Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of fifty.In fact, they say by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were when they were eighteen years old.
The findings came from a survey of more than 340,000 adults in the United States.The Gallup（民意调查） Organization questioned them by telephone in 2008.At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five.
The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, sadness and worry.They also asked about mental or emotional stress.
Arthur Stone at Stony Brook University in New York led the study.His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five.The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.Happiness was highest among the youngest adults and those in their early seventies.The people least likely to report feeling negative emotions were those in their seventies and eighties.
Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older.One theory is that, as people grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions.They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.
Professor Stone says the emotional patterns could be linked to changes in how people see the world, or maybe even changes in brain chemistry.
The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children, being unemployed or being single.But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to age.
The study also showed that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older.However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.

1.
What can be the best title of the text?
1. A.
  Happiness Varies with Ages
2. B.
  Experience More, Worry Less
3. C.
  The Older, the Wiser
4. D.
  Being Young, Being Happy
2.
We can learn from the research that _________.
1. A.
  only when people get older will they feel happier
2. B.
  stress levels among the youngest are the highest
3. C.
  older people tend to be grateful
4. D.
  older people usually have no worries
3.
According to the research, when people get older, _________.
1. A.
  they miss the old days
2. B.
  they are physically weak
3. C.
  they have better self-control
4. D.
  they are more emotional
4.
What would the author probably talk about next?
1. A.
  What influences happiness.
2. B.
  How to live better.
3. C.
  How to keep happier.
4. D.
  Why women are less happier.
5.
The author is intended to _________.
1. A.
  advise how to reduce stress
2. B.
  introduce a scientific finding
3. C.
  describe how to do research
4. D.
  talk about human emotions

The part of the earth’s history known as the coal age began more than 250 million years ago and lasted millions of years. During that time, in the area that is now the United States, coal beds formed from Texas to the north Atlantic coast.
At that time thick forests swamps（沼泽） covered much of the earth’s surface. Great trees died and fell into the swamps. Then they rotted （腐烂）and new trees and plants grew on top of them. The process repeated itself for thousands of years. The rotted plants turned into a substance called peat（泥炭）, which is still forming today in many swamps.
Meanwhile the land surface was changing. Movement in the earth’s crust (地壳) pushed up hills in some places, while elsewhere land sank. Swift rivers ran from the hills; heavy rains fell and the rivers overflowed, leaving muddy sand in the sunken wooded places and swamps. Oceans, too, poured in over the low-lying land, carrying sand that covered the peaty areas.
The pressure of water and sand pressed the oxygen and hydrogen out of the peat, leaving carbon. Under constant pressure, the rotted material, containing a high percentage of carbon, formed gradually into coal.

1.
This main idea of the passage is about the ______.
1. A.
  coal beds in the U.S.
2. B.
  earth’s history
3. C.
  formation of coal
4. D.
  swamp age
2.
When plants died, they _____.
1. A.
  grew up again
2. B.
  fell into the water and rotted
3. C.
  fell into coal beds
4. D.
  turned immediately to coal
3.
Hills were formed as a result of _____.
1. A.
  movements of the earth’s crust
2. B.
  the remaining from swamps
3. C.
  the remaining from swift rivers
4. D.
  ocean currents
4.
What is implied but not stated in the passage?
1. A.
  Peat is still forming today.
2. B.
  The formation of coal requires high pressure.
3. C.
  The land surface changed during the coal age.
4. D.
  The formation of coal was very rapid.

For 52 years my father got up every morning at 5:30 am, except Sunday, and went to work. He returned home at 5:30 pm, for dinner at 6:00 pm. I never remember my father having a night out with his children. All he asked from me as a daughter was to hold his hammer while he repaired something, just so we could have some time to talk to each other.
For 22 years, after I left home for college, my father called me every Sunday. Nine years ago, my father, 67 years old, spent three days painting my house. He asked me to hold the paint brush for him and talk to him. But I was too busy and I could not take the time to hold the paint brush, or talk to my father.
Five years ago, my father spent five hours making a swing（秋千）for my daughter. Again, all he asked me to do was to give him a glass of tea, and talk to him. But again, I had some clothes to wash, and the house to clean.
On January 16, 1996, my father telephoned me as usual, this time from my sister’s home in Florida. I had to get to church, and I cut the conversation short.
The call came at 4:40 pm. That day, my father was in hospital in Florida. I got on an airplane immediately, and on the way, I made up my mind that when I arrived, I would make up for the lost time, and have a nice long talk with him.
I arrived in Florida at 1:00 am, but my father had passed away at 9:12 pm. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or time to wait for me.

1.
When the author was young, her father ______.
1. A.
  was busy with his work
2. B.
  disliked his children
3. C.
  often talked to his children
4. D.
  never cared about his children
2.
How old was the author’s father when he made a swing for his granddaughter?
1. A.
  45.
2. B.
  67.
3. C.
  71.
4. D.
  76.
3.
When painting the house, the father asked the author to hold a paint brush because ______.
1. A.
  he wanted to make his work easy
2. B.
  he was too old to work all by himself
3. C.
  he just wanted his daughter to help him
4. D.
  he wanted to have a talk with his daughter
4.
The underlined phrase “passed away” in the last paragraph probably means “______”.
1. A.
  arrived
2. B.
  lost
3. C.
  left
4. D.
  died

In life, people come across many experiences, which they remember throughout their lives. I had a similar experience, too.
I was very excited. It was the day of my last paper of the final examination. My mind was full of thoughts of how I would spend my vacation. I was especially excited of the invitation that my uncle had given me to stay with him for a few days in Cambridge.
I was prepared for the subject, physics. My friends and I were on the ground doing the last minute revisions and also discussing the questions that were supposed to come in the paper. Suddenly the bell rang and we got into our classrooms. The teacher came and quickly handed out the answer paper and the question paper. The paper was of two hours and some of the expected questions came. I finished it almost forty-five minutes earlier. But since it was a rule not to collect the answer paper before the allotted（规定的）time. the teacher was not collecting and I had to sit till the time was over. I checked my paper twice and corrected some of the mistakes in it. I started thinking about the place my friends and I had planned to go after the paper.
Though I was thinking for a long time, the time seemed to be endless. So I thought of drawing something on the question paper and turned it overleaf. I was shocked to see that the page which I had supposed to be blank had four more questions on it which carried 20 marks and would take at least half an hour to complete. I had a quick glance at my watch. There were only 10 minutes left. I was so nervous that I was hardly in a state to write anything. They were the sub-questions（小题）of the last question. Suddenly our physics teacher came in and told all of us that in the last question, out of 6 sub-questions only 2 had to be solved. I felt very much relieved.
Thereafter I never made such mistakes again. But I realized that my anxiousness and excitement could have cost me to lose 20 marks and decided never to make such a mistake again.

1.
Which of the following statements is true?
1. A.
  The writer didn’t work hard at physics.
2. B.
  The writer lost 20 marks for the last question.
3. C.
  The writer made some mistakes during the exam.
4. D.
  The questions on the paper were difficult for the writer.
2.
The underlined word “relieved” means ________.
1. A.
  more nervous
2. B.
  less afraid
3. C.
  more surprised
4. D.
  less worried
3.
We can infer from the passage that _____________.
1. A.
  the writer did 2 sub-questions of the last question
2. B.
  the writer turned overleaf to do the sub-questions
3. C.
  the writer spent 45 minutes finishing the paper
4. D.
  the writer got full marks in the physics exam
4.
We can learn from the passage that we should _____________.
1. A.
  learn some exam skills
2. B.
  concentrate on what we are doing
3. C.
  try our best to do well in the exam
4. D.
  be careful not to make mistakes in the exam

Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading.
After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window .I would say to myself, “I wonder why that woman doesn’t wash her window .It really looks terrible.”
One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside.
Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible. Her window was clean!
Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing(批评) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.
That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings?
Since then, whenever I wanted to judge(评判) someone, I asked myself first ,“Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?” Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly

1.
The writer couldn’t see everything clearly through the window because_____
1. A.
  the woman’s window was dirty　　
2. B.
  the writer’s window was dirty
3. C.
  the woman lived nearby　　　　
4. D.
  the writer was near-sighted
2.
The writer was surprised that ________
1. A.
  the woman was sitting by her window
2. B.
  the woman’s window was clean
3. C.
  the woman did cleaning in the afternoon
4. D.
  the woman’s window was still terrible
3.
“ It dawned on me” probably means “______”
1. A.
  I began to understand it
2. B.
  it cheered me up
3. C.
  I knew it grew light
4. D.
  it began to get dark
4.
It’s clear that________
1. A.
  the writer had never met the woman before
2. B.
  the writer often washed the window
3. C.
  they both worked as cleaners　
4. D.
  they lived in a small town
5.
From the passage, we can learn_________
1. A.
  one shouldn’t criticize others very often
2. B.
  one should often make his windows clean
3. C.
  one must judge himself before he judges others
4. D.
  one must look at others through his dirty window

Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you’ll find that the whole world smiles to you.
While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher’s face when you did a good job?
One day it is fine. Just before you go out, it suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start to complain about the weather. But friends, why don’t you sit down and listen to the free concerts that the nature offers you? And with the timely(及时地) rain, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest.
Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure can’t be avoided. I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope. When we face failure, we must be confident(信心) in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success”.
Attitude(态度) decides everything. With an optimistic(乐观) attitude life is easy and pleasant. Let’s smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us

1.
People sometimes complain _________
1. A.
  the sky is always dark
2. B.
  their studies are successful
3. C.
  they see the world with their heart
4. D.
  life is tiring
2.
When we face failure, we ___________
1. A.
  must be confident in ourselves
2. B.
  shouldn’t be afraid of it
3. C.
  shouldn’t give up hope　
4. D.
  All of the above
3.
The best title for the passage is_______
1. A.
  Smile and the World Smiles to You
2. B.
  Complaining about Life
3. C.
  Failure is the Mother of Success
4. D.
  It is Very Hard to Succeed

Suddenly all the lights on that crowded underground train went out. Then it stopped in that dark tunnel(隧道).
We waited. We expected the lights to come on again soon. But nothing happened. Then I began to smell something. Yes, I could smell smoke. So I asked myself, “Is this train on fire?” People around me then began to cry out in fear. “The train is on fire!” they cried.
Then the woman standing next to me suddenly fell on the floor. I realized she was overcome by the smoke. Then I saw flames appearing. “If something does not happen soon,” I said to myself, “I will be burnt alive!”
But as I stood there in the dark in that crowded burning train, I could see no way to escape. I thought, “No one can save me from certain death but God. Only God can make a way for any of us to escape death in this train.”
Before the flames reached me, I found the open door and I climbed out of the train into the dark tunnel. Then as quickly as I could, I ran from the burning train down the tunnel. Now as I ran I could hear hundreds of people that were locked in that burning train, crying out for help. I knew I could do nothing to help them, so I ran on.
Then for two hours I kept walking in that dark train tunnel. At last I saw a light in the distance. I asked myself “Why did God enable me to escape death?” I decided, “God must have a purpose for saving my life. He must want me to help other people experience what He could do for them.”

1.
What caused the woman next to me to fall?
1. A.
  The fire.
2. B.
  Fear.
3. C.
  The smoke.
4. D.
  Anxiety.
2.
The passengers failed to escape because ________.
1. A.
  they didn’t find the way out
2. B.
  they were too frightened to move
3. C.
  the fire and smoke were too much
4. D.
  too many people were in their way
3.
What would the author most possibly do after he saw the exit from the tunnel?
1. A.
  Going home.
2. B.
  Blaming himself.
3. C.
  Calling reporters.
4. D.
  Returning to help.
4.
Between which two paragraphs can the following paragraph be put?
I cried, “God, if it is not my time to die, please help me!” Then I heard a noise. It was like a door opening. It was on my right hand side. So in the dark, I at once began to push my way forward to where that noise came from.
1. A.
  Between Paragraph 2 and 3.
2. B.
  Between Paragraph 3 and 4.
3. C.
  Between Paragraph 4 and 5.
4. D.
  Between Paragraph 5 and 6.

Raymond Schneider politely elbowed his way through crowds of customers as he made for the candy bins at Dylan’s Candy Bar in Manhattan. Since he was laid off in December, Mr. Schneider, a 33-year-old designer, says he has become a “gummy junkie,” buying a lot of sweets every time he shops for groceries.
“Sugar is comforting,” he said. “There’s nothing more stressful than growing financial insecurity everywhere.”
The recession (经济衰退) seems to have a sweet tooth. As unemployment has risen, Americans, particularly adults, have been consuming growing amounts of candy, say candy makers, store owners and industry experts.
Theories vary on exactly why. For many, sugar lifts spirits dragged low by the economy. For others, candy also provides a reminder of better times. And not insignificantly, it is relatively cheap.
At Candyality, a store in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, business has jumped by nearly 80 percent compared with this time last year, and the owner, Terese McDonald, said she was struggling to keep up with the demand for Bit-O-Honeys, Swedish Fish and Sour Balls.
“They put candy in their actual budget,” she said.
Many big candy makers are also reporting rising sales and surprising profits.
“Candy companies are relatively recession-proof,” said Peter Liebhold, chairman of the Smithsonian Institution’s work and industry division. “During the Great Depression, candy companies stayed in business.”

1.
Raymond Schneider was set as an example to show ________.
1. A.
  many Americans were laid off in the recession
2. B.
  lots of Americans like candies
3. C.
  many Americans in the recession like sweets which are comforting
4. D.
  Americans are suffering much in the recession.
2.
What does the underlined sentence “The recession seems to have a sweet tooth” mean?
1. A.
  Candy consuming rises while people are suffering bad effects of the recession.
2. B.
  The recession doesn’t have any bad effect on Americans.
3. C.
  Americans are optimistic even though they are out of employment.
4. D.
  Candy companies stayed in business during the Great Depression.
3.
Which is NOT the reason why people in the recession like sugar?
1. A.
  It is relatively cheap.
2. B.
  It is comforting and can make a lot of profits.
3. C.
  It raises people’s spirits up.
4. D.
  It calls up people’s good memories.
4.
The best title of the passage is ________.
1. A.
  Sugar Is Comforting
2. B.
  Candy Companies Stay In Business
3. C.
  Americans Have A Sweet Tooth
4. D.
  Sugar Sales Rise In The Recession

The person who was taking photos asked the family to sit and listen to his order.

A.
closely；close
B.
close；closely
C.
close；close
D.
closely；closely

But later people developed a way of printing, _____rocks.

A.
used
B.
using
C.
and use
D.
uses

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What can be the best title of the text?

We can learn from the research that _________.

According to the research, when people get older, _________.

What would the author probably talk about next?

The author is intended to _________.

This main idea of the passage is about the ______.

When plants died, they _____.

Hills were formed as a result of _____.

What is implied but not stated in the passage?

When the author was young, her father ______.

How old was the author’s father when he made a swing for his granddaughter?

When painting the house, the father asked the author to hold a paint brush because ______.

The underlined phrase “passed away” in the last paragraph probably means “______”.

Which of the following statements is true?

The underlined word “relieved” means ________.

We can infer from the passage that _____________.

We can learn from the passage that we should _____________.

The writer couldn’t see everything clearly through the window because_____

The writer was surprised that ________

“ It dawned on me” probably means “______”

It’s clear that________

From the passage, we can learn_________

People sometimes complain _________

When we face failure, we ___________

The best title for the passage is_______

What caused the woman next to me to fall?

The passengers failed to escape because ________.

What would the author most possibly do after he saw the exit from the tunnel?

Between which two paragraphs can the following paragraph be put?I cried, “God, if it is not my time to die, please help me!” Then I heard a noise. It was like a door opening. It was on my right hand side. So in the dark, I at once began to push my way forward to where that noise came from.

Raymond Schneider was set as an example to show ________.

What does the underlined sentence “The recession seems to have a sweet tooth” mean?

Which is NOT the reason why people in the recession like sugar?

The best title of the passage is ________.

The person who was taking photos asked the family to sit ________and listen ________to his order.

But later people developed a way of printing, _____rocks.

试题分类

Between which two paragraphs can the following paragraph be put?
I cried, “God, if it is not my time to die, please help me!” Then I heard a noise. It was like a door opening. It was on my right hand side. So in the dark, I at once began to push my way forward to where that noise came from.

The person who was taking photos asked the family to sit and listen to his order.