I chose to study after getting married．I have recently 1 my college degree．The last project before graduation was called “Smile”．
The class was asked to go out and 2 at three people and record their reactions．I am a very 3 person and always smile at everyone, so, I thought, this would be 4 ．
My husband and I went to a 5 one March morning．We were standing in line, waiting to be 6 , when all of a sudden everyone around us began to back away, and then even my husband did that．A feeling of 7 filled me and I turned to see why they had 8 ．
As I turned around I smelled a 9 “dirty body” smell, and there standing 10 me were two homeless men．As I looked down at the 11 gentleman, he was smiling．His beautiful blue eyes were full of 12 as he searched for acceptance and said, “Good day．”
I felt 13 for them and held my tears as I stood there with them．They only asked for one hamburger 14 that was all they could afford and they just wanted to find a warm place to stay．Then I really felt that I almost reached out and hugged the little man．That was when I 15 all the eyes there were set on me, 16 my every action．
I 17 two more breakfast meals and then walked toward the table that the men had chosen as a(n) 18 place．
I put the food on the table．He was very 19 , smiled with tears in his eyes, and said, “Thank you．” I answered, “Your smile is the best 20 for me．”
“Now ,”Mrs．Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions．”
The class seems to be greatly surprised．Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be 1 ．“Yes, you will all be searching for your future 2 ．Each of you will have to 3 someone in your field, plus give an oral report．”
Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this．Finally, I picked print journalism．This 4 I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter．I was extremely nervous．I sat down in front of him 5 able to speak．He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?”
I shook my head．
“How about some 6 ?”
I shook my head again．
Finally, I thought he realized I was 7 , and I got my first big tip as a 8 ：“Never, never go anywhere without a pen and paper．You never know what you’ll run into．”After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from 9 in class．I got an A on the entire project．
Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career, but with no success．Then I 10 Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist．And I called my parents．They didn’t 11 me．They just reminded me how competitive the field was and 12 all my life I had to run away from competition．This was true．But journalism did something to me; it was in my blood． 13 gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was 14 ．
For the past 12 years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career, 15 stories from murders to airplane crashes and 16 choosing my strongest area． 17 I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories hit me and I realized that had it not been 18 Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk．
I get 19 all the time：“How did you pick journalism?”
“Well, you see, there was a teacher…”I just wish I could 20 her．
I had a very special teacher many years ago whose husband died suddenly of a heart attack．About a week after his 1 , she shared her insights(顿悟)with the students．When the class was nearly over, she 2 and said, “I would like to 3 with all of you a thought that has 4 to do with class, but which I feel is very 5 ．
“Each of us is put here on the 6 to learn, share, love and appreciate ourselves．None of us knows when this 7 will end．At any moment it can be 8 ．Perhaps this is life’s way of telling us that we must make good 9 of every day．” Her eyes beginning to 10 , she went on saying, “So I would like you all to 11 me．From now on, on your way home, find something 12 to notice．It doesn’t have to be something you see－it could be scent(香味)of fresh bread, or it could be the 13 of the wind slightly rustling(发出沙沙声)the leaves．”
“Please look for these things, and 14 them．The little things are put here on the earth for us to enjoy．They are 15 observing, for at any time they can all be taken away．”
The class was totally quiet．We all picked up our books and went out of the room 16 ．That afternoon, on my way home I noticed 17 things than before．Every time I think of that teacher and remember what a(n) 18 she made on all of us, I try to 19 all of those things that sometimes we all ignore．For as we get older, it is not the things we did that we often regret, 20 the things we didn’t do．
In Mr．Allen’s high school class, all the students have to “get married”． 1 , the wedding ceremonies(婚礼)sometimes become so 2 that the loud laughter drowns out the 3 of the “minister(牧师)”． 4 the two students getting married often begin to 5 ．
The teacher, Mr．Allen, believes that marriage is a difficult and serious 6 ．He wants young people to understand that there are many changes that must take place 7 marriage．He believes that the need for these changes 8 be understood before people marry．
Mr．Allen doesn’t only introduce his students to 9 problems in marriage such as illness or being out of work．He also exposes 10 to the difficult and particular problems they will 11 every day．He even familiarizes his students 12 the problems of divorce(离婚)．
It has been 13 for some of the students to see the problems that a married 14 often faces． 15 they took the course(课程), they had not worried 16 about the problems of marriage．However, both 17 and parents feel that Mr．Allen’s course is valuable and have 18 it publicly．Their statements and letters 19 the class have asked the school to 20 the course again．
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(幸福)．
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(校长), 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(指导)of two professional actresses is another．
The course is taught for three periods a week．Despite 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, but are mainly based on positive thinking, using findings from studies of depression(郁闷)．
“That would be too one-sided for us．We want to show how delicious food or exercise can help, too,” the principal said．
(1)
What's the purpose of this passage?
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A．
To introduce the happiness course．
B．
To describe all the traditional courses．
C．
To arouse the readers' interest in happiness．
D．
To help students struggle against being sad．
(2)
The game intended for the students in the 2nd paragraph mainly to ________．
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A．
give other people opportunity
B．
practice how to speak in front of people
C．
confidently speak out one's opinions
D．
equip them with required social skills
(3)
According to the passage, the happiness course is ________．
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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
(4)
It can be inferred from the passage that ________．
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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