4．Recently my husband had his Achilles tendon（跟腱） cut when feeding a chicken．When sitting in the doctor's office waiting for surgery stressfully，I decided to treat myself for a minute and start to read about"The Little House on the Prairie"．Suddenly I felt my life seemed like a slack（懈�。ヽompared to the Ingalls who do all their washing and cooking but they feel so happy．Their every happiness is created from the work with their own hands．Yet I'm walking around feeling sorry for myself because I'm picking up the slack!So I'm thinking"Work it out!Get up and get busy．"
It really is true．I realize that I'm happiest when accomplishing tangible（有形的） productive work---working in the yard and washing my dishes---brings me happiness．This does not surprise Kelly Lambert Ph．D．She has been researching the phenomenon she calls"effort-rewards"．When you do meaningful work with your hands，a kind of neurochemical feedback floods your brain with dopamine and serotonin．These happy brain chemicals are natural antidepressants，and we've evolved to release them both to reward ourselves for working with our hands and to motivate ourselves to do it some more．Dr．Lambert says Americans have become more depressed in recent years and at the same time we've experienced a decrease in purposeful physical activity．Did we lose something vital to our mental health when we started pushing buttons instead of ploughing the fields？
Dr．Pansinski says she gets that happy look when she prepares a meal at the end of a day．"We are programmed to reward ourselves when we accomplish things with our hands．For so many people，it just feels as though everything's going so fast-life，kids，hundreds of e-mails a day．There is so little you can really see and hold on to．Working with one's hands is a way to slow down，to take pleasure in life again．"
21．Before reading"The Little House On the Prairie"，the writer might think the Ingalls wereD．
A．unknown
B．hardworking
C．foolish
D．unhappy
22．The writer develop the first paragraph in a way ofB．
A．giving an example
B．making a comparison
C．a(chǎn)nalyzing a cause
D．a(chǎn)sking a question
23．From Kelly Lambert Ph．D，we know thatC．
A．her"effort-rewards"is popular among American people
B．working with our hands makes our brain tired easily
C．a(chǎn) decrease in physical work causes people in low mood．
D．we should work with our hands instead of using machine
24．From what Dr．Pansinski says，we can conclude thatD．
A．time and tide wait for no man
B．we should lower our expectation for life
C．it's better to leave today's work to tomorrow
D．we should never hurry our life too much．
分析 本文主要寫了人們的每一個(gè)幸福都是用自己的雙手創(chuàng)造出來的．用手工作是減緩生活壓力獲得樂趣的一種方法．
解答 21．D 推理判斷題題．根據(jù)句子the Ingalls who do all their washing and cooking but they feel so happy．英格爾斯做了所有的洗滌和烹飪，但他們感到非常高興．可以推斷出作者在閱讀以前以為the Ingalls 不高興，所以答案選D．
22．B 推理判斷題．根據(jù)句子 Suddenly I felt my life seemed like a slack（懈�。ヽompared to the Ingalls who do all their washing and cooking but they feel so happy．突然間，我覺得我的生活就像是一個(gè)懶散的人，和英格爾斯一起做著他們所有的洗衣和做飯，但是他們感到很開心．可以推斷出作者用比較的方法來完成第一段的，所以答案選B．
23．C 推理判斷題．根據(jù)句子Dr．Lambert says Americans have become more depressed in recent years and at the same time we've experienced a decrease in purposeful physical activity．Lambert博士說，近年來美國人變得越來越沮喪，同時(shí)我們的體力活動(dòng)也減少了．可以推斷出Lambert博士認(rèn)為減少體力勞動(dòng)就會(huì)是情緒低落，所以答案選C．
24．D 推理判斷題．根據(jù)句子For so many people，it just feels as though everything's going so fast-life，kids，hundreds of e-mails a day．There is so little you can really see and hold on to．對(duì)于這么多人來說，一切都過得很快，你能真正看到并抓住的是那么少．由此可以推斷出他認(rèn)為我們不應(yīng)該太匆忙地過我們的生活．所以答案選D．
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