题目内容
Happiness is short, determined by every-thing from the weather to the size of your bank account. We’re not suggesting that you can reach a lasting state called “happiness” and remain there. But there are many ways to be far away from the paths of anxiety, anger frustration, and sadness once or even several times throughout the day.
1. Go to sleep. We have become a nation of sleep-deprived citizens. Taking a daily nap or getting into bed at 8 p.m. one night with a good book and turning the light out an hour later can have a better effect on your mood than any number of bubble baths or massages.
2. Hum along. Studies find that music makes parts of the brain active that produce happiness. It’s also relaxing. In one study, older adults who listened to their choice of music during the eye surgery had significantly lower heart rates, blood pressure, etc.
3. Volunteer. Helping others provides social interaction. While happy people are more likely to help others, helping others increases your happiness. One study found that volunteer work improved the aspects of well-being: happiness, life satisfaction, self-esteem(自尊), sense of control over life, and physical health.
4. Develop close relationships. People who have a lot of supportive friends are much more likely to have healthier blood pressure and stress hormone levels than those with two or fewer close friends. Women and a few men also seem to benefit from good relationships with their parents and spouses(配偶). People who feel lonely and depressed are three to five times more likely to get sick and die too early than those who have feelings of love, connection, and community.
5. Take care of the soul. Studies find that actively religious people are happier and cope better with crises, according to David Myers, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. For many people, faith provides a sense of life’s meaning, feelings of acceptance, a reason to focus beyond yourself, and a new view on life’s sadness. Even if you’re not religious, strong faith may offer similar benefits.
Ways to be happy | |
Introduction | Happiness is short and 1._______ on different kinds of things, but many ways can help us achieve it throughout the day. |
Go to sleep | It is more2._______ in affecting your mood than any number of bubble baths or massages. |
Hum along | Music can help people 3.________ happiness. |
According to a 4._____, older adults would feel relaxed with their choice of music in the eye surgery. | |
5.______ others | It provides social interaction and 6.________ your happiness if you are a happy person. |
Volunteer work would bring you 7._______ in some aspects of well-being. | |
Develop close relation-ships | It may 8._________ women and a few men if they develop good relationships with their parents and spouses. |
People with many supportive friends will live a(n) 9.______ and longer life than those with fewer close friends. | |
Take care of the soul | 10.________ you are religious or not, strong faith may offer a sense of life’s meaning, feelings of acceptance, a reason to focus beyond yourself, and a new view on life’s sadness. |
1.depends/relies
2.effective
3.produce
4.study
5.Help
6.increases
7.improvement(s)
8.benefit
9.healthier
10.Whether
【解析】
试题分析：题目主要考查学生从文中提取有效信息并对有关信息进行加工的能力。做题时需要注意是否需要大写，进行词性转换和固定搭配。
1.determined by every-thing from the weather to...”可知，开心是由各种各样的事情决定的，be determined by...由......决定，取决于......，depend/rely on...依靠/依赖......，故填depends/relies。
2.have a better effect on your mood than any number of bubble baths or massages”可知，睡眠比其它事情更能影响你的情绪，文中用的名词effect，这里需要用形容词的比较级，故填effective。
3.music makes parts of the brain active that produce happiness”可知，音乐能使大脑中负责产生愉快情绪的部位得到激活，help sb do sth帮助某人做某事，故填produce。
4.In one study, older adults...”可知，一项研究发现，音乐能让手术中的老人放松，故填study。
5.helping others increases your happiness”可知，帮助他人能带给人快乐，注意使用动词原形，并注意大写，故填Help。
6.helping others increases your happiness”可知，帮助他人能够增加人的快乐，主语是第三人称单数，故填increases。
7.volunteer work improved the aspects of well-being”可知，乐于助人能提高人的自我完善感，文中用的动词improve，bring sb sth带给某人某物，这里需要填其名称形式，故填improvement(s)。
8.Women and a few men also seem to benefit from good relationships with their parents and spouses”可知，女性和少数男性能从与父母和配偶的良好关系中受益，情态动词may后用动词原形，故填benefit。
9.People who feel lonely and depressed...get sick and die too early than those who have feelings of love, connection, and community”可知，感到孤独和沮丧的人容易生病，寿命也不会很长，由此可知，有许多亲密的朋友和和睦的家庭的人会更健康，他们的寿命也较长，根据and后的longer可知填比较级，故填healthier。
10.Even if you’re not religious, strong faith may offer similar benefits.”可知，即使没有宗教信仰，强烈的信念也能让人获益，且根据空白处后面的or not可知应该填whether，意为“无论”，注意大写，故填Whether。
考点：考查提取有效信息和词性转换的能力
