题目列表(包括答案和解析)
第Ⅱ卷(共35分)
第四部分:写作(共三节,满分35分)
第一节:单词拼写(根据提示写出单词的正确形式。共5小题,每小题1分,满分5分)
76.The _______ (质量) of service in this hotel has greatly improved.
77. Thanks for your _______(邀请). I’d like to come.
78. The climate here _________(适合)me very well.
79. Our cars are _______(类似)only in colors.
80. Cold weather may _______(持续)for a few more days.
第Ⅱ卷(共35分)
第四部分:写作(共三节,满分35分)
第一节:单词拼写(根据提示写出单词的正确形式。共5小题,每小题1分,满分5分)
76.The _______ (质量) of service in this hotel has greatly improved.
77. Thanks for your _______(邀请). I’d like to come.
78. The climate here _________(适合)me very well.
79. Our cars are _______(类似)only in colors.
80. Cold weather may _______(持续)for a few more days.
A study by researchers at the University of Warwick and Cardiff University has found that money only makes people happier if it improves their social rank. Simply being highly paid wasn’t enough – to be happy, people must perceive themselves as being more highly paid than their friends and work colleagues.
The researchers said their findings could explain why the economic success over the last 40 years has not increased overall levels of happiness.
The leading psychologist of the study, Dr Chris Boyce, said, “Earning I million pounds a year appears to be not enough to make you happy if you know your friends all earn 2 million pounds a year.”
The study found that the ranked position of an individual’s income best predicted general life satisfaction, while the actual amount of income and the average income of others appear to have no significant effect. The standard of living has gone up for each individual over the past 4 years but it has gone up for everyone. Our cars are faster now but our neighbors have faster cars too, so they haven’t got that advantage over people close to you.
The researcher added that pursuit of wealth alone was a vicious circle (恶性循环) because people had to continually work hard to keep up with the Joneses.
“So a person does not just have to increase his rank. He has to work hard just to keep up with rather than passing his friends, neighbors and colleagues,” said Dr Boyce.
The study found that relentless pursuit (不懈的追求) of economic growth would produce a wealthier society but not a happier one. Making everybody in society richer will not necessarily increase overall happiness because it is only having a higher income than other people that matters, and there was a danger that people will focus on the pursuit of money at the expense of building strong relationships with family and friends.
1.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.Happiness is linked to other’s wealth
B.Money can certainly buy happiness.
C.More money means more happiness.
D.Better living standard means more happiness.
2.We can conclude from the passage that .
A.the more income you get, the happier you are
B.the wealthier you are, the lower your ranked position is
C.the more successful economy is, the higher happiness levels are
D.the higher your social rank is, the happier you will feel
3.The underlined phrase “keep up with the Joneses” most probably means .
A.to keep up with your friends’ and neighbors’ paces of life
B.to remain in contact with your friends and neighbors
C.to compete with the people around you in terms of wealth
D.to build strong relationships with family and friends
4.According to the passage, a wealthier society doesn’t necessarily means a happier one because
.
A.every social member wants to get wealth from others
B.every social member wants to have the average income of others
C.the seeking of higher income is likely to do harm to people’s health
D.the seeking of wealth may sacrifice the relationships with family and friends
Our cars are s _______ only in color. Actually they are of great difference.
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。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Long ago, people believed that in the future we would work less, have more free time and get more relaxed. 1
Today we work harder, work longer hours and have more stresses than ten years ago.walk We faster, faster and sleep less than previous generations.talk And although we use machines that save us time, have less free time than our parents and grandparents. 2 An American journalist we James Gleick in a new book, says that people are suffering from “hurry sickness”-we’re trying 9 to do more things in less time.As a result, our lives are stressful.He says that if we don’t slow down, we won’t live as long as our parents. 3
Newspaper articles today are shorter and the headlines are bigger.Most people don’t have enough time to read the articles, they only read the headlines.TV and the radio, so On newsreaders speak more quickly than ten years ago.In the USA, there is a book called One-Minute Bedtime Stories for children.These are shorter versions(版本)of traditional stories, specially written for “busy parents” who want to save time! Some answer phones now have “quick playback” buttons so that we can replay people’s messages faster-we can’t waste time listening to people speaking at the normal speed! 4 Ten years ago when people went to art galleries they spent seconds looking at each picture.Today they spend just three seconds! Nowadays, many people prefer faster and dynamic sports like basketball.
5 Our cars are faster but the traffic is worse.so we drive more slowly.We spend more time sitting in our cars, feeling stressed.Experts predict that in ten years the average speed on the road in cities will be only 17 km/h.
A.People didn’t feel stressed ten years ago.
B.But unluckily,this has not happened yet.
C.Even when we relax we do everything more quickly.
D.But what is this doing to our health?
E.For most people,faster doesn’t mean better.
F.The only thing that is slower than before is the way we drive.
G.Now everything is faster than before,which brings us more convenience.
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