You're looking happy.Yes,I()buy a new car this afternoon.
A.will
B.am going to
C.can
A.will
B.am going to
C.can
第1题
Being able to speak another language fluently is a great___when you're looking for a job.
A.chance
B.success
C.interest
D.advantage
第2题
A.looking into
B.approaching
C.exploring
D.descending
第3题
Passage Four
Does money buy happiness?It’s sometimes said that scientists have found no relationship between money and happiness,but that’s a myth,says University of Illinois psychologist Ed Denier.
The connection is complex. In fact,very rich people rate substantially higher in satisfaction with life than very poor people do,even within wealthy nations. He says“There is overwhelming evidence that money buys happiness.”said economist Andrew Oswald of the University of Warwick in England. The main debate,he said,is how strong the effect is.
Oswald recently reported a study of Britons who won between $ 2000 and $ 250000 in a lottery(彩票拍奖). As a group,they showed a boost in happiness averaging a bit more than one point on a 36-point scale when surveyed two years after their win,compared to their levels two years before they won.
Daniel Kahneman,a Nobel-Prize winner and Princeton economist,and colleagues,recently declared that the notion that making a lot of money will produce good overall mood is“mostly illusory”. They noted that in one study,members of the high-income group were almost twice as likely to call themselves“very happy”as people from households with incomes below $ 2000. But other studies,rather than asking for a summary estimate of happiness,follow people through the day and repeatedly record their feelings. These studies show less effect of income on happiness,Kahneman and colleagues said.
There is still another twist to the money-happiness story. Even though people who make $ 150000 are considerably happier than those who make $ 40000,it’s not clear why,says psychologist Richard E. Lucas of Michigau Sate University.
Researchers conclude that any effect of money on happiness is smaller than most daydreamer assume.“People exaggerate how much happiness is bought by an extra few thousand,”Oswald said.“The quality of relationships has a far bigger effect than quite large rise in salary...It’s much better advice,if you’re looking for happiness in life,to try to find the right husband or wife than to try to double your salary.”
46. The main purpose of this passage is to discuss .
A. the contributions of household incomes to happiness
B. the complex relationship between money and happiness
C. the positive relations of money to happiness
D. the negative relations of money to happiness
第4题
Mr. Wang and his son, both looking very happy, ______ taking a walk in the park.
A. are
B. is
C. has
D. have
第5题
Blinks also tell Stern when you have understood his question--often long before he's finished asking it--and when you've found an answer or part of (26) . "We blink at times (27) are psychologically important." He says. "You have listened to a question, you understand it, (28) you can take time out for a blink. Blinks are (29) marks. Their timing is tied to what is going on in your (30) ."
Stern has found that (31) suppress blinks when they are absorbing or anticipating (32) but not when they're reciting it. People blink later, for example, (33) they have to memorize six numbers instead of two. "You don't blink," he says, "until you have (34) the information to some short-term memory store." And if subjects are cued (35) the set of numbers is coming, say, five seconds, they'll curb their blinks until the task is (36) . Similarly, the more important the information that people are taking in, the more likely they are to put their blinks on hold for (37) Pilots blink less when they're (38) for flying a plane than when they (39) their eyes from the road to the rearview mirror. But if they see the flashing lights of a state trooper behind them, their (40) will move fast to the speed-meter and back to the mirror.
A.to
B.of
C.with
D.in
第6题
At the beginning, Rose realized the only thing that could stop her was fear of ,failure. "I couldhear my friends and family saying, 'Why did you leave a good job?' If I failed, would I be okay facing them? And: t thought, 'So what? I can go back for further study in medicine.' I started to accept that it would be okay to say, 'I failed, but I tried.' Once I was comfortable with that th6fight, the fear came to an end. I realized I feared regret more than failure. And after you turn to the path you choose, there is nothing acceptable but Success"
Now, Rose has no regrets about leaving medicine. "What I'm doing is not all that different from: what I Was doing as a doctor. The goal is the same: to relieve (减轻) pain. A former professor told me: 'You're helping hundreds of thousands of women with your shoes. As a doctor, you would have helped only the few who went to your office. You're having a much greater effect.'
Looking back, Rose admits she caught a couple of lucky breaks. "To me, luck is about being prepared for those opportunities (机会) that come knocking. You have to have an open mind, the right skilis and all your senses working 'to see what opportunities present themselves. Luck can open the door, but you still have to walk through it."
36. Before starting:her shoe business, Taryn Rose was a _
A. nurse B. worker C. doctor D. boss
第7题
The reason why some people are unlikely to succeed in life is that they__________ .
A.have ruined their talents
B.have taken on an unsuitable job
C.think of nothing but their salary
D.are not aware of their own potential
第8题
A. [‘H’, ‘ppy birthd’, ‘y to you!’]
B.“Happy birthday to you!”
C.运行出错
D. [‘Happy’, ‘birthday’, ‘to’, ‘you!’]
第9题
It was Monday, Mrs. Smith's dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.
Considering that there was no better way, Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it, "Give my dog half a pound of meat." Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently, "Take this to the butcher (卖肉者) , and he's going to give you your lunch today."
Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's shop. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and presently did as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up immediately.
At midday (正午), the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.
The next day, the dog came again exactly at midday. And as usual it brought a piece of paper in. the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at the paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers.
But, the dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher's more surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, "This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today?"
Looking at the piece' of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!
Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite ______.
A.cruelly
B.kindly
C.badly
D.unfairly
第10题
Is this the knife ______ ?
A.for which you are looking
B.for that you are looking
C.which you are looking for
D.that you are looking
第11题
A.Oh, I have no idea
B.I’m glad you like it
C.Many happy returns of the day
D.You must be very happy