1 . 徽墨产于安徽徽州，由黄山青松烧过的灰与胶水混合后，倒入楠木模具中，上面雕刻着亭台楼阁、宝塔、山川溪流和植物的场景。好的墨水颜色是黑的，有光泽，用它所写的字不会轻易褪色。(汉译英)
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2 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. objected       B. choices       C. inequality       D. combination          E. paid        F. respond G. personality          H. fade       I. reduce       J. inherited       K. environmental

What makes us happy?

You probably know the type of personality in some people: they seem to be hopeful in almost everything. Are they simply born happy? Is it the product of their environment? Or does it come from their life decisions?

If you are familiar with genetics research, you will have guessed that it is a     1     of all three. A 2018 study of 1516 Norwegian twins suggests that around 30% of the differences in people’s life satisfaction is     2    . Much of this seems to be related to personality traits.

To put this in context, the heritability of IQ is thought to be around 80%, so     3     factors clearly play a role in our happiness. These include our physical health, the size and strength of our social network, job opportunities and income. It seems that the absolute value of our salary matters less than whether we feel richer than those around us, which may explain why the level of       4     predicts happiness better than GDP.

Interestingly, many important life     5     have only a little influence on our happiness. Consider marriage. A 2019 study found that, on average, life satisfaction does rise after the wedding, but the feeling of happiness tends to     6     over middle age.

Parenthood is even more complex. For decades, social scientists have found that people with children at home are significantly less happy than those without. More recent research, however, suggests that there are important regional differences.

Analyses show that these differences can be almost completely explained by variations in       7     parental leave, flexible working hours, affordable childcare and holiday leave, which together     8     the potential for work-family conflict. The effects of these policies may play out across generations. In addition to the legacy of their genes, parents’ own emotional well-being will influence the family vigour, which will, in turn, shape the     9     of their children.

Our life satisfaction, then, is shaped by our genes, health, economic prospects, relationships and the culture around us. While many of these things may be beyond your control, there is now good evidence that certain psychological strategies will help you to     10     to your circumstances in the happiest way possible.

3 . The sun faded the curtain, that is, the colour of the curtain became less bright.

A．逐渐消失

B．衰退

C．照耀

D．使褪色

5 . The Web is a minefield (雷区) where you can literally be bullied to death via social media, and a loose text can ______ your reputation.

A．appoint

B．limit

C．ruin

D．fade

6 . 汉译英
1. __________ vi. & n. 行进； 前进；示威游行
2. __________ n. 一系列；范围、界限 vi. 包括；（在一定范围内）变化
3. __________ n. 人物；数字；身材 vt. 认为；认定
4. __________ n. 感激之情；感谢
5. __________ n. 收获季节；收获；收成 vi. & vt. 收割（庄稼）；捕猎（动物、鱼）
6. __________ vt. &vi. 逐渐消失；（使 ）褪色；（身体）变得虚弱
7. __________ vi. 聚集；集合 vt. 聚集；搜集；收割
8. __________ adj. 感激的；表示感谢的
9. __________ vt. 以……为特色 n. 特色；特征；特点
10. __________ vt. 显示；反映；反射
11. __________ n. 宗教信仰；信任；相信
12. __________ adj. 坦率的；直率的
13. __________ adj. 花哨的；精致的；昂贵的 vt. 想要；倾慕；自认为是
14. __________ n. 片刻；瞬间
15. __________ vt. 鼓掌；拍手；击掌 n. 鼓掌；拍手；掌声

8 . 随着时间的流逝，我能让它活下来的信念逐渐消失。（汉译英）

10 . With time went by, they guadually did not make the occasional calls and they had not talked for over two years. (同义句转换)
________________ and they had not talked for over two years.