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The way people hold to the belief that a fun - filled, pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.

As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment (预担的义务), self - improvement.

Ask a bachelor(单身汉) 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, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.

Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three - day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.

Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely 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 liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.

71.According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because ________ .

A. he is reluctant to take on family responsibilities

B. he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single

C. he finds more fun in dating than in marriage

D. he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement

72.Raising children, in the author’s opinion is ________ .

A. a moral duty

B. a thankless job

C. a rewarding task

D. a source of inevitable pain

73.From the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes stems from ________ .

A. hatred　　　　　　　　　　　　B. misunderstanding

C. prejudice　　　　　　　　　　　D. ignorance

74.To understand what true happiness is one must ________ .

A. have as much fun as possible during one’s lifetime

B. make every effort to liberate oneself from pain

C. put up with pain under all circumstances

D. be able to distinguish happiness from fun

75.What is the author trying to tell us?

A. Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain.

B. One must know how to attain happiness.

C. It is important to make commitments.

D. It is pain that leads to happiness.

第Ⅱ卷(共35分)

第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节： 对话填空

阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给首字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

W: Tell me, Jack. Do you look t 1    the Web much?

M: Well, to tell you the t   2    , I’m so busy with work. I don’t really have much time to s   3    the Web. Let me think…I s 4    I log on a couple of times a week, for about two or three hours.

W: So, What do you do o 5    the Internet when you log on?

M: Well I do a little e-mailing. I only get about two or three e-mails a week.

Actually I p__ 6    writing real letters, with pen and paper.

W: Yeah, I’m the same way. Anything e 7    you do on the Internet?

M: Well, sometimes I look up i   8  I need for my job. It s 9     a lot of time looking through books in libraries.

W: Yes, it sure d 10    .

第二节：作文

可持续发展已成为全球共识，如何实行可持续发展是摆在世人面前的重大问题。请就下面表格所提供的内容进行陈述并谈谈你的看法。

目前的状况

1.  自然资源日趋减少

2.  环境问题依然严重

3.  人的环保观念淡薄

4.  贫富差距越来越大

已采取的措施

1.  制定了相关的法律法规

2.  投入了大量的资金改善环境

3.  对民众进行教育

4.  加强了国际间相互合作

你的看法

……

注意：

1.不要逐条翻译。

2. 可适当发挥

3. 词数：150左右

4. 文章的开头部分以给出

5.       参考词汇：差距 gap     相关法律 relevant laws

The idea of sustainable development has been accepted by the world. How to keep sustainable development is a big problem facing our planet, …

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