题目内容
9.Over the last 70 years.researchers have been studying happy and Unhappy people and finally found out ten factors that make a difference.Our feelings of well-being at any moment are determined to a certain degree by genes.However of all the factors,wealth and age are the top two.Money can buy a degree of happiness.But once you can afford to feed,clothe and house yourself,each extra dollar makes less and less difference.
Researchers find that,on average,wealthier people are happier.But the link between money and happiness is complex.In the past half-century,average income has sharply increased in developed countries,yet happiness levels have remained almost the same.Once your basic needs are met,money only seems to increase happiness if you have more than your friends,neighbors and colleagues.
"Dollars buy Status(社会地位),and status makes people feel better,"conclude some experts,which helps explain why people who can seek status in other ways-scientists or actors,for example-may happily accept relatively poorly-paid jobs.
In a research,Professor Alex Michalos found that the people whose desires-not just for money,but for friends,family,job,health-rose furthest beyond what they already had,tended to be less happy than those who felt a smaller gap(差距).Indeed,the size of the gap predicted happiness about five times better than income alone."The gap measures just blow away the only measures of income,"says Michalos.
Another factor that has to do with happiness is age.Old age may not be so bad."Given all the problems of aging,how could the elderly be more satisfied?"asks Professor Laura Carstensen.
Why are old people happier?Some scientists suggest older people may expect life to be harder and learn to live with it,or they're more realistic about their goals,only setting ones that they know they can achieve.But Carstensen thinks that with time running out,older people have learned to focus on things that make them happy and let go of those that don't.
"People realize not only what they have,but also that what they have cannot-last forever,"she says."A goodbye kiss to a husband or wife at the age of 85,for example,may bring far more complex emotional responses than a similar kiss to a boy or girl friend at the age of 20."
12.According to the passage,the feeling of happinessD.
A.has little to do with wealth
B.increases gradually with age
C.is measured by desires
D.is determined partly by genes
13.Some actors would like to accept poorly-paid jobs because the jobsC.
A.make them feel much better
B.provide chances to make friends
C.improve their social position
D.satisfy their professional interests
14.Aged people are more likely to feel happy because they are moreB.
A.optimistic B.practical C.successful D.emotional
15.Professor Alex Michalos found that people feel less happy ifA.
A.the gap between reality and desire is bigger
B.they have a stronger desire for friendship
C.their income is below their expectation
D.the hope for good health is greater.
分析 文章讲述了幸福感与基因有关,但是更重要的是财富和年龄大小是决定人们对幸福不同看法的最重要的两个因素.
解答 12-15DCBA
12 D 细节题.根据第一段"Our feelings of well-being at any moment are determined to a certain degree by genes."可以推断出幸福感在一定程度上由基因决定.故选D.
13 C 推断题.根据第四段"‘Dollars buy status,and status makes people feel better'…which helps explain why people who can seek status in other way-scientists or actors,for example-may happily accept relatively poorly-paid jobs."可以推断出,演员接受收入低的工作是为了提升社会地位,使自己感觉更好.故选C.
14 B 归纳题.根据倒数第二段"Some scientists suggest older people may expect life to be harder and learn to live with it,or they're more realistic about their goals"可以推断出老年人对待目标更加实际,所以可以感觉更幸福.故选B.
15 A 推断题.根据第五段"people whose desires…rose furthest beyond what they already had,tended to be less happy than those who felt a smaller gap."可以推断出,如果现实和欲望差距比较大,比起相差不大的人幸福感差,也就是说感觉相对不幸福.故选A.
点评 一、速读全文,了解大意知主题.
阅读能力一般指阅读速度和理解能力两个方面.阅读速度是阅读最基本的能力.考生必须在十分有限的时间内运用略读、扫读、跳读等技巧快速阅读,搜寻关键词、主题句,捕捉时空、顺序、情节、人物、观点,并且理清文章脉络,把握语篇实质.
二、看题干,带着问题读文章.
首先要掌握问题的类型,客观信息题可以从文章中直接找到答案;而主观判断题考查的是对文章的感情基调等,这类题必须经过对作者的态度、意图以及对整篇文章进行深一层的推理等.其次,了解试题题干以及各个选项所包含的信息,然后有针对性地对文章进行扫读,对有关信息进行快速定位.此法加强了阅读的针对性,提高了做题的准确率.
三、逻辑推理,做好深层理解题.
在实际阅读中,有时作者并未把意图说出来,阅读者要根据字面意思,通过语篇逻辑关系,研究细节的暗示,推敲作者的态度,理解文章的寓义.要求读者对文字的表面信息进行分析、挖掘和逻辑推理,不能就事论事,以偏概全.推理题在提问中常用的词有:infer,imply,suggest,indicate等.
四、猜词悟义,扫除阅读拦路虎.
猜词是应用英语的重要能力.它不但需要准确无误地理解上下文,而且要有较大的泛读量,掌握或认识较多的课外词汇.我们要学会"顺藤摸瓜",通过构词,语法,定义,同位,对比,因果,常识,上下文等线索确定词义.
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C. | to prevent; polluting | D. | to prevent; polluted |
(40)B,one day,in the music class that was (41)Aof his school's standard curriculurn,he was playing idly (随意地)on the piano and found it(42)Dto pick out tunes.With a sinking feeling,he realized that he actually (43)Cdoing it.Hetried ti hide his(44)B pleasure from the music teather,who had(45)D over to listen.Hemight not have this particularly well,(46)A the teacher told Gabriel that he had a good(47)Aand suggested that Gabriel go into the musin store-room ti see if any of the instruments there (48)Chim.There he decided to give the cello(大提琴)a(49)B.When he began practicing,he took it very(50)C.But he
quickly found that he loved playing this instrurnent,and was(51)A to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well.
This(52)D,of course,that he arrived at school early in the morning,(53)Bhis heavy instrument case across the campus to the(54)Blooks of the non-musicians he had left(55)C.
36.A.travelling | B.marching | C.pacing | D.struggling |
37.A.rising up | B.coming up | C.driving up | D.turning up |
38.A.before | B.after | C.until | D.since |
39.A.betray | B.accept | C.avoid | D.appreciate |
40.A.Therefore | B.However | C.Thus | D.Moreover |
41.A.part | B.nature | C.basis | D.apirit |
42.A.complicate | B.safe | C.confusing | D.easy |
43.A.missed | B.disliked | C.enioyed | D.denied |
44.A.transparent | B.obvious | C.false | D.similar |
45.A.run | B.jogged | C.jumped | D.wandered |
46.A.because | B.but | C.though | D.so |
47.A.ear | B.taste | C.heart | D.voice |
48.A.occurred | B.took to | C.appealed | D.held to |
49.A.change | B.chance | C.mission | D.function |
50.A.seriously | B.proudly | C.casually | D.admitted |
51.A.committed | B.used | C.limited | D.admitted |
52.A.proved | B.showed | C.stressed | D.meant |
53.A.pushing | B.dragging | C.lifting | D.rushing |
54.A.admiring | B.pitying | C.annoying | D.teasing |
55.A.over | B.aside | C.behind | D.out |