题目内容
2.Happiness through Honorable ActionsDo you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness,happiness,goodness,and self-respect?The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized as"honor"help you create this life of good feelings.
Here is 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 mean 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(名誉) by telling others.In contrast,bringing the error to the clerk's attentioncauses 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 action 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.
62.According to the passage,the positive action in the example contributes to ourA.
A.self-respect
B.financial rewards
C.advertising ability
D.friendly relationship
63.The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal toB.
A.lying B.stealing C.cheating D.advertising
64.The underlined phrase"bringing the error to the clerk's attention"meansB.
A.offering advice to the clerk
B.telling the truth to the clerk
C.asking the clerk to be more attentive
D.reminding the clerk of the charged item
65.How does the positive cycle work according to the author?C
分析 本文属于人生感悟类阅读,作者在这篇文章中主要向我们讲述了如何通过光荣的行动创造幸福,并告诉我们坚持做好事会给我们带来心灵上的平静,这对我们的幸福感是很重要的.
解答 ABBC
62.A 细节理解题,根据第五段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.可知在例子中的积极作用会使我们感到光荣,增加我们的自信,故选A.
63.B 细节理解题,根据第五段Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief.可知如果在售货员忘记让你为商品买单的情况下你一声不吭不付钱就把商品拿走的行为等同于偷盗,故选B.
64.B 语句理解题,根据第五段In contrast,bringing the error to the clerk's attention causes different things to happen.可知告诉售货员事实会导致不同的事情发生,故选B.
65 C 细节理解题,根据 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."可知,可敬的想法导致可敬的行为,这样的行为会让我们变得更开心,当我们感到开心时,我们会更容易这样思考和行动,故选C.
点评 学生需要认真阅读原文,把握文章大意,对文章脉络有整体的了解,能仔细查找文中细节,并能根据文章内容进行合理的推测判断.
A. | make up | B. | put up | C. | give up | D. | take up |