15] HOW TO GET HAPPINESS 如何获得快乐There is no doubt that happiness is the most precious thing in the world. Without it, life will be empty and meaningless. If you wish to know how to get happiness, you must pay attention to the following two points. First, health is the secret of happiness . Only a strong man can enjoy the pleasure of life. Secondly, happiness consists in contentment. A man who is dissatisfied with his present condition is always in distress.无疑的快乐是世界上最宝贵的东西.没有它.人生将是空虚的而且毫无意义的.如果你希望知道如何获得快乐.你须注意下面两点. 健康是快乐的要诀.唯有身体强壮的人才能享受人生的乐趣. 快乐在于知足.一个不满于现状的人终是处在痛苦之中. 查看更多

 

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Speaking in his first National Day Rally speech on 15 August, Prime Minister Lee Hsien said Singapore’s education system was set for more reforms in the years ahead, particularly for the primary and secondary education.Read the summary of his thoughts on education below.

For a start, the Government is prepared to send and additional 3,000 teachers to Singapore schools, cut the courses of study even further and change the way the mother tongue, especially Chinese, is taught.But, for the changes to be successful, parents need to help.

Singapore has a devoted group of teachers and principals and quite a few of them are outstanding, but the Republic’s schools can be even better.To help the schools make a jump in quality, the Government plans that within the next 6 years, it will send 1,000 more teachers to primary schools, 1,400 to secondary schools and 550 more to junior colleges.Each school would decide how to use its extra teachers.Some may want to make classes smaller so students get more individual attentions while others may have new teachers assist more senior teachers, but the overall goal is to give teachers the time and space to come up with ways to bring out the best in their students.

More teachers must not mean more homework, however.In fact, the Prime Minister wants to see the courses cut down so that there is less pressure on the students.Good grades are important but they should not be the only goal students have.PM Lee is convinced that “we must teach less so that our children can learn more.”

Another change will be in the teaching of the mother tongue so that students can become more fluent.The key is to teach Chinese as a living language not just an academic subject like Latin.Therefore, the focus should be on speaking and reading the language.To do this, there must be an environment outside the classroom that is contributing to strengthening the Chinese lessons.

1.The text is mainly about         in Singapore.

        A.the education reform         B.adding more teachers

         C.the mother tongue             D.ways of teaching

2.The general goal of using extra teachers is to          

         A.make classes smaller         B.assist more senior teachers

         C.teach more                  D.help teachers improve teaching quality

3.PM Lee holds that the students should         

         A.do more homework           B.give up higher grades

         C.study more courses      D.be given more time to learn more

4.The key to teaching Chinese well is to          

        A.make it academic                    B.have a creative environment

         C.give more Chinese lessons        D.encourage speaking and reading a lot

 

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How often do you change your hairstyle or ask for new dresses? You may be   16  to follow trends(潮流)in Western countries, but young people in the United States don’t care as much about   17  as you do.

A recent survey among high school   18  in China, Japan, South Korea and the US found that   19  teenagers care more about their appearance than young people in the US.

This survey was held in 156 high schools in the four countries. More than 7,000 teenagers were  20  about their views on life and the world. South Koreans, at 83 per cent, cared most about their looks. They were   21  by the Chinese and Japanese, while US students showed the least interest in fashion at only 33 per cent.

“The different results show   22  of cultural background,” said Sun Yunxiao from the China Youth and Children Research Centre. He explained that in the US there are many different   23  of beauty, so teens are more   24  to be confident about their appearance.

US teenagers’ high self-confidence is displayed in the   25 . About 85 per cent are happy with themselves. The percentage of self-confident Chinese students stands at only 30 per cent.

What’s   26 , US students showed more individuality, with 88 per cent   27  that “people should follow their own interests rather than   28 of others”. This is much   29  than South Korea’s 69 per cent, China’s 49 and Japan’s 48.

Japanese students, at 52 per cent, are most dissatisfied with modern society. Chinese and Koreans follow at second and   30  most dissatisfied.

  31  to the survey, Chinese students are happy and disciplined. They have a strong wish to make a difference.   32  Chinese students need to be more independent and learn how to relax,” said Sun.

The students have different   33  backgrounds. But home and places where friends gather are the favorite places all teens seek happiness.

Exams and worries about life after graduation cause much   34  among most of the teens  35  for the survey.

1.

A.absorbed

B.willing

C.careless

D.unhappy

 

2.

A.hairstyle

B.dresses

C.fashion

D.culture

 

3.

A.teachers

B.students

C.citizens

D.colleagues

 

4.

A.Asian

B.American

C.African

D.Western

 

5.

A.answered

B.requested

C.persuaded

D.questioned

 

6.

A.followed

B.decreased

C.reduced

D.compared

 

7.

A.relations

B.attitudes

C.customs

D.differences

 

8.

A.awareness

B.standards

C.duties

D.expenses

 

9.

A.admirable

B.confused

C.likely

D.unbelievable

 

10.

A.survey

B.setting

C.reference

D.paper

 

11.

A.worse

B.better

C.less

D.more

 

12.

A.disagreeing

B.observing

C.agreeing

D.puzzling

 

13.

A.those

B.that

C.it

D.one

 

14.

A.lower

B.larger

C.smaller

D.higher

 

15.

A.first

B.third

C.fourth

D.last

 

16.

A.Leading

B.Devoting

C.Appealing

D.According

 

17.

A.But

B.And

C.So

D.Or

 

18.

A.political

B.cultural

C.economical

D.material

 

19.

A.expectation

B.hesitation

C.concern

D.conservation

 

20.

A.interviewed

B.advised

C.overlooked

D.invested

 

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A few months ago, I was picking up the children at school. Emily, another mother that I knew well, rushed up to me. She was full of __41__.

“Do you know __42__ you and I are?” she asked. __43__ I could answer, she gave out the reason for her question. She had just returned from renewing her driver’s license at a government office. The woman __44__ desk asked her what her “occupation” was. Emily hesitated, __45__ how to answer it. “What I mean is,” explained the woman, “do you have a job, or are you just a ...?” “Of course I have a job,” answered Emily. “I’m a (an) __46__.” “We don’t __47__ ‘mother’ as an occupation ... ‘housewife’ covers it,” she said.

I forgot all about her story __48__ one day I found myself in the same situation. This time it was at our own Town Hall. The clerk was a woman.

“And what is your occupation?” she asked. What __49__ me say it, I do not know. The words simply jumped out. “I’m ... a (an) ___50___ in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.”

The clerk stopped, her ball-point pen ___51__ in mid-air. She looked up __52__ she had not heard right. I repeated the title slowly.

“Might I ask,” said the clerk with new interest, “just what you do in your ___53__?” Coolly, I heard myself ___54__, “I have a continuing program of research in the

laboratory and in the field. I’m working for my masters (the whole family) and already have __55__ credits (令人增光的人或事物) (all daughters). I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). The job is more challenging than most jobs and the __56__ are in satisfaction rather than just money.”

There was an increasing note of __57__ in the clerk’s voice as she __58__ in the form. As I drove into our driveway(私家车道), I was __59__ by my lab assistants — ages 13, 7, and 3. Inside the house I could hear our new experimental model (six months) in the child-development program.

I felt successful. Motherhood...what a great __60__.

1. A. surprise          B. anxiety          C. anger            D. excitement

2. A. who               B. what             C. how          D. why

3. A. When              B. As               C. Before           D. Since

4. A. at                B. after                C. by           D. around

5.A. nervous            B. sure             C. anxious      D. uncertain

6.A. mother         B. worker               C. teacher      D. doctor

7. A. think             B. list             C. expect           D. give

8. A. since             B. unless               C. until            D. when

9.  A. got              B. caused               C. permit       D. made

10. A. researcher           B. manager          C. expert           D. scholar

11. A. dropped          B. floated              C. frozen           D. broke

12. A. so that          B. even though      C. as though        D. because of

13.A. family            B. subject              C. study            D. field

14. A. words                B. reply                C. shout            D. whisper

15. A. two              B. three                C. four         D. five

16. A. rewards          B. awards               C. profits          D. benefits

17. A. interest         B. respect              C. doubt            D fear

18.A. explained         B. passed               C. completed        D. filled

19.A. accepted          B. greeted          C. recognized       D. refused

20. A. person           B. award                C. career           D. business

 

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完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上涂黑。

My mother knew that she could not send me to college and pay for it.If I wanted to go to college, it was up to roe to find out how to get there.I found that I 36   for some grants (助学金).There was enough to 37  school and books, but not enough for room and board.I accepted a job as part of a work-study program.I washed dishes in the school cafeteria.My grades went   38   .It was the hardest work I had   39   done.

Just when I thought I was going to 40  of my college career, a friend told me that his grandmother needed help on the weekends. 41   that was required of me was cooking meals. Now I would have time to study.I went to meet his grandmother and accepted the job.My first   42 was his grandmother' s great love of music.One day, she told me I didn't have enough   43  in my life and decided to teach me the art.Grandma was 44  with my ability and encouraged me to continue.Weekends became more than just books and cooking; they were   45  the wonderful sounds of the piano and two singers.

When Christmas break came, Grandma got a chest cold 46  I was unwilling to leave her.I hadn't been home since Labor Day, and my family was 47  to see me.I said my good-bye, 48  for her temporary care and returned home. 49   I was loading my car to go back to school, the phone rang and my friend told me Grandma died.I hung up the phone feeling like my world had ended.I had 50  my friend, and that was   51  worse than knowing I would have to return to dishwashing.

Four weeks later, I asked to begin the work-study program again.The financial aid advisor looked at me   52  I had lost my mind.I   53 my position, then he smiled and slid me an envelope which was from Grandma.She had known how sick she was.In the envelope was enough money to pay for the rest of my school year and a request that I take piano lessons in her   54  . Now, years later, when I walk by a piano, I   55  and think of Grandma.She is playing the piano in heaven, I am sure.

1.

A.fit

B.matched

C.suited

D.qualified

 

2.

A.cover

B.offer

C.contain

D.include

 

3.

A.back to front

B.ins and outs

C.up and down

D.left to right

 

4.

A.even

B.ever

C.never

D.still

 

5.

A.cut out

B.drop out

C.leave out

D.turn out

 

6.

A.Everything

B.Something

C.All

D.Anything

 

7.

A.idea

B.job

C.finding

D.discovery

 

8.

A.money

B.fun

C.energy

D.ambition

 

9.

A.persuaded

B.stuck

C.impressed

D.beaten

 

10.

A.filled with

B.covered with

C.dotted with

D.equipped with

 

11.

A.therefore

B.then

C.or

D.and

 

12.

A.nervous

B.surprised

C.anxious

D.shocked

 

13.

A.settled

B.recommended

C.organized

D.arranged

 

14.

A.Before

B.As

C.After

D.Since

 

15.

A.lost

B.missed

C.forgotten

D.known

 

16.

A.far

B.fairly

C.very

D.more

 

17.

A.as long as

B.as if

C.even if

D.now that

 

18.

A.explained

B.expressed

C.realized

D.announced

 

19.

A.way

B.need

C.memory

D.response

 

20.

A.smile

B.cry

C.leave

D.escape

 

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阅读表达 (共5小题;每小题3分,满分15分)

阅读下面的短文并回答问题,然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上(请注意问题后的词数要求)。

[1] There are times in everyone's life when they fail. Even the most successful people in the world have troubled times. Anyone can turn a failed situation into a winning one, if they know how. Failure is not the end of the line for anyone. Use these three tips to use failure as a catalyst (催化剂) for success.

[2] When you turn failure into motivation to do better, you will find it easy to better your situation. If you need to do better in school, make a study schedule to follow. No matter what the failed task consisted of, you can use it to motivate yourself to get more done.

[3] When something does not work out as planned or even when you fail in something, it could be because you need to redirect your life. Use failure as an opportunity to evaluate your life and decide what you need to do to get back on track. The new track may be a more successful one.

[4] When you have failed and feel like you have hit rock bottom, you can always ________________ as motivation to climb back up. Tell yourself that it does not get much worse than the point of failure and let yourself know that the only way to go is up from there. When you do this, you will see that instead of running from failure you can face it bravely and overcome it.

[5] Use these three tips to help you face failure and turn it into success. Once you learn how to do this, you will never be afraid to fail again!

1.What is the best title for the passage? (no more than 10 words.)

                                                                             

2. Please fill in the blank in the fourth paragraph with proper words or phrases. (no more than 5 words.)

                                                                             

3.Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

Whoever knows what to do can turn failure into success.

                                                                              

4.Which of the suggestions do you think is the best for you when you fail in life? Why? (no more than 30 words.)

                                                                             

                                                                             

5..Translate the underlined sentences in the last paragraph into Chinese.

                                                                             

                                                                             

 

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