B

When 19-year-old Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking of volunteering to help the Make-A-Wish foundation(基金会), nobody understood what she was talking about. But Sophia knew just how important Make-A-Wish could be because this special organization had helped to make a dream come true for one her best friends .We were interested in finding out more ,so we went along to meet Sophia listen to what she had to say .

Sophia told us that Make-A-Wish is a worldwide organization that started in the United States in 1980. “It’s a charity(慈善机构)that helps children who have got very serious illnesses. Make-A-Wish help children feel happy even though they are sick, by making their wishes and dreams come true,” Sophia explained.

We asked Sophia how Make-A-Wish had first started .She said it had all begun with a very sick young boy called Chris ,who had been dreaming for a long time of becoming a policeman .Sophia said lots of people had wanted to find a way to make Chris’s dream come true ----so, with everybody’s help , Chris, only seven years old at the time ,had been a “policeman” for a day .” when people saw how delighted Chris was when his dream came true, they decided to try and help other sick children too, and that was the beginning of Make-A-Wish,” explained Sophia.

Sophia also told us the Foundation tries to give children and their families a special, happy time. A Make-A-Wish volunteer visits the families and asks the children what they would wish for if they could have anything in the world. Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true. They do this either by providing things that are necessary, or by raising money or helping out in whatever way they can.

25. Sophia found out about Make-A-Wish because her best friend had ________.

A. benefited from it     B. volunteered to help it

C. dreamed about it     D. told the author about it

26. According to Sophia, Make-A-Wish  ________.

A. is an international charity

B. was understood by nobody at first

C. raises money for very poor families

D. started by drawing the interest of the public

27. What is said about Chris in Paragraph3?

A. He has been a policeman since he was seven.

B. He gave people the idea of starting Make-A-Wish

C. He wanted people to help make his dream come true.

D. He was the first child Make-A-Wish helped after it had been set up.

28. Which of the following is true about Make-A-Wish volunteers?

A. They are important for making wishes come true.

B. They try to help children get over their illnesses.

C. They visit sick children to make them feel special.

D. They provide what is necessary to make Make-A-Wish popular.

C

Your glasses may someday replace your smartphone, and some New Yorkers are ready for the switch. Some in the city can’t wait to try them on and use the maps and GPS that the futuristic(未来的)eyewear is likely to include.

" I'd use it if I were hanging out with friends at 3 a. m. and going to the bar and wanted to see what was open," said Walter Choo, 40, of Fort Greene.

The smartphone-like glasses will likely come out this year and cost between $250 and $600, the Times said, possibly including a variation of augmented(增强的) reality, a technology already available on smartphones and tablets (平板电脑) that overlays information onto the screen about one's surroundings. So, for example, if you were walking down a street, indicators would pop up showing you the nearest coffee shop or directions could be plotted out and come into view right on the sidewalk in front of you.

“As far as a mainstream consumer product, this just isn't something anybody needs,” said Sam Biddle, who writes for Gizmodo.com. “We're accustomed to having one thing in our pocket to do all these things,” he added, “and the average consumer isn't gonna be able to afford another device (装置) that's hundreds and hundreds of dollars.”

9to5Google publisher Seth Weintraub, who has been reporting on the smartphone-like glasses since late last year, said he is confident that this type of wearable device will eventually be as common as smartphones.

“It's just like smartphones 10 years ago,” Weintraub said. “A few people started getting emails on their phones, and people thought that was crazy. Same kind of thing. We see people bending their heads to look at their smartphones, and it's unnatural,” he said. “There's gonna be improvements to that, and this a step there.”

29. One of the possible functions of the smartphone-like glasses is to ____.

A. program the opening hours of a bar

B. supply you with a picture of the future

C. provide information about your surroundings

D. update the maps and GPS in your smartphones

30. The underlined phrase "pop up" in the third paragraph probably means " ____".

A. develop rapidly                  B. get round quickly

C. appear immediately             D. go over automatically

31. According to Sam Biddle, the smartphone-like glasses are ____.

A. necessary for teenagers          B. attractive to New Yorkers

C. available to people worldwide    D. expensive for average consumers

32. We can learn from the last two paragraphs that the smartphone-like glasses ____.

A. may have a potential market       B. are as common as smartphones

C. are popular among young adults    D. will be improved by a new technology

D

When asked about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, an absolute delight, which seems to get rarer the older we get.

For kids, happiness has a magical quality. Their delight at winning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved(毫不掩饰的).

In the teenage years the concept of happiness changes. Suddenly it’s conditional on such things as excitement, love and popularity. I can still recall the excitement of being invited to dance with the most attractive boy at the school party.

In adulthood the things that bring deep joy—-love, marriage, birth—-also bring responsibility and the risk of loss. For adults, happiness is complicated(复杂的)

My definition for happiness is “the capacity for enjoyment”. The more we can enjoy what we have, the happier we are. It’s easy to overlook the pleasure we get from the company of friends, the freedom to live where we please, and even good health.

I experienced my little moments of pleasure yesterday. First I was overjoyed when I shut the last lunch-box and had the house to myself. Then I spent an uninterrupted morning writing, which I love. When the kids and my husband came home, I enjoyed their noise after the quiet of the day.

Psychologists tell us that to be happy we need a mix of enjoyable leisure time and satisfying work. I don’t think that my grandmother, who raised 14 children, had much of either. She did have a network of close friends and family, and maybe this is what satisfied her.

We, however, with so many choices and such pressure to succeed in every area, have turned happiness into one more thing we’ve got to have. We’ve so self-conscious about our “right” to it that it’s making us miserable. So we chase it and equal it with wealth and success, without noticing that the people who have those things aren’t necessarily happier

Happiness isn’t about what happens to us—-it’s about how we see what happens to us. It’s the skillful way of finding a positive for every negative. It’s not wishing for what we don’t have, but enjoying what we do possess.

33. 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

34. What can b informed from Paragraph 7?

A. Psychologists think satisfying work is key to happiness

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

C. Grandma often found time for social gatherings

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

35. 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

第二节 (共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

What does success mean to you?

Success.   36   We might have a picture of what it looks like: lots of money, a comfortable lifestyle, a great relationship and achieving great success in life.

The problem is that none of these things is easy or even possible to achieve. How much money is “lots”? What does a “great” relationship mean? If you have unclear definitions of success, you’re never going to be satisfied.

It’s up to you to decide what success means in your life.  37  For you, success could be : never having to worry about money, being healthy and fit, playing an important role in your family, writing a book having it published, or almost anything!   38

When you think about your success, make it as concrete(具体的) as possible. If you simply want to “be rich”, then you’ll struggle to ever feel like you’ve managed it. A better goal might be “make $100,000 a year.”

___39____You might not be able to put a number to it, but look for some ways to record your progress towards your goal. For example, if “success” means “being happy and happy with my life”, then you might write down your thoughts regularly in your diary.

You might know thins saying: “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” If you’re starting your first business, you might fail. That’s nothing to be ashamed of  40  When you were a child, you failed many times while learning to walk, to talk, to read and to write. But those failures were necessary in order to finally succeed. Sure, you might fail again and again before you succeed, but isn’t that better than never even trying?

A. That’s what we should obtain

B. Success doesn’t’ have to the about money

C. Don’t follow someone else’s example

D. It’s something that most of us want in our lives

E. How do you achieve success?

F. Failure is the mother of success

G. Your success should be measurable

第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分40分)

第一节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分， 满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

“Mommy, can I have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?” my five-year-old son asked.

A simple task, but now, it wasn’t that ___41___. Anxiety restricted my stomach as I __42___I couldn’t be a “normal” mommy to my three, five, and seven-year-old sons.

It was the Christmas season now, and my tasks multiplied. I __43___ to have even a tiny bit of eyesight. But this Christmas season, I saw ___44___ --no red or green ,no colors, no shadows.

Christmas ___45___ came quickly, and our sons came in and rushed to our bed. “___46___, we want to open presents.”

Each voice had a distinct sound and I could tell their mood by the ___47___. They jumped, giggled, and teased each other as we wiped the ___48____ from our eyes.

I reached for my robe(睡袍) and held ___49___ my hand, “Come on, let’s see what Santa brought.”

“Let’s take turns,” their daddy said. “And don’t forget to tell ___50__ what you get.”

That’s ___51___ I realized that what I couldn’t’ see threatened to ___52___ the Christmas joy. I fought the temptation to __53___into self-pity, and swallowed hard to keep the tears inside.

My husband__54__ beside me. “What can I do for you?”

His sweetness and warmth further emphasized my __55___. I was disappointing him and I’d __56__ in my role as  wife to him and a mom to my sons.

“This is the best present yet!” one of our sons cried out.

My son’s words brought a truth that opened the __57__ of my heart. His gift delighted him. But I had missed mine, __58__and disregarding my greatest present---the one that ___59___ the emptiness of my dark world. It was in the family room---it sang to me with little voices, with little arms that___60__ me, and with the sweetest melody of each “I love you, Mommy.”

41. A. interesting            B. pleasant       C. easy      D. difficult

42. A. wondered       B. doubted        C. hesitated     D. feared

43. A. longed        B. struggled      C. assumed     D. asked

44. A. nothing        B. something      C. everything     D. anything

45. A. noon        B. morning       B. afternoon     D. evening

46. A. Stand up        B. Get up       C. Take up      D. Stay up

47. A. tongue        B .tune       C. tone      D. accent

48. A. sleep        B. joy        C. tears      D. sadness

49. A. back        B. up        C. out       D. on

50. A. Daddy        B. yourself       C. Santa      D. Mommy

51. A. where        B. when       C. how      D. why

52. A. multiply       B. gain       C. increase      D. erase

53. A. come        B. get        C. rush      D. sink

54. A. flashed        B. slid       C. ran       D. stuck

55. A. happiness       B. disappointment     C. sorrow      D. depression

56. A. failed        B. managed      C. succeeded     D. attempted

57. A. eyes        B. doors       C. windows     D. curtains

58. A. withdrawing       B. overcoming      C. undertaking     D. overlooking

59. A. crowded         B. filled       C. covered     D. packed

60. A. seized        B. caught       C. hugged      D. hung

第二项 单项选择(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)