【广东专用】2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(二十二)[必修5Unit2TheUnitedKingdom].docVIP

课时作业(二十二)　[必修5　Unit 2　The United Kingdom] (限时：45分钟) 　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Ⅰ.语法填空 What on earth does happiness mean? I cant give you its exact definition, but Im sure if you love and help 1.________， youll get it. Ill never forget an old lady. She lives in 2.________ small house alone. It is said that her husband and her son 3.________ (die)in a road accident years ago. Her life is bitter, but she often helps others 4.________ a smile. Whenever it snows, she is always the first to clean the paths. She looks after several children living nearby. I am one of them. I often remember the stories she told us and her kind smile. Perhaps she is unlucky, but I think she is a happy person. Her life is full of 5.________ (laugh)and love. But Im sad to see some people getting their happiness in bad ways. They talk 6.________ (noisy)in cinemas and meeting rooms; they destroy trees to enjoy themselves and they laugh at others shortcomings. Perhaps they feel happy at that time, 7.________ they will never get true happiness because they 8.________ (lose)their personality already. Now I know what happiness is. 9.________ means kindness, love and unselfishness. Above all, I have come to understand that 10.________ (bring)happiness to others is getting ourselves happiness. Ⅱ.阅读理解 A As a wise man once said, we are all ultimately alone. But an increasing number of Europeans are choosing to be so at an ever earlier age. This isnt the stuff of gloomy philosophical contemplations, but a fact of Europes new economic landscape, embraced by sociologists, real-estate developers and ad executives alike. The shift away from family life to solo lifestyle, observes a French sociologist, is part of the “irresistible momentum of individualism” over the last century. The communications revolution, the shift from a business culture of stability to one of mobility and the mass entry of women into the workforce have greatly wreaked havoc on(扰乱) Europeans private lives. Europes new economic climate