Everyone agrees that all the creatures want happiness and are afraid of pain and grief. The question, however, is “What is real happiness?” The desire for happiness has no meaning without understanding the real nature of happiness.
Generally, ordinary beings consider sensual（感觉的） pleasures as happiness, and their actions are directed toward gaining these. According to them, searching for happiness means searching for pleasures of the senses. The question, “What is happiness?”, does not arise（出现） in their hearts, because in their hearts they think of a life full of sensual joys as a happy life.
Some thinkers say, “Happiness does not lie in the objects of enjoyment; happiness or unhappiness lies in the imagination.” To prove their belief they give examples like the following one. A man has a two-storey house. When he thinks of those who have a house with three storeys or more, he feels unhappy. When he thinks of those who have just a cottage, he feels happy. Such happiness does not lie in possessions（占有物）, but in the imagination. They advise people to take inspiration from those who have few possessions but are quite happy. If you only consider people wealthier than yourself, you will always be unhappy.
If you want to be happy, they say, look at the poor. But it is unreasonable to hold that happiness lies in the imagination. And it is inappropriate to think that someone is happy if he only imagines himself better than the poor and the unhappy. This attitude also satisfies the sense of pride of possession. This can never be called happiness. Unless we find out where happiness lies, we cannot really become happy.
Some ask people to do this or that, and say, “This way your desires will be satisfied. That way you will get what you want and become happy.” People holding these views regard happiness as satisfaction of desires and unhappiness as denial(否定) of such satisfaction.
【小题1】What kind of life can make common people feel happy?

Everyone agrees that all the creatures want happiness and are afraid of pain and grief. The question, however, is “What is real happiness?” The desire for happiness has no meaning without understanding the real nature of happiness.
Generally, ordinary beings consider sensual（感觉的） pleasures as happiness, and their actions are directed toward gaining these. According to them, searching for happiness means searching for pleasures of the senses. The question, “What is happiness?”, does not arise（出现） in their hearts, because in their hearts they think of a life full of sensual joys as a happy life.
Some thinkers say, “Happiness does not lie in the objects of enjoyment; happiness or unhappiness lies in the imagination.” To prove their belief they give examples like the following one. A man has a two-storey house. When he thinks of those who have a house with three storeys or more, he feels unhappy. When he thinks of those who have just a cottage, he feels happy. Such happiness does not lie in possessions（占有物）, but in the imagination. They advise people to take inspiration from those who have few possessions but are quite happy. If you only consider people wealthier than yourself, you will always be unhappy.
If you want to be happy, they say, look at the poor. But it is unreasonable to hold that happiness lies in the imagination. And it is inappropriate to think that someone is happy if he only imagines himself better than the poor and the unhappy. This attitude also satisfies the sense of pride of possession. This can never be called happiness. Unless we find out where happiness lies, we cannot really become happy.
Some ask people to do this or that, and say, “This way your desires will be satisfied. That way you will get what you want and become happy.” People holding these views regard happiness as satisfaction of desires and unhappiness as denial(否定) of such satisfaction.

1. 1.

   What kind of life can make common people feel happy?

   1. A.
      Life without pain and grief.
   2. B.
      Life full of sensual pleasures.
   3. C.
      Life with desire for possessions.
   4. D.
      Life full of imagination.
2. 2.

   The underlined word “cottage” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to ________.

   1. A.
      a house in one’s imagination
   2. B.
      a modern building
   3. C.
      a desired object
   4. D.
      a small house
3. 3.

   The author may agree that ________.

   1. A.
      by comparing themselves with the poor, people will feel happy
   2. B.
      people won’t feel happy without a desire for happiness
   3. C.
      possessing wealth may lead to a sense of pride
   4. D.
      people have to experience pain and grief before finding happiness
4. 4.

   The best title for this passage would be “________”.

   1. A.
      What Is Happiness?
   2. B.
      How to Get Happiness
   3. C.
      Happiness and Desire
   4. D.
      Happiness and Imagination

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Nowadays we live in a global village, and many difficulties will arise if we can’t express ourselves fluently in English.

In spite of my awareness of its importance,I seldom find chances to practice and improve my oral English.So,I am still very weak with regard to this respect.One reason is that my pronunciation and intonation aren’t good enough.The other is that I am so shy that I am always too nervous to find other exact words to express my ideas and feelings.As a result the best way for me to do is to remain silent when others are practicing and making great progress in their oral English every day.

Now I am attaching much more importance to oral English and I have made up my mind to seize every opportunity to parctice. I begin to participate activities,such as going to “English Corners”,talking in English with my classmates and with native speakers. “Nothing is difficult in the world if you really put your heart to it.”as the Chinese saying goes.If I can build up my confidence,if I am not afraid of losing face any more,if I really work hard on it,I am sure my oral English will be excellent someday

【写作内容】

1.以约30个词概括短文的要点；

2.然后一120个词写一篇英语短文谈谈广东高考英语口试对你口语练习造成的影响，并包括如下要点：

（1）你以前对英语口语的态度及原因；

（2）广东高考英语口试对你目前英语口语练习造成的某些影响；

（3）你的感想或期望。

【写作要求】

1.作文中可使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；标题自定。

2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

[评分标准]    概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯。

VI.书面表达（10分）
假设你是李明，你的国外网友Eric在网上看到几幅中国剪纸(Chinese paper cut)，Eric对此很感兴趣，给你发来邮件询问有关中国剪纸的信息，请你根据下表提示给他回复邮件。

Chinese Paper Cut
long history	over 2,000 years
very popular	in different parts of China, young or old, be fond of, do well in…
different shapes	birds, animals, flowers…
Where do people put Chinese paper cuts?…

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

   Nowadays we live in a global village, and many difficulties will arise if we can’t express ourselves fluently in English.

   In spite of my awareness of its importance,I seldom find chances to practice and improve my oral English.So,I am still very weak with regard to this respect.One reason is that my pronunciation and intonation aren’t good enough.The other is that I am so shy that I am always too nervous to find other exact words to express my ideas and feelings.As a result the best way for me to do is to remain silent when others are practicing and making great progress in their oral English every day.

   Now I am attaching much more importance to oral English and I have made up my mind to seize every opportunity to parctice. I begin to participate activities,such as going to “English Corners”,talking in English with my classmates and with native speakers. “Nothing is difficult in the world if you really put your heart to it.”as the Chinese saying goes.If I can build up my confidence,if I am not afraid of losing face any more,if I really work hard on it,I am sure my oral English will be excellent someday

       【写作内容】

  1.以约30个词概括短文的要点；

  2.然后一120个词写一篇英语短文谈谈广东高考英语口试对你口语练习造成的影响，并包括如下要点：

 （1）你以前对英语口语的态度及原因；

 （2）广东高考英语口试对你目前英语口语练习造成的某些影响；

 （3）你的感想或期望。

       【写作要求】

  1.作文中可使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；标题自定。

  2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

       [评分标准]     概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯。