(2011·安徽皖南八校联考二)—Could we put off our camping?

—________.We may as well go on as planned.

A．Not at all　　　　　　　      B．Not exactly

C．Not especially        D．Not really

(2005·湖北八校联考)

Everyone arrived late at the party for ________ reasons.

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【2011·江西八校联考】

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,选出最佳选项。

It's no secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parents than with the parents that nature dealt them. That's especially 36 ­of children who remain in homes where they’re badly treated 37 the law blindly favors biological parents. It's also true of children who 38 for years in foster (寄养) homes because of parents who can't or won't care for them but 39 to give up custody (监护) rights.
    　Fourteen-year-old Kimberly Mays 40 neither description, but her recent court victory could 41 help children who do. Kimberly has been the 42 of an angry custody battle between the man who raised her and her biological parents, with whom she has never lived. A Florida judge 43 that the teenager can remain with the only father she's ever known and that her biological parents have "no legal 44" on her.
    　 Shortly after 45 in December 1978, Kimberly Mays and another baby were mistakenly switched and sent home with the 46 parents. Kimberly's biological parents, Ernest and Regina Twigg, received a child who died of a heart disease in 1988. Medical tests 47 that the child wasn't the Twiggs' own daughter, but Kim only was, thus leading to a custody 48 with Robert Mays. In 1989, the two families 49 that Mr. Mays would maintain custody with the Twiggs getting 50 rights. Those rights were ended when Mr. Mays decided that Kimberly was being 51.
    　The decision to 52 Kimberly with Mr. Mays caused heated discussion. But the judge made clear that Kimberly did have the right to sue (起诉) 53 her own behalf. Thus he made it clear that she was 54 just a personal possession of her parents. Biological parentage does not mean an absolute ownership that cancels(取消) all the 55 of children.

36.A. terrible                      B. sad                 C. true                 D. natural
37.A. but                       B. if                     C. when           D. because
38.A. settle                  B. live               C. suffer               D. gather
39.A. have                  B. refuse                C. stick                 D. fail
40.A. likes                       B. gives                   C. fits                   D. knows
41.A. actually                 B. eventually              C. successfully        D. abruptly
42.A. victim                 B. object              C. sacrifice           D. teenager
43.A. ruled                  B. believed             C. ordered              D. indicated
44.A. expectation            B. action                 C. effect           D. claim
45.A. birth                   B. judgment         C. operation         D. school
46.A. biological              B. own               C. kind                 D. wrong
47.A. examined            B. explained               C. decided           D. showed
48.A. battle             B. right              C. agreement                 D. decision
49.A. thought              B. quarreled               C. agreed                D. prepared
50.A. equal                 B. same               C. visiting             D. speaking

51.A. harmed                  B. forbidden         C. wounded         D. hidden
52.A. make                  B. leave                      C. give              D. keep
53.A. by                    B. through           C. on                    D. in

54.A. more than              B. no more than    C. not more than     D. less than
55.A. freedom                B. happiness        C. rights           D. ideas

【2011·浙江省第二次五校联考】

I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year-round sun. You may think people in such a splendid, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.

　　Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more lasting emotion.

　　Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.

　　I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful individuals have constant access to glamorous parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells “happiness”. But in memoir（回忆录）after memoir, they reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children and profound loneliness.

　　Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage, if he’s honest, and he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment, for commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.

　　Similarly, couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness. They can dine out whenever they want and sleep as late as they can. Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three-day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children.

　　Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating（解放性的）realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those rich and glamorous people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.

45. We can learn from the passage that____________.

A. fun creates long-lasting satisfaction

B. fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happiness

C. happiness is lasting whereas fun is short-lived

D. fun that is long-standing may lead to happiness

46. To the author, the role Hollywood stars will play is to _________.

A. write memoir after memoir about their happiness

B. tell the public that happiness has nothing to do with fun

C. teach people how to enjoy their lives

D. bring happiness to the public instead of going to parties

47. In the author’s opinion, marriage____________.

A. affords greater fun                                B. leads to raising children

C. indicates duty and devotion                        D. usually ends up in pain

48. Which of the following is the best example of “painful happiness”?

A. Winning lottery by accident. 　　              B. A bachelor resisting marriage.

C. Raising children. 　　                              D. Buying some fancy clothes.

49. If one gets the meaning of the true sense of happiness, he will____________.

A. stop playing games and joking with others

B. keep himself with his family

C. give a free hand to money

D. use his time to increase happiness

  

【2011·贵州遵义七校联考】A

　O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the readers’ surprise.

41.   In which order did O. Henry do the following things?

a. Lived in New York.

b. Worked in a bank.

c. Traveled to Texas.

d. Was put in prison.

e. Had a newspaper job.

f. Learned to write stories.

A. e, c, f, b, d, a                                              B. c, b, e, d, a, f

C. e, b, d, c, a, f                                              D. c, e, b, d, f, a

42.   People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because _____.

A. they had surprise endings                       B. they were easy to understand

C. they showed his love for the poor                  D. they were about New York City

43.   What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?

A.      He was well-educated.

B.      He was very good at learning.

C.      He was devoted to the poor.

D.     He was not serious about his work.

44.   Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?

A. His life inside the prison.                        B. The newspaper articles he wrote.

C. The city and people of New York.           D. His exciting early life as a boy.