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【题目】 Being happy is an ability, which means we need to learn how to do it. This, perhaps, explains why around one in four undergraduate students at Yale University in the US have signed up (报名) for its Psychology and the Good Life course this semester. The course actually set a record of being the most popular in Yale’s 316-year history.

Laurie Santos, the psychology professor who will be running the course, believes that the high school lives which her students must have had are the reason that the course is so popular. It’s likely that students who get into top universities like Yale had a difficult time in high school. In order to stand out, they had to surround themselves with endless tests, competitions, and so-called “hobbies”, which made them very unhappy. "A lot of us are anxious (焦虑的), stressed, numb (麻木的)," Alannah Maynez, a 19-year-old undergraduate student at Yale, told The New York Times,“and I won’t miss such a chance.”

Yale isn’t the first university to offer such courses. Back in 2006, Harvard introduced its Positive Psychology class, and about 900 students signed up for it. There are now many universities in the US that have started courses on positive psychology, including the University of Pennsylvania and Claremont Graduate University.

It may sound sad when Harvard student Nancy Cheng called Positive Psychology a “self-help class”. But it’s a good thing that students accept that they have a problem, instead of having to pretend that everything is fine in front of everyone.

It’s true that being happy is an ability, and it’s OK that you may not have it yet. However, it’s never too early—or too late—to start learning.

【1】Many students at Yale University have signed for the Psychology and the Good Life course because ______ __.

A.students who get into top universities had a difficult time in high school

B.it is the most popular course in Yale’s 316-year history

C.Laurie Santos, the psychology professor will be running the course

【2】What does Alannah Maynez think of the psychology course?

A.Popular.B.Meaningless.C.Useful.

【3】How many universities that have positive psychology courses are mentioned in the passage?

A.FourB.One.C.Two.

【4】What does the underlined word “pretend” mean?

A.掩盖B.假装C.承认

【5】From the passage, we can know that________.

A.it’s never too early or too late to start learning how to be happy

B.Yale is the first university to offer psychology courses

C.Nancy Cheng thought the course helped her a lot to be happy

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】

这篇短文主要介绍了很多大学开设各种心理学课程以帮助学生心态积极快乐。

【1】细节理解题。根据“It’s likely that students who get into top universities like Yale had a difficult time in high school.”可知许多学生注册心理学和美好生活课程是因为他们为了上类似于耶鲁这样的大学在高中经历了艰难时光，故选A。

【2】推理判断题。根据Alannah Maynez 所说的话“"A lot of us are anxious (焦虑的), stressed, numb (麻木的)," “and I won’t miss such a chance.””可知她认为心理学课程对她是有帮助的，故选C。

【3】细节理解题。根据第三段提及的开设心理学课程的大学Yale ，Harvard ，the University of Pennsylvania and Claremont Graduate University，可知共有四所大学，故选A。

【4】词义猜测题。根据“it’s a good thing that students accept that they have a problem, instead of having to pretend that everything is fine in front of everyone.”中accept与pretend的对比，可知学生们接受自己有问题是件好事而不是在大家面前假装一切都很好，故选B。

【5】细节理解题。根据“However, it’s never too early—or too late—to start learning.”可知学会开始变得快乐永远不会太早或者太迟，故A正确；根据“Yale isn’t the first university to offer such courses.”可知耶鲁大学不是第一所提供这种课程的大学，故B错误；根据“It may sound sad when Harvard student Nancy Cheng called Positive Psychology a “self-help class”.”可知南希并不认可这门课程，故C错误。故选A。