2021年上海市閔行區(qū)高考英語二模試卷

2021年上海市閔行區(qū)高考英語二模試卷

I.ListeningComprehensionSectionADirections：InSectionA，youwillheartenshortconversationsbetweentwospeakers.Attheendofeachconversation，aquestionwillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Theconversationsandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaconversationandthequestionaboutit，readthefourpossibleanswersonyourpaper，anddecidewhichoneisthebestanswertothequestionyouhaveheard.1．(★★★★★)A.A?bank?officer.

B.A?policeman.

C.A?lawyer.

D.A?delivery?man.2．(★★★★★)A.Unpleasant?atmosphere.

B.Terrible?food.

C.Slow?service.

D.Unacceptable?price.3．(★★★★★)A.Cloudy.

B.Clear.

C.Rainy.

D.Overcast.4．(★★★★★)A.Work?in?groups.

B.Give?presentations.

C.Turn?in?their?homework.

D.Check?their?answers.5．(★★★★★)A.Depressed.

B.Uncertain.

C.Sad.

D.Relived.6．(★★★★★)A.Make?a?medical?appointment.

B.Give?the?man?a?ride.

C.Buy?the?man?some?medicine.

D.Take?the?man?to?the?hospital.7．(★★★★★)A.To?participate?in?a?skiing?race.

B.To?apply?for?a?new?job.

C.To?begin?a?new?career.

D.To?sell?the?house?in?Italy.8．(★★★★★)A.He'll?accept?the?job.

B.He?is?busy?on?Sunday.

C.He?will?not?work?on?Sunday.

D.He?will?turn?down?the?offer.9．(★★★★★)A.Differences?in?customs.

B.Differences?in?pronunciations.

C.Differences?in?words.

D.Differences?in?accents.10．(★★★★★)A.He?knows?very?little?about?John.

B.John?doesn't?deserve?the?promotion.

C.John?should?earn?more?money.

D.He?doesn't?care?for?the?news.

SectionBDirections：InSectionB，youwillheartwoshortpassagesandonelongerconversation，andyouwillbeaskedseveralquestionsoneachofthepassagesandtheconversation.Thepassagesandtheconversationwillbereadtwice，butthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Whenyouhearaquestion，readthefourpossibleanswersonyourpaperanddecidewhichonewouldbethebestanswertothequestionyouhaveheard.11．(★★★★★)（1）A.Dogs?become?tired?out.

B.Cats?are?very?happy.

C.Dogs?feel?enjoyable.

D.Cats?get?injured?easily.

（2）A.They?misunderstand?each?other.

B.They?are?worried?about?their?behaviors.

C.They?enjoy?exactly?the?same?hobbies.

D.They?wave?their?tails?too?often.

（3）A.Dogs?are?good?at?hunting?animals.

B.Dogs?don't?like?cats?naturally.

C.Cats?usually?like?playing?with?dogs.

D.Dogs?and?cats?can?possibly?live?in?harmony.12．(★★★★★)（1）A.Record?studios.

B.Individual?persons.

C.Social?media.

D.Live?concerts.

（2）A.They?should?start?their?career?on?their?own.

B.They?should?get?advice?from?the?talented?musicians.

C.They?should?use?online?stages?fully?to?become?noticeable.

D.They?should?seek?cooperation?with?recording?companies.

（3）A.Comparison?of?musicians?living?at?different?ages.

B.Advice?for?those?who?want?to?stand?out?in?music?career.

C.The?development?of?music?styles?at?present.

D.People's?different?attitudes?toward?different?musicians.13．(★★★★★)（1）A.It's?not?big?enough.

B.It's?out?of?their?budget.

C.There?is?no?garden.

D.The?kitchen?is?too?small.

（2）A.It's?within?the?price?range.

B.It's?spacious?for?the?family.

C.It's?in?bad?conditions.

D.It's?ideally?located.

（3）A.The?unacceptable?rent.

B.The?inconvenient?location.

C.The?noise?around.

D.The?incomplete?equipment.

（4）A.Go?on?looking?for?an?apartment.

B.Decorate?their?new?apartment.

C.Move?to?the?basement?suite.

D.Buy?new?furniture.

II.GrammarandvocabularySectionADirections：Afterreadingthepassagebelow，fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword，fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword；fortheotherblanks，useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.14．(★★★)Everywhere?I?look?outside?my?home?I?see?people?busy?on?their?high-tech?devices,while?driving,walking,shopping,even?sitting?in?toilets.（1）Whenconnected?electronically,they?are?away?from?physical?reality.

?People（2）havebeeninfluenced（influence）to?become?technology?addicted.One?survey?reported?that"addicted"was?the?word?most?commonly?used?by?people（3）todescribe（describe）their?relationship?to?iPad?and?similar?devices.One?study?found?that?people?had?a?harder?time（4）resisting（resist）the?temptation?of?social?media?than?they?did?for?sleep,cigarettes?and?alcohol.

?The?main?goal?of?technology?companies?is?to?get?people?to?spend?more?money?and?time?on?their?products,not?to?actually?improve?our?quality?of?life.They?have?successfully?created?a?cultural?disease.I?see?people（5）trapped（trap）in?a?pathological（病態(tài)的）relationship?with?time-consuming?technology,（6）

wherethey?serve?technology?more?than?technology?serves?them.I?call?this?technology?servitude（奴役）.I?am?referring?to?a?loss?of?personal?freedom?and?independence（7）becauseof/thanksto/owingtouncontrolled?consumption?of?many?kinds?of?devices?that?eat?up?time?and?money.

?What?is?a?healthy?use?of?technology?devices？That?is?the?vital?question.Who?is?really?in?charge?of?my?life？That?is?what?we?need?to?ask（8）ourselvesif?we?are?to?have?any?chance?of?breaking?up?false?beliefs?about?the?use?of?technology.When?we?can?live?happily?without?using?so?much?technology?for?a?day?or?a?week,then?we?can?regain?control?and?personal?freedom,become?the?master?of?technology?and?discover?what?there?is?to?enjoy?in?life?free?of?technology.Mae?West?is?famous?for?the?wisdom?that"too?much?of?a?good?thing?is?wonderful."（9）Butit's?time?to?discover?that?it?does?not?work?for?technology.

?Richard?Fernandez,an?executive?coach?at?Google?acknowledged?that"we?can?be?swept?away?by?our?technologies."To?break?the?grand?digital?connection,people?must?consider（10）howlife?long?ago?could?be?fantastic?without?today's?overused?technology.

SectionBDirections：Fillineachblankwithaproperwordchosenfromthebox.Eachwordcanbeusedonlyonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.15．(★★★★)Celebrity（名人）has?become?one?of?the?most?important?representatives?of?popular?culture.Fans?used?to?be?crazy?about?a?specific?film,but?now?the?public?tends?to?base?its?consumption?on?the?interest?of?celebrity（1）Cto?any?given?product.Besides,fashion?magazines?have?almostabandoned?the（2）Kof?putting?models?on?the?cover?because?they?don't?sell?nearly?as?well?as?famous?faces.As?a?result,celebrities?have?realized?their?unbelievably?powerful?market（3）A，moving?from?advertising?for?others'products?to?developing?their?own.

?Celebrity?clothing?lines?aren't?a?completely?new?phenomenon,but?in?the?past,they?were?typically?aimed?at?the?ordinary?consumers,and?limited?to?a?few?TV?actresses.Today?they're?started?by?first-class?stars?whose?products?enjoy（4）Hfame?with?some?world?top?brands.The?most?successful?start-ups?have?been?those?by?celebrities?with?specific?personal?style.As?celebrities?become?more?and?more?experienced?at?the?market,they?try?to（5）Gtheir?production?scale?rapidly,covering?almost?all?the?products?of?daily?life.

?However,for?every?success?story,there's?a?related?warning?tale?of?a?celebrity?who?overvalued?his?consumer（6）F.No?matter?how?famous?the?product's?origin?is,if?it?fails?to?impress?consumers?with?its?own?qualities,it?begins?to?resemble?an?exercise?in?self-promotional?marketing.And?once?the（7）Dattention?dies?down,consumer?interest?might?fade,loyalty?returning?to?tried-and-true?labels.

?Today,celebrities?face?even?more?severe?embarrassment.The?pop-cultural?circle?might?be?bigger?than?ever,but?its?rate?of?turnover?has?speeded?up?as?well.Each?misstep?is?likely?to（8）Jto?reduce?a?celebrity's?shelf?lifeand?the?same?newspaper?or?magazine?that?once?brought?him?fame?has?no?problem?picking?him?to?pieces?when?the?opportunity?appears.Still,the?ego's（自我的）potential?for?expansion?is（9）B.Having?already?achieved?great?wealth?and?public（10）I，many?celebrities?see?fashion?as?the?next?frontier?to?be?conquered.As?the?saying?goes,success?and?failure?always?go?hand?in?hand.Their?success?as?designers?might?last?only?a?short?time,but?fashion-like?celebrity-has?always?been?temporary.A.potential??B.limitless??C.attached??D.initial??E.promotion??F.appeal??G.expand??H.equal??I.recognition

J.threaten???K.practice

III.ReadingComprehensionSectionADirections:ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagetherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA,B,CandD.Fillineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.16．(★★★★)Many?things?happen?when?people?are?ageing.Apart?from?the?greying?hair?and?wrinkled?skin,there?is?a（n）（1）Cchange?which?comes?with?older?age.When?humans?reach?their?later?years,they?favour?more?long-term（2）Band?their?social?circle?is?reduced.

?Now,for?what?appears?to?be?the?first?time,scientists?have?seen?the?same（3）Din?another?species.Twenty?years?of?observations?of?chimpanzees（猩猩）reveal?that?older?males?choose?to?keep?contact?with?their（4）Afriends?at?the?expense?of?other?relationships.

?The?researchers?studied78，000hours?of?observations?made?between1996and2016that?followed?the?social（5）Cof21male?chimpanzees?between?the?ages?of15and58years?old.They?classified?the?chimps'（6）Bdepending?on?the?amount?of?time?they?sat?with?others?and?groomed（梳毛）them.They?then?rated（分類）the?various?pairings?as?mutual（相互的）friendships,where?both?chimps?seemed?to?enjoy?the?relationship；（7）Dfriendships,where?one?chimp?was?more?keen?to?be?friends?than?the?other；and?non-friendships,where?neither?chimp?showed（8）Cthe?other.

?When?the?scientists?looked?at?the（9）Aof?friendships,they?found?that?the?older?chimps?had?more?mutual?friendships?and?fewer?one-sided?friendships?than?younger?chimps.Another（10）Cseen?in?older?humans?was?also?spotted?in?the?chimps.As?the?males?got?older,their?levels?of（11）Bgradually?become?less,meaning?they?started?fewer?fights?and?tended?to?threaten?others?in?their?group?less?often.

?The?observations?have?left?the?researchers（12）D.According?to?an?idea?in?psychology?known?as?socio-emotional?selectivity?theory,older?humans?prefer?more（13）Brelationships?because?they?are?aware?that?time?is?running?out.However?many?animal?experts?argue?that?chimpanzees（14）Athe?human?sense?of?mortality（死亡），suggesting?something?else?is?driving?the?behaviour.

?Robin?Dunbar,a?professor?of?evolutionary?psychology?at?the?University?of?Oxford,said?in?humans,the（15）Csocial?circles?with?age?is?due?to?declining?social?motivation?to?get?out?and?meet?people?combined?by?lack?of?opportunity.In?chimpanzees,as?older?males?compete?less?for?mates,they?may?focus?on?close,reciprocal（互惠的）relationships?with?trusted?partners,he?said.

（1）A.physicalB.intellectualC.emotionalD.functional（2）A.habitsB.friendsC.tasksD.ideas（3）A.problemB.obstacleC.struggleD.behaviour（4）A.establishedB.respectiveC.experiencedD.thoughtful（5）A.skillsB.reputationsC.interactionsD.positions（6）A.intelligenceB.relationshipsC.popularityD.performances（7）A.easy-goingB.warm-heartedC.self-relyingD.one-sided（8）A.respectforB.couragetoC.interestinD.loyalty?to（9）A.patternsB.importanceC.meaningsD.development（10）A.instinctB.disadvantageC.featureD.belief（11）A.responsibilityB.aggressionC.reliabilityD.advancement（12）A.delightedB.amusedC.relivedD.puzzled（13）A.unknownB.positiveC.insecureD.senseless（14）A.lackB.obtainC.imitateD.abandon（15）A.absence?fromB.isolationfromC.decreaseinD.distinction?in

SectionBDirections：Readthefollowingthreepassages.Eachpassageisfollowedbyseveralquestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA，B，CandD.Choosetheonethatfitsbestaccordingtotheinformationgiveninthepassageyouhavejustread.17．(★★★)Each?day,10-year-old?Seth?asked?his?mom?for?more?and?more?lunch?money.Yet?he?seemed?skinnier?than?ever?and?came?home?from?school?hungry.It?turned?out?that?Seth?was?handing?his?lunch?money?to?fifth?grader,who?was?threatening?to?beat?him?up?if?he?didn't?pay.

?Most?kids?have?been?made?fun?of?by?a?brother?or?a?friend?at?some?point.And?it's?not?usually?harmful?when?done?in?a?playful?and?friendly?way,and?both?kids?find?it?funny.But?when?teasing?becomes?hurtful,unkind,and?constant,it?crosses?the?line?into?bullying?and?needs?to?be?stopped.

?Bullying?is?intentional?torment（折磨）in?physical?or?psychological?ways.It?can?range?from?hitting,name-calling?and?threats?to?blackmailing（勒索）money?and?possessions.Some?kids?bully?others?by?deliberately?separating?them?and?spreading?rumours?about?them.Others?use?social?media?or?electronic?messaging?to?make?fun?of?others?or?hurt?their?feelings.

?It's?important?to?take?bullying?seriously?and?not?justbrushitoffas?something?that?kids?have?to?tolerate.The?effects?can?be?serious?and?affect?kids'sense?of?safety?and?self-worth.In?severe?cases,bullying?has?contributed?to?tragedies,such?as?suicides?and?school?shootings.

?Kids?bully?for?a?variety?of?reasons.Sometimes?they?pick?on?kids?because?they?need?a?victim-someone?who?seems?emotionally?or?physically?weaker,or?just?acts?or?appears?different?in?some?way-to?feel?more?important,popular,or?in?control.Although?some?bullies?are?bigger?or?stronger?than?their?victims,that's?not?always?the?case.

?Sometimes?kids?bully?others?because?that's?the?way?they've?been?treated.They?may?think?their?behavior?is?normal?because?they?come?from?families?or?other?settings?where?everyone?regularly?gets?angry?and?shouts?or?calls?each?other?names.

?Unless?your?child?tells?you?about?bullying-or?has?visible?injuries-it?can?be?difficult?to?figure?out?if?it's?happening.

（1）What?is?the?author's?purpose?of?telling?Seth's?story？A

A.To?introduce?the?topic?of?bullying.

B.To?seek?help?for?the?victims?of?bullying.

C.To?analyze?the?cause?of?bullying.

D.To?display?the?effects?of?bullying?on?kids.

（2）What?does?the?phrase"brushitoff"（in?paragraph4）probably?mean？B

A.Remove?bullying.

B.Ignore?bullying.

C.Avoid?bullying.

D.Punish?bullying.

（3）According?to?the?passage,which?of?the?following?about?bullying?is?NOT?true？A

A.Bullying?is?accidental?behaviors.

B.Those?who?bully?get?emotional?satisfaction.

C.The?weak?are?easy?to?be?bullied.

D.The?experience?of?being?bullied?can?lead?to?bullying.

（4）What?will?the?following?paragraph?most?probably?talk?about？C

A.Problems?of?bullying.

B.Cause?and?effect?of?bullying.

C.Signs?of?bullying.

D.Psychological?reasons?of?bullying.18．(★★)（1）Which?of?the?following?phrases?can?be?put?in?the?blank（in?the4th?line）？B

A.Just?Opposite?My?Opinion

B.Joy?of?Missing?Out

C.Jump?off?Mental?Obstacle

D.Justify?Our?Main?Objective

（2）According?to?the?passage,which?of?the?following?is?a?state?of?JOMO？C

A.You?are?busy?with?a?report,so?you?don't?have?to?attend?a?staff?meeting.

B.You?are?not?feeling?well,so?you?are?allowed?to?leave?the?work?earlier.

C.You?received?a?dinner?party?invitation,but?you?preferred?to?stay?home.

D.You?were?tired?out?after?work,but?you?heard?your?favorite?song?on?the?radio.

（3）The?word"zeitgeist"（in?the?last?paragraph）probably?refers?toA.

A.a?mixed?or?unfavorable?feeling?toward?technology

B.a?trend?to?use?new?words?related?to?technology

C.the?fear?of?negative?influence?of?technology?on?people

D.the?lack?of?ability?to?use?technology?properly

Welcome?to?the?online?Macmillan?Dictionary?of?the?BUZZWORD?of?the?month.

Word?entry-JOMO

?JOMO?is?an?acronym（首字母縮略詞）standing?for?the?expression______，and?it?simply?refers?to?the?gratifying?feeling?you?get?when?you?break?away?from?the（real?or?virtual）activities?of?your?social?group?and?spend?time?doing?exactly?what?you?most?want?to?do.

?JOMO?is?often?described?as?a?resist?against?the?hyper-connected?society?we?live?in,where?technology?pushes?both?social?and?professional?activity?constantly?in?our?faces,so?that?it's?virtually?impossible?to?be?happily?unaware?of?what?everyone?else?is?doing.This?often?forces?us?into?spending?time?in?ways?which?we?wouldn't?necessarily?have?chosen.JOMO?then,is?about?stepping?off?the?social?fashion?and?reconnecting?with?what?really?makes?us?happy.

Background-JOMO

?The?concept?of?JOMO?first?appeared?in2012，its?early?use?often?credited?to?blogger?Anil?Dash?who,having?to?withdraw?from?both?on-and?offline?activity?for?a?period?after?the?birth?of?his?son,realized?that?he'd?enjoyed?himself?greatly?and?didn't?feel?he'd?missed?out?on?anything?at?all.

?JOMO?is?a?play?on?the?earlier?acronym?FOMO，meaning"fear?of?missing?out"，which?is?used?to?describe?the?feeling?of?anxiety?that?people?experience?when?they?discover,often?via?social?media,that?they've?let?go?on?a?social?event?or?other?positive?experience.

?The?existence?of?expressions?like?JOMO?suggest?that,although?we're?unlikely?to?resist?technology?completely,the?more?deeply?we?immerse（沉浸）in?it,the?more?we're?beginning?to?evaluate?its?hold?on?us.Other?newly?created?combined?words?reflecting?thiszeitgeistinclude?ringxiety,the?constant?need?to?check?your?phone?or?mistakenly?thinking?it's?ringing,phubbing,the?related?condition?of?being?impolite?in?social?situations?by?checking?your?phone,tablet,etc.，and?infobesity,continuous?addiction?to?digital?information?in?a?way?which?affects?your?ability?to?concentrate.19．(★★)Once?upon?a?time,science?fiction?was?just?a?style?among?other?styles.There?were?crime?stories,there?were?horror?stories,there?was?literary?fiction,and?there?was?science?fiction.But?today?science?themes?dominate?these?other?styles.It's?difficult?to?think?of?much?modern?crime,horror?or"serious"fiction?that?doesn't?involve?science.

?And?it's?not?just?books.With?every?second?movie?and?computer?game?having?a?sci-fi?element,science?fiction?seems?to?have?controlled?our?entire?entertainment?culture.It's?clear?that?if?we?want?to?define?science?fiction,we?should?relate?it?to?the?role?that?science?plays?in?our?lives.

?Although?some?experts?have?claimed?to?be?able?to?trace?sci-fi?back?to?ancient?times,it?is?more?reasonable?to?find?it?in?initial?form?in?the19th?century,when?industrial?societies?arose.One?of?the?features?that?set?industrial?societies?apart?from?other?kinds?was?the?increasing?part?that?science?played?in?everyday?life.Factories?with?vast?machines?turned?out?huge?quantities?of?goods,which?were?transported?by?trains,motor?vehicles?and?ships?all?over?the?world.Cities?were?built?on?the?back?of?technology,with?electricity?in?homes?and?hospitals?helping?everyone?to?lead?healthier,more?convenient?lives.All?of?these?changes?had?great?effects?not?only?on?people's?real?lives,but?on?their?imaginative?ones.

?Writers?began?to?describe?these?changing?physical?and?mental?landscapes,eventually?giving?science?fiction?a?large?and?devoted?fan?base?of?especially?young?readers,who?found?that?it?spoke?to?their?curiosity?about?the?future?that?science?would?create.

?But?sci-fiction?reflected?fears?about?science?more?than?it?did?hopes.These?typical?early?science?fiction?novels?might?be?a?UK?novel?like?H.G.Wells'The?War?of?the?Worlds（1897）.With?great?skill,Wells?played?upon?the?fears?of?technology?by?imagining?Earth?under?threat?by?a?civilization-that?of?men?from?Mars.

?The?science?fiction?of?today?expresses?the?impact?of?the?computing?revolution,robotics?and?our?environmental?challenges,while?it?is?less?concerned?with"little?green?men?from?Mars"and?other?themes?of?past?sci-fiction.

?Given?that?science,technology?and?politics?are?always?intertwined,contemporary?science?fiction?often?has?a?great?deal?to?say?about?power.Many?recent?novels-like?American?Cory?Doctorow's?Little?Brother（2008）-are?concerned?with?government?and?security?service"conspiracies（陰謀）"against?the?people,particularly?as?the?revelations?of?whistleblowers?like?Edward?Snowden?sink?in.This?can?give?sci-fi?writing?a"skeptical（懷疑的）"feel.

?This?underlines?one?of?the?features?that?remains?constant?between?the?beginnings?of?the?empire?of?science?fiction?and?its?state?today.

?As?then,so?now：We?want?to?read?about?how?fearful?the?future?will?be,not?how?it?will?be?a?paradise.

（1）According?to?the?first?paragraph,we?know?thatC.

A.science?fiction?used?to?take?the?leadership?in?literature

B.horror?story?and?literary?fiction?have?initiated?science?fiction

C.modern?fiction?reflects?the?influence?of?science?fiction

D.science?fiction?is?the?dominant?literature?style?at?present?time

（2）What?caused?science?fiction?to?appear?in?the19th?century？B

A.The?curiosity?of?young?readers?about?the?future.

B.The?changes?that?the?industrial?revolution?brought?about.

C.People's?stretched?imagination?affected?by?their?real?life.

D.People's?fears?about?science?rather?than?hopes.

（3）According?to?the?passage,what?do?we?know?about?the?early?science?fiction？D

A.It?aroused?people's?curiosity?of?science?on?daily?life.

B.It?intensified?people's?worries?about?the?social?problems.

C.It?promoted?people's?understanding?of?the?true?value?of?science.

D.It?conveyed?an?atmosphere?of?imaginary?anxieties?to?people.

（4）Which?of?the?following?can?be?inferred?from?the?passage？A

A.Despite?the?content,the?theme?of?science?fiction?remains?the?same.

B.The?fear?of?outer?space?attack?has?long?been?a?worry?among?people?of?times.

C.The?appearance?of?science?fiction?has?caused?misunderstanding?among?people.

D.Science?fiction?is?weakening?government?power?implemented?on?people.

SectionCDirections:Readthepassagecarefully.Fillineachblankwithapropersentencegiveninthebox.Eachsentencecanbeusedonlyonce.Notethattherearetwomoresentencesthanyouneed.20．(★★★)Who's?in?control?of?your?life？Who's?pulling?your?strings？（1）DWe?learned?this?way?of?operating?when?we?were?very?young,of?course.We?were?brainwashed.We?discovered?that?feeling?important?and?feeling?accepted?was?a?nice?experience?and?so?we?learned?to?do?everything?we?could?to?make?other?people?like?us.As?Oscar?Wilde?puts?it,"Most?people?are?other?people.Their?thoughts?are?someone?else's?opinions,their?lives?a?mimicry（模仿），their?passions?a?quotation."

?So?when?people?tell?us?how?wonderful?we?are,it?makes?us?feel?good.We?long?for?this?good?feeling?like?a?drug-we?are?addicted?to?it?and?seek?it?out?wherever?we?can.（2）FJust?as?drug?addicts?and?alcoholics?live?worsened?lives?to?keep?getting?their?fix（成癮物），we?worsen?our?own?existence?to?get?our?own?constant?fix?of?approval.

?But?just?as?with?any?drug,there?is?a?price?to?pay.The?price?of?the?approval?drug?is?freedom-the?freedom?to?be?ourselves.The?truth?is?that?we?cannot?control?what?other?people?think.People?have?their?own?schedule?and?they?come?with?their?own?baggage?and,in?the?end,they're?more?interested?in?themselves?than?in?you.（3）BEveryone?has?a?different?way?of?thinking,and?people?change?their?opinions?all?the?time.The?person?who?tries?to?please?everyone?will?only?end?up?getting?exhausted?and?probably?pleasing?no?one?in?the?process.

?So?how?can?we?take?back?control？（4）EWe?should?guide?ourselves?by?means?of?a?set?of?values-not?values?imposed?from?the?outside?by?others,but?innate?values?which?come?from?within.If?we?are?driven?by?these?values?and?not?by?the?changing?opinions?and?value?systems?of?others,we?will?live?a?more?authentic,effective,purposeful?and?happy?life.A.It's?the?inner?self?born?in?our?mind?that?is?keeping?us?under?control.

B.Furthermore,if?we?try?to?live?by?the?opinions?of?others,we?will?build?our?life?on?sinking?sand.

C.As?a?matter?of?fact,people?sometimes?fail?to?understand?who?they?are?and?where?they?are?going.

D.For?the?most?of?us,it's?other?people-society,colleagues,friends,family?or?our?community.

E.I?think?there's?only?one?way-make?a?conscious?decision?to?stop?caring?what?other?people?think.

F.Therefore,we?are?so?eager?for?the?approval?of?others?that?we?live?unhappy?and?limited?lives,failing?to?do?the?things?we?really?want?to.

IV.SummaryWriting21．(★★★)Directions：Readthefollowingpassage.Summarizethemainideaandthemainpoint（s）ofthepassageinnomorethan60words.Useyourownwordsasfaraspossible.

?These?days,it's?not?unusual?to?see?middle-aged?men?collecting?Star?Wars?action?figures,office?workers?wearing?Hello?Kitty?accessories,or?celebrities?like?David?Beckham?playing?with?Lego?bricks.It's?becoming?more?and?more?common?to?see?adult?t