51.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

52.What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 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

53.What can b informed from Paragraph 7?

A.Psychologists think satisfying work is key to happiness

B.Psychologists’opinion is well proved by Grandma’case

C.Grandma often found time for social gatherings

D.Grandma’s happiness came from modest expectations of life

54.People who equal happiness with wealth and success

A.consider pressure something blocking their way

B.stress then right to happiness too much

C.are at a loss to make correct choices

D.are more likely to be happy

55.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

四、阅读表达

My name is Clara.I still remember that chilly December day,sitting in science class.I’d finished a worksheet early and picked up a TIME for Kids magazine. A piece of news caught my eye:NASA was holding an essay contest to name its Mars rover(火星探测器).Before I even knew anything else about it,a single word flooded my 11-year-old mind,Curiosity.

I couldn’t want for the bell to ring so I could get started on my essay.That afternoon,I raced home,sat down at the computer,and typed until my fingers ached. “Curiosity is an everlasting flame that burns in everyone’s mind...”

Five months later, my mon received a phone call,and immediately, a wide smile spread across her face.

On August 5,2012,at 10:31 p.m,the rover named Curiosity touched down safely on the surface of Mars,and I was honored to have a front-row seat in NASA.

Curiosity is such an important part of who I am.I have always been fascinated by the stars,the planets,the sky and the universe. I remember as a little girl,my grandmother and I would sit together in the backyard for hours.She’d tell me stories and point out the stars,Grandma lived in China,thousands of miles away from my home in Kansas,but the stars kept us together even when we were apart.They were always there, yet there was so much I didn’t know about them.That’s what I love so much about space.

People often ask me why we go to faraway places like Mares.My answer is simple because we’re curious.We human beings do not just hole up in one place.We are constantly wondering and trying to find out what’s over the hill and beyond the horizon.

56.How did Clara get the new about the essay contest?( no more than 10 words)

57.Why did Clara have a front-row seat in NASA?( no more than 10 words)

58.What does Clara remember about the time spent with Grandma?( no more than 15 words)

59.What does the underlined phrase “hole up”mean?(1 word)

60.In your opinion,why is curiosity important?( no more than 20 words)