1.Some people think if you are happy,you are blind to reality.But when we research it,happiness actually raises every single business and educational outcome for the brain.How did we miss this?Why do we have these social misunderstandings about happiness?Because we assumed you were average.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 genes.When we stop studying the average and begin researching positive outliers-people who are above average for a positive aspect like optimism or intelligence-a wildly different picture appears.Our daily decisions and habits have a huge impact upon both our levels of happiness and success.
Scientifically,happiness is a choice.It is a choice about where your single processor brain will devote its limited resources as you process the world.If you scan for the negative 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 amazing 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 summarized our researched conclusion:the single greatest advantage in the modern economy is a happy and busy workforce.
A decade of research in the business world proves that happiness raises nearly every business and educational outcome:increasing sales by 37%,productivity by 31%,and accuracy on tasks by 19%,as well as a number of health and quality-of-life improvements.
25.The underlined word"this"in the first paragraph refers toB.
A.the fact that people are happy
B.the connection between happiness and educational outcome
C.the fact that people often misunderstand happiness
D.the fact that most people are average
26.What can we learn from the passage?B
A.Scientists are only interested in what the average is.
B.You can choose to be happy or not.
C.The average are not happy at all.
D.Our decisions and habits have nothing to do with happiness.
27.Why does the writer mention his articles and research?C
A.To advertise himself.
B.To arouse the readers'interest.
C.To support his point about happiness.
D.To attract the readers to read his articles.
28.What is the author's purpose of writing this article?D
A.To explain what is happiness.
B.To describe the misunderstandings about happiness.
C.To show people the importance of happiness.
D.To make the point that happiness promotes business and educational outcome.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章向我們說明了人們對于幸福理解的不同觀點,并且告訴我們幸福是一種選擇,我們可以選擇自己是否幸福,同時向我們證明了幸?梢源龠M商業(yè)和教育的發(fā)展.
解答 25.B 細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)第一段But when we research it,happiness actually raises every single business and educational outcome for the brain.可知幸福實際上提高了商業(yè)和教育成果,因此后文的"this"指的是幸福與教育結果的關系,故選B.
26.B 推理判斷題,根據(jù)第三段Scientifically,happiness is a choice.It is a choice about where your single processor brain will devote its limited resources as you process the world.可知幸福是一種選擇,你可以選擇快樂與不快樂,故選B.
27.C 細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)文章第四段的Based on my article called"Positive Intelligence"and my research in The Happiness Advantage,I summarized our researched conclusion:the single greatest advantage in the modern economy is a happy and busy workforce可知作者提及自己的作品就是為了支持自己的觀點,故選C.
28.D 意圖判斷題,根據(jù)最后一段A decade of research in the business world proves that happiness raises nearly every business and educational outcome可知本文主要向我們證明幸?梢源龠M商業(yè)和教育的發(fā)展,故選D.
點評 考查學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力.做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確選擇.在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.