
When itcomes to a meaningful life, we might think of love, happiness and health. Alife filled with meaning is what most of us want for ourselves. Then, whatmakes a meaningful life?Manyresearchers agree that a meaningful life comes down to three factors (因素): havinglong-term goals, believing that one’s life matters, and feeling that one’s lifefits together and “makes sense”.But we believe there is more to consider. Sometimeslife enables us to experience small moments of beauty. When people are open toappreciating (欣賞) suchexperiences, these moments may improve how they see their own life. We callthis experiential appreciation (EA).

TheChinese knot, a folk art, has a long history. People first made them to recordinformation and send messages before they started to use words. The knots wereused for decoration (裝飾) and to express thoughts and feelings in theTang Dynasty. They were later popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties. But thisart wasn’t really accepted by the common people until the Qing Dynasty.

Melatonin(褪黑素) is produced by the body to control when you get sleepy and whenyou wake up. As night falls, the levels of melatonin rise, telling the bodythat it’s time for bed. And the levels naturally fall as daylight comes near,getting you ready to greet the day.

Flying kites Kites have quite a long history. The earliest kites were made ofwood, instead of paper. Nowadays, the three most famous kites are the Beijingkite, Tianjin kite, and Weifang kite. And they are quite different from eachother. For example, the swallow-shaped kite is a well-known Beijing style.

Once upona time, two brothers lived in a village. They were both famers and grew corn.The elder brother had many children to feed. The younger brother also had a bigfamily to look after. Although the brothers were poor, they lived happily.

Antarctica is a continent (大陸) of ice. There is hardlyany rain in Antarctica, so the Antarctic Desert becomes the driest desert inthe world. It is also the world’s largest desert by area.

Lu Junling, a security guard from Hebei University, became popularon the Internet. As an ordinary (平凡) person, though Lu Junling is more than 50 years old, hememorizes English vocabulary for CET 6 under the street lights every day justto improve himself. When he is free, he also writes novels and sings operas.That’s not all! Painting, music, kongfu, ancient poems, etc. are all hishobbies. So a number of people call him “treasure security guard (寶藏保安)”. Lu Junling said, “If I want to become an artist, I will alwayswork hard for my dream!” Mr. Lu’s words live in many people’s memory.

Electric cars may seem like a recent invention,but they have been around for years. In the early 1900s, there were ___16___ electric cars on the road than gasoline(汽油)cars,because at that time, gasoline was expensive compared with other fuels(燃料)

Electric cars may seem like a recent invention,but they have been around for years. In the early 1900s, there were ___16___electric cars on the road than gasoline(汽油)cars, because at that time,gasoline was expensive compared with other fuels(燃料), electriccars were more popular.

Choose the best choice fromA to F to finish the dialogue. You have one more answer. Each choice should beused only once.A: Hello, I’m a schoolnewspaper reporter. May I ask you some questions?B: ____46____

B: It’s about theexperiments three astronauts are doing on the space station.A: That’s great. I’minterested in space, so I want to be an astronaut like them.

彭德懷接著說(shuō):“我正從他家門(mén)前經(jīng)過(guò),停止著觀看這種示威。我看這些人一多半已餓個(gè)半死,而且我知道這個(gè)富人在他的倉(cāng)里有一萬(wàn)石以上的米??墒撬耆芙^幫助這些饑餓的人們。我激怒起來(lái)了,領(lǐng)導(dǎo)著農(nóng)民攻打并且沖進(jìn)他的家里。農(nóng)民運(yùn)走了他的倉(cāng)里的一大半糧,食。以后我想到這件事情時(shí),我不知道當(dāng)時(shí)為什么要那樣做。我只知道他應(yīng)該把米賣(mài)給窮人的,而且如果他不肯這樣做的話,那他們從他這里把米搶走,是很對(duì)的?!?/p>

(二)(4分)閱讀下面詩(shī)歌,完成下面小題。瀑布聯(lián)句李忱千巖萬(wàn)壑不辭勞,遠(yuǎn)看方知出處高。溪澗焉能留得住,終歸大海作波濤。14. 首句運(yùn)用了什么手法?有什么表達(dá)效果?15. 請(qǐng)簡(jiǎn)要分析最后兩句寄寓了作者怎樣的情懷?

有螳螂以這種奇特姿態(tài)一動(dòng)不動(dòng)地待著,目光死死地盯住大蝗蟲(chóng),對(duì)方移動(dòng),它的腦袋也跟著悄悄轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)。……蝗蟲(chóng)本是個(gè)長(zhǎng)腿的蹦跳者,善于高跳,輕而易舉地就能跳出對(duì)方利爪的范圍,可它卻偏偏傻乎乎地待在原地,甚至還慢慢地向?qū)Ψ娇拷?/p>

這種吸入式接種流程像喝咖啡。每人一只口杯,在酷似咖啡機(jī)的霧化器前接一杯霧化的疫苗,深吸氣,保持5秒,正常呼吸,疫苗就接種完成了。

夫所為求福而辭禍者,以??上捕溈杀?。人之所欲無(wú)窮,而物之可以足吾欲者有盡,美惡之辨戰(zhàn)乎中,而去取之擇交乎前。則可樂(lè)者常少,而可悲者常多。是謂求禍而辭福。夫求禍而辭福,豈人之情也哉?……是以美惡橫生,而憂樂(lè)出焉,可不大哀乎!

閱讀下面一首唐詩(shī),完成下面小題。送李侍御赴安西①高適行子對(duì)飛蓬,金鞭指鐵驄②。功名萬(wàn)里外,心事一杯中。虜障③燕支④北,秦城太白東⑤。離魂莫惆悵,看取寶刀雄!【注】①安西;即安西都護(hù)府,治所在今新疆庫(kù)車(chē)縣。②驄(cōng):毛色青白相間的馬。③虜障:類(lèi)似碉堡的防御工事。④燕支:山名,在今甘肅。⑤太白東:指秦嶺太白峰以東的長(zhǎng)安。

世上種種到頭來(lái)都會(huì)成為過(guò)去。心力衰竭時(shí),我安慰自己,這一切都會(huì)過(guò)去;當(dāng)我因成功洋洋得意時(shí),我提醒自己,這一切都會(huì)過(guò)去:窮困潦倒時(shí),我告訴自己,這一切都會(huì)過(guò)去;腰纏萬(wàn)貫時(shí),我也告訴自己,這一切都會(huì)過(guò)去。是的,昔日修筑金字塔的人早已作古,埋在冰冷的石頭下面,而金字塔有朝一日,也會(huì)埋在沙土下面。如果世上種種終必成空,我又為何對(duì)今天的得失斤斤計(jì)較?

Michelle,a famous lady, has found that more than 25% students are too fat in hercountry. It is a very serious problem. So she starts a Health Program to dealwith it. The Health Program is to reduce the number of fat students today andin the future.

My arms were shaking and my heart was beating ____19____when I stood at the starting line. ____20____ the endless runway (跑道), I felt like a boatfighting against the wind and rain.
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