B. outside
B. method

C. looking
C. funny
C. designed
C. chair
C. appreciated
C. be
C. beside
C. But
C. thankful
C. forgive
C. Something
C. disappointment
C. news
C. continue
C. shape
C. never
C. regretful
C. fixed
C. below
C. action

D. listening
D. productive
D. kept
D. desk
D. sympathized
D. unlike
D. between
D. Or
D. serious
D. dislike
D. Neither
D. happiness
D. Letter
D. practice
D. sight
D. often
D. pleased
D. emptied
D. above
D. way

完形填空。

     20 years ago, I drove a cab   1 a living. One time I arrived in the middle of the night for a pickup at a
building that was dark   2 a single light in a ground floor window. After a long pause, a small woman in her 80"s stood before me.
     "Would you carry my bag out to the car?" she said. I took her small suitcase to the cab, and then
returned to   3 the woman. She kept thanking me for my kindness. " It"s nothing." I told her. "I just try to
treat my passengers the   4 I would want my mother treated."
     "Riverside Street, please. But could you drive through downtown?"
     "It"s not the shortest way," I answered quickly.
     "Oh, I don"t mind," She said." I"m in no  5 . I am on my way to a hospice." I looked in the back view
mirror. Her eyes were full of   6 . "I don"t have any family  7 ." She continued. "The   8 says I don"t have
very long." While we were driving through the city, she showed me the building where she had once
worked. Sometimes she asked me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would   9 into
the darkness, saying  10 . Not until the first ray of the sun   11 up the sky did we get to the address she
had given me.
     " How much do I   12 you?" she asked.
     " Nothing," I said. Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She   13 onto me tightly, saying   "You gave an old woman a little moment of joy." Then she walked into the hospice.
     Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the   14 of a life. I don"t pick up any more passengers for
the rest of the day. I drove  15 , lost in thought.   16 I had refused to take the run? On a quick   17 , I
don"t think I have done anything more   18 in my life. We are conditioned to think that our lives   19 on
great moments. But great moments often catch us   20 ----beautifully hidden in what others may consider
a small one.

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