Passage 2
There are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degrees of health and wealth and the other comforts of life, one becomes happy while the other becomes miserable. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, and events, and the resulting effects upon their minds.
The people who are to be happy fix their attention on the conveniences of things, the pleasant parts of conversations, the well-prepared dishes, the goodness of the wines, the fine weather. They enjoy all the cheerful things. Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the contrary things. Therefore, they are continually discontented. By their remarks, they sour the pleasures of society, offend many people, and make themselves disagreeable everywhere. If this turn of mind were founded in nature, such unhappy persons would be more to be pitied. The tendency to criticize and be disgusted is perhaps taken up originally by imitation. It grows into a habit, unknown to its possessors. The habit may be strong, but it may be cured when those who have it are convinced of its bad effects on their interests and tastes. I hope this little warning may help them change this habit.
Although in fact it is chiefly an act of the imagination, it has serious consequences in life, since it brings on deep sorrow and bad luck. Those people offend many others, nobody loves them, and no one treats them with more than the most common politeness and respect, and scarcely that. This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them into arguments. If they aim at obtaining some advantage in rank or fortune, nobody wishes them success. Nor will anyone stir a step or speak a word to favor their hopes. If they bring on themselves public disapproval, no one will defend or excuse them, and many will join to criticize their misconduct. These people should change this bad habit. If they do not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact with them. Otherwise, it can be disagreeable and sometimes very inconvenient, especially when one becomes mixed up in their quarrels.
36. People who are unhappy ______.
A. always consider things differently from others
B. usually are influenced by the results of certain things
C. can discover the unpleasant part of certain things
D. usually have a fault-finding habit
37. The underlined phrase “sour the pleasures of society” (Line 8) most nearly means______.
A. enjoy the pleasures of society
B. aren’t content with the pleasures of society
C. have a good taste to the pleasures of society
D. feel uncomfortable with the pleasures of society
38. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. We should pity all such unhappy people.
B. Such unhappy people are critical about everything.
C. If such unhappy people recognize the bad effects of the habit on themselves, they may get rid of it.
D. Such unhappy people are also not content with themselves.
39. The underlined part “scarcely that” (Line 17) means ______.
A. just like that
B. almost not like that
C. more than that
D. not at all like that
40. If such unhappy persons don’t change their bad behavior, the author’s solution to the problem is that ______.
A. people should avoid contact with them
B. people should criticize their misconduct
C. people should help them recognize the bad effects of the habit
D. people should show no respect and politeness to them
Ⅲ. 用国际音标标出下列单词中划线字母或字母组合的读音，并填在答题纸相应的位置上。（本大题共20小题，每小题0.5分，共10分）（注意：考生使用新式或老式音标均可）
41. abuse 42. beneath 43. conscience 44. exhausted
45. fiercely 46. headquarters 47. incompetence 48. indoors
49. justify 50. kneel 51. concrete 52. despite
53. pension 54. malicious 55. willingness 56.incidence
57. physically 58.expression 59.scholar 60. duck-yard
Ⅳ. 完形填空（将正确答案填在答题纸相应的位置上）（本大题共20小题，每小题0.5分，共10分）
A. 从下列单词中选择适当的词填空，每个词只能用一次。
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why |
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how |
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or | One of the advantages of taking notes is that it forces you to pay closer attention to the class lecture. If you listen 61 a professor who is talking on and on for an hour 62 , your mind will often wander and your 63 lessen. You are sitting in class and listening, but that may be 64 you are doing; however, when you listen actively you 65 to pay more careful and constant attention to what is being said. This is 66 you are trying to transfer what you hear into
67 understandable, shortened written form. As a foreign student, you may find 68 very difficult to listen and write notes in English at the 69 time. It is difficult at first, but you will learn 70 to do so with practice.
B. 根据课文的内容在每个空白处填入一个恰当的词。
This is true of the techniques of mankind. It is 71 true of mankind’s spiritual resources. Most 72 these resources, both technical and spiritual, are stored in books. When you have read a book, you have 73 to your human experiences. Read Homer and your mind includes a 74 of Homer’s mind. Through books you can 75 at least fragments of the mind and experience of Virgil, Dante, Shakespeare — the list is 76 . For a great book is necessarily a 77 ; it offers you a life you have not the time 78 live yourself, and it takes you 79 a world you have not the time to travel in literal time. 80 civilized mind is one that contains many such lives and many such worlds.
V．根据所学课文内容完成下列句子，并填在答题纸相应的位置上。(本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分)
81. In “Night Watch”, the Marine did not tell the old man the truth and stayed with him until he died. The Marine proved, in a very human way, that ______.
82. According to the author of “How Dictionaries Are Made”, the writing of dictionaries is not setting up rules about ______, but recording what different words have meant to authors in the past.
83. The event that changed Christy Brown’s life and led him to mental freedom was that ______.
84. While reciting the day’s lecture to himself, the author of “I Got My B. A. by Sheer Luck”
discovered that the lecture could be divided into topics and subtopics by ______.
85. According to Dr. Coleman, the author of “The Trashman”, most people think garbage collectors______.
86. In “The Day I Was Fat”, while the woman was losing weight, she was also reshaping ______.
87. According to Steven R. Covery, the Emotional Bank Account is like a financial bank account in one way: you can ______.
88. Hearing that her husband had died, Louise Mallard’s immediate response was ______.
89. Professor Agassie had a good first impression of the author because ______.
90. Bob Sugg went to Salem Crescent after dark on Thursday night because ______.
VI．将下列句子译成英语，并填在答题纸相应的位置上。(本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分)
91．为了不让人笑话，我尽量避免犯错误。
92．我本以为会为他的去世感到悲哀，但是我错了。
93．约翰面临一个困难的选择：是工作还是继续学习。
94．妈妈坚持让我带上雨伞，以防下雨。
95．这名士兵拒绝执行他认为错误的命令。
96．要想跟上形势，你最好经常读报。
97．不是我买不起电视机，而是我觉得看电视伤眼睛。
98．第一次就成功几乎不可能。
99．直到今天她才意识到，两次婚姻留给她的只有痛苦。
100．作为一名老师，我总是鼓励学生多参加社会活动。
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