【考点】O5：科教类阅读
【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