What can be concluded from th…——2013 高考英语第 55 题答案解析

【考点】O5：科教类阅读．菁优网版权所有
【分析】本文是一篇议论文．作者通过自己的经历告诉我们什么是真正的幸福，我们应
该如何获得自己想要的幸福．
【解答】51．A 细节理解题．由文章第一段中的"…which seems to get rarer the older we
get．"可知，人们越老越觉得很难获得幸福．故选A．
52．C 推理判断题．在第五段作者讲述了自己的幸福观；在第六段作者讲述了自己因
能够不受打扰地写作而感到幸福，安静过后一家人在一起喧闹也感到幸福．由此可知作
者对日常生活是容易满足的．故选C．
53．D 推理判断题．由文章第七段中的"She did have a network of close friends and
family，and maybe this is what satisfied her．"可知，祖母有一群亲密的朋友和家人，或许
她正是因此而满足．由此可以推断出，祖母的幸福来自对生活的适度期盼．故选D．
54．B 细节理解题． 由文章倒数第二段最后一句"She did have a network of close friends and
family，and maybe this is what satisfied her"可知， 我们追逐幸福并以财富和成功来衡量它，
却没注意到那些拥有财富和成功的人们并不一定更幸福．由此可知，以财富和成功来衡
量幸福的人其实是对幸福施加了太多的压力．故选B．

【答案】D

【解析】主旨大意题．从作者对于幸福的论述我们可以看出，幸福就是对于自己已经拥有
的感到满足，而过分追求财富和成功只能给自己更大的压力，故选D．
【点评】解答细节理解题时，一个常用的方法就是运用定位法，即根据题干和选项中的
关键词从原文中找到相关的句子，与选项进行比较从而确定答案；推理判断题既要求学
生透过文章表面文字信息推测文章隐含意思，又要求学生对作者的态度、意图及文章细
节的发展作正确的推理判断，力求从作者的角度去考虑，不要固守自己的看法或观点．
第三部分：写作第一节：阅读表达（共1小题；每小题10分，满分10分）阅读短文，并
按照题目要求用英语回答问题．
21． （10分）My name is Clara．I still remember that chilly December day，sitting in science
class．I'd finished a worksheet early and picked up a TIME for Kids magazine．A piece of news
caught my eye：NASA was holding an essay contest to name its Mars rover（火星探测
器） ．Before I even knew anything else about it，a single word flooded my 11﹣year﹣old
mind，Curiosity．
I couldn't want for the bell to ring so I could get started on my essay．That afternoon，I raced

home，sat down at the computer，and typed until my fingers ached．"Curiosity is an everlasting
flame that burns in everyone's mind…"
Five months later，my mom received a phone call，and immediately，a wide smile spread across
her face．
On August 5，2012，at 10：31 p．m，the rover named Curiosity touched down safely on the
surface of Mars，and I was honored to have a front﹣row seat in NASA．
Curiosity is such an important part of who I am．I have always been fascinated by the stars，the
planets，the sky and the universe．I remember as a little girl，my grandmother and I would sit
together in the backyard for hours．She'd tell me stories and point out the stars，Grandma lived
in China，thousands of miles away from my home in Kansas，but the stars kept us together even
when we were apart．They were always there，yet there was so much I didn't know about
them．That's what I love so much about space．
People often ask me why we go to faraway places like Mares．My answer is simple because
we're curious．We human beings do not just hole up in one place．We are constantly wondering
and trying to find out what's over the hill and beyond the horizon．