accent. She hesitated, putting the words together, and then went on, ―I speak Spanish at home 48 you.‖

I 49 understood—she spoke Spanish at home so that I wouldn‘t forget the words, songs, and 50 of Mexico. I said, ―O.K., Mama, esta bien.‖

31. A. Spanish B. Indian C. English C. avoided C. warned C. busier C. agreeing C. stated C. equal C. bothered C. called C. blamed C. silence C. frightened C. office C. watched C. taking C. Because C. perform C. for C. easily C. memories

D. Russian

32. A. remembered B. considered 33. A. reminded 34. A. brighter

B. informed B. fresher

D. continued

D. accused

D. easier

35. A. explaining B. gesturing 36. A. repeated 37. A. kind 38. A. friendly 39. A. searched 40. A. begged 41. A. turn 42. A. shocked 43. A. college 44. A. spotted 45. A. grasping 46. A. If 47. A. train 48. A. to 49. A. suddenly 50. A. situations

B. insisted B. able B. happy B. accounted B. examined B. action B. puzzled B. house B. witnessed B. enjoying B. Once B. play B. with B. fortunately B. effect

D. speaking

D. requested

D. worried

D. annoyed

D. cared

D. questioned

D. order

D. embarrassed

D. company

D. scanned

D. preparing

D. Unless

D. practice

D. at

D. partly

D. language

第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

A

My parents divorced when I was in grammar schoo1, and between work and forming new relationships, they had little time to care about me. At 16, I felt unloved, shy and lonely, the kind of girl nicknamed ―the Brain‖, more interested in reading books than joking with other classmates.

The few young single teachers were leaving to serve in World WarⅡ. My physics teacher, Mr

Bossing, a middle-aged, married World War I veteran（老兵）of my father‘s age, took on increasing responsibilities.

Monitoring the lunch line, he nodded pleasingly when he saw carrots on my tray, telling me that they would make my eyes bright. When he observed me holding my pen at an awkward angle as I wrote my homework, he warned me that if I continued to hold my pen in that way, no man would want to marry me. Overnight, I corrected a habit I held since learning to write.

Though without a special ability of physics, I was one of Mr Bossing‘s better students. When my lab partner, who had copied my third-quarter exam, complained that my grade was higher than hers, I brought both papers up to Mr Bossing for redress. With silent anger, he lowered my grade rather than raising hers. That hurt me. Still, we remained friends. On one occasion, he gave me a small, indestructible（难以破坏的） horseshoe magnet, which I still treasure.

Was he the father of daughters? I don‘t know, but he really knew how to make a young girl feel good about herself.

Only now, much later, do I realize what this teacher did for me.

51．The writer was nicknamed ―the Brain‖ because .

A．she was shy and made no friends C．she played jokes on other students

B．she received little love from her parents

D．she had interest only in reading books

52．From the second paragraph, we know Mr Bossing_________. A．took part in World War I

B．was going to fight in World War Ⅱ

C．wou1dn‘t serve in World War Ⅱ as he was a physics teacher D. was unable to fight in World War Ⅱ for his marriage

53．Why did the writer change her writing habit overnight?

A．Because no man would marry her. B．Because it was not a correct way of writing.

C．Because it would make her eyesight become worse. D．Because the teacher may fail her homework.

54．What happened after Mr Bossing lowered the writer‘s grade?

A．The writer hated the teacher from then on.

B．Mr Bossing gave the writer a magnet as an apology.

C．the writer was sad but their friendship lasted.

D．the writer refused to be a friend of Mr Bossing.

55．Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A．A father like a friend. C．A model teacher.

B．A father like a teacher.

D．A father figure.

B

It feels good to be happy. Laughing is fun. And most people like to have a good time. ―If you ask people what they want for their children, most say, ?I want them to be happy,‘ ‖says happiness researcher Sonja Lyubomirsky.

Not that long ago, however, joy wasn‘t considered serious enough for psycho1ogists to study. These scientists traditionally helped people with depression or other menta1 illnesses. ―When I started doing research on this 18 years ago,‖ Lyubomirsky says, ―happiness was not considered a scientific topic.‖ But today, happiness is a hot subject of research. As part of a growing field called positive psychology, more and more researchers are looking for ways to help people become happier, even if they don‘t feel depressed to begin with.

There are plenty of reasons why happiness is a worthy goal. Recent studies suggest that, among other benefits, happy people are healthier, have more friends, and make more money than their sadder peers. Research also suggests that there are easy things people can do to make themselves happier.

The field of positive psychology has had to overcome significant obstacles（障碍）. For one thing, it‘s difficult to scientifically measure happiness. It‘s also hard to compare one person‘s sense of well-being with another‘s ―No one can tell you how happy you are,‖ Lyubomirsky says. ―Who‘s to say who‘s right?‖

In recent years, however, researchers have developed what they consider to be one possible measurement of happiness. One technique involves looking at how often people genuinely smile in their daily lives. It‘s easy to tell real smiles from the fake smiles. Genuine smiles engage the corners of the eyes and involve muscles around the mouth that fake smi1ers can‘t control.

Scientists also sometimes look at images of the brain for clues: an area of one‘s brain tends to work harder in the people who are happier.

56．The underlined word ―this‖ in Paragraph 2 refers to .

A．depression B．mental illness

C．the scientific topic D． happiness

57．What problem does positive psychology face?

A．People often compare their happiness with others‘.

B．People don‘t believe those who say they are happy.

C．People have no scientific standard for happiness.

D．People are reluctant to tell how happy they are.

58．Which of the following would be one possible way to measure happiness according to the passage?

A．By counting times of people‘s rea1 smiles.

B．By looking into the corners of the eyes.

C．By noticing whether muscles around the mouth move.

D．By taking a picture of a person‘s head.

C

A clean air supply is essential to our own health and the environment. But since the industria1 revolution, the quality of the air we breathe has deteriorated considerably —mainly as a result of human activities. Rising industrial and energy production, the burning of fossil fuels and the dramatic rise in traffic on our roads all contribute to air pollution in our towns and cities which, in turn, can lead to serious health problems. For example, air pollution is increasingly being cited as the main cause of lung conditions such as asthma（哮喘）.

Air quality is now a major concern for many European citizens. It is also one of the areas in which the European Union has been most active. Since the early 1970s, the EU has been working to improve air quality by controlling emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere, improving fuel quality, and by integrating environmental protection requirements into the transport and energy sectors.

As the result of EU legislation（立法）, much progress has been made in tackling air pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and benzene. However, despite a reduction in some harmfu1 emissions, air pollution continues to cause problems. Summer smog—originating in potentially harmful ground-level ozone（臭氧）—regularly goes beyond safe limits. Fine particulates （微粒） also present a health risk which is of increasing concern. Clearly, more needs to be done at local, national, European and international level.

The EU‘s Sixth Environment Action Programme （EAP）, ―Environment 2010: Our future, Our