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1、课时作业(二十二)必修5Unit 2The United Kingdom(限时：45分钟) .语法填空What on earth does happiness mean? I cant give you its exact definition, but Im sure if you love and help 1._， youll get it.Ill never forget an old lady. She lives in 2._ small house alone. It is said that her husband and her son 3._ (die)in a road
2、accident years ago. Her life is bitter, but she often helps others 4._ a smile. Whenever it snows, she is always the first to clean the paths. She looks after several children living nearby. I am one of them. I often remember the stories she told us and her kind smile. Perhaps she is unlucky, but I
3、think she is a happy person. Her life is full of 5._ (laugh)and love.But Im sad to see some people getting their happiness in bad ways. They talk 6._ (noisy)in cinemas and meeting rooms; they destroy trees to enjoy themselves and they laugh at others shortcomings. Perhaps they feel happy at that tim
4、e, 7._ they will never get true happiness because they 8._ (lose)their personality already.Now I know what happiness is. 9._ means kindness, love and unselfishness. Above all, I have come to understand that 10._ (bring)happiness to others is getting ourselves happiness.阅读理解AAs a wise man once said,
5、we are all ultimately alone. But an increasing number of Europeans are choosing to be so at an ever earlier age. This isnt the stuff of gloomy philosophical contemplations, but a fact of Europes new economic landscape, embraced by sociologists, realestate developers and ad executives alike. The shif
6、t away from family life to solo lifestyle, observes a French sociologist, is part of the “irresistible momentum of individualism” over the last century. The communications revolution, the shift from a business culture of stability to one of mobility and the mass entry of women into the workforce hav
7、e greatly wreaked havoc on(扰乱) Europeans private lives.Europes new economic climate has largely fostered the trend towards independence. The current generation of homealoners came of age during Europes shift from social democracy to the sharper, more individualistic climate of American style capital
8、ism. Raised in an era of privatization and increased consumer choice, todays techsavvy(精通技术的) workers have embraced a free market in love as well as economics. Modern Europeans are rich enough to afford to live alone, and temperamentally independent enough to want to do so.Once upon a time, people w
9、ho lived alone tended to be those on either side of marriagetwenty something professionals or widowed senior citizens. While pensioners, particularly elderly women, make up a large proportion of those living alone, the newest group of singles are high earners in their 30s and 40s who increasingly vi
10、ew living alone as a lifestyle choice. Living alone was conceived to be negativedark and cold, while being together suggested warmth and light. But then came along the idea of singles. They were young, beautiful, and strong! Now, young people want to live alone.The booming economy means people are w
11、orking harder than ever. And that doesnt leave much room for relationships. Pimpi Arroyo, a 35yearold composer who lives alone in a house in Paris, says he hasnt got time to get lonely because he has too much work. “I have deadlines which would make life with someone else fairly difficult.” Only an
12、ideal woman would make him change his lifestyle, he says. Kaufmann, author of a recent book called The Single Woman and Prince Charming, thinks this fierce new individualism means that people expect more and more of mates, so relationships dont last longif they start at all. Eppendorf, a blond Berli
13、ner with a deep tan, teaches grade school in the mornings. In the afternoon she sunbathes or sleeps, resting up for going dancing. Just shy of 50, she says shed never have wanted to do what her mother didgive up a career to raise a family. Instead, “Ive always done what I wanted to do: live a selfde
14、termined life.”11More and more young Europeans remain single because _Athey are driven by an overwhelming sense of individualismBthey have entered the workforce at a much earlier ageCthey have embraced a business culture of stabilityDthey are pessimistic about their economic future12What is said abo
15、ut European society in the passage?AIt has fostered the trend towards small families.BIt is getting closer to Americanstyle capitalism.CIt has limited consumer choice despite a free market.DIt is being threatened by irresistible privatization.13According to Paragraph 3, the newest group of singles are _Awarm and lighthearted Bon either side of marriageCnegative and gloomy Dhealthy and wealthy14The author quotes Eppendorf to show that _Asome modern women prefer a life of individual freedomBthe family is no longer the basic unit of society in presentday
