【创新设计】2015高考英语(浙江专用)大二轮总复(13)

【创新设计】2015高考英语(浙江专用)大二轮总复习仿真模拟卷一]

答案 C

48．According to the passage，in Formula E

________________________________________________________________________.

A．the final event will be held in Beijing

B．cars are powered by petrol

C．tires will be changed at the stops

D．night events will be included Racing

解析 细节理解题。根据Formula E Racing(一级方程式赛车)这段的第七行“the event will be made up for with...and night events”可知D项正确。

答案 D

49．Which of the following statements is true?

A．The Daily Telegraph will make 2014 a special year.

B．Consumers will benefit a great deal from Provenance.

C．VASIMR will make it possible for people to go to Mars.

D．Transparent shopping will raise people's awareness of health.

解析 细节理解题。根据最后一段内容，尤其是最后一句“the site will help shoppers make better choices...to improve their environmental and social influence.”可知这种搜索引擎的确会让消费者获益匪浅。

答案 B

C

It has been said that“Happiness is like a butterfly which，when run after，is always beyond our grasp，but which，if you sit down quietly，may dance beside you.”

Social scientists have caught the butterfly.After 40 years of research，they find happiness results from three major origins：genes(基因)，events and values.Armed with this knowledge and a few simple rules，we can improve our lives and the lives of those around us.We can even construct a system that carries out our founders' promises and gives Americans the power to seek happiness.

Scientists have studied happiness for decades.They begin simply enough—by asking people how happy they are.

The data available to social scientists is the University of Chicago's General Social Survey，a survey of Americans conducted since 1972.The numbers on happiness from the survey are surprisingly similar.Every other year for four decades，about a third of Americans have said they're “very happy” and about half report being “pretty happy.”Only about 10 to 15 percent typically say they're “not too happy.”Scientists have used advanced techniques to check these responses，and such survey results have proved accurate.

Beneath these averages are some differences.For many years，researchers found that women were happier than men，although recent studies show that the gap has narrowed or may even have changed to the opposite.Politicians might be interested to learn that traditional women feel particularly happy：about 40 percent say they are very happy.That makes them slightly happier than traditional men and obviously happier than open－minded women.The unhappiest of all are open－