The way people hold to the belief that a funfilled，painfree life equals happin
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The way people hold to the belief that a funfilled，painfree 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 than not，things that lead to happiness involve some pain.
As a result，many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness.They fear the pain inevitably (不可避免地) brought by such things as marriage，raising children，professional achievement，religious commitment and selfimprovement.
Ask a bachelor (单身汉) 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.Certainly，commitment is quite painful.The single life is filled with fun，adventure，and excitement.Marriage has such moments，but they are not its most distinguishing (显著的) features.
Couples with infant (婴儿) children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a threeday 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 that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations.It liberates 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 actually may not be happy at all.
小题1:According to the author，a bachelor doesn’t want to marry mainly because________.| A．he is unwilling to take family responsibilities | | B．he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single | | C．he finds more fun in dating than in marriage | | D．he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement |
小题2:Raising children，in the author’s opinion，is________.| A．a moral duty | | B．a thankless job | | C．a rewarding task | | D．a source of inevitable pain |
小题3:To understand what true happiness is one must________.| A．have as much fun as possible during one’s lifetime | | B．make every effort to liberate oneself from pain | | C．put up with pain under all circumstances | | D．be able to distinguish happiness from fun |
小题4:What is the main idea of the passage?| A．Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain. | | B．One must know how to attain happiness. | | C．It is important to make commitments. | | D．It is pain that leads to happiness. |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:A |
解析
小题1: A
解析 细节理解题。第三段说明单身汉拒绝结婚的主要原因是害怕做出承诺，即害怕承担家庭责任。
小题2: C
解析 推理判断题。第四段最后一句指出，决定不生孩子的夫妻永远也体会不到看着孩子成长以及和孙子玩耍的那种乐趣与欣喜。这种乐趣、欣喜实际上就是对抚养孩子辛勤付出的一种回报。
小题3: D
解析 推理判断题。由全文特别是第一段和最后一段可知，要理解幸福的真正含义就必须把fun和happiness区分开来。因为两者绝不等同，故选项D正确。C项回答的是“怎样才能获得真正的幸福”这一问题，且作者并没在文中明确提到要获得幸福就必须在任何情况下都忍受痛苦。
小题4: A
解析 主旨大意题。本文主旨体现在第一段最后一句：通往幸福的路上多半会有痛苦伴随，故选项A正确。D项“痛苦导致幸福”，观点过于偏激。 |
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Who give us life，raise us and are our constant support and wellwishers？Our mothers.That’s why millions of people across the world take Mother’s Day as an opportunity to express thanks and send best wishes to their moms.
However，the celebration of Mother’s Day is not the recent thing that many believe it to be.It was the ancient Greeks who started the tradition by celebrating their annual spring festival in honor of Rhea，the mother of many gods and goddesses.
Later，in the 1600s，Mothering Sunday came to be celebrated in England.On the fourth Sunday of Lent (大斋期)，children brought flowers and special fruitcakes to show their respect for their mothers.It may be the root of the modern Mother’s Day.
Thanks to the great efforts of Julia Ward Howe and Anna Jarvis，Mother’s Day became an official festival in the US.It is celebrated on the second Sunday in May.Later，many countries began to celebrate this day as Mother’s Day.
Today，Mother’s Day is an international festival honoring mothers.It is celebrated all over the world in different ways.In Western countries，the most common way is to treat mothers with breakfast in bed.Kids often allow their mothers to sleep till late in the morning while they prepare her favorite breakfast with their fathers.Some also make handmade gifts or buy beautiful carnations (康乃馨)．It is the day when you acknowledge your mothers contribution in your life and pay a tribute (礼品) to her，often with flowers and gifts.It complements Father’s Day，the celebration honoring fathers.
Today，Mother’s Day is a day celebrated on various days in many places around the world.
小题1:Why do people across the world celebrate Mother’s Day?| A．Because they want to express thanks and send best wishes to their mothers. | | B．Because they want to express thanks and send best wishes to Rhea. | | C．Because Mother’s Day is an official festival in the US. | | D．Because Mother’s Day is an international festival. |
小题2:The modern Mother’s Day came from________.| A．Greece | B．England | | C．America | D．China |
小题3:From the passage we can learn that________.| A．Rhea is the mother of many gods and goddesses of England | | B．many people wrongly believe Mother’s Day has a short history | | C．in America Mother’s day is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent | | D．on Mother’s day fathers have to get up early to prepare breakfast |
小题4:The passage mainly wants to tell us________.| A．how to celebrate Mother’s day | | B．what to do on Mother’s day | | C．the historical change of Mother’s day | | D．the meaning of Mother’s day |
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When I was a small child，during the war，we were very poor and we lived in a faraway village.One day，on the road，I found the ____ pieces of a mirror.There was a motorcycle accident.
I ____ to find all the pieces and put them ____，but it was not possible，so I used only the ___ piece and I made it round.I could ____ with it as a toy and became greatly attracted by the ____ that I could reflect light to dark places where the sun would never shine—in ____ holes and some other dark places.It became a game for me to ____ light into the darkest places I could find.
I ____ the little mirror，and，as I grew up，I would take it out ____ I had nothing to do and ____ the game.As I became a man，I grew to realize that this was not ____ a child’s game but a metaphor(暗喻) for what I might ____ my life.I came to ____ that I am not the light or the source of light.But light—truth，understanding，knowledge—is there，and it will shine in many dark places ____ I reflect it.
I am just a single piece of a mirror whose ____ design and shape I do not know.___，with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this ____—into the black places in the ____ of men—and change some things in some people.Perhaps others may see and do the same.This is what I am about.This is the ____ of my life.
| 小题1: | | A．broken | B．wasted | | C．painted | D．sharpened |
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| 小题2: | | A．pretended | B．tried | | C．demanded | D．hated |
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| 小题3: | | A．back | B．down | | C．together | D．aside |
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| 小题4: | | A．lightest | B．longest | | C．hardest | D．largest |
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| 小题5: | | A．talk | B．play | | C．deal | D．share |
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| 小题6: | | A．suggestion | B．fact | | C．decision | D．reason |
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| 小题7: | | A．deep | B．big | | C．bright | D．empty |
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| 小题8: | | A．attract | B．show | | C．get | D．bring |
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| 小题9: | | A．kept | B．cut | | C．used | D．mended |
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| 小题10: | | A．until | B．before | | C．when | D．after |
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| 小题11: | | A．watch | B．continue | | C．remember | D．change |
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| 小题12: | | A．just | B．wholly | | C．really | D．even |
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| 小题13: | | A．get from | B．owe to | | C．tell about | D．do with |
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| 小题14: | | A．announce | B．doubt | | C．understand | D．expect |
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| 小题15: | | A．so that | B．now that | | C．even if | D．only if |
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| 小题16: | | A．whole | B．unique | | C．special | D．other |
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| 小题17: | | A．Otherwise | B．However | | C．Besides | D．Therefore |
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| 小题18: | | A．country | B．village | | C．world | D．city |
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| 小题19: | | A．hands | B．brains | | C．eyes | D．hearts |
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| 小题20: | | A．way | B．standard | | C．quality | D．meaning |
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I’ve always had strong opinions of how love should be expressed，but others had their own ways of showing care.
What I ___ most about visiting my boyfriend’s parents is the loud tick of the clock in the dining room as we ____ ate our meal.With so little conversation I was quick to ____ his family as cold.When we got into the ____ to go home，his father suddenly appeared.___，he began to wash his son’s windscreen.I could feel he is a caring man through the glass.
I learned another lesson about love a few years later.My father often ____ me early in the morning.“Buy Xerox.It’s a good sharp price，” he might say when I answered the phone.No pleasant ___ or inquiry about my life，just financial instructions.This manner of his ___ me and we often quarreled.But one day，I thought about my father’s success in business and realized that his concern for my financial security lay behind his ____ morning calls.The next time he called and told me to buy a stock，I ____ him.
When my social style has conflicted with that of my friends，I’ve often felt ___.For example，I always return phone calls ____ and regularly contact my friends.I expect the same from them.I had one friend who rarely called，answering my messages with short emails.I rushed to the ____：She wasn’t a good friend！My anger ____ as the holidays approached.But then she came to a gathering I ____ and handed me a beautiful dress I had fallen in love with when we did some windowshopping the previous month.I was ____ at her thoughtfulness，and regretful for how I’d considered her to be ____.Clearly I needed to change my expectations of friends.
Far too often，I ignored their ____ expressions，eagerly expecting them to do things in my ____.Over the years，however，I’ve learned to ____ other persons’ love signs.
| 小题1: | | A．remember | B．enjoy | | C．value | D．admire |
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| 小题2: | | A．excitedly | B．nervously | | C．silently | D．instantly |
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| 小题3: | | A．regard | B．treat | | C．find | D．think |
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| 小题5: | | A．Punctually | B．Carefully | | C．Proudly | D．Coldly |
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| 小题6: | | A．visited | B．interrupted | | C．warned | D．telephoned |
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| 小题7: | | A．greeting | B．meeting | | C．apology | D．explanation |
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| 小题8: | | A．interested | B．angered | | C．encouraged | D．surprised |
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| 小题9: | | A．long | B．short | | C．warm | D．polite |
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| 小题10: | | A．praised | B．remembered | | C．blamed | D．thanked |
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小题11:．| A．content | B．guilty | | C．curious | D．disappointed |
| 小题12: | | A．in order | B．in turn | | C．without delay | D．without difficulty |
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| 小题13: | | A．feeling | B．suggestion | | C．judgment | D．belief |
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| 小题14: | | A．disappeared | B．grew | | C．helped | D．declined |
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| 小题15: | | A．opened | B．refused | | C．hosted | D．invited |
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| 小题16: | | A．depressed | B．upset | | C．fascinated | D．shocked |
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| 小题17: | | A．uncaring | B．dishonest | | C．unhappy | D．discouraged |
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| 小题18: | | A．unique | B．common | | C．pleasant | D．familiar |
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| 小题19: | | A．opinion | B．way | | C．mind | D．life |
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| 小题20: | | A．send | B．read | | C．give | D．express |
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In a Chinese modern dance competition on TV one very unique couple won one of the top prizes.The lady，in her thirties，was a dancer who had ____ since she was a little girl.Later in life，she lost her entire left arm in an accident and fell into a state of ____ for a few years.
Someone then asked her to coach a children’s dancing group.From that point on，she realized that she could not ____ dancing.So，she started to do some of her old routines，but，having lost her arm，she had also lost her ___.It took a while before she could even make simple turns and spins without ____.
Then a few months later she ____ a man in his twenties who had lost a leg in an accident.She was determined to find him and ____ him to dance with her.He had never danced.And to dance with one leg...He said，“Are you ____ with me？No way！”
But，she didn’t ____，and he agreed to think about it.“I have nothing else to do anyway，” he thought.Then she started to ____ him dancing.The two ____ a few times because he had no concept of using muscle，how to ___ his body，and knew none of the ____ things about dancing.When she became ____ and lost patience with him，he would walk out.____，they came back together and started training ____.
They hired a choreographer(舞蹈指导) to ___ routines for them.She would fly high (held by him) with both arms (a sleeve for an arm) flying in the air.He could bend ____ by one leg with her leaning(倚靠) on him，etc.
When I watched this I didn’t ____ realize that she was missing an arm ___ I was focusing on the guy with only one leg.Really quite amazing!
| 小题1: | | A．operated | B．played | | C．trained | D．competed |
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| 小题2: | | A．relief | B．depression | | C．confusion | D．recovery |
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| 小题3: | | A．learn | B．understand | | C．forget | D．face |
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| 小题4: | | A．chance | B．balance | | C．advantage | D．promise |
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| 小题5: | | A．following | B．checking | | C．noticing | D．falling |
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| 小题6: | | A．heard of | B．searched for | | C．came across | D．waited for |
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| 小题7: | | A．require | B．allow | | C．lead | D．persuade |
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| 小题8: | | A．arguing | B．joking | | C．discussing | D．agreeing |
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| 小题9: | | A．carry on | B．give up | | C．settle down | D．set off |
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| 小题10: | | A．teach | B．show | | C．leave | D．watch |
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| 小题11: | | A．broke up | B．gave in | | C．put off | D．returned back |
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| 小题12: | | A．change | B．present | | C．improve | D．control |
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| 小题13: | | A．important | B．interesting | | C．basic | D．special |
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| 小题14: | | A．excited | B．annoyed | | C．moved | D．shocked |
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| 小题15: | | A．Unfortunately | B．Eventually | | C．Generally | D．Jokingly |
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| 小题16: | | A．seriously | B．differently | | C．publicly | D．gradually |
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| 小题17: | | A．discover | B．arrange | | C．perform | D．design |
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| 小题18: | | A．raised | B．kept | | C．supported | D．carried |
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| 小题19: | | A．still | B．hardly | | C．nearly | D．even |
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| 小题20: | | A．because | B．if | | C．before | D．though |
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It was Thanksgiving morning. I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together on the top step.
“Any old papers, lady?” asked one of them.
I was busy. I wanted to say “no” until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals （凉鞋）, wet with heavy snow.
“Come in and I’ll make you a cup of hot cocoa.”
They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor. I saved them cocoa and bread to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started cooking.
The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice, “Lady, are you rich?”
“Am I rich? Pity, no!”
I looked at my worn-out slipcovers （椅套）. The girl put her cup back in its saucer （茶碟）carefully and said, “Your cups match your saucers.” They left after that, holding their papers against the wind. They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful.
Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched.
I tasted the potatoes and stirred the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a regular job, these matched, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy marks of little sandals were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am.
小题1:The writer let the two children come in and served them well because ______. | A．she wanted to sell old papers to them | | B．she wanted to give them some presents | | C．she showed great pity and care on them | | D．she wanted to show her thanks to them |
小题2:The writer left the muddy marks of little sandals on the floor for a while to _______. | A．show that she was a kind-hearted lady | | B．remind her she shouldn’t forget how rich she was | | C．leave room for readers to think about what being rich is | | D．call up her memories of the good old days |
小题3:It can be inferred from the text that whether you are rich depends on _______. | A．how much money you have made | | B．what attitude you have had toward life | | C．the way you help others | | D．your social relationship |
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