阅读理解 I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year - round sun.You may th
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I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year - round sun.You may think People ,n such an attractive, fun - filled place are happier than others.If so you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness. Many intelligent people still think fun equals happiness.The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common.Fun is what we experience during an act.Happiness is what we experience after an act.It is a deep, long-lasting emotion. Going to an amusement park or a ball game, watching a movie or television are fun activities that help us relax, temporally forget our problems and maybe even laugh.But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends. I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun.They have constant access to exciting parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells "happiness" But in memoir(回忆录) after memoir, they expose Ac unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages and loneliness. Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying.If he is honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment.For commitment is in fact quite painful.The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement.Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features. Similarly, couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness.They can dine out whenever they want and sleep as late as they want.Couples with babies are lucky to get a whole night" s sleep.I don"t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations we can ever come to.It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can truly increase our happiness.It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless.And it frees us from envy: we now understand that all those rich and famous people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all. |
1.What is the passage mainly about? |
A.Fun and happiness. B.Success and satisfaction. C.Marriage and commitment. D.Entertainment and responsibility. |
2.The author probably agrees that ____. |
A.fun creates long - lasting satisfaction B.long - standing fun may lead to happiness C.fun is short-lived while happiness is long-lasting D.fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happiness |
3.What does the author think of marriage? |
A.It ends in pain. B.It means commitment. C.It affords greater fun. D.It leads to raising children. |
4.If one gets the real meaning of happiness, he ____. |
A.will start a business B.won" t place too much value on money C.will seek for freedom D.won"t devote himself to his family |
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1-4.ACBB |
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Dad taught me a lot about life,especially its hard times.I remembered one of his__1__one night when I was ready to quit (退出)a political campaign (运动) I was losing,and wrote about it in my diary. Tired,feeling the many months of__2__,I went up to my study to make some notes.I was looking for a pencil in the back of my desk drawer.When I__3__ up one of Dad"s old business cards that he was so proud of:Andrea Cuomo,Italian American Groceries Fine Imported Products.Then I thought about how he__4__with difficult situations,A lot of pictures appeared into my__5__,but one scene came sharply into view.We had just__6__to Holliswood,New York,we had our own house for the first time;it had some land around it,even__7__.One,in particular,was a great blue spruce (云杉)that must have been 40 feet tall. Less than a week after we moved in,there was a terrible__8__.We came home from the store that night to find the spruce__9__almost totally from the ground and thrown onto the street.When my brother Frankie and I saw the spruce,our hearts___10__ .But not Dad"s. The rain was__11__.Then he announced,"OK,we"re going to push him up !""What are you talking about,Dad?The roots are out of the ground!""Shut up,we"re going to push him up,he"s going to__12__ again."We couldn"t say__13__to him.So we followed him into the house and we got what rope there was and we__14__the rope around the top of the tree that__15__on the street,and he stood up by the house,with me__16__on the rope and Frankie in the street in the rain,helping to__17__up the great blue spruce.In no time at all.We had it standing up straight again!Dad drove stakes(桩)in the ground,tied rope from the__18__to the stakes,and said,"Don"t worry,he"s going to grow again..." I looked at the__19__and wanted to cry,I couldn"t__20__to get back into the campaign. |
( )1.A.classes ( )2.A.struggle ( )3.A.turned ( )4.A.kept ( )5.A.heart ( )6.A.came ( )7.A.yard ( )8.A.storm ( )9.A.pushed ( )10.A.fell ( )11.A.stopping ( )12.A.stand ( )13.A.no ( )14.A.made ( )15.A.put ( )16.A.pulling ( )17.A.take ( )18.A.leaves ( )19.A.picture ( )20.A.wait | B.lectures B.working B.took B.worked B.mind B.left B.field B.rain B.pulled B.rose B.falling B.plant B.yes B.gave B.left B.pushing B.put B.roots B.card B.stop | C.lessons C.battle C.came C.dealt C.head C.got C.flowers C.snow C.put C.sank C.coming C.die C.it C.tied C.placed C.holding C.pull C.trunk C.tree C.leave | D.talks D.defence D.picked D.helped D.book D.moved D.trees D.wind D.struck D.dropped D.going D.grow D.nothing D.kept D.lay D.fixing D.push D.branches D.rain D.stay |
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Take a trip across America,by way of an advice column (专栏),and you"ll find plenty worth celebrating.I once asked my readers in the Chicago SunTimes,where I took the place of Ann Landers,to name the person to whom they would say"I owe you one."Victor La Porte,45,wrote to me from his hospital bed about his kid brother,Tony. For three years,Victor had been terribly sick,His arms were black and blue.He often passed out.His kidneys(肾) had failed,and dialysis(肾透析) wasn"t working.Victor was dying. Doctors said a transplant(移植) would help,and Tony kept offering his kidney,but Victor refused.He didn"t want to put his brother through the pain or the risk of living with one kidney. Tony insisted."Hey,I love you,"he kept saying.Transplant doctors explained the reason God gave us two kidneys is that we can offer one.It took a long time to persuade Victor,but finally he agreed.Several times the brothers went to the hospital,only to have the operation put off because of Victor"s infections(感染).But Tony never thought of backing out.After each disappointment,he announced,"We"re coming back!"He even got Victor a Tshirt that read I"M NO QUITTER. Finally the operations were arranged.The one on Tony was harder.Doctors had to remove part of his rib to get the kidney out.His recover took longer than Victor"s, and he had more pain. Victor wrote:"Because of Tony"s unselfishness,I have a chance to see my four children grow up.I"ll never know my brother"s pain,fears and feelings.All I know is the love we share.How can I tell him thanks?Maybe by letting everyone know I have the greatest brother in the world." |
1.The writer tells us that if you want to find something worth celebrating,you can________. |
A.read some newspapers B.listen to the radio C.travel around America D.watch TV |
2.Which of the following is TRUE? |
A.Victor asked Tony to offer his kidney. B.A transplant may be the only way to save Victor. C.Tony gave his life to his brother. D.Victor knew his brother"s pain was not much more than his. |
3.From this passage we know________. |
A.a person can live without kidneys B.God gives us each one kidney C.a person can hardly live with one kidney D.a person can live with one kidney |
4."I"M NO QUITTER." means________. |
A.I"m not disappointed B.I won"t agree C.I won"t back out D.I"m coming back |
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I was hurrying to our basketball game one morning when Hillary Barnes,the most popular girl,in school,stopped me."Are you the twin who won the art competition?"she asked. "No,that"s Christine.I"m Katie."I said. We were not identical twins;we looked quite different.She could defeat Snow White in a beauty contest!Compared to Christine,I felt like one of Cinderella"s stepsisters. One Saturday Christine gave me a painting lesson because I was always attempting to be artistic too. But I knocked over the vase of flowers,spilling water onto Christine"s painting.Instead of becoming angry, though,she turned the whole mess into a dreamy masterpiece(杰作).You could look at it five different ways and see five different things.With this brilliant creation,she won First Prize in the art competition.I really envied her,but I knew it wasn"t her fault and I was the one with wild,unmanageable hair and no talent. Joining Christine"s basketball team was my latest effort to be like her. On the way to the gym,I"d made up my mind to give my best performance in that day"s game.I made preparations with great enthusiasm."Christine,here!"I tossed her a ball.But it was too high,she leapt for it,it slipped through her fingers and crashed into the tape recorder that was used to play the national anthem before each game. I muttered apologies as I picked up the broken pieces of the recorder.Coach looked at the mess and asked,"How are we going to play the song now?" Christine suggested,"Let Katie sing it!She"s always singing at home." Coach asked."Would you?"I found myself nodding. Coach announced the national anthem and everyone stood.Standing before a microphone,I looked up to the flag.The notes seemed to flow from deep inside me,and my voice was steady and clear.When I finished,the gym was silent Then it was filled with applause.As the game started.teammates patted my back and gave me the"thumbs up"sign.Laura Jamison said."You should try out for the school musical!"I Nodded and said that I might. The next morning Hillary Barnes stopped me in the hallway and asked,"Are you the twin who sings?" "Yes,that"s me,"I answered,grining(露齿笑)as I walked to class. 1.The authur uses"Snow White"and"Cinderella"s stepsisters"to show A.how dissimilar the twins were in appearanee B.why Christine could win the art competition C.who was the most popular girl at school D.what the twins characters were like 2.What can we learn from Paragraph 4? A.Christine was unpleasant to her sister. B.Katie showed a lot of ability in painting too. C.The masterpiece was painted by the two sisters. D.Katie took a reasonably balanced view of her sister. 3.Christine recommended Katie for the national anthem because _____. A.she knew perfectly well what Katie had a gift for. B.she wanted to repair the damage she had caused. C.she thought Katie should be punished. D.she would like to help the coach. 4.What is the message of the story? A.Bad situations help become popular. B.People are talented in different ways. C.People should always be nice to others. D.Unsuccessful attempts are well worth the effort. |
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__1__ He had more money than he could ever spend,and he was admired and looked up to by his community.__2__ He wasn"t happy.All his life he had been pursuing happiness and striving(奋斗)for happiness,but he had never been able to find it. Then one day he heard about a hidden temple in Nepal that had a special room that contained the secret of happiness.__3__ After many years of searching and countless hardships he arrived there.He was tired and penniless,but he knew that none of that mattered now because he had found the temple.He asked a wise,smiling monk(和尚)if he could enter the special room.The monk agreed and showed him the stairs leading to the room.__4__ He stared into the room with sunlight streaming through the window and saw what he had come so far to find.There hanging on the wall was the secret of happiness.The man gazed at his reflection in the mirror and laughed. __5__ Happiness is a choice that we can make.Don"t spend the rest of your life searching the world for happiness then.Just look in the mirror and laugh.Just let the happiness flow from your heart,mind,and soul until it fills your life and the lives of all those around you. A.He immediately sold all that he owned and set out to find this hidden temple. B.The man found the secret of happiness at last. C.But he knew that something was missing in his life. D.He climbed them with legs shaking with expectation and slowly opened the door. E.There once was a very wealthy and successful man. F.It is time that we all realized that we were the secret of our own happiness. G.It was difficult to find the temple in Nepal. |
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A young man was getting ready to graduate from college, for many months he had 1 a beautiful sports car in a dealer"s showroom, and 2 his father could well 3 it, he told him that was all he wanted. On the morning of his gradation day his father called him into his own study and told him how 4 he was to have such a fine son. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. 5 but slightly disappointed, the young man 6 the box and found a lovely book, 7 , he raised his voice at his father and said. " With all your money you give me a book?" And rushed out of the house 8 the book in the study He did not contact(联系)his father for a whole year until one day he saw in the strict an old man who looked like his father. He 9 he bad to go back home and see his father. When he arrived at his father"s house, he was told that his father had been in hospital for a week. The moment he was about to 10 the hospital. he saw on the desk the still new book ,just as he had left it one year ago. he opened it and began to 11 the pages. suddenly, a car key 12 from an envelope taped behind the book ,it bad a lag(标签)with dealer"s name, the 13 dealer who had the sports car he bad 19 on the tag was the 20 of his graduation. and the word PAID IN FULL |
( )1. A. expected. ( )2. A. finding ( )3. A. afford. ( )4. A. encouraged. ( )5. A. Nervous ( )6. A. packed. ( )7. A. Angrily ( )8. A. toasting ( )9. A. learned . ( )10. A. get to ( )11. A. clean ( )12. A. lost ( )13. A. old. ( )14. A. remembered ( )15. A. Picture | B. enjoyed. B. proving B. offer B. comfortable B. Serious B. opened. B. Eagerly B. putting B. realized. B. search for B. read. B. came B. same B. desired. B. place | C. admired. C. deciding C. keep C. proud. C. Careful C. picked up C. Calmly C. forgetting C. recognized. C. turn to C. turn C. appeared. C. special C. found. C. date | D. owned D. knowing D. like D. moved D. Curious D. put aside D. Anxiously D. leaving D. admitted D. leave for D. count D. dropped D. new D. met D. met |
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