There was once a group of young people searching everywhere for happiness but what they got was only annoyance, grief and misery.
So they Socrates for advice on where happiness But giving any answers, Socrates asked them to help with building a first. The group of guys had to the task, laying aside their own business of seeking happiness. It took them a long time to cut down a tall tree, gouging out (挖空) the center. Through painstaking effort, they made a canoe out of the tree. They launched the canoe into a river, and then together in it, singing with .
Socrates asked, “My children, do you have happiness now?” They answered in chorus: “We be happier!” Socrates , “That’s it! you are too busy pursuing something to notice anything bitter, happiness will occur.”
From the story I got to know that happiness hides behind every tiny thing that you are involved in, and that you may only get pleasure through work and creativity.
We may have to pain in our daily life and in the process of happiness. Sometimes we tend to look for happiness in things, like a new car, clothes, etc. True long term happiness, however, comes from within our and spirit. So why not turn suffering into life, and tears into the light in your heart? Only in this way can we make it through and find true happiness.
So my dear friends, just remember happiness is a state of mind and a matter of , and I you all a life of happiness.
| 小题1: | | A．pointed to | B．referred to | C．turned to | D．kept to |
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| 小题2: | | A．lay | B．belonged | C．stood | D．laid |
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| 小题3: | | A．apart from | B．instead of | C．other than | D．for fear of |
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| 小题4: | | A．house | B．boat | C．bridge | D．school |
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| 小题5: | | A．set about | B．set down | C．set out | D．set up |
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| 小题7: | | A．joy | B．sorrow | C．curiosity | D．hope |
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| 小题8: | | A．mustn’t | B．shouldn’t | C．couldn’t | D．needn’t |
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| 小题9: | | A．declared | B．thought | C．added | D．assumed |
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| 小题10: | | A．Unless | B．Whenever | C．Until | D．However |
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| 小题11: | | A．never | B．always | C．ever | D．seldom |
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| 小题12: | | A．cautious | B．endless | C．hard | D．effective |
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| 小题13: | | A．experience | B．avoid | C．enjoy | D．deny |
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| 小题14: | | A．searching | B．seeking | C．hoping | D．improving |
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| 小题15: | | A．spiritual | B．nice | C．new | D．material |
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| 小题17: | | A．blaming | B．praising | C．ending | D．cursing |
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| 小题18: | | A．turn | B．put | C．divide | D．draw |
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| 小题19: | | A．time | B．energy | C．fact | D．choice |
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| 小题20: | | A．wish | B．promise | C．bring | D．Require |
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:B
小题5:A
小题6:D
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:A
小题14:B
小题15:D
小题16:C
小题17:B
小题18:A
小题19:D
小题20:A |
试题分析：本文讲述的是几个年轻人在Socrates 的指引下，追求幸福并明白幸福的真谛。
小题1:C 动词词组辨析。A指着；B涉及到，参考；C求助于，求教于；D遵守，遵循 向Socrates 寻求有关幸福的建议
小题2:A 动词辨析。A 在于，位于；B 属于；C 站立；D 放置，产卵。根据语境应该是幸福存在于 哪儿。故A正确
小题3:B 介词词组辨析。A 除了；B 而不是；C 除了；D 以免，生怕。句意：Socrates没有给予回答，而是让他们帮忙造一艘船。故B正确
小题4:B 根据后文made a canoe out of the tree,可知是用树来造船
小题5:A 动词词组辨析。A 着手，开始（后接名词或动名词）；B 记下，写下；C 动身，开始后接不定式；D 成立，建立
小题6:D 句意：一起划船，欢快地唱着歌。动词辨析。A 坐着；B 站着 C 得到；D 划船
小题7:A 名词辨析。A 喜悦，愉快；B 悲伤，悲痛 C 好奇，好奇心；D 希望。根据上题解析可知
小题8:C 情态动词辨析。句意：不可能有比这更幸福的事了。Couldn’t符合句意
小题9:C 动词辨析。A 宣布，宣称；B 认为；C 补充，增加；D 假设，假定。Socrates补充了一句
小题10:B 根据句意：当你忙于追求一些东西而没能注意其它一些不愉快的事的时候，往往幸福就存 在于此。故B正确
小题11:B 副词辨析。根据语境应该是幸福总是隐藏在你从事的每一个小事后，应选always
小题12:C 形容词辨析。A 好奇的；B 无止境的；C 努力的；D 有效率的。根据句意应该是通过自己 的努力工作和创造力你会获得快乐。故C正确
小题13:A 动词辨析。A 体验，经历；B 避免；C 享受，喜欢；D 否认。在追求幸福的过程中，我们 也许会遇到困难。故A正确
小题14:B 动词辨析。A 寻求，寻找（正式）；B 寻觅，寻找（口语）；C 希望；D 提高，改进。根据 上题解析可知B正确
小题15:D 形容词辨析。句意：有时我们更注重的是物质上的追求。故D正确
小题16:C 名词辨析。A身体；B部分；C灵魂；D头。然而真正的幸福是发自于我们的内心的。故C
小题17:B 动词辨析。A责备；B表扬；C结束；D诅咒。根据语境应该填褒义词，故B正确
小题18:A 与前句用and连接，表并列，所以也是turn
小题19:D 名词辨析。A时间；B精力；C事实；D选择。据语境应该是幸福其实是心态和选择的事情
小题20:A 动词辨析。A祝愿；B承诺；C带来；D需要。句意：我祝愿你们都有一个幸福的一生。 |
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Where has the Time gone? is the hottest song that has moved thousands of Chinese. Chinese parents give their children endless love and ask nothing in return. However, sometimes, daughters and sons are too busy growing up and forget that their parents are getting older and older. What should we do? Let’s have a look at a letter of a father’s.
Dear son，
One day if you see me old and I am not myself, have patience and try to understand me. If I get dirty when eating…, if I cannot dress…, have patience. Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.
If, when I speak to you, I say the same things one thousand and one times, do not stop me and listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you one thousand and one times the same story until you get to sleep.
When I do not want to have a shower, neither shame（羞辱） me nor scold（责备） me. Remember when I had to chase you with a thousand excuses I invented, in order that you wanted to bath.
When you see me meet something new, give me the necessary time and don’t laugh at me. I taught you how to do so many things… to eat well, to dress well… to face life.
If I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well when I need to and when not. When my legs do not allow me to walk, give me your hand the same way I did when you gave your first steps.
When sometimes I lose the memory during our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember. And if I cannot do it, do not become nervous because the most important thing is not my conversation but to be with you and to have you listen to me.
Yours,
FFather
小题1:What do the Chinese parents often do?| A．They often get dirty when eating. | | B．They often read stories to their children at night. | | C．They give their children endless love and ask nothing in return. | | D．They often refuse to take a shower. |
小题2:What would the father do, if he wanted his son to go to sleep?| A．He would read the same story many times to make his son sleep. | | B．He would invent many excuses. | | C．He would scold his son. | | D．He would teach his son to count sheep. |
小题3:According the father, what should you do, when your old parents lose the memory during your conversation?| A．Go on talking with them. | B．Leave them alone. | | C．Go for a walking with them. | D．Be with them and listen to them. |
小题4:Why does the writer write this passage?| A．To introduce the song, Where has the Time gone? | | B．To show what we should do when our parents are old. | | C．To show a father’s love to his son. | | D．To complain that we are too busy. |
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One of the warmest Christmas memories that I have was the year that I was Santa Claus.I was a young substitute(替代者)for a ____with a new family just starting out in life.I was ____ to work at the local grade school on the last day ____ the Christmas holidays.
I can still ____ going from classroom to classroom and doing my best to____both old and joyful at the same time.I was about 50 pounds heavier then，____I had the round little belly part down fine.My beard，however，was another ____as it kept sliding halfway down my face.I thought that more than a few of the kids ____me，but it didn"t matter.They still enjoyed ____ Santa.They still laughed and delighted in their__45__gifts and candy canes.They still felt joyous and happy.They still knew that they were____and that was all that mattered to them.
If there is one____that I could give to each of you at Christmas time and____day of the year，it would be that knowledge that you are loved.You are loved and ____by a greater love than you could ever imagine.You are loved by God who____you.In all the difficulties，problems，and heartaches this world ____，you are loved.In all the obstacles you must overcome，challenges you must ____，and pains you must go through，you are loved.In all the mistakes you make，times you stumble(绊倒)，and___ paths you take，you are loved.You are loved every second in your life with a glorious love that will ____end.
Know that you are loved.Know that God loves you always.Rejoice(欣喜)in this love with the ____heart of a child.And then，like a jolly(欢乐的)laughing Santa，go out and share it with the world.
| 小题1: | | A．worker | B．farmer | C．student | D．teacher |
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| 小题2: | | A．called in | B．called on | C．called down | D．called at |
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| 小题3: | | A．after | B．before | C．during | D．over |
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| 小题4: | | A．regret | B．stop | C．remember | D．consider |
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| 小题5: | | A．taste | B．sound | C．smell | D．feel |
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| 小题7: | | A．matter | B．pound | C．gift | D．knowledge |
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| 小题8: | | A．recognized | B．welcomed | C．visited | D．memorized |
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| 小题9: | | A．buying | B．selling | C．writing | D．seeing |
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| 小题11: | | A．hated | B．thrown | C．loved | D．forgotten |
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| 小题12: | | A．thing | B．man | C．woman | D．school |
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| 小题13: | | A．another | B．every | C．one | D．either |
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| 小题14: | | A．looked out | B．looked for | C．watched over | D．watched out |
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| 小题15: | | A．kept | B．made | C．liked | D．removed |
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| 小题16: | | A．takes | B．fetches | C．carries | D．brings |
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| 小题17: | | A．face | B．hand | C．break | D．please |
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| 小题18: | | A．right | B．wrong | C．real | D．busy |
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| 小题19: | | A．seldom | B．often | C．never | D．almost |
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| 小题20: | | A．joyous | B．angry | C．jealous | D．pitiful |
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To be a real gentleman, you should know that true forgiveness is one of the most remarkable qualities a human can possess!
In the fighting between two countries in the 1970s, a young man was walking from one village to the next when he was by an armed guerrilla fighter from the enemy country．The fighter the young man down the hill where he was to be .
But a（n） thing happened． The young man, who had military training, was able to disarm the fighter．Now, the table was and it was the fighter who was ordered down the hill．
As they walked, , the young man began to reflect on what was happening．Recalling the of his mother, "Love your enemies; do good to those who you." He found he could go no farther．
He 10 the gun into the bushes, told the fighter he was to go and turned back the hill．
Minutes later, he heard footsteps53 behind him as he walked．"Is this the end after all?" he . Perhaps the fighter had got the gun and wanted to finish him off．But he continued on, glancing back, until his enemy reached him, only to grab him in a hug and pour out for sparing his life．
Mercy often wears the face of ．And though it usually isn"t an enemy in uniform-that we are challenged to forgive, we have for mercy every day. Family members and friends, co-workers and neighbors and even strangers have for our forgiveness. You know who they are.
As Mahatma Gandhi said, "The can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. " Be strong. Forgive.
| 小题1: | | A．shot | B．murdered | C．killed | D．caught |
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| 小题2: | | A．demanded | B．reminded | C．ordered | D．required |
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| 小题3: | | A．beaten | B．shot | C．accepted | D．driven |
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| 小题4: | | A．amazing | B．frightening | C．inspiring | D．confusing |
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| 小题5: | | A．watched | B．received | C．accepted | D．suggested |
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| 小题6: | | A．turned | B．covered | C．moved | D．repaired |
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| 小题7: | | A．thus | B．indeed | C．therefore | D．however |
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| 小题8: | | A．expressions | B．plans | C．words | D．signals |
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| 小题9: | | A．forgive | B．hate | C．instruct | D．help |
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| 小题10: | | A．packed | B．dragged | C．forced | D．threw |
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| 小题11: | | A．free | B．slow | C．nervous | D．eager |
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| 小题13: | | A．showing | B．waving | C．running | D．jumping |
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| 小题14: | | A．shouted | B．counted | C．wondered | D．argued |
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| 小题15: | | A．seldom | B．never | C．always | D．sometimes |
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| 小题16: | | A．marks | B．favors | C．thanks | D．reasons |
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| 小题17: | | A．awareness | B．kindness | C．safeness | D．forgiveness |
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| 小题18: | | A．opportunities | B．explanations | C．hopes | D．lessons |
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| 小题19: | | A．need | B．responsibility | C．patience | D．energy |
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| 小题20: | | A．lonely | B．weak | C．healthy | D．calm |
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I work in a company in India which has branches in Germany and the UK，so I take business trips to these places．We have a tradition at the company that anybody coming back to India from a foreign country gets for all the other members of the company．Naturally the chocolates are finished in no time because everyone them and tries to get as many as possible．
I that the housekeeping staff members never had the chance to get even a single chocolate maybe because they were not as quick as others to take the chocolates．I felt it was to them．
Recently, I came back to India from Munich and I had a lot of chocolates for them．I met one of the housekeeping staff members called Babu．I gave him a packet of chocolates and told him to distribute(分发)them in his department．His face lit up with joy and thanked me again and again，which made me very happy．
But the didn’t end here．The best part of it was that Babu actually distributed the chocolates to in the company equally instead of just distributing them among members in his ．So it was so touching for me to see this.
I find it really hard to why we，who have the money to buy chocolates and other goodies，do not feel like but just think about how to get more． ，Babu，who earns only just about enough to raise his family, was so generous and did not even one extra chocolate for himself．I want to request all of us learn from Babu for being so and caring!
| 小题1: | | A．rarely | B．seldom | C．never | D．often |
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| 小题2: | | A．gifts | B．chocolates | C．1etters | D．postcards |
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| 小题3: | | A．loves | B．deserves | C．smells | D．touches |
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| 小题4: | | A．argued | B．thought | C．noticed | D．mentioned |
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| 小题5: | | A．unfair | B．strange | C．special | D．important |
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| 小题6: | | A．received | B．exchanged | C．discovered | D．bought |
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| 小题7: | | A．carefully | B．equally | C．generously | D．positively |
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| 小题8: | | A．management | B．meeting | C．story | D．discussion |
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| 小题9: | | A．everyone | B．nobody | C．someone | D．anyone |
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| 小题10: | | A．shop | B．neighborhood | C．club | D．department |
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| 小题11: | | A．apologize | B．believe | C．understand | D．predict |
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| 小题12: | | A．fighting | B．sharing | C．competing | D．communicating |
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| 小题13: | | A．Therefore | B．Thus | C．However | D．So |
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| 小题14: | | A．keep | B．pack | C．steal | D．store |
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| 小题15: | | A．humorous | B．clever | C．faithful | D．kind |
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| 阅读理解。 |
No air means death. Although we can"t see it, there is air around us. So air is everything and it gives life
to every living thing. Bad air makes people ill. We must have fresh air to keep us in good health.
In the city there are a great many people and there are too many cars running on the roads. The gas which
the cars spread out is full of poison. Every day we breathe it in again and again. This makes us feel sick.
Besides so many cars, there are many factories too. From the chimneys of these factories, we get the
smoke usually in black and grey colour. This kind of smoke, when it mixes the air, is dangerous to our health.
It is because smoke contains many poisonous solids and gases. So in order to keep us healthy we have to go
out to the countryside to breathe more fresh air. Or we can go up hills to get more fresh air. |
| 1. Which of the following best explains that no air means death? |
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A. Air gives life to every living thing
B. Air can"t be seen anywhere around us
C. Bad air makes people sick
D. Fresh air keeps people healthy |
| 2. According to the passage, we know that . |
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A. going up hills is very good to our health
B. smoke from chimneys is more serious than gas from cars
C. We shouldn"t go out of doors as much as possible
D. A great many people have to breathe air again and again |
| 3. The best title for the passage is . |
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A. Fresh Air
B. The Use Of Air
C. Breathing Air
D. Bad Air |
