Money and Happiness

A Guide to Living the good life

Author: Laura Rowley

Publisher: Wiley (March 1, 2005)

Laura Rowley makes us all understand the money-happiness connection in our own lives so that we spend our time and our efforts wisely. She offers insight that every reader can use to make smarter decisions that will lead to living a rich life in every possible definition of the term.

The Happiness Makeover

How to Teach Yourself to Be Happy and Enjoy Every Day

Author: M. J. Ryan

Publisher: Broadway (May 10, 2005)

Ryan’s own desire to be happier first led(引领) her to study what is known about happiness from brain science, psychology, and the wisdom traditions of the world. The Happiness Makeover draws on this wide-ranging knowledge and presents a plan that will help you:

Clear away happiness hindrances(障碍物) like worry, fear, envy, and grudges

Discover happiness boosters like meaningful work, challenge, and gratitude

Learn to think optimistically(乐观地)（it is really possible!）

Find daily ways to truly enjoy, even relish, the moments of your life Happiness

The Science Behind Your Smile

Author: Daniel Nettle

Publisher: Oxford University Press (July 1, 2005)

This is the first book to look thoroughly at what happiness is and how it works. Nettle examines whether people are basically happy or unhappy, whether success can make us happy, why some people are happier than others, and much more.

Hormones（荷尔蒙）, health, and Happiness

Author: Steven F. Hotze

Publisher: Forrest Publishing (April, 2005)

Dr Steven Hotze is leading a wellness revolution that advances a new model of health care. In Hormones, Health, and Happiness you are shown how to reach and maintain optional cell, tissue(身体组织), and organ（器官） functioning so that you can enjoy a better quality of life.

1.At least how many books are written by women according to the passage above?

A. 4      B. 3      C. 2      D. 1

2.Whose model will possibly help readers obtain health naturally(自然地)?

A. Laura Rowley   B. Ryan’s    C. Daniel Nettle’s    D. Steven F. Hotze’s

3.Which book is the result of the author’s own need to know more about happiness?

A. Hormones, health, and Happiness

B. Money and Happines

C. The Happiness Makeover

D. The Science Behind Your Smile

What will man be like in the future in 5000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make guesses, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today, for man is slowly changing all the time.

Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is a relatively short period of time, so we may assume that man will continue to grow taller. Again, in the modem world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brain's capacity. As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more, and eventually we shall need larger ones! This is likely to bring about a physical change too: the head, in particular the forehead, will grow larger.

Nowadays our eyes are in constant use.  In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over a very long period of time it is likely that man's eyes will grow stronger.

On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modem life.

But what about hair? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both sexes are likely to be bald.

Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at! This may well be true. All the same, in spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us. He will still be a human being with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.

62. The passage mainly tells us that          .

    A. man's life will be different in the future

    B. what will man look like in the future

    C. man is growing taller and uglier as time passes

    D. human's organs' functions will become weak

63. The change in man's size of forehead will probably be because          .

    A. he makes use only 20% of the brain's capacity

    B. his brain has grown larger over the past centuries

    C. the other 80% of his brain will grow in due time

    D. he will use his brain more and more as time goes on

64. What will be true about a human being in the future?

    A. He will be hairless because hair is no longer useful.

    B. He will have smaller eyes and will wear better glasses.

    C. His fingers will grow weaker because he won't have to make use of them.

    D. He will think and feel in a different way.

65. It is implied that          .

   A. human beings will become less attractive in the future.

   B. less use of a bodily organ（器官）may lead to its degeneration（退化）.

   C. human beings hope for a change in the future life.

   D. future life is always predictable.

       The need for a surgical（外科的）operation, especially an emergency operation, almost always comes as a horrible shock to the patient and his family .Despite modern advances, most people still have an irrational fear of hospitals and surgeries.

       In the early years of last century there was little specialization in surgery. A good surgeon was skillful to perform almost every operation that had been devised up（invented）to that time. Today the situation is different. Operations are now being carried out that were not even dreamed of fifty years ago. The heart can be safely opened and its parts repaired .Clogged blood vessels（血管）can be cleaned out ,and broken ones mended or replaced .A lung, the whole stomach ,or even part of the brain can be removed and still permit the patient to live a comfortable and satisfactory life.

       The range of surgery has increased remarkably in 20th century .Its safety has increased too. Deaths from most operations are about 20% of what they were in 1910and surgery has come in many directions for example to certain types of birth defects in newborn babies ,and , at the other end of the scale ,to life-saving operations for the eighty-ninety years olds. The hospital-stay after surgery has been shortened to as little as a week for most major operations.

       Many developments in modern surgery are simply wonders .They include the replacement of damaged blood vessels and heart parts with ones made of plastic; the transplanting of tissues such as the lens of the eye.

       One of the recent and the most revolutionary areas of modern surgery is that of organ（器官）transplants. Until a few years ago ,no person ,except an identical twin ,was able to accept into his body the tissues of another person without reacting against them and eventually causing death .Recently ,however ,it has been discovered that with the use of x-rays and special drugs ,it is possible to transplant tissues from one person to another which will survive for periods of a year or more .Kidneys（肾）have been successfully transplanted between non-identical twins. Heart and lung transplants have been reasonably successful in animals, though anti-body problems in humans have yet to be solved.

       “Spare parts” surgery, the simple replacement of all worn-out organs by new ones, is still a dream of the future under people’s earnest expectations. Surgery is not yet ready for such wonders now .In the meantime, you can be happy if your doctor says to you. “Yes, I think it is possible to operate on you for this condition.”

1．How does surgery develop in time order according to the passage?

       a. People are aiming at the replacement of all worn-out organs.

       b. Organ transplanting between identical twins.

       c. A good surgeon is able to perform all the operations in his time.

       d. Human’s hearts can be opened and their parts repaired.

       e. Anti-body problems in surgery can be partly solved.

       A．d-a-b-e-c             B．d-b-e-a-c             C．c-d-b-e-a             D．e-b-a-d-e

2．What is the meaning of the underlined word “clogged”?

       A．Broken.               B．Blocked.              C．Removed.            D．Repaired.

3．What’s the main difficulty in organ transplanting?

       A．People’s irrational fear for hospitals and surgeries.

       B．One body’s resistance to organs from another body.

       C．Kidney transplanting between non-identical twins.

       D．The worn-out organs and the tissues of the eye.

4．We can infer from the passage that           in the future?

       A．a surgical specialist will be able to do every operation

       B．it’ll become a simple surgery for twins to exchange organs

       C．the replacement of all worn-out organs might be realized

       D．human’s brain will be removed and replaced by plastics

Money and Happiness
A Guide to Living the good life
Author: Laura Rowley
Publisher: Wiley (March 1, 2005)
Laura Rowley makes us all understand the money-happiness connection in our own lives so that we spend our time and our efforts wisely. She offers insight that every reader can use to make smarter decisions that will lead to living a rich life in every possible definition of the term.
The Happiness Makeover
How to Teach Yourself to Be Happy and Enjoy Every Day
Author: M. J. Ryan
Publisher: Broadway (May 10, 2005)
Ryan’s own desire to be happier first led(引领) her to study what is known about happiness from brain science, psychology, and the wisdom traditions of the world. The Happiness Makeover draws on this wide-ranging knowledge and presents a plan that will help you:
Clear away happiness hindrances(障碍物) like worry, fear, envy, and grudges
Discover happiness boosters like meaningful work, challenge, and gratitude
Learn to think optimistically(乐观地)（it is really possible!）
Find daily ways to truly enjoy, even relish, the moments of your life Happiness
The Science Behind Your Smile
Author: Daniel Nettle
Publisher: Oxford University Press (July 1, 2005)
This is the first book to look thoroughly at what happiness is and how it works. Nettle examines whether people are basically happy or unhappy, whether success can make us happy, why some people are happier than others, and much more.
Hormones（荷尔蒙）, health, and Happiness
Author: Steven F. Hotze
Publisher: Forrest Publishing (April, 2005)
Dr Steven Hotze is leading a wellness revolution that advances a new model of health care. In Hormones, Health, and Happiness you are shown how to reach and maintain optional cell, tissue(身体组织), and organ（器官） functioning so that you can enjoy a better quality of life

1. 1.

   At least how many books are written by women according to the passage above?

   1. A.
      4
   2. B.
      3
   3. C.
      2
   4. D.
      1
2. 2.

   Whose model will possibly help readers obtain health naturally(自然地)?

   1. A.
      Laura Rowley
   2. B.
      Ryan’s
   3. C.
      Daniel Nettle’s
   4. D.
      Steven F. Hotze’s
3. 3.

   Which book is the result of the author’s own need to know more about happiness?

   1. A.
      Hormones, health, and Happiness
   2. B.
      Money and Happines
   3. C.
      The Happiness Makeover
   4. D.
      The Science Behind Your Smile