It is a hot summer day, and you feel thirsty.A friend gives you a glass of cold lemonade.How do you feel when you see the glass?Will you describe your feeling as happiness or as pleasure?I believe you will say it is a feeling of pleasure.There is a connection between these two kinds of feelings, and sometimes one causes the other, but they are not the same.Pleasure is more dependent on the five senses while happiness is independent of them.
When you are happy, little unpleasant events usually do not disturb you.When you are unhappy, you feel as if everything is against you.You may compensate for it by eating chocolate and sweets because this gives you pleasure, yet you stay unhappy.A person may smoke cigarettes because it gives him pleasure, yet this does not make him happier, especially if he knows the fact that it is not good for his health.
The physical world is always in a changing state.At each moment a new thing is being created, changed, transformed and then destroyed.This is the normal state of things and no one can change it.If we stay still in a certain state, we are sure to experience unhappiness sooner or later.On the other hand, if we adjust to the environment, nothing can influence our moods.Then outer events have nothing to do with our inner joy of mind.
The room of the mind is filled with worry or fear.If you are free of thinking about them, the room has been emptied, and then you will see what is happening and experience it.When your mind stays quiet, you will see that happiness comes from the inside.
What does the underlined phrase “compensate for” in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?
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A.
to make a suitable payment for
B.
to let out your anger for
C.
to provide with a balancing effect for
D.
to solve the problems for
(2)
According to the passage,in which of the following situations can you feel happy?
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A.
A friend gives you a glass of cold lemonade when you feel thirsty.
B.
You eat chocolate and sweets when you feel as if everything is against you.
C.
Smoke cigarettes even though you know the fact that it is not good for your health.
D.
You are free from worry or fear when your mind stays quiet.
(3)
We can learn from the passage ________.
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A.
happiness is more dependent on the five senses
B.
pleasure sometimes arouses happiness
C.
you feel happy when nothing around you changes in a certain state
D.
you feel unhappy because you have to adjust to the environment
(4)
Which can be the best title for the passage?
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A.
Pleasure Leads to Happiness
B.
Happiness Changes Us
C.
Happiness Is Within Us
D.
Stay a Quiet Mind
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Russ was a lovable kid with a variety of communication challenges-a speech impediment(语言障碍), dyslexia(诵读困难), and auditory(听觉的)problems. 1 today he is walking confidently, standing tall to make an acceptance 2 for having been chosen one of the “Outstanding Young Citizens” in Ocean County, New Jersey 3 his remarkable volunteer service in the town of Toms River.
As I listened, I closed my eyes.I found myself 4 those memorable moments.My mind was full of warm images of Russ as a loving, caring youth, a gentle soul, 5 his challenges.And now, as he stood at the platform, I knew his heart 6 be racing.As Russ continued to speak, I thought about the fateful day when he was diagnosed with all those impairments(损伤)and how 7 his tutors would be if they could see him today.Here he was at twenty-nine, being honored for ten years of service as a volunteer 8 .Russ was 9 for organizing clothing for the homeless, teaching preschool children about fire safety, and for playing Santa Claus for very sick children by driving up in a fire truck.
Russ thanked his parents for providing him with dignity and for teaching him about morals.Then, pausing for a few seconds, he 10 us by surprise by touching lovingly on the 11 of his nephew, Austin.Austin was just three years old when he died from an incurable disease.At that moment, I had to close my eyes again 12 a different set of tears ran down my cheeks.A silence 13 the room as Russ owed his volunteer award to Austin.He 14 his address by lifting the audience up with these words, “Austin taught me how to love.”
I have never thought of this day. 15 , no one had ever thought that Russ would make 16 as the star of the football team, and he had never been voted “most likely to succeed,” but he 17 to be a true “star” in his community.Russ became a man of strong character 18 his unselfish service to others.With so many impairments, Russ now sees and acts 19 with his heart.His words and deeds inspire everyone who knows him.It is Russ, our son, who has shown us what 20 is.
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And
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While
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As
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But
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point
B.
speech
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call
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appeal
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in spite of
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regardless of
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because of
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in face of
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A.
recalling
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recording
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seizing
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expecting
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putting up with
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concerning about
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escaping from
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facing up to
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could
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must
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would
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might
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nervous
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excited
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proud
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surprised
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policeman
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tailor
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fireman
D.
tutor
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grateful
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responsible
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anxious
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fit
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A.
took
B.
got
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shocked
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moved
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birth
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achievement
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loss
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disease
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since
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after
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when
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before
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dropped down
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fell over
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took off
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got up
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concluded
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wrote
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delivered
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started
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Generally
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Surprisingly
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Actually
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However
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it
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him
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one
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that
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happened
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rose
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appeared
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reduced
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at
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on
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by
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in
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cautiously
B.
generously
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closely
D.
clearly
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A.
sharing
B.
love
C.
sacrifice
D.
confidence
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项,选出最佳选项。
In the winter of 1990, I was asked to appear on a television talk show in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.At the end of our first day of taping, I was on my way back to my 24-hour-room-service 1 when I saw something shocking.
On the sidewalk in four inches of snow was a man 2 with only a cardboard to keep him from being completely 3 to the freezing cold.What really broke my heart was when I 4 that he wore no shoes and socks.
I wanted to stop and help him, 5 I was not quite sure what to do.As the traffic light turned green, it seemed life was demanding that I 6 .So I did.Back in "anything I wanted was mine" environment of my hotel, I immediately 7 about the man on the street.Several days later, I was eating Danish at the station.All of the "important" people had 8 the room and it was just me and the doorman remaining.
I had seen him 9 go about his business every day without saying a word except 10 .When I asked him how he was 11 today, he told me that he'd been having to ride his bike to work in the snow and that he'd been feeling rather 12 for himself...that is, until he saw a man sleeping down on the corner of the street with just a 13 for covering from the cold and no shoes.I almost 14 on my Danish as I heard him go on to relate how he was so moved with 15 for the man that he bought the man a pair of socks and shoes.
As I heard his stay, I saw in my mind a 16 that used to be in an old friend's bedroom when I was a teenager.It was a picture of a child 17 someone a flower and the 18 below read:'The 19 deed often exceeds(胜过)the grandest of intentions." As Mother Teresa 20 it, "none of us can do anything great on our own, but we can all do a small thing with great love."