American Dictionary of the English Language. He has been called the “Father of American Scholarship and Education”. His “Blue-Backed Speller” books were used to teach spelling and reading to five generations of American children. But how much do you know about him beyond that?
At the age of 16, Noah Webster began attending Yale College. Unfortunately, he spent his four years at Yale during the American Revolutionary War, and, because of food shortages, many of his college classes were held in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Later, he served in the army.
Having graduated from Yale in 1778, Webster wanted to continue his education in order to earn his law degree. He had to teach school in order to pay for his education. He set up many small schools that didn't survive, but he was a good teacher because instead of forcing his students to learn, like most teachers did, he rewarded them.
He earned his law degree in 1781, but did not practice law until 1789. Once he started he found the law was not to his liking. Webster did not have much money.
In 1793, Alexander Hamilton lent him $1500 to move to New York City to edit a newspaper. In December, he founded New York 's first daily newspaper, American Minerva, and edited it for forty years. For decades, he published textbooks, political essays, a report on some diseases, and newspaper articles for his party, He wrote so much that a modern list of his published works required 655 pages .
Noah Webster died on May 28, 1843 and was buried in the Grove Street Cemetery. 28. What's the main idea of Paragraph l?
A. Webster's college education.
B. Webster's famous dictionary.
C. Webster's main achievements. D. Webster's daily routines. 29. Which of the following best describes Webster's life at Yale? A. Tough.. B. Tiring Smooth. D. Normal.
30. What did Noah want to be after graduation from Yale?
A. A scholar. B. A teacher. C. A headmaster. D. A lawyer.
31. Why was Webster a good teacher? A. Because he et up many small schools. B. Because he often rewarded his students. C. Because he graduated from Yale College. D. Because he forced his students to learn.
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Spending as little as $ 5 a day on someone else could significantly（较大地）
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C.
boost happiness, the team at the University of British Columbia found.
Their experiments on more than 630 Americans showed they were measurably (可测量出) happier when they spent money on others—even if they thought spending the money on themselves would make them happier.
“We wanted to test our theory that how people spend their money is at least as important as how much money they earn，” said Elizabeth Dunn，a psychologist（心理学家） at the University of British Columbia. They asked their 600 volunteers first to rate (评估) their general happiness，report their annual income (年收入) and detail their monthly spending including bills, gifts for themselves, gifts for others and donations to charity.
“No matter how much income each person made，those who spent money on others reported greater happiness, while those who spent more on themselves did not，” Dunn said in a statement.
Dunn's team also surveyed 16 employees at a company in Boston before and after they received an annual profit sharing bonus（红利）of between $ 3,000 and $ 8,000. “Employees who devoted more of their bonus to pro-social (支持社会) spending experienced greater happiness after receiving the bonus, and the manner in which they spent that bonus was a more important predictor of their happiness than the size of the bonus itself，” they wrote in their report, published in the journal
Science.
They gave their volunteers $ 5 or $ 20 and half and clear instructions on how to spend it. Those who spent the money on someone or something else reported feeling happier about it.
“These findings suggest that very minor changes in spending allocations （津贴）—as little as $ 5—may be enough to produce real gains in happiness on a given day，” Dunn said.
32. What is the general idea of the passage?
A．The more you earn, the greater happiness you will get. B．Spending more money on yourself will make you happier. C．You can spend only $ 5 a day on someone else to get happiness. D．If you spend money on someone else, you will feel happier.
33. The underlined word “boost” in the first paragraph probably means________.
A．help to find B．help to increase C．help to bring D．help to get
34. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
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A．Very small changes in spending your money may be enough to gain happiness. B．People usually think spending money on themselves will make them happier. C．Those who spend more money on others can get much more bonus.
D．Researchers think that how people spend their money is at least as important as how much money they earn. 35. Dunn is ________.
A．a psychologist at a university B． an employee in a company C．a reporter in a journal D．a volunteer in the experiment 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分,满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
“Three Apples” changed the world. The first one seduced (引诱) Eve. The second one awakened Newton. 36 Here are some famous words from Steve Jobs to share.
On Character
I’m the only person I know who’s lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year. 37
On good design
That’s been one of my mottoes — focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex — You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.
On his outlook （人生观）
38 Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me.
On your working life
Your work is to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. 39 If you haven’t found it, keep looking. Don’t settle.
On the importance of death
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. 40 No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.
A. Being the richest man in the cemetery (墓地) doesn’t matter to me. B. It’s very character-building.
C. And yet death is the destination we all share.
D. It’s really hard to design products by focusing on groups E. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.
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F. This is not a one-man show.
G. The third one was in the hands of Steve Jobs.
第三部分：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分,满分30分）
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As I held my father’s hands one night, I couldn’t help but notice their calluses(老茧）and roughness. His hands tell the story of his life as a 41 , including all his struggles.
One summer, I remember, a drought (旱灾）hit Ontario, turning it into a 42 desert. On one of those hot mornings I was picking sweet corn with my dad to fill the last 43 from the grocery store. Fifty dozen was all we needed, which 44 took twenty minutes. That morning, however, the process didn’t 45 quickly. After forty minutes of aimlessly walking in the field, we 46 needed twenty dozen. I was completely frustrated and 47 . Dropping the basket heavily, I declared, “If the store wants its last twenty dozen, they can pick it themselves.” Dad 48 , “Just think, my little girl, only ten dozen left for each of us and then we’re 49 .” Such is Dad—whatever problem he 50 , he never gives up.
51 , the disastrous (灾难性的) effects of the drought were felt all over our county. It was a challenging time for everyone, 52 Dad remained optimistic. He 53 to be grateful for other things like good health and food on our plates. Only then did I truly begin to 54 Dad and his faith that guided us through the hard times.
Dad is also a living example of real 55 . From dawn to dusk, he works countless hours to 56 our family. He always puts our happiness 57 his own, and never fails to cheer me on at my sports games 58 his exhaustion after long days. His loving and selfless nature has inspired me to become more sympathetic (同
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