When we think about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, a top great delight.

For a child, happiness has a magic quality. I remember playing police and robbers in the woods, getting a speaking part in the school play. Of course, kids also experience lows, but their delight at tops of pleasure is easily seen，such as winning a race or getting a new bike.

For teenagers, or people under 20 the concept of happiness changes. Suddenly it’s conditional on such things as excitement, love, and popularity. I can still feel the pain of not being invited to a party that almost everyone else was going to. I also recall the great happiness of being invited at another event to dance with a very handsome young man.

In adulthood the things that bring great joy—birth , love , marriage—also bring responsibility and the risk of loss. Love may not last; loved ones die. For adults, happiness is complex.

My dictionary explains “happy” as “lucky” or “ fortunate”, but I think a better explanation of happiness is “ the ability to enjoy something”. The more we can enjoy what we have, the happier we are. It’s easy for us not to notice the pleasure we get from loving and being loved, the company of friends, the freedom to love where we please, and even good health. Nowadays, with so many choices and much pleasure, we have turned happiness into one more thing we have. We think we own the right to have it, which makes us extremely unhappy. So we try hard to get it and consider it to be the same as wealth and success, without noticing that the people who have those things aren’t necessarily happier.

While happiness may be more complex for us, the answer is the same as ever. Happiness isn’t about what happens to us. It’s the ability to find a positive for every negative, and view a difficulty as a challenge. Don’t be sad for what we don’t have, but enjoy what we do possess.

60. According to the passage, happiness lies in the ability to_______.

A. think of something extraordinary   B. experience delight at an old age

C. feel the magic quality of pleasure   D. enjoy what one has at the moment

61. In paragraph 3, a teenager looks at happiness mainly in terms of_____.

A. material gains                  B. social honor

C. spiritual satisfaction            D. academic achievement

62. The author implies that when one dreams wealth and finally gets it he____.

A. can realize what happiness is    

B. may not end up with happiness

C. may consider it extreme happiness 

D. should not feel content with himself

63. The passage aims to tell_______.

A. the great importance of happiness  B. the real meaning of happiness

C. the constant dream of happiness    D. the changing concept of happiness

By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: February 14, 2010.

Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I’m Steve Ember. And I’m Faith Lapidus. February fourteenth is Valentine’s Day. So this is a good time to play some love songs as we explore the subject of dating.

VOICE ONE: Valentine’s Day is a special time for love. Millions of people will receive flowers, chocolate or some other gifts. Others might get just a phone call or an electronic message from someone they care about. Still others would be happy just to have someone special in their life on Valentine’s Day.

VOICE TWO: Traditionally, there are many ways for people to meet. Some meet at work. Others meet by chance. Still others look for help from services that bring people together. Friends and family members might offer to help. They might plan a blind date. This is a meeting between two people who have never seen each other before. A lot of people try to improve their chances by looking in places where people with similar interests go, such as a place of religion, a bookstore, health club and sports team where men and women play together.

VOICE THREE: Internet dating services had been growing sharply through the end of 2009. But people do no always tell the truth about themselves online. And they do not exactly tell about their age, for example, they might offer an old picture instead. People who meet through computer services may not have to give their full name or e-mail address at first. Relationships that begin over the Internet do sometimes lead to marriage. Yet there is a risk anytime strangers meet. It could be a danger, or simply an unpleasant surprise. A young woman in Washington D.C was angry after seeing a date she met over the Internet. In his picture , he looked twenty-five or thirty years old. In reality, she said, he was old enough to be her father.

72. The topic of the VOA broadcast program is probably________.

A. Valentine’s Day                     B. how to make friends in daily life.

C. dating between men and women       D. how to keep your marriage.

73. In VOICE TWO, which of the following ways of dating is NOT mentioned by the speaker in the text?

A. Meeting by chance or at work    

B. Meeting with the help of media

C. Meeting with the help of the services 

D. Meeting with the help of friends and family

74.The speaker think Internet dating may be a risk, danger, or simply unpleasant surprise because___________.

A. people can’t know each other’s real name

B. people can’t know each other’s address

C. the computer don’t give their full name or e-mail address at first

D. people don’t always tell the truth about themselves online.

75.From the text, we can infer that the speaker is likely to _______dating online.

A. appreciate         B. hate           C. suggest        D. hold a negative attitude

第Ⅱ卷（共35分）

第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上划一个勾（ √ ）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Last winter, I went to America and studied at language             76._______

school. I had many wonderful experience, but I also had             77._______

a sad one. One day, the school holds a party, where I was            78._______

inviting to talk about Beijing. After that, they asked me a lot         79._______

of things about China. But I couldn’t explain in English             80._______

clearly. I felt sadly. I learnt a lesson from this experience. I           81._______

have already studied English for eight years, and I can’t use it        82._______

very well. I must work hard to improving my spoken English         83._______

so that I will not be able to communicate freely with foreigners.       84._______

I hope I can be a bridge between China and others countries.          85.______

第二节书面表达（满分25分）

假如你是李华，18岁，现在是我市新华中学高三的一名学生。你在网上看到香港大学计划在河南招收2名高三毕业生的消息。你对此非常感兴趣，并有意报考该校。请你给香港大学校长写一封自荐信。信的内容应包括：

1. 姓名、年龄及就读学校；

2. 品学兼优；爱好英语、篮球和电脑；

3. 曾荣获2009年焦作市英语演讲比赛一等奖；

4. 希望能就读于香港大学计算机科学系。

注意：

1.词数100左右。信的开头和结尾已为你写好；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear President，

Knowing that you are going to choose two students to study in your school from Henan Province, I’d like to have a try.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I’m looking forward to your early reply.

Best wishes.

Yours，

Li  Hua

_____ is hard is to do good all one's life and never do anything bad.?

My friend, Lucy ,can get 200 dollars more than she made _____in the primary school.?

It is going to rain today.Take an umbrella with you to  _____ you from the rain.?

Just because they make more money than I do,  _____ they seem to look down on me.?

Do you really want to borrow the old room which is empty _____a broken desk and a chair??

—What are you busy with??

—The conference _____in our city next week, as you know.?