Perhaps you think you could easily add to your happiness with more money. Strange as it mayseem, if you're unsatisfied, the issue is not a lack of means to meet your desires but a lack ofdesires—not that you cannot satisfy your tastes but that you don't have enough tastes. Real riches consist of well-developed and hearty capacities ( 能力) to enjoy life. Mostpeople are already swamped(淹没) with things. They eat, wear, go and talk too much.Theylive in too big a house with too many rooms, yet their house of life is a hut. Your house of life ought to be a mansion ( 豪宅) , a royal palace. Every new taste, everyadditional interest, every fresh enthusiasm adds a room. Here are several rooms your house oflife should have. Art should be a desire for you to develop simply because the world is full of beautifulthings. If you only understood how to enjoy them and feed your spirit on them, they wouldmake you as happy as to find plenty of hamburgers and eggs when you're hungry. Literature, classic literature, is a beautiful, richly furnished room where you might findmany an hour of rest and refreshment. To gain that love would go toward making you a richperson, for a rich person is not someone who has a library but who likes a library. Music like Mozart's and Bach's shouldn't be absent. Real riches are of the spirit. And whenyou've brought that spirit up to where classical music feeds it and makes you a little drunk,you have increased your thrills and bettered them. And life is a matter of thrills. Sports, without which you remain poor, mean a lot in life. No matter who you are, youwould be more human, and your house of life would be better supported against the bad days,if you could, and did, played a bit. Whatever rooms you might add to your house of life, the secret of enjoying life is to keepadding.【1】The author intends to tell us that____________.A.true happiness lies in achieving wealth by fair meansB.big houses are people's most valued possessionsC.big houses can in a sense bring richness of lifeD.true happiness comes from spiritual riches【2】The underlined sentence in the second paragraph probably implies that______.A.however materially rich, they never seem to be satisfiedB.however materially rich, they remain spiritually poorC.though their house is big, they prefer a simple lifeD.though their house is big, it seems to be a cage【3】It can be learned from the passage that __________.A.more money brings more happinessB.art is needed to make your house beautifulC.literature can enrich your spiritual lifeD.sports contribute mainly to your physical fitness【4】What would be the best title for the passage?A.House of Life B.Secret of WealthC.Rest and Refreshment D.Interest and Enthusiasm 4. I was desperately nervous about becoming car-free. But eight months ago our car was hit by apassing vehicle and it was destroyed. No problem, I thought: we’ll buy another. But the insurancepayout didn’t even begin to cover the costs of buying a new car—I worked out that, with the loanwe’d need plus petrol, insurance, parking permits and tax, we would make a payment as much as£600 a month.And that’s when I had my fancy idea. Why not just give up having a car at all? I live inLondon. We have a railway station behind our house, a tube station 10 minutes’ walk away,and a bus stop at the end of the street. A new car club had just opened in our area, and one ofits shiny little red Peugeots was parked nearby. If any family in Britain could live without acar, I reasoned, then surely we were that family. But my new car-free idea, sadly, wasn’t shared by my family. My teenage daughters werehorrified. What would their friends think about our family being “too poor to afford a car”? (Iwasn’t that bothered what they thought, and I suggested the girls should take the sameapproach.) My friends, too, were astonished at our plan. What would happen if someone got seriouslyill overnight and needed to go to hospital? (an ambulance) How would the children get to andfrom their many events? (buses and trains) People smiled as though this was another of mymad ideas, before saying they were sure I’d soon realize that a car was a necessity. Eight months on, I wonder whether we’ll ever own a car again. The idea that you “have to”own a car, especially if you live in a city, is all in the mind. I live—and many other citizens dotoo—in a place that has never been better served by public transport, and yet car ownershiphas never been higher. We worry about rising car costs, but we’d be better off askingsomething much more basic: do I really need a car? Certainly the answer is no, and I’m a lotricher because I dared to ask the question.【1】The author decided to live a car-free life partly because ______.

三、 阅读理解（共 3 题） 3. Perhaps you think you could easily add to your happiness with more money. Strange as it may seem, if you're unsatisfied, the issue is not a lack of means to meet your desires but a lack of desires—not that you cannot satisfy your tastes but that you don't have enough tastes. Real riches consist of well-developed and hearty capacities ( 能力) to enjoy life. Most people are already swamped(淹没) with things. They eat, wear, go and talk too much.They live in too big a house with too many rooms, yet their house of life is a hut. Your house of life ought to be a mansion ( 豪宅) , a royal palace. Every new taste, every additional interest, every fresh enthusiasm adds a room. Here are several rooms your house of life should have. Art should be a desire for you to develop simply because the world is full of beautiful things. If you only understood how to enjoy them and feed your spirit on them, they would make you as happy as to find plenty of hamburgers and eggs when you're hungry. Literature, classic literature, is a beautiful, richly furnished room where you might find many an hour of rest and refreshment. To gain that love would go toward making you a rich person, for a rich person is not someone who has a library but who likes a library. Music like Mozart's and Bach's shouldn't be absent. Real riches are of the spirit. And when you've brought that spirit up to where classical music feeds it and makes you a little drunk, you have increased your thrills and bettered them. And life is a matter of thrills. Sports, without which you remain poor, mean a lot in life. No matter who you are, you would be more human, and your house of life would be better supported against the bad days, if you could, and did, played a bit. Whatever rooms you might add to your house of life, the secret of enjoying life is to keep adding. 【1】The author intends to tell us that____________. A.true happiness lies in achieving wealth by fair means B.big houses are people's most valued possessions C.big houses can in a sense bring richness of life D.true happiness comes from spiritual riches 【2】The underlined sentence in the second paragraph probably implies that______. A.however materially rich, they never seem to be satisfied B.however materially rich, they remain spiritually poor C.though their house is big, they prefer a simple life D.though their house is big, it seems to be a cage 【3】It can be learned from the passage that __________. A.more money brings more happiness B.art is needed to make your house beautiful C.literature can enrich your spiritual life D.sports contribute mainly to your physical fitness 【4】What would be the best title for the passage? A.House of Life B.Secret of Wealth C.Rest and Refreshment D.Interest and Enthusiasm 4. I was desperately nervous about becoming car-free. But eight months ago our car was hit by a passing vehicle and it was destroyed. No problem, I thought: we’ll buy another. But the insurance payout didn’t even begin to cover the costs of buying a new car—I worked out that, with the loan we’d need plus petrol, insurance, parking permits and tax, we would make a payment as much as £600 a month. And that’s when I had my fancy idea. Why not just give up having a car at all? I live in London. We have a railway station behind our house, a tube station 10 minutes’ walk away, and a bus stop at the end of the street. A new car club had just opened in our area, and one of its shiny little red Peugeots was parked nearby. If any family in Britain could live without a car, I reasoned, then surely we were that family. But my new car-free idea, sadly, wasn’t shared by my family. My teenage daughters were horrified. What would their friends think about our family being “too poor to afford a car”? (I wasn’t that bothered what they thought, and I suggested the girls should take the same approach.) My friends, too, were astonished at our plan. What would happen if someone got seriously ill overnight and needed to go to hospital? (an ambulance) How would the children get to and from their many events? (buses and trains) People smiled as though this was another of my mad ideas, before saying they were sure I’d soon realize that a car was a necessity. Eight months on, I wonder whether we’ll ever own a car again. The idea that you “have to” own a car, especially if you live in a city, is all in the mind. I live—and many other citizens do too—in a place that has never been better served by public transport, and yet car ownership has never been higher. We worry about rising car costs, but we’d be better off asking something much more basic: do I really need a car? Certainly the answer is no, and I’m a lot richer because I dared to ask the question. 【1】The author decided to live a car-free life partly because ______. A. most families chose to go car-free B. the cost of a new car was too much C. he was hurt in a terrible car accident D. the traffic jam was unbearable for him 【2】What is the attitude of the author’s family toward his plan? A. Disapproving. B. Supportive. C. Optimistic. D. Unconcerned. 【3】What did the author suggest his daughters do about their friends’ opinion? A. Argue against it. B. Take their advice. C. Leave it alone. D. Think it over. 【4】What conclusion did the author draw after the eight-month car-free life? A. Life cannot go without a car. B. Life without a car is a little bit hard. C. His life gets improved without a car. D. A car-free life does not suit everyone. 5. One of my neighbors used to have a beautiful tree in her front yard. Her dad had planted it for her when it was nothing more than a twig(树枝) and several years later it started to shoot towards the sky with amazing speed. Soon it blessed her with cooling shade in the summer and glorious, golden leaves in the fall. When the two-day snowstorm struck our town, heavy snow fell on the tree’s branches that were still full of leaves. The weight split that lovely tree down the middle. It was so sad seeing half of it laying on the ground after the storm. When I talked to my neighbor later, she said that the damage had been too much and that the entire tree would have to be cut down. Thankfully she had saved a few saplings(树苗) from it that she hoped to replant in the future. Still, it was a shock to drive by her house the other day and see nothing but a stump in her front yard. I missed that tree. I missed its beauty, its leaves shinning in the afternoon sun. I missed seeing its limbs reach towards the heavens. I thought that the stump would be a sad reminder of its loss for a long time to come. My wonderful neighbor, though, had another plan. When I drove by her home today I saw a tiny bird feeder sitting on that stump and a colorful songbird having its dinner. It was such an affirmation of life. It was such a joy to see. I could feel my heart smile. Life by its very nature is a mixed bag. It hands us beauty and tragedy, love and loss, pleasure and pain. What we do with it, however, is up to us. We can let it split us in two, or we can use even its hardest times to make our souls stronger and our hearts more loving. We can spend it complaining or we can use it to help others. 【1】We know from the first paragraph that _____． A. the tree grew very slowly. B. the tree was so strong that it could bear any weight. C. the tree showed its beauty and benefits. D. the author’s neighbor was good at planting trees. 【2】The author’s neighbor left a stump in her front yard to use it as_____. A. a good reminder. B. a place to feed birds. C. a seat after dinner. D. a beautiful sculpture. 【3】What does the author mainly want to show in the passage? A. Life is determined by our attitude towards it. B. Life consists of pain and suffering. C. Life has beauty and tragedy. D. Life should be pleasant rather than painful.