What is happiness? Most researchers agree that it involves an assessment(评价) of the good and bad in our lives. It is the emotional balance sheet we keep that allows us to say honestly whether we are living a happy life, in spite of bad things now and then. Marriage has taken a lot of hits since the 1960s. It has been said to hold many people, especially women, back from their full potential to be happy. Don’t believe it. In 2004, 42 percent of married Americans said they were very happy. Just 23 percent of never-married people said this.The happiness numbers were lower for other groups: only 20 percent of those who were widowed (死了丈夫或妻子的), 17 percent of those who were divorced, and 11 percent of those who were separated but not divorced said they were happy. Overall, married people were six times more likely to say that they were very happy than to report that they were not too happy. And generally speaking, married women say they are happy more often than married men. Marriage isn’t just associated with happiness—it brings happiness, at least for a lot of us. One 2003 study that followed 24,000 people for more than a decade showed a significant increase in happiness after people married. For some, the happiness increase wore off in a few years, and they ended up back at their pre-marriage happiness levels. But for others, it lasted as long as a lifetime.

Three criminals escaped from prison yesterday afternoon. It was a long time_____ the guards discovered what had happened. since when until before

In Britain today women______44% of the work force, and nearly half of the mothers with children are in paid work build up make up stand for conform to

Many firms give away small quantities of their products as______so that people can try them before buying. examples models samples exhibits

The policeman_____ the facts again and again, but couldn’t piece them together. went over went on went with went after

There is a risk in this method: the rope _____ break, causing the box to fall and be damaged. should might might not should not

_____ she is expecting is to find someone to manage the restaurant because she is over sixty. Whatever Which That What

A downtown hotel may charge _____ a hotel in the suburb. twice more than twice as much as as twice as more than twice

The local government warned the citizens _____ water directly from the tap unless it is boiled. do not drink not to drink to not drink not drinking

There was a knock at the door. It was the second time someone _____ me that evening. would have interrupted to have interrupted had interrupted having interrupted

(Paragraph 1, Passage 1) A range of new commuting bikes are promising to make everyday travel by bicycle as comfortable and fashionable as it is cheap. 一系列新的上下班自行车有可能使日常骑车旅游不仅便宜，同时还舒适和时尚。有了新的旅行自行车，就能使日常骑车旅游得到既便宜又舒适和时尚的产品。各种新出的上下班自行车有可能使每天骑车不仅省钱，同时还不乏舒适和时尚。新的旅行用自行车从各方面向汽车旅游者提供既便宜又舒适和时尚的日常用品。各种新型的上下班自行车有可能使日常旅游车不仅廉价，还能提供舒适和时尚。

(Paragraph 3，Passage 4)Scientists began to try making synthetic diamonds towards the end of the eighteenth century and discovered a key scientific fact．科学家试图开始制造人造钻石，接近十八世纪末时发现了一个关键的科学事实。科学家开始努力制造人造钻石，十八世纪结束时发现了能解决科学实际的答案。科学家开始努力制造人造钻石，在十八世纪结束时找到了解决科学实际的钥匙。接近十八世纪末，科学家开始尝试制造人造钻石，并发现了一个关键的科学事实。接近十八世纪末期，科学家开始制造人造钻石，并且发现了一个关键的科学事实。

We cannot be too careful in checking the safety device of the vehicle，for it is matter of life and death．我们对这辆车的安全装置不必检查过于仔细，但必须重视生死攸关的问题。我们不能不对车辆的安全装置仔细检查，因为这是一个生死攸关的问题。我们不能不当心车辆装置的安全性，因为这车辆涉及生死攸关的事情。我们对车辆装置的检查越仔细越好，因为这是一个生死攸关的问题。我们对车辆的安全还是不太小心，虽然它关系到生者，也关系到死者。

For this part you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition of no less than 100 words on How to Get a Better Job. Remember your composition must be written according to the following outline. Write your composition on the Composition Sheet in Test Paper Two. Outline: 1．找到一份好工作有一定困难。 2．你认为怎样才能找到一份工作? Words for reference: job market, satisfactory, competition, plan, get ready. How to Get a Better Job ______

She is one of the newest film stars frorn America and has many fans,_____. in Europe. specifically partially specially particularly

English is not the _____ language for almost half of our overseas visitors. native natural Original domestic

I hadn’t seen him for years, but I _____ his voice on the telephone. detected realized recognized discovered

If we _____ timely changes to the plan, a great deal of time and money would have been lost. shall not make would not make did not make had not made

____ it or not, his discovery has created a stir in scientific circles. Believe Believed To believe Believing

What is happiness? Most researchers agree that it involves an assessment(评价) of the good and bad in our lives. It is the emotional balance sheet we keep that allows us to say honestly whether we are living a happy life, in spite of bad things now and then. Marriage has taken a lot of hits since the 1960s. It has been said to hold many people, especially women, back from their full potential to be happy. Don’t believe it. In 2004, 42 percent of married Americans said they were very happy. Just 23 percent of never-married people said this.The happiness numbers were lower for other groups: only 20 percent of those who were widowed (死了丈夫或妻子的), 17 percent of those who were divorced, and 11 percent of those who were separated but not divorced said they were happy. Overall, married people were six times more likely to say that they were very happy than to report that they were not too happy. And generally speaking, married women say they are happy more often than married men. Marriage isn’t just associated with happiness—it brings happiness, at least for a lot of us. One 2003 study that followed 24,000 people for more than a decade showed a significant increase in happiness after people married. For some, the happiness increase wore off in a few years, and they ended up back at their pre-marriage happiness levels. But for others, it lasted as long as a lifetime.

After years of false starts, with the first commercial sales possible within months, a new industry selling motor fuel made from waste is getting a big push in the United States. Many companies have announced plans to build plants that would take in material like wood chips, garbage or crop waste and turn out motor fuels. For decades scientists have known it was possible to convert waste to fuel. But success is far from assured. Some of the latest announcements come from small companies whose dreams may be bigger than their bank accounts.They are counting on billions in government funds. Big technological problems remain, and even if they can be solved, no one is sure what unintended consequences will emerge or what it will really cost to produce this type of fuel. Virtually any material containing hydrogen, carbon and oxygen could potentially be turned into motor fuel.That includes plastics, construction debris (废渣), forest and lawn trimming (修剪下来的废料), wood chips, wheat straw and many other types of agricultural waste.The potential fuels include ethanol(乙醇), which can be blended with gasoline, or other liquids that could displace gasoline entirely. Much of the new money flowing into the fields is coming from Silicon Valley, where the venture capitalists who gave the world the Internet revolution see an opportunity to do something similar with the fuel supply. What has been done is small in the scheme of American fuel demand, but it may set the stage for important growth if those first projects prove that the economics can work.

According to most researchers, whether people feel happy or not depends on ______.

What is the effect of marriage on most people’s feeling of happiness?

Which of the following statements is true according to Paragraph 3?

Among the people investigated in 2004, those who seemed to be least happy were _____.

What is the conclusion of the 2003 study about happiness?