题目内容
"Spending as little as $5 a day on someone else can make you happier," the researchers from a team at the University(大学)of British Columbia and Harvard Business School reported.Their experiments on 600 volunteers in the US showed people were feeling happier when they spent money on others.
The team asked their 600 volunteers about their income(收入),their daily costs, gifts for others and donations to charity. "No matter how much money each person made, those who spent money on others could get greater happiness than those who spent money only on themselves," Dunn said.
Dunn's team also surveyed 16 workers at a company in Boston after they received an award of between $3,000 and $8,000. "Of course they felt happy after receiving the awards," they wrote in their report. "But when they gave the people in need $5, they were happier."
"The findings showed that as little as $5 could be enough to produce happiness on a whole day," Dunn said.
【小题1】 There were ______ people in all who took part in the experiments.
【小题2】The underlined word "experiments" means ______ in Chinese.
A.会议 | B.表演 | C.实验 | D.化验 |
A.Money is not important for people. |
B.Money really can "buy" happiness if you spend it on others. |
C.We should try our best to give our money to more people in need. |
D.Spend all the money on others and you'll feel happier. |
【小题1】D
【小题1】C
【小题1】B解析:
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Compared with other European countries, lifestyle in Italy is slower and more relaxing in its own way. Italians love to chat over a cup of coffee, go out for a walk in the middle of the day, and enjoy long lunches and dinners.
Family is important to Italians. They can’t think of spending a day without asking about their parents or children, and a weekend without a family lunch or dinner. Italians living outside their country also miss their family a lot.
Italians like simple life. Their days start and end with a cup of coffee. A cup of coffee after every meal is a must. Italians love to spend time over a hot cup of coffee and even hotter conversation with friends. Topics are usually about family, football and politics(政治).
Sport is a very important part in the lives of many Italians. Football is their favorite sport. There are hundreds of football clubs with top soccer teams in Italy. Also, many top players from all over the world play in Italy. Volleyball is also popular and so is rugby(橄榄球), with the top rugby team playing for the European Challenge Cup.
Every Italian province, city, town and street has a historical(历史的) even that took place there and the Italian calendar is filled with national holidays that they love to celebrate(庆祝).
【小题1】We can learn from the first paragraph that ________.
A.most European countries have slow and relaxing lifestyles |
B.the lifestyle in Italy isn’t much like that of the other countries in Europe |
C.Italians enjoy chatting over a cup of tea and long dinners |
D.Italians love to walk in the middle of the night |
A.Friends are very important to Europeans. |
B.Italians can’t spend a day without their parents. |
C.Italians will never go to another country because they will miss their children. |
D.Family is more important to Italians than any other thins. |
A.Football. | B.Basketball. | C.Volleyball. | D.Rugby. |
A.Italians love to spend national holidays, but there aren’t so many. |
B.Italians never talk about politics with their family. |
C.Italians like drinking coffee after every meal. |
D.Soccer is not very popular in Italy. |
A.Italian family. | B.Italian life. | C.Italian sport. | D.Italian history. |
Cars are an important part of life in the United States. Without cars most people feel that they are poor. And even though a person is poor, he doesn't really feel poor when he has a car.
Perhaps(可能) you have heard of Henry Ford. He first started making cars in large numbers. Perhaps he didn't know how much the car was going to be to American culture(文化). The car made the United States a nation on wheels(车轮). And it helped make the United States what it is now.
The car has become popular in the United States. The Americans like to move around in cars. With a car people can go to any place without spending a lot of money.
1.In the United States ____.
A.only rich people have cars |
B.no poor people have cars |
C.most people have cars |
D.only a few people have beautiful cars |
2.Who was Henry Ford? ____.
A.He was one of the famous car makers |
B.He was the most popular man in the USA |
C.He was the richest man in the USA |
D.He was the first car maker in American history |
3.Henry Ford started making cars in large numbers because ____.
A.he wanted to change the American culture |
B.he knew cars would be make only in the United States |
C.he thought Americans would like his cars best |
D.he knew more and more people would buy cars |
4.Which of the following do you think is true? ____.
A. There are too many people everywhere in the USA.
B. There are a lot of cars everywhere in the USA .
C. Car pollution(污染) is the biggest problem in the USA.
D. Every family more or less has a car.
5.We can know from this passage(文章) that ____.
A.cars are cheaper in the USA |
B.the Americans are the richest in the world |
C.the Americans like to move around in cars |
D.the USA makes the most cars |