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then only 6 years old. I remember it like it was yesterday though. We were just eating breakfast when we
received a phone call. We received phone calls all the time, so it was nothing new to me. However, this
phone call was an important one. I soon heard and saw my mother crying on the couch(沙发)with my
father comforting her. My brother, sister, and I didn't know what had happened, as they had not told us
yet. Later, I was told that my grandfather was in the hospital because he had a heart attack. I did not know what to think. I had never heard of a heart attack, but I figured (认为) that it must be serious if he was in
the hospital.
My grandfather and grandmother lived far away from us and we did not get to see them often. It was a long trip. My mother rushed to the hospital while my father stayed at home with my brother, sister and me.
I do not think my young sister was really understanding it all yet. My mother returned a little later with
bad news. My grandfather had died before she got there. I was speechless. I had loved my grandfather
greatly. He was the one who taught me how to fish and enjoy the outdoors.
B. Because the phone call was a case as usual.
C. Because he/she was just eating breakfast.
D. Because it was a normal Saturday morning.
B. before she received the important phone call
C. when she knew her father was in the hospital
D. as her children didn’t understand what had happened
B. the old couple lived too far away
C. the old couple were often in hospital
D. they didn't have a private car
B. the author cared much about his/her grandfather
C. people with a heart attack should be in hospital at once
D. the mother was in time for having a word with her father
B. the author's father wasn't sad at all
C. the author's sister knew a heat attack was a serious disease
D. there were three children in the author's family
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When asked about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, an absolute delight, which seems to get rarer the older we get.
For kids, happiness has a magical quality. Their delight at winning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved (毫无掩饰的).
In the teenage years the concept of happiness changes. Suddenly it’s conditional on such things as excitement, love and popularity. I can still recall the excitement of being invited to dance with the most attractive boy at the school party.
In adulthood the things that bring deep joy—love, marriage, birth—also bring responsibility and the risk of loss. For adults, happiness is complicated (复杂的).
My definition of happiness is “the capacity for enjoyment”. The more we can enjoy what we have, the happier we are. It’s easy to overlook the pleasure we get from the company of friends, the freedom to live where we please, and even good health.
I experienced my little moments of pleasure yesterday. First I was overjoyed when I shut the last lunch-box and had the house to myself. Then I spent an uninterrupted morning writing, which I love. When the kids and my husband come home, I enjoyed their noise after the quiet of the day.
Psychologists tell us that to be happy we need a mix of enjoyable leisure time and satisfying work. I don’t think that my grandmother, who raised 14 children, had much of either. She did have a network of close friends and family, and maybe this what satisfied her.
We, however, with so many choices and such pressure to succeed in every area, have turned happiness into one more thing we’ve got to have. We’re so self-conscious about our “right” to it that it’s making us miserable. So we chase it and equal it with wealth and success, without noticing that the people who have those things aren’t necessarily happier.
Happiness isn’t about what happens to—it’s about how we see what happens to us. It’s the skillful way of finding a positive for every negative. It’s not wishing for what we don’t have , but enjoying what we do possess.
1.As people grow older, they ____.
A．feel it harder to experience happiness
B．associate their happiness less with others
C．will take fewer risks in pursuing happiness
D．tend to believe responsibility means happiness
2.What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 5 and 6?
A．She cares little about her own health.
B．She enjoys the freedom of traveling.
C．She is easily pleased by things in daily life.
D．She prefers getting pleasure from housework.
3.What can be inferred from Paragraph 7?
A．Psychologists think satisfying work is key to happiness.
B．Psychologists’ opinion is well proved by Grandma’s case.
C．Grandma often found time for social gatherings.
D．Grandma’s happiness came from modest expectations of life.
4.People who equal happiness with wealth and success ______.
A．consider pressure something blocking their way
B．stress their right to happiness too much
C．are at a loss to make correct choices
D．are more likely to be happy
5.What can be concluded from the passage?
A．Happiness lies between the positive and the negative
B．Each man is the master of his own fate.
C．Success leads to happiness.
D．Happy is he who is content.
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21．—Robby, can I use your MP3 to enjoy music now?
—________. It doesn't work.
A．That's all right B．I'm afraid not
C．Good idea D．It doesn't matter
22．I'll leave you two alone for a while ________ you can get better acquainted.
A．even if B．in case C．so that D．as if
23．Those with good eyesight can ________ distant objects.
A．divide B．separate C．distinguish D．make
24．I'd like to spend my leisure time with some friends, ________ we would be in a generally easy atmosphere.
A．when B．which C．where D．who
25．________ on our own efforts, we overcame all our difficulties.
A．To rely B．Having relied
C．relied D．Relying
26．They closed the window ________ rain.
A．in favor of B．in expectation of
C．in view of D．in place of
27．Jenny suddenly got the feeling ________ somebody was watching her.
A．that B．which C．what D．as
28．They told me it would be cheap but ________ it cost me nearly $500.
A．in detail B．in particular
C．in truth D．in addition
29．—How did you get your car damaged so badly?
—I ran into a tree yesterday.
—I suppose you ________ too fast.
A．are driving B．were driving
C．have driven D．had driven
30．At dawn, they set ________ to get ready for the work of the day.
A．off B．about C．down D．out
31．You're not ________ to take the books out of the room.
A．provided B．assumed C．insured D．supposed
32．—________ was it that he had his money stolen?
—On the bus.
A．When B．What C．Where D．That
33．These kinds of shoes ________ well.
A．was not sold B．won't be sold
C．are not sold D．don't sell
34．It's pure enjoyment watching Sally ________ the pool expertly.
A．dived into B．to dive into
C．being dived into D．dive into
35．________ should the temperature of the store room be over 20℃.
A．In no case B．In case
C.At times D．If only
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第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题,每小题2分,满分40分
)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项。
A
A lot of management training each year for Circle K Corporation, a national chain of convenience stores. Among the topics we address in our course is the retention（保护力） of quality employees-a real challenge to managers when you consider the pay scale（标准）in the service industry. During these discussions, I ask the participants（参加者）, “What has caused you to stay long enough to become a manager?” Some time back a new manager took the question and slowly, with her voice almost breaking, said, “It was a ＄19 baseball glove.”
Cynthia told the group that she originally took a Circle K clerk job as an interim（临时的） position while she looked for something better. On her second or third day behind the counter, she received a phone call from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He needed a baseball glove for Little League. She explained that as a single mother, money was very tight, and her first check would have to go for paying bills. 
Perhaps she could buy his baseball glove with her second or third check. When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Patricia, the store manager, asked her to come to the small room in the back of the store t
hat served as an office. Cynthia wondered if she had done something wrong or left some part of her job incomplete from the 
day before. She was concerned and confused.
Patricia handed her a box. “I overheard you talking to your son yesterday,” she said, “and I know that it is hard to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie because he may not understand how important he is, even though you have to pay bills before you can buy gloves. You know we can’t pay good people like you as much as we would like to; but we do care, and I want you to know you are important to us.”
The thoughtfulness, empathy and love of this convenience store manager demonstrates vividly that people remember more how much an employer cares than how much the employer pays. An important lesson for the price of a Little League baseball glove.
56．Among many of the problems in the service industry, what is talked about in this passage, is___
A．how to ensure his employees’ high pay
B．how to attract more customers
C．how to look carefully after the employees
D．how to keep the good employees from leaving
57．Although a new manager, Cynthia would do her job well in keeping quality employees because she________.
A．had mastered all the courses for the manager
B．had already formed good relationship with the employees
C．know the way how to deal with her employees
D．had her own personal experience
58．This passage shows us that to run a business well it is necessary for managers to let their employees know________
A．how much they can get for their job.
B．what good positions they can get later
C．they are very necessary to the business
D．they are nice as well as useful
59.The story told in this passage tells us that employees care about____________
A．only how large a pay they can get
B．love from the managing people rather than only money
C．if their children could be properly taken care of
D．what position they can be offered