北京20xx届高考预测试卷英语试题(编辑修改稿)

北京20xx届高考预测试卷英语试题(编辑修改稿)内容摘要：

counts is the bottom line． After all his madness, on this Father39。 s Day, like every Father39。 s Day, I39。 m no longer disabled． 59． What caused the author39。 s disability? A． A failed operation． B． The doctor39。 s forceps． C． An accident in a game． D． Shrunken and twisted muscles． 60． What do we learn from the passage? A． The author has a talent for boxing． B． The author achieved a lot thanks to his father39。 s love． C． The author became a baseball star with the help of his father． D． The author doesn39。 t think his father should be so strict with him． 61． Paragraph 3 suggests that the author39。 s father____. A． wouldn39。 t give up hope easily B． believed his son was a normal child C． blamed the doctors for his son39。 s disability D． couldn39。 t accept the truth that his son was disabled 62． The author wrote the passage to ____. A． remember his father B． encourage disabled children C． show the difficulty the disabled face D． give advice to the parents of disabled children C I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year round sun． You may think People ,n such an attractive, fun filled place are happier than others． If so you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness． Many intelligent people still think fun equals happiness． The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in mon． Fun is what we experience during an act． Happiness is what we experience after an act． It is a deep, longlasting emotion． Going to an amusement park or a ball game, watching a movie or television are fun activities that help us relax, temporally fet 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． They have constant access to exciting parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells happiness But in memoir（ 回忆录 ） after memoir, they expose Ac unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages and loneliness． Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying． If he is honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a mitment． For mitment 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 want． Couples with babies are lucky to get a whole night39。 s sleep． I don39。 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 realizations we can ever e to． It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can truly 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 frees us from envy: we now understand that all those rich and famous people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all． 63． What is the passage mainly about? A． Fun and happiness． B． Success and satisfaction． C． Marriage and mitment． D． Entertainment and responsibility． 64． The author probably agrees that ____． A． fun creates long lasting satisfaction B． long standing fun may lead to happiness C． fun is shortlived while happiness is longlasting D． fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happiness 65． What does the author think of marriage? A． It ends in pain． B． It means mitment． C． It affords greater fun． D． It leads to raising children． 66． If one gets the real meaning of happiness, he ____． A． will start a business B． won39。 t place too much value on money C． will seek for freedom D． won39。 t devote himself to his family D Time and how we experience it have always puzzled us． Physicists have created fascinating theories, but their time is measured by a pendulum （ 钟摆 ） and is not psychological time, which leaps with little regard to the clock or calendar． As someone who understood the distinction observed, When you sit with a nice girl for two hours it seems like a minute, but when you sit on a hot stove, a minute seems like two hours． Psychologists have long noticed that larger units of time, such as months and years, fly on swifter wings as we age． They also note that the more time is structured with schedules and appointments, the more rapidly it seems to pass． For example, a day at the office flies pared with a day at the beach． Since most of us spend fewer days at the beach and more at the office as we age, an increase in structured tune could well be to blame for why time seems to speed up as we grow older． Expectation and familiarity also make time seem to flow more rapidly． Almost all of us have had the experience of driving somewhere we’ve never been before. Surrounded by unfamiliar scenery, with no real idea of when we’ll arrive, we experience the trip as lasting a long time. But the return trip, although exactly as long, seems to take far less time. The novelty of the outward journey has bee routine. Thus taking a different route on occasions can often help slow the clock. When was bee as identical as identical as beads（小珠子） on a string, they mix together, and even months bee a single day. To counter this, try to find ways to interrupt the structure of your day— to stop time, so to speak. Learning something new is one of the ways to slow the passage of。