I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year - round sun．You may think People ,n such an attractive, fun - filled place are happier than others．If so you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness．
Many intelligent people still think fun equals happiness．The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common．Fun is what we experience during an act．Happiness is what we experience after an act．It is a deep, long-lasting emotion．
Going to an amusement park or a ball game, watching a movie or television are fun activities that help us relax, temporally forget our problems and maybe even laugh．But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends．
I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun．They have constant access to exciting parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells "happiness" But in memoir（回忆录） after memoir, they expose Ac unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages and loneliness．
Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying．If he is honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment．For commitment is in fact quite painful．The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement．Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features．
Similarly, couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness．They can dine out whenever they want and sleep as late as they want．Couples with babies are lucky to get a whole night' s sleep．I don't know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children．
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations we can ever come to．It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can truly increase our happiness．It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless．And it frees us from envy: we now understand that all those rich and famous people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all．
【小题1】What is the passage mainly about?

You Mi, a lovely and confident 17-year-old student, is the first Chinese high school student to appear on the cover of the popular young adults’ fashion magazine Seventeen.
“You is IN,” said Wang Lihua，Editor-in-Chief of Seventeen. “She is active and mature (成熟) because of her knowledge on everything from academic studies，to books on art，to movies. We find she’s the very style we’re looking for to represent young people’s attitudes.”
You also impressed Wang with her fluent English when they first met last year. As the hostess of an English broadcasting program at the High School Affiliated to Renmin University（人大附中）， You is always praised for speaking English almost like a native speaker. “I’ve built up my English by watching thousands of English DVDs since I was 10,” she explained.
But for You，watching isn’t enough. Last year，while in Senior 1， she met a talented (有才能的) boy who showed self-made DV movies at the English Corner in her school.
“I thought it was so cool and I knew that I should start making my own films，” she said. So she wrote a campus (校园) story, persuaded schoolmates to star in it and then began shooting a 30-minute DV movie，all in English. “I played one of the leading roles，actually I was everything in my film. I worked on it every day during the holidays,” she recalled. The movie finally became a big hit on campus，earning You a strong reputation（名气） as a DV movie director.
But this is not the only field she wants to master. Though a science student, You likes art, literature and fashion design very much.
“There are people who can be artists，there are people who edit books, and there are people who become film producers. But I just hope to mix all the things up!” she said. “There is an old saying I believe：Chances favor only the prepared mind.”
【小题1】You Mi was chosen to be a cover of Seventeen, mainly because she _____.

完形填空  (共15小题；每小题1分，共15分)

On a hot summer day in south Florida, a little boy decided to go for a swim in the lake behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out of the ­ 36  door, leaving behind his shoes, socks, and shirt as he went.

   He  37  into the water, not realizing that as he swam to the middle of the lake, a(n)  38  was swimming toward the 39 . His mother in the house saw the two. Full of  40 , she ran toward the water, screaming at her son as loudly as she could. Hearing her voice, the little boy became  41  and made a U-turn to swim hurriedly to his mother. But it was too late. Just as he reached her, the crocodile  42  him. The mother grabbed her little boy by the  43  just as the crocodile seized his legs.

   The crocodile was  44  stronger than the mother; but the mother was much too  45  to pull her son back. A farmer heard the  46  , raced from his truck, took aim and shot the crocodile.

   Remarkably, a few weeks later, the little boy  47 . His legs were extremely scarred by the attack of the animal.  48 , on his arms, were deep scratches where his mother’s fingernails dug into his flesh(肉体) in her  49  to hang on to the son she loved.

   The newspaper reporter, who  50  the boy after the accident, asked if he would show him his scars（疤痕）: The boy, with obvious  51  , said to the reporter, “But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my mom would not let go.”

    You and I can  52  with that little boy. We have scars, too. Not from a crocodile, but the scars of a painful  53 . some of those scars are ugly and have  54  us deep regret. But , some wounds, my friend, are because our relatives have  55 to let go. In the course of your struggle, they have been there holding on to you.

1.A. back              B. front             C. open          D. closed

2.A. swam              B. flew              C. went          D. drived

3. A. child            B. fish              C. animal        D. crocodile

4. A. shore            B. centre            C. middle        D. lake

5. A. shock            B. surprise          C. fear          D. joy

6.A. realized          B. alarmed           C. cleared       D. pleased

7. A. hold             B. arrived           C. closed        D. reached

8.A. body              B. head              C. arms          D. hands

9. A. less             B. much              C. little        D. few

10. A. hurried         B. worried           C. eager         D. anxious

11. A. screams         B. shouts            C. voices        D. sound

12.A. lived            B. saved             C. rescued       D. survived

13. A. And             B. Therefore         C. But           D. However

14.A. force            B. power             C. effort        D. strength

15.A. asked            B. interviewed       C. questioned    D. reported

16.A. regret           B. pride             C. joy           D. worry

17.A. agree            B. disagree          C. admire        D. respect

18.A. past             B. future            C. memory        D. reminder

19. A. kept            B. made              C. left          D. led

20.A. accepted         B. delayed           C. denied        D. refused

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从16—35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Robert Moody, 52, is an experienced police officer. Much of his work involves dealing with  16  an gang (团伙)problems in the schools of his community. Knowing that many kids often  17   trouble, he decided to do something about it. So in 1991 he began to invite small groups of kids to go fishing with him on his day   18    .

Those fun trips had a(n) 19  impact. A chance encounter in 2000 proved that. One day,  20  working security at a school basketball game, Moody noticed two young guys   21   .He sensed trouble between them.  22   one of them headed toward Moody and gave him a hug.”I 23   you. You took me    24   when I was  in fifth grade. That was one of the  25   days of my life .”

Deeply touched by the boy’s word, Moody decided to create a foundation（基金会）that  26  teenagers to the basics of fishing in camping programs. “As a policeman, I saw  27  there was violence, drugs were always behind it. They have a damaging  28  on the kids,” says Moody.

By turning kids on to fishing, he  29  to present an alternative way of life, “When you’re sitting there waiting for a  30 ,”he says, “you can’t help but talk to each other, and such  31  can be pretty deep.”

“Talking about drugs helped prepare me for the peer（同龄人）pressures in high school,” says Michelle, 17 who  32  the first program. “And I was able to help my little brother  33  drugs.”

Moody faces 34 in three years, when he hopes to run the foundation full-time.”I’m living a happy life and I have a responsibility to my  35 to give back,” Moody says.”If I teach a kid to fish today, he can teach his brother to fish tomorrow.”

16. A. drinking       B．drug         C．security           D．smoking

17. A. ran into        B．got over      C．left behind        D．looked into

18. A．ahead        B．away         C．off              D．out

19. A．immediate    B．damaging      C．limited          D．lasting

20. A．once         B．while         C．since            D．until

21. A．quarreling    B．complaining    C．talking           D．cheering

22. A．Slowly       B．Suddenly      C．Finally           D．Secretly

23. A．understand    B．hear          C. see               D．remember

24. A．fishing       B．sailing         C．boating          D. swimming．

25. A．quietest      B．longest         C．best             D．busiest

26. A．connects      B．introduces      C．reduces          D．commits

27. A．where        B．unless         C．as               D．whether

28. A．impression    B．burden         C．decision          D．impact

29. A．asked        B．intended       C．pretended         D．agreed

30. A．solution       B．change       C．bite               D．surprise

31. A．concerns      B．interests       C．conversations      D．emotions

32. A. participated in   B. worked out     C. approved of         D. made up

33. A. misuse         B. avoid          C. tolerate            D. test

34. A. unemployment  B. challenge       C. competition         D. retirement

35. A. team           B. school         C. family             D. community