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Joy in living comes from having fine emotions, trusting them, giving them the freedom of a

bird in the open. Joy in living can never be assumed as a pose, or put on from the outside as a mask. People who have this joy do not need to talk about it; they radiate it. They just live out their joy and let it splash its sunlight and glow into other lives as naturally as a bird sings. And those who have and exhibit the joy of living are never those who have been without care, sorrow, failure, disappointment, and discouragement. They are rather those who have suffered and conquered, and who are willing to bear their share of the vicissitudes of life uncomplainingly. The joy of living never comes to the frivolous, the superficial, the selfish. We can never get it by working for it directly. It comes, like happiness, to those who are aiming at something higher. It is a by-product of great, simple living. The joy of living comes from what we put into living, not from what we seek to get from it.

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根据短文回答 46～50 题。 The Joy of Living Alone More and more Americans are living at

根据短文回答 46～50 题。

The Joy of Living Alone

More and more Americans are living atone. Some live atone because of divorce or the death of a partner._______(1) According to a recent U.S. census (人口普查), 25 percent of all households in the U.S. are made up of just one person. This is a dramatic change from the extended families of just a couple of generations ago.

The typical person living alone is neither old nor lonely._______(2) The majority of these people have chosen to live alone. They are responding to decreasing social pressure to get married and have a family.

It's now socially acceptable, even fashionable, to live alone. As people get better jobs and become financially independent, it becomes possible for them to maintain a one-person household._______(3) However, people who do get married are marrying at a later age and divorcing more often.

The number one reason given by most people for living alone is that they simply enjoy doing what they want when they want to do it. "Living alone is a luxury," says Nina Hagiwara, 38. "Once you do it, you can't ever go back to living with others." David C'Debaca, 46, agrees. _______(4)

Children think that being grown up means being able to do exactly as they please.

_______(5) The chance to discover whether that freedom is as wonderful as it sounds is a chance more and more Americans are taking.

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A．There's more pressure to get married nowadays.

B．The growing number of women with good jobs has done much to increase the number of people living alone.

C．However, even more people are living alone because they have chosen to.

D．It seems that many grown-ups today are realizing that childhood dream.

E．In fact, a quarter of the 23 million single people in the U.S. are under the age of 35.

F．He says, "I like being by myself."

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根据下列文章,请回答 46～50 题。 The Joy of Living Alone More and more Americans are li

根据下列文章,请回答 46～50 题。

The Joy of Living Alone

More and more Americans are living alone. Some live alone because of divorce or the death of a partner. __________ (1 } According to a recent U.S. census (人口普查), 25 percent of all households in the U.S. are made up of just one person. This is a dramatic change from the extended families of just a couple of generations ago.

The typical person living alone is neither old nor lonely. __________ (2) The majority of these people have chosen to live alone. They are responding to decreasing social pressure to get married and have a family.

It's now socially acceptable, even fashionable, to live alone. As people get better jobs and become financially independent, it becomes possible for them to maintain a one-person household. __________ (3) However, people who do get married are marrying at a later age and divorcing more often.

The number one reason given by most people for living alone is that they simply enjoy doing what they want when they want to do it. "Living alone is a luxury," says Nina Hagiwara, 38. "Once you do it, you can't ever go back to living with others." David C'Debaca, 46, agrees. __________ (4)

Children think that being grown up means being able to do exactly as they please. __________ (5) The chance to discover whether that freedom is as wonderful as it sounds is a chance more and more Americans are taking.

A．There's more pressure to get married nowadays.

B．The growing number of women with good jobs has done much to increase the number of people living alone.

C．However, even more people are living alone because they have chosen to.

D．It seems that many grown-ups today are realizing that childhood dream.

E．In fact, a quarter of the 23 million single people in the U.S. are under the age of 35.

F．He says, "I like being by myself."

第 46 题请选择（1）处最佳答案。

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Why do young people stress the importance of a healthy family life.A．They want to live a c

Why do young people stress the importance of a healthy family life.

A．They want to live a comfortable life.

B．With the constantly added pressures of the outside world, they need a healthy family for emotion al shelter.

C．They don't want to make a living by themselves.

D．They prefer to live with their parents.

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A country like Britain today survives and prospers by the talent and ability of its people

. Human capital is key. The more it is developed, the better we are. Modern goods and services require high value added input. Some of it comes from technology or financial capital—both instantly transferable. Much of it comes from people—their ability to innovate, to think anew, to be creative. Such people are broad-minded: they thrive on curiosity about the next idea; they welcome the challenge of an open world. Such breadth of mind is enormously enhanced by interaction with art and culture. The whole process of stimulation through plays, books, films, works of art; the delight in design, in architecture, in crafts: all of this enlarges a countrys capacity to be reflective, interested and bold. Dynamism in arts and culture creates dynamism in a nation. So when more children get access to the joy of art, it is not the art alone that they learn; it is the art of living, thinking and creating. They may never be, probably wont ever be, an artist or a dancer or a designer, but in whatever job, in whichever walk of life, they will carry an idea that is not just about the buying and selling, but about what makes the ordinary special. When people on low incomes can visit museums free of charge, and see great works of art, they take something of the inspiration with them.

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听力原文：The difference between the employees' personal potential and their usual performa

听力原文： The difference between the employees' personal potential and their usual performance is what we call the Motivation Gap. There are a couple of basic reasons why employees deliver less than their potential to their work. They believe:

1. You don't really expect their best.

2. Their extra effort isn't appreciated or rewarded.

Getting the employees to produce outstanding work has been regarded by many business people as some kind of great eternal mystery. We can fully express the "secret" in three words beginning with the letter R.

1. Responsibility

To give someone responsibility for their work the employer says to them, I trust you. It says, treats this work as a source of both pride and joy because you own it, and because you own it, you can freely invest yourself in it. When people own their work, it's an important part of the mselves—something they want to nurture, to make the best it can be.

Most people want to take responsibility for their work. As humans, we draw much of our personal identity from our work. Taking full responsibility for our work heightens our sense of involvement and satisfaction in our work. It encourages people to do better work. Responsibility is a motivator.

2. Recognition

While everyone who works for a living expects a decent paycheck in return, there is nobody who doesn't appreciate appreciation. When they have done good work, they feel proud of themselves. And no matter how self-motivated they are, it is a good feeling when someone else notices.

3. Reward

Sure, the employees are financially compensated for the work they do. And the company rightfuUy expects good work from employees for its investment in their salaries. But shouldn't exceptional work be worth a bit more？

Compensation should be related to performance, or else it has no value beyond discouraging people from looking for another employer.

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A．Holding back reward.

B．Delivering one's potentials.

C．Closing the motivation gap.

D．Expecting a reward from employees.

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She mixed joy with sorrow.(英译中)

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Books, even in this age of cheap literature, cost money？ The shortage of paper, together w

ith the high cost of living, has made books an expensive item in our list of requirements. This would mean that fewer people can afford to have them. Yet there are people who think nothing of spending money on a rich dinner, but don’t like to spend the same sum on books. Therefore the time has come for a new public library policy to be introduced, for the higher the price of books the greater the need to give them the widest circulation possible.

The Hong Kong Government has set up Urban (城市的) Council Libraries and study rooms in various districts. There is no doubt that when books are Wisely selected, they have a great education- al value, and have done much to encourage the habit of reading among the people.

For setting up libraries, some factors should be taken into consideration. In the first place, it is not enough to have just a building, equip it with shelves and fill them with books. The library building itself must be attractive in structure, desirable in atmosphere, and uncumbered in administration. Then secondly, there is the choice of suitable books to look into. This presents difficulties: though most of the books are novels and most of the readers are novel-readers, moreover, reading fiction is quite a source of amusement and pleasure. Also, it is a means of broadening one’s mind and learning more about life and human being. Yet, there should always be a good selection of serious books--history, biography, travel, poetry and literature--which are appreciated by many readers.

According to this passage, some people ______.

A．give less consideration to books than food

B．can hardly afford time to read books

C．know nothing about the value of education

D．should have spent more money on daily needs

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根据短文，回答6~10题Thelongyearsoffoodshortageinthiscountryhavesuddenlygivenwaytoapparentab

根据短文，回答6~10题The long years of food shortage in this country have suddenly given way to apparent abundance．Stores and shoDs are choked with food． Rationing is virtually suspended，and overseas suppliers have been asked to hold back deliveries．Yet，instead of joy，there is widespreaduneasiness and confusion．Why do food prices keep on rising，when there seems to be 80 much more food about？Is the abundance only temporary，or has it come to stay？Does it mean that we need to think less now about producing more food at home？No one knows what to expect． The recent growth of export surpluses on the world food market has certainly been unexpectedly great， partly because a strange sequence of two successful grain harvests in North America is now being followed by a thirdI Mrost of Britain’s overseas suppliers of meat，too，are offering more this year and home production has also raised． But the effect of all this on the food situation in this country has been made worse by simultaneous rise in food Drices，due chiefly to the gradual cutting down of government support for food．The shops are over- stocked with food not only because there is more food available but also because people，frightened by high prices，are buying 1ess of it．Moreover，the rise in domestic prices has come at a time when world prices have begun to fall with the resuit that imported food，with the exception of grain，is often cheaper than the home- Droduced variety． And now grain prices,to0，are falling．Consumers are beginning to ask why they should not be enabled to benefit from this trend．The significance of these developments is not lost on farmers． The older generations have seen it all happen before．Despite the present price and market guarantees,farmers fear they are about to be squeezed between cheap food imports and a shrinking home market．Present production is running at 5 1 percent above pre-war levels，and the government has called for an expansion to 60 percent by 1956；but repeated ministerial advice is carrying little weightand the expansion program is not working very well． The main purpose of the first paragraph is__________． [A]to show the reason of food shortage[B]to explain the conflict between the surplus of food supply and rising prices [C]to show the deteriorating living conditions of farmers[D]to analyze the market demand for food supply

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The Joy of LiVing Alone More and more Americans are living alone．Some live alone becau