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辽宁省五校协作体2014-2015学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题 第Ⅰ卷 第一部分：听力：（略）(1-20) 第二部分：阅读理解：（共两节，满分40分） 第一节：（共15小题， 每题2分，共30分）阅读下列短文， 选出正确选项。 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A As a kid，I felt my happiness would be based on whether I could fulfill all my needs and wants. If I was rich，I would definitely be content with my life. My father always stressed （强调）his belief in happiness. I can remember him lecturing me about how money does not make one happy and how other things in life such as health，family，friends，and memorable experiences make a person genuinely happy. At that time in my life，I did not put any thought into his words as usual. At a young age，I noticed the media seemed to portray(描绘) the wealthy as happy people that add value to our society. At high school I still sought a career that would produce a high salary. After my second year of college，I started my first job in an accounting department，where I found myself extremely bored. Every day I had to do boring work. In addition，I had to live away from friends and family. I noticed having money to spend when you are by yourself was not satisfying. I began to think back to what my dad always said. After two months on the job，I truly realized that a more satisfying experience for me would have been doing an ordinary part-time job for far less money. No matter how high the salary of this position was，I would never be capable of fulfilling a happy life and making a career out of this job. As the summer drew to a close，I truly understood the meaning of my dad’s words. The term “wealth” is a broad term，and I believe the key to happiness is to become wealthy in great memories，friends，family，and health. ．When the author was a kid，________. A．he suffered a lot from being poorB．it worried him whether he could live happily C．he didn’this father’s advice seriously D．his attitude to life was greatly influenced by his father．Through his experience，the author wan