I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year-round sun. You may think people in such a splendid, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.

   Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more lasting emotion.

   Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.

   I have often though that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful individuals have constant access to glamorous parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells “happiness”. But in memoir（回忆录）after memoir, they reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism ,drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children and profound loneliness.

   Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage, if he’s honest, and 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 and excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.

   Similarly, couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness. They can dine out whenever they want and sleep as late as they can. 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.

   Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating（解放性的）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 rich and glamorous people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.

41. We can learn from the passage that       .

      A. fun creates long-lasting satisfaction

      B. fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happiness

      C. happiness is lasting whereas fun is short-lived

      D. fun that is long-standing may lead to happiness

42. To the author, the role Hollywood stars play is to      .

      A. write memoir after memoir about their happiness

      B. tell the public that happiness has nothing to do with fun

      C. teach people how to enjoy their lives

      D. bring happiness to the public instead of going to parties

43. In the author’s opinion, marriage      .

   A. affords greater fun                       B. leads to raising children

   C. indicates duty and devotion            D. usually ends up in pain

44.Which of the following is the best example of “painful happiness”?

   A. Winning lottery by accident    B. A bachelor resisting marriage

   C. Raising children                            D. Buying some fancy clothes

45. If one gets the true sense of happiness, he will     .

   A. stop playing games and joking with others  B. keep himself with his family

   C. give a free hand to money                 D. use his time to increase happiness

I always avoid going on field investigations with the toxics (毒物)team, unless it’s absolutely necessary. It’s not that I mind the hard work, or am afraid of coming into contact with toxic substances. What I fear is quickly losing hope about the work I do.

　 However, doing field research with the toxics team, all I see and feel is filth—nothing else. Even if I close my eyes, I can smell the smell of food processing, rotting organic waste from paper mills and chemicals from clothing manufacturers.

　 One morning, I went to investigate a discharged pipe to document and collect samples of pollutants secretly being emitted by a textile mill. I had to work with the utmost secrecy in order to avoid being discovered by the textile mill.

　 I dipped a long measuring pole into the large polluting pipe to measure the volume of polluted water being emitted. But the surface of the water, covered in oil and filth, made me feel as if to vomit.

　 All of a sudden, I felt someone hit me on my back. It frightened me so much that I almost fell into the water. I grasped the pole and looked behind me to see an old man standing there. He asked: “Can you catch fish here?” I realized that he thought I was holding a fishing pole, so I kept calm and said: “Yes, I heard that there’s a kind of small fish living in this water, and it has medicinal benefits.”

　 The old man grew quite curious and replied: “That may be. If a fish can survive in water as dirty as this , it must have a lot of resistance. So it wouldn’t be too strange if such fish had medicinal benefits.”

　 It was clear he was just passing by, so I answered: “Yeah, survival of the fittest. Fish that adapt can survive, just like us humans.”

　 He kept talking to me and didn’t want to leave. He wanted to see whether or not I would catch the small fish with medicinal benefits.

36. The text is mainly about　　 .

　 A. a research report about pollution　　

B. an exciting experience of fishing

　 C. an experience of doing research on pollution

D. an unforgettable talk with an old man

37. Which word can take place of the underlined word in the 2nd paragraph?

　 A. fish　 　　　 B. textile 　　　C. water 　　　　 　D. pollutants

38. What is the writer of the text most probably?

　 A. A newspaper reporter. 　　　　B. A researcher about pollution.

　 C. A fisherman.　　 　　　　　　　　 D. A worker of the textile mill.

39. Why did the writer tell the old man he was fishing?

　 A. Because he wanted to satisfy the old man’s curiosity

　 B. Because the old man was interested in fishing too

　 C. Because he did the research secretly

　 D. Because the old man wanted to buy the fish

40. We can infer from the last paragraph that　　 .

　 A. the old man had found out the secret

　 B. the old man wanted to catch the fish by himself

　 C. the writer would have to tell the old man the fact

　 D. the old man was sent to watch over the writer

The central part of the United States suffered its own economic crisis(危机)in the nine-teen eighties. Unemployment reduced the population. The Spencer public library worked to help people in the town of Spencer, Iowa, to find jobs, It created a list of jobs and offered books on job skills and training.

One cold January morning in nineteen eighty-eight, library Workers found a small, almost frozen kitten(小猫)in the book drop. A book drop is the small metal door in the wall of the building Where people can return books when the library is closed. No one Knows who put the kitten there or why. But it turned out to be lucky for both the kitten and the town.

The library held a contest to name the cat. The winning name was Dewey Read more Books .Library officials agreed to permit him to live in the building. Dewey loved to keep people company while they chose books or used the library computer.

Soon, Deweys presence began attracting families and school groups to the library.

The local newspaper wrote about the new library cat. His story spread across the nation. Dewey began receiving letters from people in other countries. And a film crew from Japan arrived to include him in a movie about cats.

Head librarian Vicki Myron was Dewey's main caretaker. Last year, she published the best-selling book “Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World.”Here she gives readers an idea of how much the cat meant to her town.

READER:

“How much of an effect can an animal have? How many lives can one cat touch? How is it possible for an abandoned kitten to transform a small library into a meeting place and tourist attraction, inspire a classic American town, bring together an entire region and eventually become famous around the world? You can't even begin to answer those questions until you hear the story of Dewey Read more Books, the beloved library cat of Spencer, Iowa.”

31. What is probably the best title of the passage?

A. An economic crisis　　　 B. The Spencer public library

C.A best-selling book D.A library cat

32. Which of the following is Not true according to the passage?

A. Some people left the town due to the economic crisis.

B. The cat brought joy to the town of Spencer.

C. The cat had a special ability to read letters from abroad.

D. The cat was taken good care of in the library.

33. Dewey's presence was lucky for the town of Spencer because　　 .

A. His story encouraged the town to face the economic crisis

B. He helped the jobless to find jobs in the library

C. He was considerate about the readers to the library

D.A film crew from Japan was attracted to Spencer

34. Tourists came to Spencer mainly because　　　 .

A. it is a classic American town with attractive sights

B. they wanted to have a look at Dewey

C .they had Dewey to be with them while reading

D. it had a public library with most popular books

35. The last paragraph wants to tell us　　　　 .

A. pets should be well treated

B. everyone should read the story of Dewey Read more Books

C. Vicki Myron thinks highly of Dewey

D. Vicki Myron advises us to buy her book on Dewey

A good friend of mine was complaining about her son the other day. “Did you notice,” she started, “how he didn't wait for me to get my salad before he dived into his?”

True enough, the boy attacked his plate faster than a cat in the wild. Without manners, we're no more than animals. Actually, that's not true, I've been watching and feeding a group of wild cats, and they show unusual politeness toward each other .Even when food is scarce, they take turns, leaving tat least a small part for the next in line.

My mother educated her three children to have good manners all the time. We were made to feel very uncomfortable as if we were sitting on pins and needles until we got used to saying please, thank you ,pardon me, and I'm sorry. And I have to say, while it was a painful learning experience, it was one of the most valuable.

I can't tell you how often I sat with my friends, eating at their dinner tables, and their parents thought highly of my good manners. While it was a little embarrassing. I knew even then that my mother's teachings were paying off.

Many years later, when I was attending seminars across the country, my manners were quite useful.

While I regret that I haven't been a perfect example, I'm still working on it. I suppose, in this regard, my mother lives on through me, I didn't have her beautiful singing voice or her green eyes, but she did make sure I received one of her finest characteristics.

26. What did the writer's friend most probably complain about?

A. Her son's eating too quickly.

B. Her son's not having a healthy diet.

C. Her son's not having good table manners.

D. Teenagers' not having good manners.

27. The underlined word “scarce” in Paragraph 2 probably means“　　　 ”.

A. too much　　　　　　　 B. not delicious

C. not enough　　　　　　 D. quite hot

28. We learn that the writer's mother　　　 .

A. was strict about her children's manners　 B. never punished her children

C. had beautiful blue eyes　　　　　　　 D. was not good at singing

29. What does the writer think of her experience of learning good manners?

A. Easy and relaxing　　 　　　B. Painful and valuable

C. Easy but useless　　 　　　D. Too horrible

30. We can infer from the passage that the writer　　　 .

A. is surely liked by everyone around her

B. is not satisfied with most people's manners around her

C. thinks she has been a perfect example to the young

D. thanks her mother for teaching her the good manners a lot

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16~25的相应位置上。

The computer plays an important part in our everyday life. It is one of the great ___16___ (invent) in the world in the twentieth century. It works for us not only at home, in offices, in big shops, but also at schools. Today it is used _17___ many ways. It really brings the world large wealth __18___ happiness.

__19___ first computer in the world ___20__ (call) Enid. It was built in American in 1946.Itw as large and heavy. Since it was born, it __21___ (develop) very fast. Until now it has gone through four periods and changed a lot. There are many kinds of computers. Computers are getting smaller and smaller and computing faster and faster. So __22__ are becoming more and more helpful.

The computer can do most of the things for people. It can help us __23___ (know) about the real world quickly, to learn __24___ we want to learn and to think for ourselves. ___25__ a student in the twenty-first century, you must work hard at it.

Many of us spend a great deal of time and energy trying to prove that we are right-and others are wrong. Many people believe that it’s their job to    1   others how their positions, statements, and points of view are   2   , and that in doing so, the person they are correcting is going to somehow appreciate it, or at least learn something. Wrong!

Think about it. Have you ever been   3   by someone and said to him, “Thank you so much for showing me that I’m wrong and you’re right.”? Or, has anyone you know ever thanked you when you corrected them, or made yourself “right” at their   4   ? Of course not. The truth is, all of us   5   to be corrected. We all want our positions to be   6   and understood by others. Being listened to and heard is one of the greatest    7   of the human heart. And those who learn to listen are the most loved and respected. Those who are in the   8   of correcting others are often resented and   9   .

A wonderful way for becoming more peaceful and loving is to practise   10   others the joy of being right-give them the glory.  Stop correcting. When someone says, “I really feel it’s important to:”, rather than jumping   11   and saying, “No, it’s more important to…:”, simply let it go and allow their statement to   12  . The people in your life will become less defensive and more   13   . They will appreciate you more than you could ever have   14   You’ll discover the joy of joining in and witnessing other people’s   15  , which is far more rewarding than a battle of egos (自我). Starting today, let others be “right”, most of the time?

那是一年的最后一天，一大群人聚集在大钟下面，等待它敲12下。难忘的回忆出现在我的脑海里。今年夏天，我去了意大利并且参观了博物馆。在博物馆里面，一架昂贵的钢琴被游客弄坏了，因为他试图在上面弹爵士。我的假期很快就过去了，但是我没有寄明信片给我的朋友们，告诉他们这个故事。

完成句子。

56. I realized the importance of my health only then.  （变倒装句)

57. The city was not only polluted but the streets were crowded.  (变倒装句)

58. If burns are on arms or legs, keep them higher, if it is possible. （省略划线部分）

59. He suggested that ______________________(我们班分成五个小组) （虚拟语气）

60．____________(如果我是Giotto di Bondone), I _____(会画) a wonderful picture for my teacher. (虚拟语气)

根据句意填写新学单词。

45. He _________ (获得) a knowledge of computers by careful study.

46.I don’t _________ (赞成) of smoking in bed..

47. He can be _________ (依靠) on to finish the task.

48. I will to there to ________ (协助) him in doing the work.

49. The police are looking for the man who has been ______(中毒)。

50. He bought an ______ (带电的) hair-dryer for Mary.

51. I found that his leg began to _______ (肿)。

52. Please _____ (倒) me a cup of tea.

53. I cannot ______ (预言) when to meet you again.

54. All his _______ (尝试) to get through the driving test without being trained has failed.

55. Living without an ______(目标) is like sailing without a compass.

Louis Pasteur

　 Louis Pasteur, one of the world's great scientists, was born in 1822, and died in 1895.While still a young boy, Louis Pasteur made his decision to become a scientist. He spent much of his life time studying the diseases of cattle, chickens and other tame animals. His wife learned to help him with his work. Almost everyone knows that Pasteur is the man responsible for finding a way of preventing milk from spoiling (变质). Not many people know he was the first to imagine and to prove that air we breathe is full of germs (细菌). One of his greatest successes was finding a treatment for people and animals to prevent a disease called rabies (狂犬病). Louis Pasteur won many honors and could have got large amount of money. But Pasteur preferred to live simply. The real happiness of this unusual man came from his work. Louis Pasteur did so well in his life that the French government took up his work and created the Institute Pasteur in the year 1888.

40. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A. Pasteur was a scientist and doctor as well.

B. Pasteur lived for less than seventy years.

C. Everybody knows that Pasteur succeeded in finding a way of preventing milk from spoiling.

D. Pasteur's wife was of some help to him in his work..

41. From the passage, we know that Pasteur lived a simple life. This is because ________.

A. he earned little money.

B. he cared much about money.

C. what he really enjoyed was a simple life.

D. of all mentioned above.

42. Why were many honors given to Louis Pasteur?

A. Because he was the greatest scientist in the world.

B. Because he spent much of his life time studying the diseases of people .

C. Because he lived simply.

D. Because he was a rare success as a scientist.

43. Pasteur could have got large amount of money if he had___________.

A. cared much about it.

B. made more discoveries.

C. lived a better life.

D. achieved more successes.

44 .To Louis Pasteur the real happiness in his life was to __________.

A. study　 B. work　 C. get large amount of money　　　　 D. raise tame animals