Last night was the last game for my eight-year-old son’s soccer team. It was the final quarter. The score was two to one, and my son’s team was in the lead. Parents surrounded the playground, offering encouragement.
With less than ten seconds remaining, the ball suddenly rolled in front of my son’s teammate, Mickey O’Donnell. With “Kick it!” echoing across the playground, Mickey turned around and gave it everything he had. All around me the crowd erupted. O’Donnell had scored!
Then there was silence. Mickey had scored all right, but in the wrong goal, ending the game in a tie. For a moment there was a total hush. You see, Mickey has Down syndrome(综合症) and for him there was no such thing as a wrong goal. All goals were celebrated by a joyous hug from Mickey. He had even been known to hug the opposing players when they scored.
The silence was finally broken when Mickey, his face filled with joy, hugged my son tightly and shouted, “I scored! I scored! Everybody won! Everybody won!” For a moment I held my breath, not sure how my son would react. I need not have worried. I watched, through tears, as my son threw up his hand in the classic high-five salute and started chanting, “Way to go Mickey! Way to go Mickey!” Within moments both teams surrounded Mickey, joining in the chant and congratulating him on his goal.
Later that night, when my daughter asked who had won, I smiled as I replied, “It was a tie. Everybody won.”

1. 1.

   The underlined word “hush” in paragraph 3 means ________.

   1. A.
      cheer.
   2. B.
      cry
   3. C.
      laughter
   4. D.
      silence
2. 2.

   What did the author worry about when Mickey scored and hugged his son?

   1. A.
      The result of the match would fail his son.
   2. B.
      His son would shout at Mickey for his goal.
   3. C.
      Mickey would again hug the opposing players.
   4. D.
      His son would understand Mickey’s wrong goal.
3. 3.

   It can be inferred from the passage that _____.

   1. A.
      both teams liked and respected Mickey
   2. B.
      both teams were thankful to Mickey for his goal
   3. C.
      Mickey didn’t mind though his goal was wrong
   4. D.
      Mickey was a kind-hearted boy and hoped everybody won
4. 4.

   The purpose of the author in writing the passage is _____.

   1. A.
      to tell a joke to make readers laugh
   2. B.
      to suggest we should not mind losing
   3. C.
      to show enjoying a game is more than winning a game
   4. D.
      to present his son’s fine qualities of understanding others

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 of happiness is “the capacity for enjoyment”. The more we can enjoy what we have, the happier we are. It's easy to over-look 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're so self-conscious（自我意识）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.

61. 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

62. What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 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.

63. What can be inferred 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.

64. People who equal happiness with wealth and success _______.

A. consider pressure something blocking their way    B. stress their right to happiness too much

C. are at a loss to make correct choices                      D are more likely to be happy

65. 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.

                      My son and a bunch of his 13-year-old friends piled into the back seat of my car, ready for the last-day-of-school party at McDonald’s on report card day last year. “Jack got a laptop for getting straight A’s, and Laurie got a cell phone,” one boy said. “Oh, yeah, and Sarah got an iPod Nano, and she’s only in third grade,” said another. “And how about Brian? He got $ 10 for each A.”

I suddenly became concerned. These payoffs might get parents through grammar school, but what about high school and beyond? What would be left after the electric guitar, the cell phone, and the portable DVD player?

I saw the road ahead: As the homework load increased, my income would decrease. I saw my comfortable lifestyle disappear before my eyes — no more of those $5 bags of already-peeled organic carrots. No more organic anything!

I started to feel surprised and nervous. Would every goal attained by my two children fetch a reward? A high grade point average? A good class ranking? Would sports achievements be included in this reward system: soccer goals, touchdowns, runs-batted-in? What about orchestra? Would first chair pay more than second? I’d be penniless by eighth-grade graduation.

“We never paid anything for good grades,” said my neighbor across the street, whose son was recently accepted at MIT. “He just did it on his own. Maybe once in a while we went out for pizza, but that’s about it.”

Don’t you just hate that? We’re all running around looking for the MP3 player with the most updates, and she’s spending a few dollars on pizza. She gets motivation; we get negotiation.

46．Why did the writer suddenly become concerned?

       A．Because many kids were getting very good grade at school.

B．Because he was worried about the current reword system.

       C．Because he wasn’t making enough money to buy things for his kids’ good grades.            D．Because kids were having too many parties after school.

47．The underlined sentence “As the homework load increased, my income would decrease.” (in

Paragraph 3) probably means that _________.

       A．taking care of the children would influence my work

       B．I would spend more money on my children’s homework

       C．reducing children’s homework load would cost me a lot

       D．more rewards would be needed as the children grew up

48．The example of the author’s neighbor shows that _________.

       A．pizza is the best way to encourage children

       B．the author’s neighbor was very poor

       C．reward is not the only way to encourage children

       D．the son of the author’s neighbor’s didn’t like reward

49．It can be inferred from the passage that _________.

       A．children would think that you should if you pay them for good grades

       B．children would work harder if you buy them pizza for good grades

       C．children would not ask for rewards when they enter high school

       D．children would not ask for rewards when they enter university

50．What is the author’s attitude toward paying children reward for good grades?

A．Helpful.             B．Uncertain.                C．Unpleasant.         D．Unknowable.