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Americans gave nearly $300 billion away last year. Do you know the reason? Beyond the noble goals of helping others, it is that giving will make them happier.
It is a fact that givers are happier people than non-givers. According to the Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, a survey of 30,000 American households, people who give money to charity are 43% more likely than non-givers to say they are “very happy” about their lives. Similarly, volunteers are 42% more likely to be very happy then non-volunteers.
The happiness difference between givers and non-givers is not due to differences in their personal characteristics, such as income or religion. Imagine two people who are identical in terms of income and faith, as well as age, education, politics, sex, and family circumstances, but one donates money and volunteers, while the other does not. The giver will be, on average, over 40 percentage points more likely to be very happy than the non-givers.
A number of studies have researched exactly why charity leads to happiness. The surprising conclusion is that giving affects our brain chemistry. For example, people who give often report feelings of euphoria, which psychologists have referred to as the “Helper’s High”. They believe that charitable activity produces a very mild version of the sensations people get from drugs like morphine and heroin.
Of course, not only does giving increase our happiness, but also our happiness increases the possibility that we will give. Everyone prefers to give more when they are happy. Researchers have investigated this by conducting experiments in which people are asked about their happiness before and after they participate in a charitable activity, such as volunteering to help children or serving meals to the poor. The result is clear that giving has a strong, positive causal impact on our happiness, so does happiness on giving.
41. According to Paragraph 2. We can learn that . A. only those people who gave money to charity will be happy B. more givers say they feel having happy lives than non-givers C. those who donate money are happier than those who volunteer D. 42% of the volunteers say they are as happy as the non-volunteers 42. What causes the happiness difference? A. Income. A. relaxation
B. Faith . B. uncertainty
C. Education.
D. Donation.
D. pleasure
43. The underlined word “euphoria” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to . C. nervousness
44. If a person feels happy, he may . A. ask for more donations B. stop charitable activity C. be likely to give more D. cook food for the poor 45. Which of the following is the main theme of this passage? A. Giving brings happiness.
B. Americans love donating.
C. The happiness difference. D. Feelings of volunteers. 第二节 信息匹配(共5小题; 每小题2分, 满分10 分)
阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。
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首先请阅读以下几种巧克力的广告： A. Guittard Chocolate Truffles Favors We have got the perfect wedding favor for your guests, which will really win your guest over. Each truffles are made with some of the finest ingredients from Guittard with vintage chocolate. Available in 24 pcs per box. Don’t worry about left over, you will be having fun eating them while you assemble the favors together. B. Chocolate Covered Delight Square Come in our beautiful square, you can find a variety of chocolate such as Pastel chocolate covered apricots and cranberries, chocolate covered espresso mix, and powder dusted chocolate almonds make for a really fine gift. Everyone loves to choose chocolates freely! Furthermore, they are fresher than packaged ones. Dove Milk Chocolates Bouquet What better way to celebrate a special day than adding a little sweetness with luscious dreamy Dove Chocolate. It can let them know you are thinking of them and loving them. Two Dozen stemmed chocolate square dove chocolates, rose shaped. All bouquets include your gift message and a reusable container. Ferrero Rocher 48 count box At the heart of Rocher chocolates are a whole roasted hazelnut and creamy chocolaty filling inside a light, crispy wafer, all wrapped in milk chocolate and finely chopped hazelnuts. This beautiful clear box contains 48 gold foil wrapped chocolates, enough and perfect for your special gathering. Kinder Surprise Chocolate Egg Kinder Surprise eggs are those lovely milk chocolate eggs with white chocolate lining and a surprise toy, which often requires adults to figure out how to put it together! Kids all love Kinder eggs, because it is one of their favorite treats. The toys sometimes turn out to be collectors’ items too! Mars Snickers Bar The Snickers candy bar was introduced in 1930. Packed full of roasted peanuts caramel and milk chocolate. Packed with roasted peanuts, creamy nougat, rich caramel, and milk chocolate. Snickers candy bars will drive your taste buds wild. Snickers handles your hunger, so you can handle everything else! C. D. E. F. 下面是几位需要医学教育的学生，请为他们选择适合他们就读的大学： 下面是一些需要购买巧克力的人，请为她们选择项是和他们的巧克力：
46. Mr. And Mrs. Johnson are going to buy a gift fro their nephew Mike, who likes chocolate very much. They hope their gift can offer Mike more than delicious food, like bringing more fun and helping him develop a good hobby.
47. Aron is going to marry Maggie in this month, but this Valentine’s Day he can’t be with his fiancée because he is on a business trip. Therefore, he decides to buy some chocolates in special shape to express his love and missing.
48. After a 10 years’ leave, Isabella and her high school classmates will have a great party to celebrate the anniversary of graduation. Isabella hopes to share her favorite chocolate, which is with wafer and nuts, with her classmates.
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49. Emma and her husband have a habit to enjoy chocolate with their children every night when watching TV. In order to buy fresh and various chocolates at a lower price, she will choose those unpacked ones.
50. Cooper Smith is an enthusiastic fan of out-door sports. Each time he goes hiking or rafting, he will prepare everything carefully, including buying some handy chocolates for his body energy supply.
第三部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 基础写作(满分15分)
你是英语报的一名记者，最近对一位科学家进行了一次采访。以下是这次采访的情况： 【写作内容】 时间： 上周日 对象： 主题： 观点： 美国著名科学家James Watson 如何成为一名成功的科学家 (1)成为一名科学家，首先要热爱科学； (2)更重要的是，要不断实践，向其他成功的科学家学习； (3)如果要成功，努力是不够的，还需要有明确的目标。 每一个对科学充满好奇的孩子都应该努力去实现自己成为科学家的梦想。 建议： 【写作要求】 只能使用5个句子表达全部内容
【评分标准】 句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。 第二节 读写任务(满分25分)
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a box by his feet. He held up a sigh which read, “I am blind, please help.” there were only a few coins in the box. They boy felt sad.
A man walked by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the box. Then he took the sigh, turned it around and wrote some words. He put the sigh back so that everyone who recognized his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write? “
Then man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.” What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day but I can not see it.” 【写作内容】
1. 以约30个词概括短文的要点；
2. 然后以约120个词就”一个好主意“这个主题谈谈你的看法，内容包括：
1)结合以上故事，简单谈谈你对“好主意”的理解 2)请介绍你或你身边的人一个解决问题的好主意 3)怎样才能使自己常常有好主意： 【写作要求】
1. 在作文中可以使用自己亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
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汕头市2015年普通高中毕业班教学质量监测试题
英语全卷解析及讲评建议
第一部分 英语知识应用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节 完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 1-5BCDAB 6-10DADBD 11-15CAACD 第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
16.would kill 17.nothing 18.but 19.leaving 20.whether 21.It 22.to live 23.the 24.magically 25.which
第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节 阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
26-30BCCAD 31-35ABACD 36-40DACBB 41-45BDDCA 第二节 信息匹配(共5小题; 每小题2分, 满分10 分) 46-50ECDBF
第三部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 基础写作(满分15分)
Last Sunday, I conducted an interview with James Watson, a famous American scientist, talking about how to become a successful scientist. In his opinion, to be a scientist, you need to be fond of science at first. What’s more, you have to keep practicing as well as learn from other successful scientists. If you would like to be a successful one, besides working hard, you are supposed to set up clear goals as well. What James Watson suggested is that every child who is curious about science should spare no effort / make his effort to achieve the dream of becoming a scientist.
第二节 读写任务(满分25分) One possible version
A blind boy got little help when begging for money from others with some words written on a sign. But he finally attracted many pedestrians’ attention after a passer-by offered to rewrite those words, receiving much help.
The story shows the power of “a good idea”, which plays an significant role in our daily life. People with good ideas see things in an unusual and unique angle, showing an ability to catch inspiration of life and to finish their things efficiently / effectively.
Years ago, I came across a car accident on the way to school, seriously hurt, and was sent to hospital immediately. On hearing this, my parents rushed to the hospital. Knowing that I could not walk any more from the doctor, they were lost in deep despair. But my father stood on his feet with a good idea, telling everyone who knew the result not to inform me of the result but to say to me that the doctor said I would walk again. With the love and the encouragement from my parents, I kept doing physical training with confidence. Finally, I could walk by myself by a miracle, which surprised the doctor.
When it comes to how to get a good idea, I consider that we are supposed to acquire as much knowledge as possible, which provides a solid foundation for our good ideas. Besides, we should be open-minded, optimistic about life, share ideas with our friends who may have better ideas, and enlarge our reading to widen and enrich our mind.
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英语全卷成绩统计
题目 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 名称 B C D A B D A D B D C A A C D B C C A D A B A C D D A C B B B D D C A E C D 满分值 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 平均分 1.6909 0.7466 1.2896 0.7113 1.1588 0.9093 1.3063 1.2437 1.0201 0.2117 1.0313 0.9346 1.4035 1.089 1.0642 1.4213 1.6201 1.3472 1.0349 1.2939 0.9891 1.4857 1.3536 1.28 1.3975 1.6976 1.3531 1.61 1.3579 1.5101 1.4381 1.3083 1.2418 1.4558 1.4583 1.0759 1.643 1.5477 标准差 0.7229 0.9674 0.9571 0.9574 0.9873 0.9959 0.9519 0.9699 0.9998 0.6153 0.9995 0.9979 0.915 0.996 0.9979 0.9069 0.7846 0.9378 0.9994 0.9558 0.9999 0.8741 0.9354 0.96 0.9176 0.7165 0.9356 0.7924 0.9338 0.8601 0.8989 0.9513 0.9703 0.8901 0.8888 0.9971 0.7659 0.8367 及格率 0.8455 0.3733 0.6448 0.3557 0.5794 0.4547 0.6532 0.6218 0.51 0.1059 0.5157 0.4673 0.7017 0.5445 0.5321 0.7106 0.81 0.6736 0.5174 0.647 0.4946 0.7428 0.6768 0.64 0.6987 0.8488 0.6765 0.805 0.679 0.7551 0.719 0.6542 0.6209 0.7279 0.7291 0.5379 0.8215 0.7739 优秀率 0.8455 0.3733 0.6448 0.3557 0.5794 0.4547 0.6532 0.6218 0.51 0.1059 0.5157 0.4673 0.7017 0.5445 0.5321 0.7106 0.81 0.6736 0.5174 0.647 0.4946 0.7428 0.6768 0.64 0.6987 0.8488 0.6765 0.805 0.679 0.7551 0.719 0.6542 0.6209 0.7279 0.7291 0.5379 0.8215 0.7739 区分度 0.4277 0.1426 0.4307 0.4489 0.5359 0.4032 0.5135 0.196 0.5866 0.0872 0.3389 0.4577 0.5252 0.1296 0.6021 0.6965 0.5089 0.5518 0.6561 0.6795 0.5901 0.6225 0.694 0.6665 0.6376 0.4751 0.7663 0.583 0.5716 0.6006 0.6755 0.7324 0.7191 0.6023 0.6381 0.6927 0.3037 0.5549 得分率 0.8455 0.3733 0.6448 0.3557 0.5794 0.4547 0.6532 0.6218 0.51 0.1059 0.5157 0.4673 0.7017 0.5445 0.5321 0.7106 0.81 0.6736 0.5174 0.647 0.4946 0.7428 0.6768 0.64 0.6987 0.8488 0.6765 0.805 0.679 0.7551 0.719 0.6542 0.6209 0.7279 0.7291 0.5379 0.8215 0.7739 普通高中毕业班教学质量监测 英语 第1页(共2页)
49 50 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 51 52 53 客观分 主观分 全卷
B F 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 基础写作 52 听说 题目数40 题目数13 全卷 2 2 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 15 25 15 80 70 150 1.4951 1.7301 0.3893 0.2193 0.8828 1.0403 0.5529 1.1254 0.7632 0.6064 0.6846 0.9156 7.2001 10.4115 6.5495 50.9569 31.3408 82.2977 0.8688 0.6834 0.6576 0.53 0.7381 0.6916 0.7236 0.6493 0.7499 0.7361 0.7471 0.7315 3.6717 6.1321 3.0334 17.4809 15.7136 32.055 0.7476 0.865 0.2595 0.1462 0.5885 0.6935 0.3686 0.7503 0.5088 0.4042 0.4564 0.6104 0.4144 0.3147 0.2819 0.6243 0.3146 0.4898 0.7476 0.865 0.2595 0.1462 0.5885 0.6935 0.3686 0.7503 0.5088 0.4042 0.4564 0.6104 0.109 0.0366 0.037 0.3313 0.0246 0.1036 0.5833 0.3485 0.6346 0.3841 0.562 0.7132 0.7764 0.6227 0.8095 0.5175 0.9144 0.8499 0.5292 0.5345 0.4325 0.5244 0.5423 0.552 0.7476 0.865 0.2595 0.1462 0.5885 0.6935 0.3686 0.7503 0.5088 0.4042 0.4564 0.6104 0.48 0.4165 0.4366 0.637 0.4477 0.5487 普通高中毕业班教学质量监测 英语 第2页(共2页)