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   There are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health and wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy, the other becomes unhappy. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.

   People who are to be happy fix their attention on the convenience of things. The pleasant parts of conversation, the well prepared dishes, the goodness of the wine, the fine weather. They enjoy all the cheerful things. Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the opposite things. Therefore, they are continually dissatisfied. By their remarks, they sour the pleasure of society, offend (hurt) many people, and make themselves disagreeable everywhere. If this turn of mind was founded in nature, such unhappy persons would be the more to be pitied. The intention of criticizing (批评) and being disliked is perhaps taken up by imitation (模仿)。 It grows into a habit unknown to its possessors.  The habit may be strong, but it may be cured when those who have it realize its bad effects on their interests and tastes. I hope this little warning may be of service to them, and help them change this habit.

   Although in fact it is chiefly an act of the imagination, it has serious results in life since it brings on deep sorrow and bed luck. Those people offend many others; nobody loves them, and no one treats them with more than the most common politeness and respect. This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them into arguments. If they aim at getting some advantages in social position of fortune, nobody wishes them success. Nor will anyone start a step or speak a word to favor their hopes. If they bring on themselves public objections, no one will defend or excuse them, and many will join to criticize their wrongdoings. These should change this bad habit and be pleased with what is pleasing, without worrying needlessly about themselves and others. If they do not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact (接触)with them. Otherwise, it can be disagreeable and sometimes very inconvenient, especially when on becomes mixed up in their quarrels.

   1.People who are unhappy      .

   A. always consider things differently from others

   B. usually are affected by the results of certain things

  C. usually misunderstand what others think or say

   D. always discover the unpleasant side of certain things

   2.The phrase “sour the pleasure of society” most nearly means “    ”.

  A. have a good taste with social life     B. make others unhappy

    C. tend to scold others openly            D. enjoy the pleasure of life

   3.We can conclude from the passage that      .

  A. we should pity all such unhappy people

  B. such unhappy people are dangerous to social life

  C. people can get rid of the habit of unhappiness

  D. unhappy people can not understand happy persons

   4.If such unhappy persons insist on keeping the habit, the author suggests that people should    .

  A. prevent any communication with them

  B. show no respect and politeness to them

  C. persuade them to recognize the bad effects

  D. quarrel with them until they realize the mistakes

   5.In this passage, the writer mainly      .

    A. describes two types of people   B. laughs at the unhappy people

    C. suggests ways to help the unhappy  D. tells people how to be happy in life

A

   Several years ago, my parents, my wife, my son and I ate at one of those restaurants where the menu is written on a blackboard. After a wonderful dinner, the waiter set the check in the middle of table. That’s when it happened; my father did not reach for the check.

   Conversation continued. Finally I realized that I should pick up the check! After hundreds of restaurant meals with my parents, after a lifetime of thinking of my father as the on e with dollars, it had all changed. I reached for the check, and my view of myself suddenly changed. I was an adult. I was no longer a kid (child).

   Some people mark off(区分) their lives in years, I measure mine in small events. I didn’t become a young man at a particular age, like 16, but rather when a kid who wandered in the streets called me “mister.” These events in m life are called “milestones”(里程碑)

   There have been other milestones. The cops (policemen) of my youth always seemed big, even huge, and of course they were older than I was. Then one day they were suddenly neither. The day came when I suddenly realized that all the football players in the game I was watching were younger than I was. They were just big kids. With that milestone gone was the dream that someday, maybe I, too, could be a football player. Without ever having reached the hill, I was over it.

   I never thought that I would fall asleep in front of the TV set as my father did. Now it’s what I do best. I never thought that I would go to the beach and not swim, yet I spent all of August at the shore and never once went into the ocean. I never thought that I would appreciate opera, but now the combination of voice and orchestra (乐队)attract me. I never thought that I would prefer to stay home in the evenings, but now I find myself passing up parties. I used to think that people who watched birds were strange, but this summer I found myself watching them, and maybe I’ll get a book on the subject. I feel a strong desire for a religious belief that I never thought I’d want, feel close to my ancestors(祖先)long gone, and echo my father in arguments with my son. I still lose…

   One day I bought a house. One day-what a day! -I became a father, and not too long after that I picked up the check for my own father. I thought then it was a milestone for me. One day, when I was a little older, I realized it was on for him too, another milestone.

   1.The tone established in the passage is one of     .

  A. sad regret  B. amusement  C. happiness D. deep feeling

   2. The author mentions the event in the restaurant because     

  A. that was on e of his milestones

  B. he paid the bill but he didn’t want to

  C. he became a father with dollars

  D. that was the last restaurant meal with his parents

   3. “Then they were suddenly neither.” Suggests that     .

  A. suddenly they became older than I was.

  B. suddenly I knew that they were neither bigger nor older than I was

    C. suddenly I realized that I made a mistake

  D. suddenly I found myself no longer a kid

   4. Which of the following best expresses the author’ thinking?

  A. One day is worth two tomorrows.

  B. To save time is to lengthen life

  C. When an opportunity is lost, it never comes back to you./

  D. Time and tide wait for no man.

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