There are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health and wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy, the other becomes unhappy. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.

People who are to be happy fix their attention on the convenience of things. The pleasant parts of conversation, the well prepared dishes, the goodness of the wine, the fine weather. They enjoy all the cheerful things. Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the opposite things. Therefore, they are continually dissatisfied. By their remarks, they sour the pleasure of society, offend (hurt) many people, and make themselves disagreeable everywhere. If this turn of mind was founded in nature, such unhappy persons would be the more to be pitied. The intention of criticizing and being disliked is perhaps taken up by imitation. It grows into a habit, unknown to its possessors. The habit may be strong, but it may be cured when those who have it realize its bad effects on their interests and tastes. I hope this little warning may be of service to them, and help them change this habit.

Although in fact it is chiefly an act of the imagination, it has serious results in life since it brings on deep sorrow and bad luck. Those people offend many others; nobody loves them, and no one treats them with more than the most common politeness and respect. This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them into arguments. If they want to get some advantages in social position or fortune(财), nobody wishes them success. Nor will anyone start a step or speak a word to favor their hopes. If they bring on themselves public objections(反对), no one will defend or excuse them, and many will join to criticize their wrong doings. These should change this bad habit and be pleased with what is pleasing, without worrying needlessly about themselves and others. If they do not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact(接触) with them. Otherwise, it can be unpleasing and sometimes very inconvenient, especially when one becomes mixed up in their quarrels.

1.The phrase “sour the pleasure of society” most nearly means ________.

A. make others unhappy

B. have a good taste with social life

C. often blame others openly

D. enjoy the pleasure of life

2.We can conclude from the passage that ________.

A. we should pity all such unhappy people

B. people can get rid of the habit of unhappiness

C. such unhappy people are dangerous to social life

D. unhappy people cannot understand happy persons

3.If such unhappy persons insist on keeping the habit, the author suggests that people should ________.

A. show no respect and politeness to them

B. prevent any communication with them

C. persuade them to recognize the bad effects

D. quarrel with them until they realize the mistakes

4.In this passage, the writer mainly ________.

A. describes two types of people

B. laughs at the unhappy people

C. suggests the unhappy people get rid of the habits of unhappiness

D. tells people how to be happy in life

That morning, I got on the train as always. I was a publishing director and was reading my newspaper . But that day, I read it very . I thought I must be tired. At the office, I sat down, turned on my and found I couldn’t read the message on the screen.

Finally, worried drove me to hospital. There, confirmation came that I suffered from aphasia(失语症), a condition that it’s difficult or impossible to receive and produce language.

I was back at home a week later, and my was to get better and return to work in a couple of months. I started a speech therapist(治疗专家) three times a week, and was given homework to help my vocabulary and grammar. After a month, my own speech became —“Could you pass the salt?” “Shall we go for a walk?” — but I couldn’t have a conversation. I couldn’t read the newspaper.

For 25 years, I was used to a(n) day of meetings, and bringing three manuscripts home with me each night. I didn’t feel to say goodbye to my old self.

In the darkest months, I devoted myself to . I would spend hours writing a description of something like a pencil. I couldn’t novels or newspapers, so I tried reading poetry, and found the shorter lines easier to . My speech came back, and I learned how to read again, 56 much more slowly. I spent more time with my family, and myself to slow down.

Now, 10 years later, my relationship with my is deeper than ever. We have to be very patient with each other. I’m no longer a high-achieving publisher or someone who 10 books a week. I’m a family man with aphasia, and if I read 10 books a year, that’s good.

1.A. once again B. as usual C. in time D. at last

2.A.smoothly B. patiently C. worriedly D. slowly

3.A. radio B. compute C . phone D. typewriter

4.A. friends B. coaches C. colleagues D. roommates

5.A. means B. proves C. explains D. admits

6.A. discovery B. goal C. ability D. reason

7.A. seeing B. teaching C. describing D. greeting

8.A. receive B. repeat C. reunite D. rebuild

9.A. easy B. delightful C. functional D. fast

10.A. exciting B. busy C. interesting D. short

11.A. afraid B. anxious C. ready D. right

12.A. trying B. preparing C. focusing D. asking

13.A. similar B. strange C. special D. simple

14.A. produce B. recognize C. manage D. arrange

15.A. create B. understand C. write D. believe

16.A. since B. though C. unless D. when

17.A. allowed B. expected C. advised D. ordered

18.A. books B. illness C. doctors D. family

19.A. decided B. chosen C. continued D. learned

20.A. sells B. delivers C. reads D.collects

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。

I lay there buried alive under our house when the bomb hit our city. The great _started by the bomb came nearer and nearer to us as workers tried to us. “Hurry! ” they cried to one another as the flames(火焰) came nearer. At last they reached us and me and my mother out from under everything the flames reached us .

Later, as I thought of the pilot of the plane that _ _ the bomb on our city, I cried, “I hate him. I hate him.” The people with marked faces from the _ of the bomb made me cry, “I hate him.” I saw people suffering a terrible, _ death. Again and again I cried as I saw these people, “I hate him!”

Some time later, that man appeared in a meeting I _ . As I looked at him, I _ him very much. Then I listened to what he told us of his _ the day when he dropped the bomb on our city. I heard him say, “When I flew over the city_ we dropped the bomb, I cried, ‘Oh, God ,what have I _ ’.” I could see that he found it _ to speak of that day.

As this happened I suddenly _ my hatred (仇恨) of him was _ . It only made me unhappy also. As I did this, it was as if a heavy load (负担) _ my shoulders. Then I decided to

him. I did so and my life was _ .

I now help those who suffer from _ other people. I try to help them to _ everyone, as I am now able to do.

1.A.sound B.heat C.fire D.light

2.A.callB.reachC.find D.help

3.A.putB.sent C.pulled D.brought

4.A.after B.as C.when D.before

5.A.made B.dropped C.attacked D.set

6.A.noiseB.energy C.effect D.power

7.A.slow B.serious C.sad D.hard

8.A.joined B.took C.attended D.gave

9.A.hated B.feared C.honored D.believed

10.A.activity B.idea C.experience D.opinion

11.A.when B.afterC.as D.before

12.A.got B.heard C.done D.seen

13.A.difficult B.easy C.useless D.proud

14.A.imagined B.realized C.knew D.thought

15.A.right B.funny C.necessary D.wrong

16.A.took awayB.took off C.fell off D.fell on

17.A.forgive B.killC.defeat D.accept

18.A.balanced B.changed C.continued D.ruined

19.A.punishing B.hurting C.dislikingD.hating

20.A.respect B.love C.considerD.move

While your pet fish may appear to be ignorant of your presence, chances are that it knows you extremely well and can probably even identify you from a crowd of human faces! At least, that is the conclusion reached by scientists the University of Oxford in the U.K. and the University of Queensland in Australia, following an extensive study of the archerfish (喷水鱼), a species of tropical fish that can be found all the way from India to Indonesia, the Philippines, and Australia.

The ability to distinguish between human faces is a complex task. That’s because we all have the same basic features — two eyes sitting above a nose and a mouth. It’s only the subtle differences that make humans distinct from one another. Since this requires a combination of both visual sense and memory, researchers had always assumed that it was a skill possessed only by those with complicated brains, i.e., humans, a few select animals — such as horses, cows, dogs, monkeys and some birds, like pigeons.

To test if this assumption was accurate, a team of scientists led by Dr. Cait Newport, Marie Curie Research Fellow in the Department of Zoology at Oxford University, decided to study fish. The aquatic (水生的) animals have small brains that lack the neocortex(大脑新皮层), or neocortex-like structure, believed to help recognize the subtle differences between human facial features.

The team began by presenting four archerfish with images of two human faces. Initially, the fish spat randomly at both. However, they soon learned that pouring water at the one selected by the researchers earned them a food treat. After that, they focused primarily on that image. The researchers then took the experiment one step further, by introducing 44 other human faces to the mix.

To the researcher’s astonishment, the trained archerfish were able to recall the learned image almost 81% of the time. And this accuracy improved to 86% when the researchers made the identification even harder, by replacing the colored photos with a set of black and white images and hiding the shape of the head.

1.What is the conclusion of the study made by the scientists from the universities?

A. Some fish may ignore your presence.

B. Some fish can recognize your faces.

C. Some fish have complicated brains.

D. Some fish have large brains.

2.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. The ability to distinguish between human faces.

B. A combination of visual sense and memory.

C. The ability of memorizing complicated things.

D. The ability of telling beasts from birds.

3.In the experiment, the researchers trained the archerfish _______.

A. by taking photos of fish

B. by improving people’s images

C. by rewarding them with food

D. by covering their heads

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