Nobody is happy all the time, but some people are really happier than others. He
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Nobody is happy all the time, but some people are really happier than others. Here are some tips for you to be happy.
Make enough money to meet your basic needs: food, shelter, and clothing. In the US, that magic number is $40,000 a year. Any money you make beyond that will not necessarily make you happier. Once you make enough money to support your basic needs, your happiness is not affected by how much money you make.
______________________________ Or move to where other members are－so you can see them more. Now, people follow jobs around the country and sometimes around the world. As a result, our relationships with our friends and family have a far greater impact (影响) on our happiness than our jobs do. So next time you think about moving, consider a place where most of your friends and families live.
Find happiness in the job you have now. Many people expect (期待) the right job to change their level of happiness. But happiness research makes it clear that changing jobs can’t bring you happiness. If you want, you will make the best of any job. If you have good relationships with people, you won’t depend on (依赖) your job to give your life a greater sense of meaning. You will find it in your interactions with the people you care about.
If you are unhappy for a long time, you should ask an expert (专家) or a doctor for help. I hope you will be happy all the time.
小题1:The writer wrote this passage mainly to _____________.| A．make friends | | B．give suggestions | | C．put on an advertisement | | D．complain about your actions |
小题2:The underlined word “interactions” means ____________.| A．arrangement | B．choice | C．communication | D．agreement |
小题3:What is the title for the third paragraph?| A．Ask family members for help. | | B．Borrow money from family members. | | C．How to make family members be happy. | | D．Stay close to friends and family. |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D |
解析
小题1:细节理解题，根据文中语句“Nobody is happy all the time, but some people are really happier than others. Here are some tips for you to be happy.”理解可知。
小题2:词义理解归纳题，根据文中语句“If you have good relationships with people, you won’t depend on (依赖) your job to give your life a greater sense of meaning. You will find it in your interactions with the people you care about.”理解可知。
小题3:标题理解归纳题，根据文中第三段的语句理解可知。 |
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Have you ever been in a meeting while someone was making a speech and realized suddenly that your mind was a million miles away? You probably felt sorry and decided to pay attention and never have daydreaming again. Most of us have been told from earliest school days that daydreaming is a waste of time.
L. Giambra, a psychologist（心理学家）, says,” On the contrary , daydreaming is quite necessary. Without it, the mind couldn’t do all the thinking that it has to do during a normal day. You can’t possibly do all your thinking with a conscious （神志清醒的）mind. Instead, your unconscious mind is working out problems all the time. Daydreaming may be one way that the unconscious and conscious states （状态）of mind have silent conversations .”
Early psychologists paid no attention to the importance of daydreams or even thought they were harmful. At one time people thought that some psychological illness caused day dreaming. They did not have a better understanding of daydreams until the late 1980s. Eric Klinges, a professor, is the writer of the book Daydreaming. Klinges says, “We know now that daydreaming is one of the main ways that we organize our lives, learn from our experiences, and plan for our futures. Daydreams really are a window on the things that we fear and the things we long for (渴望) in life.”
Daydreams are usually very simple and direct（直接）, quite unlike sleep dreams. Sleep dreams may be hard to understand. It’s easier to get a deep understanding of your life by paying close attention to your daydreams than by trying to examine (分析)your sleep dreams carefully. Daydreams help you know the difficult situations（情况）in your life and found out a possible way of dealing with them.
Daydreams cannot be predicted（预言）: they move off in unexpected directions which may be creative and full of useful ideas. For many famous artists and scientists, daydreams were and are a main source of creative energy.
小题1:The passage is mainly about _______ .| A．winter sleeps | B．sleep dreams | C．daydreaming | D．predictions |
小题2:The underlined phrase On the contrary means _________ .小题3:The writer of this passage thinks daydreams are__________.| A．hard to understand | B．important and helpful | | C．harmful and unimportant | D．the same as sleep dreams |
小题4:Psychologists now believe that ________.| A．daydreams are usually very simple and can be predicted | | B．daydreams are usually difficult to understand | | C．daydreams cause some psychological illness | | D．daydreams may be creative and full of useful ideas |
小题5:The writer quoted (引用 )L. Giambra and Eric Klinges to ________.| A．list out two different ideas | | B．point out the wrong ideas of early experts | | C．support his own ideas | | D．report the latest research on daydreams |
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There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But only a few of them are very important. English is one of them. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the USA, but also in other parts of the world. About 200,000,000 people speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a foreign language. Many millions of people are trying to do so. Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different answers. Have you ever noticed ads(广告) of this kind in the newspapers or magazines? “Learn English in six weeks, or give your money back…” “Easy and funny…” “Our records and tapes help you master English in a month”. Of course, it never happened quite like that.
The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should remember that we all learned our own language well when we were children. If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. Think of what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears.
So it is hard to say that learning English is easy. We must do a lot of practice. And practice needs great efforts and takes much time. Good teachers, record, tapes, books, and dictionaries will be helpful, but they cannot do the student’s work for him.
小题1:How many languages are very important in the world?| A．A few | B．Few | C．About 1500 | D．Many |
小题2:If we want to learn English well, what shall we do?| A．We should study it without any help. | | B．We must do a lot of practice. | | C．We need to get much money back. | | D．We must live in England or America. |
小题3:How does the writer like the ads in the newspapers or magazines?| A．He thinks the ads very expensive. | | B．He thinks the ads are true. | | C．It never happened quite like what the ads said. | | D．He believes” Learn English in six weeks, or give your money back”. |
小题4:Which language is easy to learn?| A．English | B．Chinese | | C．Japanese | D．The mother language |
小题5:Which countries use English as the mother tongue?| A．China and France | B．Japan and Italy | | C．England the America | D．Germany and France |
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This March is a busy month in Shanghai. There"s a lot to do. Here are the highlights.
Live Music - Late Night Jazz
Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet(小号) player. He"s coming with his new 7-piece band, Herbie" s Heroes. Herbie is known to play well into the early hours, so don"t expect to get much sleep. This is Herbie" s third visit to Shanghai. The first two were sold out, so get your tickets quickly.
PLACE: The Jazz Club DATES: 15—23 March
PRICE: ￥80,120 TIME: 10:00p.m. till late!
TEL: 6466-8736
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Scottish dancing
Take your partners and get ready to dance till you drop. Scottish dancing is fun and easy to learn. Instructors(教练) will show the dances. The live band, Gordon Stroppie and the Weefrees, are also excellent.
PLACE: Jack Stein"s DATES: every Monday
PRICE: Y60 including one drink TIME: 7:00 - ~0:00 p.m.
TEL: 6402-1877
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Exhibitions - Shanghai Museum
There are 120,000 pieces on show here. You can see the whole of Chinese history. It" s always interesting to visit, but doubly(双重) so at the moment with the Egyptian Tombs exhibition. There are lots of mummies(木乃伊) and more gold than you"ve ever seen before. Let us know if you see a mummy move!
PLACE: Shanghai Museum
DATES: daily TIME: Monday - Friday 9:00a.m. - 5:00p.m., Weekends 9:00a.m. - 9:00p.m.
PRICE: ￥30 (￥ 15 for students) TEL: 6888-6888
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Dining - Sushi chef in town
Sushi is getting really big in Shanghai. In Japan, it" s become an art form. The most famous Sushi "artist" is Yuki Kamura. She" s also one of the few female chefs in Japan. She" ll be at Sushi Scene all of this month.
PLACE: Sushi Scene in the Shanghai Hotel DATES: all month
PRICE: ￥200 TIME: lunchtime TEL: 6690-3211
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For a full listing of events, see our website.
小题1:If you are going to attend an activity at 8: 00p. m. on Saturday, which one can you choose?| A．Live Music - Late Night Jazz | B．Scottish dancing | | C．Exhibitions - Shanghai Museum | D．Dining - Sushi chef in town |
小题2: Which of the following is TRUE according to the advertisements?| A．Scottish dancing is so interesting and easy that you never feel tired. | | B．The performance given by the American jazz band won"t last long. | | C．Sushi is not popular in Shanghai as it is a kind of Japanese traditional food. | | D．It is more interesting to visit Shanghai Museum for the exhibits from Egypt. |
小题3:From the text we may learn that Kamura is _______.| A．a cook | B．a waitress | C．an instructor | D．an artist |
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What can we do when someone hurts you?Most people may be angry or even fight with the one who hurts him or her?But it’s not a good idea.The best way is to forgive(宽恕，原谅 ) them.
Although（尽管）it is not easy for us to forgive people who hurt us,it is possible.”Forgiveness makes you more helpful.And it is god for our health,”says Frederic,phD,the writer of the book called Forgive for God.
But how can we forgive others?It is really a problem.Let’s see how we can do it.First,think of something beautiful and the people you love.Try to get yourself happy. Second,don’t wait for others to say sorry to you. If the people hurt you,he or she won’t say sorry to you.They may just want to hurt you or they just don’t see things the same way. Third, try to see things in others’ shoes.You can write a letter to yourself from the offender’s（对方）point.That can make you understand others better and make yourself happier. At last,don’t forget to forgive yourself. For some people,forgiving themselves is the biggest challenge( 挑战 ).And it also makes you more confident.
小题1:If your friend hurts you,which is the best way to do ?
A fight with him or her B.say sorry to him or her
C. forgive him or her D.write letter to him or her
小题2:According to this passage,we can know that writer thinks forgiving others is _____.| A．impossible | B．foolish | C．easy | D．difficult |
小题3:Which of the following is Not True.| A．Forgive for God is the name of a book. | | B．Forgivness can make people healthy. | | C．People who hurt you often say sorry to you soon. | | D．It is a challenge for some people to forgive themselves. |
小题4:The writer gives us _____ideas to forgive others who hurt us.小题5:The sentence “ Third,try to see things in others’ shoes”
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Computers are very important to modern life. Many people think that in the future we will use computers in everyday life. It is thought that we won’t have to go shopping because we will be able to get most things which are sold in shops on the Internet. There will be no more books because we will be able to get all texts from computers. People will use the Internet to play games, see films and buy food. Also,we can use the Internet to make telephone calls.
Some people are glad about these new ways of shopping and communication (交际). Others do not think that computers will replace our old ways.
Let’s look at books, for example. Some people think that one day we will not read books made of paper. Instead, we will buy and read books using computers. We’ll read texts on small pocket computers. The computers will keep many different books in them at the same time. We won’t need to turn to lots of pages and we will save lots of paper. We will use more and more computerized (计算机化的) books
Is Internet shopping such a pleasure(愉快的事) as going to the shop? Many people say it is not. It is a pleasure to go into shops and look at things you want to buy. It is also unlikely (不大可能) that many people will want to read large texts on our computers, because paper books may be more friendly. Maybe computers won’t change these two habits .
小题1:In the future , people will use computers for ___.| A．playing games, shopping and making telephone calls | | B．making telephone calls, having meals and seeing films | | C．seeing films, buying food and going for holidays | | D．playing games, making telephone calls and seeing the doctors |
小题2:In the passage, the word “replace” means ___.小题3:Which reason for using computerized books is not said in the passage?| A．Computerized books won’t be very expensive. | | B．Computers can keep many different books in them. | | C．We won’t have lots of pages. | | D．We won’t need any paper. |
小题4:It tells us _________ in the last paragraph| A．about the old and new ways of shopping and communicating | | B．if the Internet will change our habits | | C．about computerized books | | D．about future uses of computers |
小题5:The title for this passage is ___.| A．Computers will replace shops and books | | B．Computers are the future | | C．Computers will do everything for man | | D．How computers change our life |
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