Teenagers at one German school are learning how to achieve happiness alongside o

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Teenagers at one German school are learning how to achieve happiness alongside other traditional subjects such as math and languages.
The class sit in a circle with their eyes shut and they count from one to ten: someone starts, the next voice comes from the far right, a third from the other side.
The aim of the game is to listen for an opportunity to shout out the number without clashing (冲突) with another voice or leaving a pause. On the first try, most of the young Germans try to be first, while a few are too shy to join in, but by the fifth time round, they develop a rhythm. The message: give other people space but also confidently claim your own. This is a requirement for social well-being.
The Willy Hellpach School in Heidelberg is the first in the nation to develop a happiness course. It is intended for students preparing for university entrance exams.
"The course isn"t there to make you happy," Ernst Fritz -Schubert, the school principal, warned pupils, "but rather to help you discover the ways to become happy."
Cooking a meal together is one of the class exercises. Improving body language under the guidance of two professional actresses is another.
The course is taught for three periods a week. Despite the happy subject, the pupils themselves insist it is no laughing matter.
"In the first period, we had to each say something positive about another member of the class and about ourselves. No laughing at people." said Fanny, 17.
Research by the school shows it is not the first to start happiness classes: they also exist at some U. S. universities, mainly based on positive thinking, using findings from studies of depression.
小题1:What"s the writing purpose of this passage?

A．To help students struggle against being sad.

B．To describe all the traditional courses.

C．To arouse the readers" interest in happiness.

D．To introduce the happiness course.

小题2:The game intended for the students in the 2nd paragraph is mainly to _________.

A．try their best to get opportunities for themselves

B．practice how to speak in front of people

C．equip them with required social skills

D．confidently speak out one"s opinions

小题3:According to the passage, the happiness course is _________.

A．to help students discover the ways to happiness

B．to make all the students happy all the time

C．required to be taken by the first year students

D．created by the Willy Hellpach School

小题4:It can be inferred from the passage that _________.

A．the students can certainly become happy after the course

B．the students just took the course as a laughing matter

C．the students" self"-respect can also improve happiness

D．the students waste time learning something without value

答案

小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:C

解析

试题分析:快乐是人的一种健康的心理情感。目前德国的一家学校给学生开设了一门如何去获得快乐的课程。这门课程目的不是为了让人们快乐，而是帮助孩子们去发现如何才能获得快乐。其中增加自信心，使用肢体语言都是课程的内容。
小题1:D推理判断题。文章开头提出在德国的一家学校孩子们学习如何获得快乐的课程，然后在下文中对此进行了详细的介绍，由此判断文章的目的就是要介绍这门课程，故答案选D。
小题2:C推理判断题。文章第二段介绍这种获得快乐的方法，然后在第三段对此进行细致的讲解，根据This is a requirement for social well-being.可以判断游戏的目的是让孩子获得一些社交技能，故答案选C。
小题3: A细节理解题。根据文章第一段和第五段内容 "The course isn"t there to make you happy," "but rather to help you discover the ways to become happy."可知这种课程是为了帮助学生发现快乐的方法，故答案选A。
小题4:C推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段可知不嘲笑人，给自己说积极鼓励的话，也是课程的一方面，由此判断增加学生自信也会提高他们快乐的感觉，故答案选C。

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In 1901, H．G．Wells, an English writer, wrote a book describing a trip to the moon．When the explorers landed on the moon, they discovered that the moon was full of underground cities．They expressed their surprise to the “moon people” they met．In turn, the “moon people” expressed their surprise．“Why,” they asked, “are you traveling to outer space when you don’t even use your inner space?”
H．G．Wells could only imagine travel to the moon．In 1969, human beings really did land on the moon．People today know that there are no underground cities on the moon．However, the question that the “moon people” asked is still an interesting one．A growing number of scientists are seriously thinking about it．
Underground systems are already in place．Many cities have underground car parks．In some cities, such as Tokyo, Seoul and Montreal, there are large underground shopping areas．The “Chunnel”, a tunnel（隧道） connecting England and France, is now complete．
But what about underground cities? Japan’s Taisei Corporation is designing a network of underground systems, called “Alice Cities．” The designers imagine using surface space for public parks and using underground space for flats, offices, shopping, and so on．A solar dome（太阳能穹顶） would cover the whole city．
Supporters of underground development say that building down rather than building up is a good way to use the earth’s space．The surface, they say, can be used for farms, parks, gardens, and wilderness．H．G．Wells’ “moon people” would agree．Would you?
小题1:The explorers in H．G．Wells’ story were surprised to find that the “moon people” _____．

A．lived in so many underground cities

B．knew so much about the earth

C．understood their language

D．were ahead of them in space technology

小题2:What does the underlined word “it” refer to?

A．Discovering the moon’s inner space．	B．Traveling to outer space．
C．Meeting the “moon people” again．	D．Using the earth’s inner space．

小题3:What sort of underground systems are already here with us?

A．Tunnels, car parks, shopping areas．

B．Offices, shopping areas, power stations．

C．Gardens, car parks, power stations．

D．Tunnels, gardens, offices．

小题4:What would be the best title for the text?

A．Alice Cities—cities of the future．	B．Space travel with H．G．Wells．
C．Building down, not up．	D．Enjoy living underground．

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On countless mornings over the past year, I stood with my son, James, in our driveway, watching our neighbor hurry off to kindergarten．My wife and I wanted to give James the best education, but that meant we"d have to change our jobs and spend less time with our kid．I asked myself, "Would this trade-off be worth it?" When I look at the research on child development, I think it might not．Where our kids go to school might matter less than most American parents think．
Social scientists have long tried to determine why some children grow up to be successful．In a 2001 study, Greg Duncan, a professor of education at the University of California, measured the influence that the people in a child"s life have on how well the child does in school．Duncan and his team found almost no relationship between how students did on the test and whom they sat beside in class, whom they hung out with after school and who lived in their block．The only meaningful link they found was between siblings （兄弟姐妹） and twins in particular．
For a long time, scholars thought that a family"s income heavily affected how well kids did in life．But that might not be the case．When Susan Mayer at the University of Chicago looked at the relationship between family income and lifetime achievement, she ran a series of experiments to measure it, finding such outcomes weren"t caused by income．She argued that the things that make a difference are relatively inexpensive: the number of books a kid has or how often his family goes to museums．
Lareau, another scholar began one of the most in-depth observations of American parenting．He concluded that success is much more related to the amount of time parents spend with their children．He said "Many parents I interviewed are anxious about their children"s futures．But they have exaggerated（夸大） the sense of the risks involved if they don"t give their children "the best" of everything．"
So at last, we decided to leave things as it were．More time with our kid is the best we can provide．
小题1:The first paragraph is intended to _．

A．introduce the topic of the passage

B．confirm the result of a research

C．stress the importance of good education

D．support a research on child development

小题2:From the passage we know that most American parents _．

A．spend a lot of time with their children

B．like to buy a variety of books for their children

C．think children"s achievement largely depends on schools

D．believe their income cannot afford children"s education

小题3:Who believes children"s brothers and sisters may influence their academic performance?

A．Lareau．

B．Greg Duncan．

C．Susan Mayer．

D．James．

小题4:Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A．Parents" time matters to children"s future．

B．School education determines children"s future．

C．Family income counts to children"s achievements．

D．Less education means more risks for children"s success．

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If English means endless new words，difficult gramrnar and sometimes strange pronunciation，you are wrong．Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?
According to a new study by a British university，learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power，Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter．This is the area of the brain which processes information．It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles．
The study also found the effect is greater，the younger people learn a second language.
A team led by Dr Andrea Mechelli，from University College London，took a group of Britons who only spoke English．They were compared with a goup of “early bilinguals．’’who had learnt a second language before the age of five，as well as a number of later learners．
Scans showed that grey matter density(密度)in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language．But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language，the smaller the difference.
“Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language，”said the scientists.
It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn．
Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. ‘‘Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible，”he said．“You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas．”
The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of 2 and 34. Reading，writing，and comprehension were all tested．The results showed，that the younger they started to learn，the better．“Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world，’’explained the scientists．
小题1:The main subject talked about in this passage is

A．language can help brain power

B．man"s ability of learning a second language

C．science on learning a second language

D．language learning and maths study

小题2:In the second paragraph，the writer mentions “exercise” in order to

A．say language is also a kind of physical labor

B．make people believe language learning helps grey matter work well

C．show the importance of using the language when you learn the language

D．prove that one needs more practice when he(she)is learning a language

小题3:The underlined word‘‘bilinguals”in Paragraph 4 probably means

A．people who can speak two languages

B．second language learners

C．researchers on language learning

D．active language learners

小题4:We may know from the scientific findings that

A．the experience of learning a second language has bad effect on people’s brain

B．there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesn’t know a second language

C．the earlier you start to learn a second language，the higher the grey matter density is

D．the ability of learning a second language is changing all the time

小题5:In the last two paragraphs，the author wants to tell us that

A．learning a second language is the same as studying maths

B．Italian is the best choice for you as a second language

C．you’d better choose the ages between 2 and 34 to learn a second language

D．early learning of a second language helps you a great deal in studying other subjects

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“It hurts me more than you，’’and “This is for your own good．’’These are the statements my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin，clean my room，stay home and do homework.
That was before we entered the permissive period in educafion in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school．The schools and the educators made it easy on us．They thought that it was all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy. We stopped making our children do homework. We gave them calculators，turned on the television，left the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation．
Now teachers，faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 years，are realizing we’ve made a terrible mistake．One such teacher is Sharon Klompus who says of her students-“so passive”-and-wonders what happened．Nothing was demanded of them，she believes. Television，says Klompus，contributes to children’s passivity．“We’re not training kids to work any more,” says Klompus．“we’re talking about a generation of kids who’ve never been hurt or hungry．They have learned somebody will always do it for them. Instead of saying ‘go look it up’，you tell them the answer．It takes greater energy to say no to a kid．”
Yes，it does．It takes energy and it takes work. It’s time for parents to end their vacation and come back to work．It’s time to take the car away, to turn the TV off, to tell them it hurts you more than them but it"s for their own good．It’s time to start telling them no again.
小题1:Why are children becoming more inactive in study?

A．Because they watch TV too often

B．Because they have done too much homework．

C．Because they have to fulfill too many duties．

D．Because teachers are too strict with them．

小题2:To such children as described in the passage

A．it is easier to say no than to say yes

B．neither is easy-to say yes or to say no

C．it is easier to say yes than to say no

D．neither is difficult-to say yes or to say no

小题3:We learn from the passage that the author’s mother used to lay emphasis on

A．1earning Latin

B．natural development

C．discipline

D．education at school

小题4:By “permissive period in education’’the author means a time ．

A．when children are allowed to do what they wish to

B．when everything can be taught at school

C．when every child can be educated

D．when ehildren are permitted to receive education

小题5:What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Parents should leave their children alone，

B．Kids should have more activities at school．

C．It’s time to be stricter with our kids．

D．Parents should always set a good example to their kids．

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The earth is the only planet that scientists think has life. Why does the earth have life while the other planets (行星) don"t? For one thing, the earth is just the right temperature. As the_third_planet from the sun, the earth seems to be just the right distance away. The planets which are closer to the sun are hot that their surfaces bake (烘烤) in the sun. The farthest planets are cold balls.
When the earth developed — which scientists believe may have happened about 4 billion years ago — many gases covered the earth. The gases caused the earth to be hot. But something wonderful happened. The temperature was just right for thick clouds to form. It rained very hard for a very long time. This gave the earth its oceans. Water made it possible for plants to grow. The plants created oxygen in the atmosphere. Oxygen is the gas that humans and animals breathe.
Only one other planet in the solar system seems to be something like the earth. That planet is Mars (火星). Mars is smaller than the earth, and it is quite a bit cooler. But it is not too cold for humans. On some days, the temperatures are as low as a winter day in the northern United States. If you wore a special space suit, you could walk around on Mars. You would have to bring your own air to breathe, the air on Mars is too thin to breathe.
Mars has the largest volcano (火山) in the solar system. It is sixteen miles high. The highest volcano on the earth is five miles high. The most unexpected (未预测到的) sight on Mars is dried up river beds. Scientists believe that Mars was once much better than it is now. Does this mean there could have been living things on Mars? Scientists are not sure, but there has been no sign so far.
小题1:Which of the following is NOT the reason that the earth has life?

A．The earth is just the right temperature.

B．The volcanos on earth are lower than those on Mars.

C．There is oxygen in the atmosphere of the earth.

D．The earth seems to be just the right distance away from the sun.

小题2:The underlined phrase “the third planet” in the first paragraph refers to ________.

A．the Sun	B．the Moon
C．the Earth	D．the Mars

小题3:Which of the following about the Mars is NOT true?

A．There could have been living things on Mars.

B．Mars has the largest volcano in the solar system.

C．There is almost no oxygen in the air on Mars.

D．Mars is smaller than the earth, and it is quite a bit cooler.

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