Question

Some people think if you are happy, you are blind to reality. But when we research it, happiness actually ______every single business and educational outcome for the brain. How did we ______ this? Why do we have these social misunderstandings about happiness? Because we assumed you were ______.

When we study people, scientists are often interested in what the average is.

Many people think happiness is genetic. That's only half the story, because the average person does not fight their ______. When we stop studying the average and begin ______ positive outliers(离群值) -- people who are above average for a positive aspect like optimism or intelligence -- a ______ different picture appears. Our daily decisions and habits have a huge impact upon both our levels of happiness and ______.

______, happiness is a choice. It is a choice about where your single processor brain will devote its finite resources as you process the world. If you scan for the ______ first, your brain really has no resources left over to see the things you are grateful for or the meaning embedded（嵌入） in your work. But if you scan the world for the positive, you start to acquire an ______advantage.

I wrote the cover story for the Harvard Business Review magazine on "Happiness Leads to Profits." Based on my article called "Positive Intelligence" and my research in The Happiness Advantage, I ______ our researched conclusion: the single greatest advantage in the modern economy is a ______ and busy workforce.

A decade of research in the business world ______ that happiness raises nearly every business and educational ______: increasing sales by 37%， productivity by 31%， and ______ on tasks by 19%， as well as a number of health and quality-of-life improvements.

1.A. rises B. arises C. raises D. realizes

2.A. think B. miss C. know D. understand

3.A. usual B. single C. unique D. average

4.A. bodies B. faces C. genes D. fates

5.A. researching B. discovering C. finding D. observing

6.A. mildly B. hardly C. crazily D. wildly

7.A. interest B. success C. safety D. failure

8.A. Scientifically B. Fortunately C. Gradually D. Strangely

9.A. active B. passive C. negative D. positive

10.A. interesting B. embarrassing C. annoying D. amazing

11.A. Talked B. summarized[来 C. thought D. underlined

12.A. silly B. funny C. common D. happy

13.A. means B. proves C. wishes D. hopes

14.A. outcome B. answer C. cause D. reality

15.A. behavior B. mistake C. accuracy D. possession

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.D

13.B

14.A

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇议论文。了人们对幸福的误解。事实上，幸福对我们的经济业务与教育成果大有好处。

1.】C考查动词辨析以及预警理解。Rise上升，为不及物动词。Arise产生；发生；出现，亦为不及物动词。Raise提升；增加，为及物动词。Realize意识到，与语境不符。而此处后接了宾语，需要一个及物动词。故选C。

2.】B。考查动从i辨析以及语境理解。Think认为。Miss错过；不理解。Know知道。Understand理解。我们为什么没有理解这一点呢？故选B.

3.】D。考查形容词的辨析和语境理解。Usual通常的，顺常的。Single单个的。Unique独特的。Average普通的，平常的。根据下文可知，选D。

4.】C，考查名词辨析以及语境理解。Bodies身体。Faces脸。Genes基因。Fates命运。联系上下文可知选C.

5.】A。考查动词辩词以及语境理解。Researching研究；调查。Discovering发现。Finding（意外偶然地发现）。Observing观察到，看到。“当我们停止研究平常人并且开始研究积极的离群值时”。并且与studying对应。

6.】D.考查动词解析与语境理解。Mildly轻微地；稍微地；温和地。Hardly几乎不。Crazily非常快地；拼命地；疯狂地。Wildly及其；非常。故选D.

7.】B。考查名词辨析和语境理解。Interest兴趣。Success成功。Safety安全。Failure失败。我们的日常决定和习惯对我们的幸福度和成功都有着巨大的影响。故选B。

8.】A.考查副词辨析和语境理解。Scientifically合乎科学地。Fortunately幸运地。Gradually逐渐地。Strangely奇怪地。“合乎科学地，幸福是一种选择”。故选A.

9.】C.考查形容词辨析和语境理解。Active活跃的；充满活力的。Passive消极的，被动的。Negative消极的，常与positive构成对应。Positive积极的。故选C。

10.】考查形容词辨析与理解。Interesting有趣的。Embarrassing令人尴尬的。Annoying令人恼怒的。Amazing令人惊叹的。“但是如果你积极的细看这个世界，你会开始获得令人惊奇的益处”。故选D.

11.】B.考查动词辨析和语境理解。Talked谈论。Summarized总结；概述。Though认为。Underlined强调，；在.......下面划线。“基于我的《积极的智慧》一文和我们对幸福的好处的研究，我总结了我们的研究结论”。

12.】D考查形容词辨析和理解。Silly愚蠢的。Funny有趣的。Common普通的。Happy快乐的。“在现代经济中一个最大的优点就说有一群快乐而繁忙的劳动力”。故选D.

13.】B.考查动词辨析和语境理解。Means意思是；意味着。Proves证明。Wishes希望（不太可能的）。Hope希望。“在企业界十年的研究证明.......”故选B

14.】A.考查名词辨析和语境理解。Outcome成果；结果。Answer答案。Cause原因。Reality现实；实际。“educational outcome教育成果”。并且在第一段提到过。故选A.

15.】C.考查名词辨析和语境理解。Behavior行为。Mistake错误。Accuracy精确度；准确性。Possession拥有；财产。“销售增加了37%，生产力增加了31%，工作的精确度提高了19%”。故选C.

考点：考查人生百味类短文阅读。