Old age may not sound exciting. But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older. Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of fifty. In fact, they say by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were when they were eighteen years old.

The findings came from a survey of more than three hundred forty thousand adults in the United States. The Gallup Organization questioned them by telephone in 2008. At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five. The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, sadness and worry. They also asked about mental or emotional stress.

Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five. The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.

The study also showed that men and women have similar feeling patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.

Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older. One theory is that, as people grow older, they grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their feelings. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.

Professor Stone says the emotional patterns could be linked to changes in how people see the world, or maybe even changes in brain chemistry.

The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children, being unemployed or being single. But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to age.

1.According to the survey of The Gallup Organization people are most likely to become happier ___________.

A. when they are between ages of 18 and 85

B. when they come to their old age

C. when they are in their twenties

D. when they are eighteen years old

2.According to Arthur Stone, old people ________.

A. have a positive attitude toward their life

B. can control their behaviors better

C. dream about good things every day

D. have earned a large amount of money

3.From the last paragraph we can know that ________.

A. you must be worried if you have young children

B. health has nothing to do with your age

C. you can be happy even if you are still single

D. happiness depends on your family and job

4.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A. Getting older means getting happier

B. The young are happier than the old

C. The younger, the happier

D. Women are easier to happy in life

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

How to Make Friends

Friendship is a very important human relationship and everyone needs good friends. Good friendship has many benefits. If offers companionship, improves self-worth and promotes good health. There are times in our lives such as when we have recently moved into a new town, or changed our jobs or schools. Such changes often leaves us without a friend. 1. . But for many of us the process is difficult and requires courage. Below are some helpful suggestions on how to make and keep friends.

1. Associate with others.

The first step to making friends is associating with other people. You can go to public places to meet new people. Besides, you will need to make yourself known by becoming an active member of such places.

2. Start a conversation.

Starting a conversation is the second most important step in making new friends. 2. You can always start the conversation. Being able to make small talk is a very useful skill in relating with other people.

3. _ 3.

Choosing friends with common interests is important in building friendship as these interests would always bring you and your friend together. Hanging out will always be a pleasant experience.

4. Let it grow.

It is a good thing to stay in touch. However, try not to press your new friend with calls, messages or visits as this would likely wear him or her out and finally you may lose your friend. 4. . The best friendships are the ones that grow naturally.

5. Enjoy your friendship.

The best way to enjoy your friendship is to allow your friends to be themselves. 5. Try not to change them from who they are to what you want them to be. Become the kind of friend you will want your friend to be to you.

A. Be cheerful.

B. So you will need to give your friend time to react to you.

C. Making new friends comes easy for some people.

D. For a friendship to develop you need to stay in touch.

E. Do not wait to be spoken to.

F. Try not to find fault with your friends.

G. Do things together.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

There are many kinds of friends. Some are always ________ you, but don't understand you. Some say only a few words to you, but understand you. Many people will step in your life, but only ________ friends leave footprints (脚印).

I shall always recall (回忆) the autumn and the girl with the ________.She will always bring back the friendship between us. I know she will always be my best friend.

It was the golden season. I could see the yellow leaves ________ with the cool ________. In such a season, I liked walking alone in the leaves, ________to the sound of them.

Autumn, for others, is a/an ________ season, while for me, it is an annoying season.The free days always get me ________.But one day, the sound of a violin ________ into my ears like a stream (小溪) flowing in the mountains.I was so surprised that I jumped to see what it was. A young girl, standing in the wind, was ________ in playing her violin.

I had ________ seen her before. The music was so nice that I listened quietly. Lost in the music, I didn't know that I had been ________ there for so long but my existence (存在) did not seem to disturb her.

Leaves were still falling. Every day ________ I passed by the lawn, I would see her playing her violin. I was the only listener. The autumn seemed no longer lonely and life became ________. ________ we didn't know each other, I thought we were already good friends. I believe she also loved me.

Autumn was nearly over.One day, when I was listening carefully, the sound suddenly ________. To my astonishment (惊讶), the girl came over to me.

“You must like violin.” she said.

“Yes. And you play very well. Why did you stop?” I asked.

Suddenly, a ________expression appeared on her face and I could feel something unusual.

“I came here to see my grandmother, but now I must leave. I once played very badly. It was your listening every day that ________ me.” she said.

“In fact, it was your playing ________ gave me a meaningful autumn,” I answered, “Let's be friends.”

The girl smiled, and so did I.

I never heard her play again in my life. I no longer went downstairs to listen like before. Only thick leaves were left behind. But I will always remember the fine figure (身影) of the girl. She is like a ________—so short, so bright, like a shooting star giving off so much light that it makes the autumn beautiful.

1.A. withB. forC. againstD. to

2.A. goodB. trueC. newD. old

3.A. soundB. songC. playD. violin

4.A. shakingB. hangingC. floatingD. falling

5.A. windB. snowC. airD. rain

6.A. watchingB. listeningC. seeingD. hearing

7.A. livelyB. lovelyC. harvestD. lonely

8.A. upB. offC. downD. over

9.A. flowedB. grewC. enteredD. ran

10.A. interestedB. activeC. busyD. lost

11.A. onceB. neverC. oftenD. usually

12.A. waitingB. stoppingC. standingD. hearing

13.A. becauseB. soC. whenD. but

14.A. interestingB. movingC. encouragingD. exciting

15.A. ButB. HoweverC. EvenD. Though

16.A. stoppedB. beganC. goneD. changed

17.A. happyB. sadC. strangeD. surprised

18.A. surprisedB. excitedC. encouragedD. interested

19.A. thatB. whichC. itD. who

20.A. songB. dreamC. fireD. sister

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Sometimes your friends start to talk about a new video game or a new app they have downloaded. It sounds pretty cool, and your friends really seem to like it. You become so 1. (interest) in it that you want to buy it too. Has this ever happened to you?

In the US and in places around the world, there is a similar feeling of wanting the 2. (new), greatest tech gadgets (小玩意). There is a big 3. (attract) to getting the latest technology even though people may not need it. But why is this?

As to(关于) these technologies, there’s 4. initial （最初的） excitement that 5. (get) people’s attention, according to Richard Larson, a director at MIT, US. If there’s a big group of people 6. want these things, you want to be a part of the excitement too.

One of the major US 7. (company) that really take advantage of this is Apple. It comes out with a new iPhone with very small changes every year. But people still flock (涌入) to the stores even if they have just bought the previous phone.

However, 8. （buy）these things may not always be the best choice. You could be buying things that you don’t really need and 9. (spend) too much money just for the right to show it off to your friends.

Not only that, but our need to always be on your phones or playing video games takes 10. a lot of time in our lives. So is this excitement over technology a good or a bad thing?

词汇短语互译

1.使印象深刻 vt

2.态度 n.

3.耐心的 adj.

4.立即，即刻 adv.

5.感激；欣赏 v.

6.不正确地 adv.

7.技术 n.

8.培训 v.

9.被遗弃的 adj.

10.令人失望的 adj.

11.取得进步

12.（飞机）起飞

13.换句话说

14.是…的缩写

15.远离；远非

汉译英

1.她讲解的语法如此清楚以至于我们很容易理解她。（用so…that 句型）

2.有陈老师教我，我在考试中会取得好成绩的。（用with +宾语+宾补的复合结构）

3.你知道他对这个问题的看法吗？(attitude to/towards)

4.如果你愿意教我如何使用电脑我将不胜感激。(I would appreciate it if...)

5.你介意我看一下你的票吗？(Would you mind if ...)

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均限一词。2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear Andy,

I am glad to learn from that you are coming to China and will stay at my home. My parents and I are very pleasing to have you with me. Now let me tell you that we have arranged for you. I know the school would organize a lot of things for you do in the morning. In the afternoon, I’ll show you around and take you to some place of interest. We’ll mostly stay at home in the evening watch TV, playing games, and meeting people. I’m sure we’ll have a wonderful time or enjoy each other’s company.

I’m looking forward to meet you soon.

Yours sincerely,

Zhao Mei

学校运动会将举行，学生会现在面向全校招募志愿者。假设你是李华，一名高中学生，你有意参加此项活动。请你给学校写一封申请信，根据以下要点简要陈述你应聘的理由。

1 .你的爱好：喜欢体育活动；……

2．你的特长：擅长英语；……

3．你的有利条件

4．其他理由：……

注意：1．词数100左右； 2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear sir,

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Looking forward to your early reply.

Yours truly

Day 1

I first heard of “Show Racism (种族歧视) the Red Card” when my friend Jill asked me to support their work. Basically, it’s an organization which uses professional (职业的) footballers to help fight racism in sport and society. A few weeks later, he asked me if I wanted to do a bit more for them. I thought he probably meant for me to give money or do some voluntary work. But then he told me that a group of about 20 people were getting sponsored (赞助) to play the highest ever game of rugby (橄榄球) at 5,140 meters on Mount Everest.

Day 4

We’re making our way up to the base camp — that’s where most climbers start their final climb to the top — and then, we’ll play our game. Today we started out at 8 am. We had to cross three suspension bridges (悬索桥). One of them was so high that you couldn’t see the bottom. Then we walked through some beautiful forest areas before we started a two-hour uphill hike to Namche Bazaar.

Day 10

Base camp is basically just a lot of stones and tents. The walk up was really exhausting. Maybe if I was fitter, I wouldn’t find this so hard, but then it was not just me — all of us got very short of breath.

Day 11

Today we played our game. It was supposed to be a “friendly” game, and last night, we had agreed we’d just walk and not run. However, it was a really heated game and two players were even sent off. We only played for 14 minutes. I think someone would have got hurt if we’d played any longer! My team won and I scored the last try! Of course, none of this matters. What’s really important is that we did it and we’ve raised a load of money.

1.The first time the author was asked to do something for Jill’s work, he _____.

A. got a big shock

B. accepted his request

C. looked down upon Jill

D. spread the news to 20 people

2.What can we learn about the game of rugby on Mount Everest?

A. It got little attention.

B. It was a bit competitive.

C. It ended because someone was injured.

D. It was held on the top of Mount Everest.

3.The author’s trip to Mount Everest can be described as _____.

A. frightening and fruitless

B. relaxing and interesting

C. hard but successful

D. short but fantastic

Jolly Joe always arrived at my neighborhood at exactly half past noon. The clang (叮当声) of the bell on his red and black truck was then the sweetest sound in the world. Brightly colored stickers advertising his amazing kinds of treats could be found on all sides of his truck. The whole neighborhood would magically come to life.

Holding a nickel (五分镍币), I’d run to the back of the vehicle, where children were already gathering. Jolly Joe would jump out of his truck, the sun shining on his hair. He was an older man, short and round, with a pleasant face and a welcoming smile.

I don’t know how, but he knew us all by name, as well as which treats we preferred. My favorite was the Buried Treasure. By eating all the ice cream, you’d discover the treasure inside: a lion, a dog or even a funny clown — printed onto a plastic stick.

When it was finally my turn, he’d put his arm deep inside one of the boxes, and pause (停顿) for a moment, a puzzled look crossing his face. Then, suddenly, he’d pull it out: the Buried Treasure! I couldn’t wait to enjoy the cool, sweet ice cream.

As quickly as he arrived, it was time for Jolly Joe to go, leaving behind laughing, excited children with sticky hands and faces. Soon the sound of his clanging bell would slowly disappear in the distance.

I always hated to see Jolly Joe go, because I knew the rest of the day would be as hot and boring as before. But I took some comfort in knowing that the next day he’d come round the corner at half past noon and once again spread his magic.

1.Jolly Joe was liked mostly by _____.

A. childrenB. passengersC. advertisersD. drivers

2.Why did the author like the Buried Treasure best?

A. It gave great pleasure to his pet.

B. It was the cheapest of all the treats.

C. It contained something very interesting.

D. It was the most delicious of all the treats.

3.Which of the following can best describe Jolly Joe?

A. Dishonest and tricky.

B. Wealthy and kind.

C. Brave and hard-working.

D. Happy and humorous.

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A. Lost treasure found at last

B. A clanging bell in the distance

C. Ice cream man spreads frozen magic

D. My friendship with an ice cream man