Question

Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness，happiness，goodness，and self?respect？The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized (把……歸類) as “honor” help you create this life of good feelings.

Here’s an example to show how honorable actions create happiness.

Say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item.If we keep silent，and profit from the clerk’s mistake，we would drive home with a sense of sneaky (暗中的) excitement.Later we might tell our family or friends about our good fortune.On the other hand，if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item，the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty.We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul.

Then，what is it to do with our sense of happiness?

In the first case，where we don’t tell the clerk，a couple of things would happen.Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief.In the process，we would lose some peace of mind and self?respect.We would also demonstrate that we cannot be trusted，since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends.We damage our own reputations by telling others.In contrast，bringing_the_error_to_the__clerk’s__attention causes different things to happen.Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable.Upon leaving the store，we feel honorable and our self?respect is increased.Whenever we take honorable actions we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility.

There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions.Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions.Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence.And it’s easy to think and act honorably again when we’re happy.While the positive cycle can be difficult to start，once it’s started，it’s easy to continue.Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind，which is important for our happiness.

1.According to the passage，the positive action in the example contributes to our________.

A．self?respect 　B．financial rewards

C．a(chǎn)dvertising ability　D．friendly relationship

2.The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to________.

A．lying 　B．stealing

C．cheating 　D．a(chǎn)dvertising

3.The underlined phrase “bringing the error to the clerk’s attention” means________.

A．telling the truth to the clerk

B．offering advice to the clerk

C．a(chǎn)sking the clerk to be more attentive

D．reminding the clerk of the charged items

4.How will we feel if we let the clerk know the mistake?

A．We’ll be very excited.

B．We’ll feel unfortunate.

C．We’ll have a sense of honor.

D．We’ll feel sorry for the clerk.

5.Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?

A．How to Live Truthfully

B．Importance of Peacefulness

C．Ways of Gaining Self?respect

D．Happiness through Honorable Actions

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.D

【解析】

語篇解讀　文章主要是敘述通過高尚的行為可以獲得快樂。

1.解析：　推理判斷題。文章第五段分析了兩種不同做法給人的內(nèi)心帶來的不同感受，其中的倒數(shù)第二句講到，積極的行為做出后，我們會感到自豪，而且自尊會增強(qiáng)，由此可知本題選A項(xiàng)。

答案：　A

2.2】解析：　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章第五段中的“Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief”可以判斷，在我們的內(nèi)心深處我們會把自己當(dāng)成小偷，故stealing是正確的。

答案：　B

3.3】解析：　短語理解題。從文章第五段中的“Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable”可推知，如果我們把真相告訴了售貨員，他們立刻會覺得我們非�？删矗�故正確答案為A項(xiàng)。

答案：　A

4.4】解析：　推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第五段最后四句話可知，當(dāng)我們告訴售貨員真相時(shí)，我們就會有一種榮譽(yù)感。

答案：　C

5.5】解析：　主旨大意題。文章主要論述了通過高尚的行為可以獲得快樂，所以正確答案為D項(xiàng)。

答案：　D