42______
 
　　【答案】F (Be easily pleased)
 
　　【解析】該段通過舉例來說明段落主題，提到it cost less than a fiver but she was overjoyed，本句話的含義是"雖然禮物不值錢，但是讓她特別開心"。并且核心詞overjoyed與小標題F中pleased屬于近義詞。該段第二句話在轉(zhuǎn)折后提到the reality is these things have little lasting impact on our happiness levels，即"這些東西對我們的幸福水平影響很小。"接著最后一句總結(jié)到"感激生活中的小事情是提升我們幸福感的一個好方式"，因此本段重點在于強調(diào)要感激生活中的小事情，所以正確答案是F選項。
 
　　A couple of Christmases ago, my youngest stepdaughter, who was 9 years old at the time, got a Superman T-shirt for Christmas. It cost less than a fiver but she was overjoyed, and couldn't bigger house or better car will be the magic silver bullet that will allow us to finally be content, but the reality is these things have little lasting impact on our happiness levels. Instead, being grateful for small things every day is a much better way to improve wellbeing.
 
　　43_______
 
　　【答案】A (Be silly)
 
　　【解析】該段開頭提及一個問題，那么問題的答案正是本段的中心句。第二句正是對問題的解答，根據(jù)本句話的前半部分：if we adults could indulge in a bit of silliness and giggling, 核心詞silliness與選項A中的silly為同源詞，因此確定選項A為正確答案。
 
　　Have you ever noticed how much children laugh? If we adults could indulge in a bit of silliness and giggling, we would reduce the stress hormones in our bodies, increase good hormones like endorphins, improve blood flow to our hearts and ever have a greater chance of fighting off infection. All of which would, of course, have a positive effect on our happiness levels.
 
　　44______
 
　　【答案】B (Have fun)
 
　　【解析】首先明確本段中第二句為轉(zhuǎn)折句，在找段落中心時，是必讀部分。本句話含義是"成年人有能力按照自己的想法去享受時光(enjoy the things)"，緊接著下句舉例說明享受的這些快樂的事情分別有哪些。因此本段重點在于說明成年人可以按照自己的意愿享受快樂時光。故選擇 Have fun。
 
　　The problem with being a grownup is that there's an awful lot of serious stuff to deal with-work, mortgage payments, figuring out what to cook for dinner. But as adults we also have the luxury of being able to control our own diaries and it's important that we schedule in time to enjoy the thing we love. Those things might be social, sporting, creative or completely random (dancing around the living room, anyone?)-it doesn't matter, so long as they're enjoyable, and not likely to have negative side effects, such as drinking too much alcohol or going on a wild spending spree if you're on a tight budget.
 
　　45______
 
　　【答案】E (Don't overthink it)
 
　　【解析】該段主題句是段落首句it's important to add that we shouldn't try too hard to be happy，強調(diào)"我們不應該著急要快樂"。第二句借科學家的話提到這樣做的不良影響，下文更是引用哲學家莊子的話來證明這一論點，最后一句再次突出，我們應以孩子為榜樣，對于孩子來說，快樂不是一個目標，而是他們生活方式的自然副產(chǎn)品�？梢�，該段整體上是總分的結(jié)構(gòu)，先提出論點再論證。此外too hard與選項E中的overthink屬于近義表達，natural與overthink是反義復現(xiàn)。因此，答案選E。
 

　　Having said all of the above, it's important to add that we shouldn't try too hard to be happy. Scientists tell us this can back fire and actually have a negative impact on our wellbeing. As the Chinese philosopher Chuang Tzu is reported to have said: "Happiness is the absence of striving for happiness." And in that, once more, we need to look to the example of our children, to whom happiness is not a goal but a natural byproduct of the way they live.
 

Section III Translation
 
　　46.Directions:
 
　　Translate the following text into Chinese. Write your translation on the ANSWER SHEET. (15 points)
 
　　The supermarket is designed to lure customers into spending as much time as possible within its doors. The reason for this is simple: The longer you stay in the store, the more stuff you'll see, and the more stuff you see, the more you'll buy. And supermarkets contain a lot of stuff. The average supermarket, according to the Food Marketing Institute, carries some 44,000 different items, and many carry tens of thousands more. The sheer volume of available choice is enough to send shoppers into a state of information overload. According to brain-scan experiments, the demands of so much decision-making quickly become too much for us. After about 40 minutes of shopping, most people stop struggling to be rationally selective, and instead began shopping emotionally-which is the point at which we accumulate the 50 percent of stuff in our cart that we never intended buying.
 
　　【參考譯文】超市旨在吸引顧客在自己店內(nèi)停留盡量長的時間。原因很簡單：顧客在店里停留的時間越長，看到的商品就會越多；而看到的商品越多，你就會買的越多。超市有大量商品。根據(jù)食品營銷研究院所說，普通超市大概有44000種不同的商品；很多超市更是會比普通超市多上萬種商品。眾多選擇足以讓顧客面臨各種信息，不堪重負。根據(jù)腦部掃描實驗，需要做這么多的決定很快就會使我們難以承受。大約購物40分鐘以后，大部分顧客就無法試圖做出理性的選擇，而會沖動購物--此時，在購物車里，我們已經(jīng)裝了一半根本沒想買的東西。