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     When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson, Arizona.  1  the move, my father   2   
us in the living-room on a freezing January night. My sisters and I sat around the fire, not   3   that the
universe would suddenly change its course. "In May, we' re    4  to Arizona."
    The words, so small, didn't seem    5   enough to hold my new life. But the world changed and I
awoke on a tram moving across the country.1 watched the   6  change from green trees to flat dusty
plains to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that  7   mysteries yet to come. Finally, we arrived
and    8   into our new home.
      9   my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I   10   explored our new surroundings.
    One afternoon, I was out exploring   11   and saw a new kind of cactus(仙人掌). I crouched(蹲)
down for a closer look. "You'd better not   12   that"
    I turned around to see an old woman.
    "Are you new to this neighborhood?" I explained that I was,   13  , new to the entire state.
"My name is Ina Thorne." Have you got used to life in the  14  ? It must be quite a   15   after living in
Boston."
How could I explain how I   16   the desert? I couldn't seem to find the right words.
"It's vastness," she offered. "That vastness   17    you stand on the mountains overlooking the desert-you
can   18   how little you are in comparison with the world.  19  , you feel that the possibilities are limitless."
That was it. That was the feeling I'd had ever since I'd first seen the mountains of my new home. Again,
my  20   would change with just a few simple words.
     "Would you like to come to my home tomorrow?" Someone should teach you which plant you should
and shouldn't touch."
( )1. A. During
( )2. A. gathered
( )3. A. hoping
( )4. A. going
( )5. A. good
( )6. A. picture
( )7. A. suggested
( )8. A. settled
( )9. A. If    
( )10. A. bitterly
( )11. A. as well
( )12. A. move
( )13. A. of course
( )14. A. desert
( )15. A. luck
( )16. A. found
( )17. A. why
( )18. A. prove
( )19. A. However
( )20. A. idea
B. Until
B. warned
B. admitting
B. moving  
B. simple
B. ground
B. solved
B. walked
B. After
B. easily
B. as usual
B. dig
B. in fact
B. city
B. doubt    
B. examined
B. when    
B. guess    
B. Otherwise
B. life
C. Upon    
C. organized
C. realizing
C. driving
C. big  
C. scene
C. discovered
C. hurried    
C. Once    
C. proudly    
C. right away
  C. pull  
C. after all
  C. state      
C. shock    
C. watched    
C. how    
C. sense    
C. Therefore
  C. home    
D. Before          
D. comforted      
D. believing      
D. flying          
D. proper          
D. area            
D. explained      
D. stepped        
D. While          
D. eagerly        
D. on time        
D. touch          
D. at least        
D. country        
D. danger          
D. reached        
D. where          
D. expect          
D. Meanwhile      
D. family          
                  
答案

1-5: DACBC  6-10:  CAADD  11-15:  BDBAC  16-20: ABCDB

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C

What is it that makes people happy? Youth, health, a good job, good looks, a flash car? None of these things, Spanish experts say.

The concept(概念) of happiness is thought to be determined by genetics, while the rest depends on childhood environment and the process(过程) of growing up. Perhaps the most surprising thing about happiness is coming under increasingly close examination in Spain.

As the nation rises to the club of the world's wealthiest countries, people are discovering that material(物质的) things do not bring happiness.

"Most people use money as a measure of human value," says Jesus Ynfante, author of a book on Spain's 300 biggest fortunes.  "Expensive products are regarded as the best. The rich are admired simply for being rich," Ynfante said.

Yet psychologists(心理学家) warn that happiness as a moment of ecstatic pleasure(狂喜)--something that, by definition(定义) ,cannot last--while others speak of it as peace and acceptance of oneself. Polls(问卷调查) in different countries indicate that between 65 and 85 percent of the world's population regard themselves as reasonably happy.

Around 40 percent of a person's happiness is that it has little to do with age, health, wealth, or other values thought to be important in Western society. For most Spaniards, happiness is linked with feeling close to other people. Happy people accept their limitations and set themselves reachable goals, experts say.

There are life-style choices that favour happiness, such as exercise, eating carbohydrates and exposing oneself to sunlight. But the main secret of happiness is to take pleasure in small things.

“If you are given a choice between eternal(永久的)happiness and a cheese sandwich, take the sandwich,” advises musician Julian Hernandez.

58. Spain, as this passage tells us, __________.

A. has built more clubs than the other countries

B. has owned the largest group of experts

C. has become one of the richest countries in the world

D. has produced the most wealth in the world

59. It can be concluded that Jesus Ynfante is__________.

A. a famous expert            B. a famous psychologist

C. one of the richest Spaniards   D. familiar with the richest Spaniards

60. As psychologists warn in this passage, people can't feel happy even if they_________.

A. have too much money       B. only care about themselves

C. don't do any homework      D. have a few relations

61 Happy people, as we can find in this passage, __________.

A. are always full of feelings                  B. are always born in rich families

C. always enjoy every achievement they get       D. always look down upon themselves

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