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Happiness is like a stone dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circle of ripples(波纹). As Stevenson has said, being happy is a duty.

There is no exact definition of the world happiness. Happy people are happy for all sorts of reasons. They key is not wealth or physical well―being, since we find beggars, patients and so-called failures who are extremely happy.

Being happy is a sort of unexpected dividend(额外收获). But staying happy is an achievement, a victory of soul and character. It is not selfish to struggle for it. It is, indeed, a duty to ourselves and others.

 Being unhappy is like an infectious disease; it causes people to stay away from the fufferer. He soon finds himself alone, miserable and upset. There is, however, a cure so simple as to seem, at first glance, ridiculous: If you don’t feel happy, pretend to be!

It works. Before long you will find that instead of repelling people, you attract them. You discover how deeply rewarding it is to be the center of wider and wider circles of good will.

Then the make believe becomes a reality. You possess the secret of peace of mind, and can forget yourself in being of service to others.

Being happy, once it is realized as a duty and established as habit, opens doors into unimaginable gardens crowded with grateful friends.

45．The best title of the passage is          .

       A．Pretending To Be Happy                       B．Being Happy Is A Duty

       C．Staying Away From Unhappiness           D．Keeping Happy Is Easy

46．We can learn from the passage that         .

       A．everyone has the same happiness and different unhappiness

       B．people generally try to keep away from those who are always unhappy

       C．people who are rich and healthy are surely happy

       D．being happy is the key to success in your work

47．What does the underlined words “make-believe” mean?

       A．imagining happiness                             B．pretending to be happy

       C．making yourself believe others              D．creating happiness

2、Harry Houdini(1874―1926) was a world-famous magician and a performer of death-defying stunts(逃生绝技). His world fame was based on a series of astonishing escapology tricks. He was able to free himself from obviously escape―proof devices, including leg irons, handcuffs(手铐)(as many as ten pairs at the same time), locked prison cells and crates(板条箱) which had been nailed shut. His most striking skill was when he escaped from an airtight tank that was filled with water.

Houdini was born in Budapapest, Hungary, and his family moved to the USA when he was a child. For a time, they lived in a cheap boarding house in New York and they struggled to make a living. One of Harry’s first jobs was an apprentice(学徒)to a locksmith(锁匠), which is where he mastered the art of opening locks without using a key.

In 1891, Houdini became a professional magician, but at first he met with little success. When he began experimenting with escapology, however, he so impressed a theatre manager who saw him that he was strongly advised to concentrate on that part of his act.

Within months, he was a huge success, performing at top theatres, not only in the USA but also in Europe. He created a sensation in London, when he made an elephant disappear from the stage of the Hippodrome Theatre. What the audience didn’t know was that below the stage was a swimming pool filled with water, where the somewhat terrified elephant finished up!

Back in the USA, he produced the most dangerous act of his career―the Water Torture. He was suspended(挂，悬) upside down in a water tank which was full to overflowing. He had to hold his breath for more than three minutes to escape. In a fictionalised film of his life, he “died” doing this trick. This is not true. He actually died of peritonitis(腹膜炎) in a Detroit hospital.

41．Who was Harry Houdini?

       A．A famoust American magician

       B．A New York locksmith born in Hungary.

       C．An Hungarian escapologist born in New York.

       D．An elephant trainer in London.

42．Which is the right order of the events about Houdini?

    a．He worked as an apprentice to locksmith.

    b．His family moved to America.

    c．He went to Europe to give performances.

    d．He produced the most dangerous magic.

    e．He became a professional magician.

       A．a b c e d B．a c b d e C．b a e c d D．b c e a d

43．Which of the following statements is TRUE?

       A．It was his parents who advised him to fix his attention on performing magic.

       B．Houdini was successful at the very beginning of his career.

       C．Houdini was famous for his astonishing magic.

       D．Houdini died of an accident while giving an performance.

44．It is not mentioned but can be inferred from the passage that

       A．Houdini was once a locksmith.

       B．Houdini’s family was poor and life was hard when he was a young boy.

       C．Houdini’s father began his own business in the U.S.A.

       D．Houdini could open any lock in the world without using a key.

25、 You need a password to get ______to the computer system.

24、 I was lost in the strange city; ______it began to rain heavily.

23、I’ll stay at home all day                there is news of admission to the college.

A. in case                        B. for fear that              C. in case of                 D. so that

22、As running a car is a great       , many people prefer to ride to their offices;      benefits both their bodies and the environment.

       A．luxury; which      B．expense; it           C．burden; it            D．value; which

21、You’d better cut your hair short. Our school does not     long hair.

       A．approve of students wore                     B．approve students to wear

       C．approve of students to wear                  D．approve of students wearing

20、There is hardly an environment on earth       some species of animal or other have not adapted successfully.

       A．in which              B．on which             C．to which             D．for which