children arc almost always part of an overall lifestyle of happiness, which is likely to include such things as marriage and religion. Charity
We've all heard that money doesn't buy happiness, and that’s certainly true. But there is one way to get it: Give money away.
The evidence is clear that gifts to charitable organizations and other worthy causes bring substantial life satisfaction to the givers. If you want $50 in authentic happiness today Just donate it to a favorite charity.
People who give money to charity are 43 percent more likely than nongivers to say they're very happy. Volunteers are 42 percent more likely to be very happy than nonvolunteers. It doesn’t matter whether the gifts of money go to churches or concerts; religious giving and unreligious giving leave people equally happy, and far happier than people who don't give. Even donating blood, an especially personal kind of giving, improves our attitude. Fundamentally, the more people give, the happier they get. Freedom
In fact, freedom and happiness are intimately related: People who consider themselves free are a lot happier than those who don't. In 2000 the General Social Survey revealed that people who personally feel \ were twice as likely as those who don't to say they’re very happy about their lives.
Not all types of freedom are the same in terms of happiness, however. Researchers have shown that economic freedom brings happiness, as does political and religious freedom. On the other hand, moral freedom ----a lack of constraints on behavior ----does not. People who feel they have unlimited moral choices in their lives when it comes to matters of sex or drugs, for example, tend to be unhappier than those who do not feel they have so many choices in life. Lessons for America
The data tell us that what matters most for happiness is not having a lot of things but having healthy values. Without these values，our jobs and our economy will bring us joyless riches. The facts can help remind us of what we should be paying attention to, as individuals and as families, if we want to be happy. Our happiness is simply too important to us -- and to America -- to do anything less.
51.What will probably bring about overall happiness?
A)To be satisfied with one's job. B) To earn a lot of money. C) To work for big companies. D) To gain a college degree. 52.Generally, men in marriage _____ than women in marriage. A) are probably under greater pressure B) are more inclined to feel they are happy C) are less likely to state they arc happy D) are contributing more to the family
53.According to the author, in what way can money bring happiness? A) Buy anything you want. B) Give your money away. C) Pay to listen to a concert. D) Own a large amount of it. 54.What rarely brings in happiness? A) Religious freedom. B) Economic freedom. C) Political freedom. D) Moral freedom.
Passage two
Reading is thought to be a kind of conversation between the reader and the text. The reader puts questions, as it were, to the text and gels answers. In the light of these he puts further questions, and so on.
For most of the time this “conversation” goes on below the level of consciousness. At times, however, we become aware of it. This is usually when we arc running into difficulties, when mismatch is occurring between expectations and meaning. When successful matching is being experienced, our questioning of the text continues at the unconscious level.
Different people converse with the text differently. Some stay very close to the words on the page, others take off imaginatively from the words, interpreting, criticizing, analyzing and
examining. The former represents a kind of comprehension which is written in the text. The latter represents higher levels of comprehension. The balance between these is important, especially for advanced readers.
There is another conversation which from our point of view is equally important, and that is to do not with what is read but with how it is read. We call this a “process”conversation as
opposed to a “content” conversation. It is concerned not with meaning but with the strategies we employ in reading. If we are an advanced reader our ability to hold a process conversation with a text is usually pretty well developed. Not so our ability to hold a content conversation. It is precisely this kind of conversation that is of importance when we are seeking to develop our reading to meet the new demands being placed upon us by studying at a higher level. 55.According to the author, when will our reading become conscious? A)When the readers expectations match with what is said in the text. B)When the reader has trouble understanding what the author says. C)When the reader asks tough questions and gets proper answers. D)When the reader understands a text with no difficulties. 56.At a lower level of comprehension, readers tend to_____. A)read a text slowly and carefully B)read without thinking hard
C)interpret a text in their own way D)focus on the meaning of words only
57.A “process” conversation has to do with____ . A)the application of reading strategies
B)matching our expectations with the meaning of a text C)the development of our ability to check the details D)determining the main idea of a text
58.According to the passage, it is of great importance for readers at a higher level to maintain a balance between_____.
A)conscious and unconscious levels of comprehension B)the reader's expectations and the meaning of a text C)lower and higher levels of comprehension D)interpreting and criticizing a text
Passage three
The poverty line is the lowest income that people need for an acceptable standard of living. People with income below the poverty line are considered poor. Economists study the causes of poverty in order to find solutions to the problem.
About ten percent of the people in the United States are below the poverty line. However, if these people had stable jobs, they could have an acceptable standard of living. Economists suggest several reasons why poor people do not have jobs.
For one thing, more than half of the people in the United States are not qualified to work. Over 40 percent of the poor people are children. By law, children less than 16 years old cannot work in many industries. And a large number of poor people are old. Many companies do not hire people over 65 years old.
Some poor adults do not look for jobs for a variety of personal reasons: they are sick, they have family problems, or they do not believe that they can find a job. Other poor people look for a job but cannot find one. Many poor adults never went to high school. Therefore, when they look for jobs, they have few skills that they can offer.
At the present time, the government thinks it can reduce poverty in the country in the following ways.
First, if the national economy grows, companies hire more workers. Some of the poor may find a job, and they will no longer be below the poverty line.
Second, if the government spends money on social programs, education and training for the poor people, the poor will have the skill to offer. Then it is more likely that they can find jobs. Finally, if the government distributes society's income differently, it raises some poor people above the poverty line. The government collects taxes from the non\poor. These payments to the poor are called welfare. Some economists are looking for better solutions to the poverty problem. However, at the present time, many people still depend on welfare to live a poor life. 59.The author's main purpose to write this article is _____. A)to inform us of what the poverty line is B)to explain why some people arc poor
C)to find solutions to the problem of poverty D)to show sympathy for those poor people
60.How many people are considered poor in the United States? A) More than 50 percent. B) About 10 percent. C) Over 16 percent. D) Over 40 percent.
61.Most of the American poor people are not qualified for employment because _____. A)they do not have motivation to work B)they are ill-educated and have few skills C)they are too young or too old to work D)they have physical and family problems 62.What can we infer from the passage?
A)Better solutions to the poverty problems are not yet found. B)Welfare system will enable people to become rich.
C)Poor people are bound to be rich if rich people help them. D)Employment is the best solution to the poverty problem. 第二节:英语理解，把意义相同的英汉语句匹配一起。
Part 1 A)On my way home, I helped to catch a thief who had robbed an old man of his wallet. B)Only Lijun knows how to get in touch with him. C)As soon as I went into the room, somebody came to show me where to sit. D)The driver took the old lady to a nearby hospital immediately. A)It is the best hotel that I have ever stayed in. B)Child as he is, Tom can recite more than one hundred poems. C)We should give him a chance to turn over a new leaf. D)It's a pity that you should have failed in the final exam last term. 63.司机赶快把老太太送到附近的医院。 64.我在问家的路上帮忙抓住了一个抢老人钱包的小偷。 65.只有李军知道怎样与她联系。 66.我一进屋就有人过来指点我坐在那里。 Part 2 67. 尽管汤姆还是个孩子，他能背诵一百多 首诗歌。 68. 你没能通过上学期的期末考试，真是太 遗憾了。 69. 我们应该给他一个改过自新的机会。 70. 这是我所住过的最好的旅馆。
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第四部分：翻译（Part IV Translation.本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分）
A节（Section A )英译汉，5个小题，要求将第三部分阅读理解材料中出现的五个划线句子译成汉语。
71.Things like earning a master's degree don't make people happy over an extended period of time.
72.The data tell us that what matters most for happiness is not having a lot of things but having healthy values.
73.There is another conversation which from our point of view is equally important, and that is to do not with what is read but with how it is read.
74.The poverty line is the lowest income that people need for an acceptable standard of living. People with income below the poverty line are considered poor.
75.The government collects taxes from the non-poor and gives money to the poor. These payments to the poor are called welfare.
B节（Section B )汉译英，5个小题，要求将下列5个句子译成英语。 76.她还太小不能回答这个问题。
77.据报导明年那里要修建一条新铁路。
78.他们告诉我，到年底他们在一起工作就要满三十年了。
79.今天早晨来找小杨的那个人你认识吗？
80.你最好把毛衣穿上，外边相当冷。
第五部分：写作（Part V Writing.共15分）
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled How to solve the Energy Problem You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below: 1.有人认为解决能源危机的方法是节约。 2.有人则认为开发新的能源是最好的方法。 3.我的看法。
2016年山东专升本英语真题附答案
