Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self-respect? The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized(把……归类) as “honor” help you create this life of good feelings.

Here’s an example to show how honorable actions create happiness.

Say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item. If we keep silent, and profit from the clerk’s mistake, we would drive home with a sense of sneaky (暗中的) excitement. Later we might tell our family or friends about our good fortune. On the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty. We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul.

Then, what is it to do with our sense of happiness?

In the first case, where we don’t tell the clerk, a couple of things would happen. Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief. In the process, we would lose some peace of mind and self-respect. We would also demonstrate that we cannot be trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends. We damage our own reputations by telling others. In contrast, bringing the error to the clerk’s attention causes different things to happen. Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable. Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self-respect is increased. Whenever we take honorable actions we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility.

There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions.

Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. And it’s easy to think and act honorably again when we’re happy. While the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once it’s started, it’s easy to continue. Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness.

1.According to the passage, the positive action in the example contributes to our __________.

A. friendly relationship B. financial rewards

C. advertising ability D. self-respect 21*com

2.The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to __________.

A. lying B. cheating

C. stealing D. advertising

3.How will we feel if we let the clerk know the mistake?

A. We’ll be very excited.

B. We’ll have a sense of honor.

C. We’ll feel unfortunate.

D. We’ll feel sorry for the clerk.

4.Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?

A. Happiness through Honorable Actions

B. Importance of Peacefulness

C. Ways of Gaining Self-respect

D. How to Live Truthfully

假定你叫王敏,是一名高三年级的学生,在学习英语的过程中你遇到一些问题,想得到老师的帮助。现在请给你的英语老师Miss Li写一封求助信,内容如下:

学习英语时你遇到的问题

生词多,记忆有难度;语法难,理解有障碍,写作提高有困难;……

请求老师提供帮助

讲解记单词的方法;授课时慢一些;传授学习语法及提高写作的方法;……

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2.词数100左右。开头和结尾已经写好,不计入总词数。

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