题目内容
任务型阅读（本大题共5分，每小题0.5分）
Confidence is very important in daily life. It can help you to develop a healthy attitude(态度). A study shows that the people who are more confident are much happier. They can have more chance to make themselves successful. But how to be more confident? Here are some suggestions.
Speak loud When you are not confident, you can’t do well what you want to do. You speak in a voice so low that other people can hardly hear you. Try to speak loud enough so that people can hear you clearly. The high voice can help you become more confident.
Play sports Physical exercise makes you tired but completely relaxed. A strong body helps you be full of confidence.
Encourage yourself Write down a list of things you did during the day to see how many things you have done well. Did you finish your homework? Did you tell a joke that made everybody laugh? Give yourself praise for the good things you’ve done and when you are better than before.
Get rid of fear(消除害怕) Fear comes along with failure(失败). But it’s easy to overcome(克服) if you know that failure is part of your life. Don’t hide your head just because you said something stupid last time. Try to start again and believe you can do better.
Pick up a hobby If you like singing, sing as much as you can. In some ways, a hobby can make you outstanding. And it will make you happy and confident.
1. for confidence | |
2. suggestions can help you be more confident. | |
Speak loud | Speaking loud enough makes it 3. for you to become more confident. |
Play sports | Exercising can make your body 4. and help you feel 5. enough. |
6. to encourage yourself? | Give yourself praise when you make 7. and for the good things you’ve done. |
Get rid of fear | It’s easy to overcome fear. You’ve got to believe in 8. . |
Pick up a hobby | A hobby can make you outstanding, happy and confident. |
From the passage, we know that it’s 9. for everyone to stay confident in daily life. It can bring you more chance to be 10. . | |
1.suggestions
2.Five
3.easier
4.strong
5.confident
6.Record
7.progress
8.yourself
9.important
10.successful
【解析】
试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了在日常生活中自信是重要的。作者就如何更加自信给出了五条建议。
1.加自信几点建议。结合语境故填名词suggestions
2. loud；Play sports；Encourage yourself；Get rid of fear；Pick up a hobby等；故填Five
3. to speak loud enough so that people can hear you clearly. The high voice can help you become more confident.可知大声的说话能使你听地更清楚也能帮助你变得更加自信。故填easier。
4. strong body helps you be full of confidence可知身体强壮能够帮助你充满自信。.结合语境及句子的结构，故填strong。
5.充满自信。故填confident
6.
7. yourself praise for the good things you’ve done and when you are better than before可知当你做了好事或取得进步的时候表扬你自己，.结合句意故填progress
8. to start again and believe you can do better.再尝试一次，要相信自己做地更好，故填yourself
9. the passage, we know that it’s 9 for everyone to stay confident in daily life。通过这篇文章我们知道在日常生活中保持自信，对于每个人来说是重要的。结合语境故填important
10.
考点：任务型阅读。
阅读下面短文，根据要求完成表格，每空一词。（共10空，每空1分，计10分）
Are people less happy or happier when they get older? If your answer is “happier”, then you are right, based on a study published five years ago. It found that people generally become happier and experience less worry after age fifty. In fact, it found that by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were at eighteen.
The findings came from a Gallup survey of more than three hundred and forty thousand adults in the United States in 2008. At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five.
Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were the highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five. Stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.
Levels of happiness were the highest among the kids and those in their early seventies.
The survey also found that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men did.
So why would happiness increase with age? One theory is that, as people get older, they become more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.
Title: Relationship Between Age and 1.
The elements of the survey | Time: 2008 Place: in the United States Researcher: Arthur Stone and his 2. Targets: 340,000 adults |
The 3. of the survey | Generally people become happier and feel 4. worried after age 50. By the age of 85, people are happier with their life than they were at 18. Adults between the ages of 22 and 25 have the 5. stress. The kids and those in their early 6. feel the happiest. Men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women feel sadder, more 7. and worried than men do. |
Conclusion | Happiness 8. with age. That’s because people become more thankful for what they have and control their emotions 9. as they get older. It also 10. them less time to think about bad experiences. |