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1、 Unit 1 Festivals around the world.阅读理解A(2018安庆二模) As a child, I was generally happy, singing and dancing to my favorite songs, smiling and laughing with my friends and family. But as far back as second grade, I noticed a “darkness” about me. I didnt enjoy participating in many things.In middle scho
2、ol, things in my life began to get even worse. I began withdrawing from everything I once enjoyed. I was always tired. Everything was horrible. Finally, midway through eighth grade, I was told I had a chemical imbalance, diagnosed (诊断) with clinical depression, and had to take medicine. It took mont
3、hs for me to feel the effects of the medicine.When I began to feel happy again is when I realized that I had to take the responsibility for getting better myself, rather than relying on medicine.Aristotle said, “To live happily is an inward power of the soul，” and I believe that this quote describes
4、 what I had to do to achieve happiness. Happiness is a journey. Everyone seems to need different things to be happy.“The essentials (要素) to happiness are something to love, something to do, and something to hope for，”a quote from William Blake sums up what I believe people need to realize to be trul
5、y happy in life. People need love. I feel they need their family and their friends more than anything else in the world. People need work to do, something to make them feel they are making a difference in the world. People need to know that more good is to come in the future, so they continue to liv
6、e for “now” instead of constantly worrying about the bad that could come. Love and hope are happiness.【文章大意】作者根据自己克服抑郁症的经历总结出了幸福生活的要素。1What do we know about the author in Paragraph 2?AHe hated going to sleep because he couldnt sleep well.BHe spent months recovering from the clinical depression.CHe w
7、as diagnosed with clinical depression in Grade Seven.DHe suffered a great deal from clinical depression.答案与解析：D考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“I began withdrawing from everything I once enjoyed. I was always tired.Everything was horrible.Finally，midway through eighth grade, I was told I had a chemical imbalance, dia
8、gnosed with clinical depression，and had to take medicine.”可知，在中学时，作者受到临床抑郁症的折磨。故选D项。2Who helped the author to be happy again?AThe authors friends.BAristotle.CThe author himself. DWilliam.答案与解析：C考查细节理解。根据文章第三段第一句“When I began to feel happy again is when I realized that I had to take the responsibilit
9、y for getting better myself, rather than relying on medicine.”可知，作者并不是依赖药物而是靠自己克服病症，重新快乐起来。故选C项。3Which of the following about being truly happy is unnecessary in the authors opinion?ALove. BAmbition. CHope. DWork.答案与解析：B考查细节理解。根据文章最后一段第一句可知，作者认为幸福的要素包括爱、希望和工作。故选B项。4What may be the best title for the
10、 text?AThe Essentials to Happiness BWays to Overcome ShortcomingsCEveryone Needs to Be Happy DHappiness Is Love答案与解析：A考查主旨大意。通读文章，作者根据自己克服抑郁症的经历，总结出幸福生活的要素，文章最后一段具体阐述了要素的内容，由此可知A项契合文章主旨。B(2018长沙二模)The old Chinese saying “as happy as spending the New Year” might be outdated now in the busy modern wor
11、ld. The Spring Festival is regarded as the most important festival for Chinese people and an occasion for all family members to get together, like Christmas in the West. But many traditional customs accompanying the Spring Festival, however, have weakened in practice. Setting off fireworks was once
12、the most typical custom of the Spring Festival. People thought the sputtering (爆裂) sound could help drive away evil spirits. However, the activity has been completely or partially forbidden in big cities for years as the government has taken security, noise and pollution factors into consideration.
13、“In recent years, some cities have begun to allow people to light fireworks during limited hours at the Spring Festival, surrendering to (屈从于) public demand. Respecting folk traditions is a gesture of respect toward public opinion，” said Zhou Xing, a folklore researcher. “As people gain more income
14、and it becomes easier to buy daily goods, the New Year holiday is just like any other. After long workdays, many people use the New Year holiday to take a rest, rather than visiting friends and neighbors. The process of making and enjoying the family dinner on Spring Festival Eve is the most importa
15、nt thing. However, many families would like to eat out to save time and energy，” said Li Shunzhi, a resident of Harbin, Heilongjiang. “I enjoy the holidays very much in the countryside. My family has been preparing for the Spring Festival more than two weeks before the holiday, cleaning the house, b
16、uying holiday goods and decorating the house with paper cuttings. On New Years Eve, the whole family stays up to see the New Year in, and in the days to follow, a series of activities such as lion dancing, dragon lantern dancing, lantern festivals and temple fairs will be held. Without the ancient traditions, the holiday is nothing to us，” said Zhang Hui, from Hebei.【文
