19．Teenagers at one German school are learning how to achieve happiness alongside other traditional ——青夏教育精英家教网—

19．Teenagers at one German school are learning how to achieve happiness alongside other traditional subjects such as math and languages．The class sit in a circle with their eyes shut and they count from one to ten：someone starts，the next voice comes from the far right，a third from the other side．
The aim of the game is to listen for an opportunity to shout out the number without clashing （冲突） with another voice or leaving a pause．On the first try，most of the young Germans try to be first，while a few are too shy to join in，but by the fifth time round，they develop a rhythm （节奏）．The message：give other people space but also confidently claim your own．This is a requirement for social well-being．
The Willy Hellpach School in Heidelberg is the first in the nation to develop a happiness course．
It is intended for students preparing for university entrance exams．
"The course isn't there to make you happy，"Ernst Fritz-Schubert，the school principal，warned pupils，"but rather to help you discover the ways to become happy．"
Cooking a meal together is one of the class exercises．Improving body language under the guidance of two professional actresses is another．
The course is taught for three periods a week．Although it's the happy subject，the pupils themselves insist it is no laughing matter．
"In the first period，we had to each say something positive about another member of the class and about ourselves．No laughing at people，"said Fanny，17．
Research by the school shows it is not the first to start happiness classes：they also exist at some US universities，mainly based on positive thinking，using findings from studies of depression．
33．What's the writing purpose of this passage？B
A．To describe all the traditional courses．
B．To introduce the happiness course．
C．To develop the readers'interest in happiness．
D．To help students struggle against being sad．
34．According to the passage，the happiness course isD．
A．created by the Willy Hellpach School
B．to make all the students happy all the time
C．required to be taken by the first year students
D．to help students discover the way to happiness
35．It can be inferred from the passage thatA．
A．the students'self-respect can also improve happiness
B．the students just took the course as a laughing matter
C．the students can certainly become happy after the course
D．the students waste time learning something without value．

18．Arriving in Sydney on his own from India，my husband，Rashid，stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a house for me and our children．
During the first week of his stay，he went out one day to do some shopping．He came back in the late afternoon to discover that his suitcase was gone．He was extremely worried as the suitcase had all his important papers，including his passport．
He reported the case to the police and then sat there，lost and lonely in strange city，thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again from a distant country while trying to settle down in a new one．
Late in the evening，the phone rang．It was a stranger．He was trying to pronounce my husband's name and was asking him a lot of questions．Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can（垃圾桶）that had been left out on the footpath．
My husband rushed to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents．
Their young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers．Her parents had
carefully sorted them out，although they had found mainly foreign addresses on most of the documents．At last they had seen a half-written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new telephone number to a friend．

That family not only restored the important documents to us that day but also restored our faith and trust in people．We still remember their kindness and often send a warm wish．
32．What did Rashid plan to do after his arrival in Sydney？C
A．Join his family．
B．Go shopping．
C．Find a house．
D．Take his family．
33．The girl's parents got Rashid's phone number fromD．
A．a friend of his family
B．a Sydney policeman
C．a stranger in Sydney
D．a letter in his papers
34．What does the underlined word"restored"in the last paragraph mean？C
A．showed．
B．sent out．
C．gave back．
D．delivered．
35．Which of the following can be the best title for the text？A
A．Turning Trash to Treasure．
B．Living in a New Country．
C．From India to Australia．
D．In Search of New Friends．

17．Maybe ten-year-old Elizabeth put it best when she said to her father．"But，Dad，you can't be healthy if you're dead．"
Dad，in a hurry to get home before dark so he could go for a run，had forgotten to wear his safety belt-a mistake 75% of the US people make every day．The big question is why．
There have been many myths（虚构故事）about safety belts ever since their first appearance in cars some forty years ago．The following are three of the most common myths．
Myth Number One：It's best to be"thrown clear"of a serious accident．
Truth：Sorry，but any accident serious enough to"throw you clear"is also going to be serious enough to give you a very bad landing．And chances are that you'll have traveled through a windshield （挡风玻璃） or door to do it．Studies show that chances of dying after a car accident are twenty-five times greater if people are"thrown clear．"
Myth Number Two：Safety belts"trap"people in cars that are burning or sinking in water．
Truth：Sorry again，but studies show that people knocked unconscious （昏迷） due to not wearing safety belts have a greater chance of dying in these accidents．People wearing safety belts are usually protected to the point of having a clear head to free themselves from such dangerous situations，not to be trapped in them．
Myth Number Three：Safety belts aren't needed at speeds of less than 30miles per hour．
Truth：when two cars traveling at 30mph hit each other，an unbelted driver would meet the windshield with a force equal to diving headfirst into the ground from a height of 10meters．
21．The reason why Father got home in a hurry was that heB．
A．wasn't feeling very well
B．wanted to take some exercise
C．hated to drive in the dark
D．didn't want to be caught by the police
22．According to the text，to be"thrown clear"of a serious accident is very dangerous because youC．
A．may be knocked down by other cars
B．may get caught in the car door
C．may get seriously hurt being thrown out of the car
D．may find it impossible to get away from the seat
23．Some people prefer to drive without wearing a safety belt because they believeD．
A．cars catch fire easily
B．they will be caught when help comes
C．they will be unable to think clearly in an accident
D．the belt prevents them from escaping in an accident
24．What is the advice given in the text？D
A．Never drive faster than 30miles an hour．
B．Try your best to save yourself in a car accident．
C．Drive slowly while you're not wearing a safety belt．
D．Never forget to wear the safety belt while driving．

16．假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文．文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处．每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改．
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词．
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉．
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词．
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分．
Some of us are having problems with our parents．For example，they often looked into our school bags or read our diary．I fully understand that why we are not comfortable about it，but there's no need to feel too sadly．Our parents are always checking our bags or diaries make sure we're not getting into any trouble．We have probable heard some terrible stories about other kids and think we might do same．Or perhaps they just want to communicate with us and are doing it all wrong．Remember to tell them that we want them to trust us as many as we'd like to trust them．If you don't think you can talk to them，write them a letter and leave it lie around-they are bound to read it．

15．One day，Bruce invited his friends to supper．He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen．Suddenly，he （61）found （find） that he had run out of salt．So Bruce called to his son，"Go to the village and buy some salt，but pay a fair price for it：neither too much（62）nortoo little．"
His son looked surprised．"I can understand why I shouldn't pay too much，Father，but （63）
if I can pay less，why not save a bit of money？"
"That would be a very （64）reasonable（reason） thing to do in a big city，but it could destroy a small village like ours，"Bruce said．
Bruce's guests，（65）who had heard their conversation，asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could．Bruce replied，"The only reason （66）why a man would sell salt at a lower price would be that he was very eager for money．And anyone who made use （67）of this situation would be showing a lack of respect（68）for the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it．"
"But such a small thing couldn't possibly destroy a village．"
"In the beginning，there was only （69）a very small amount of unfairness in the world，but everyone added a little，always （70）thinking （think） that it was only small and not very important，and look what the world is like today．"

14．Many of us know the famous saying"Failure is the mother of success．"

13．He finds it hard to train children tobehave （表现） well at the table．

12．My wish is to be atranslator（翻译） in the future，so I must learn English hard now．

11．Thefunction（功能） of advertising is to attract more consumers for the company．

10．The famous doctor hasdelivered（接生）hundreds of babies during her life．

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