【題目】I am serving in AmeriCorps VISTA in Cheyenne. Although the work has been 【1】,the payment is reasonable. The weather in Cheyenne has 【2】 to be adventurous. Although the fact that I walk everywhere has turned out to be great 【3】,for my body as well as my mind, I still began to 【4】 that I needed another form of transportation for the winter.
My boyfriend Mike knew of my 【5】 and he researched some local sites for 【6】 cars. Ho sent me 【7】 about a 1978 Ford Fairmont, I just knew this car was 【8】 to be. I began to communicate with the owner, a man named Dale Meyer. I found out that the car was 【9】 purchased by his grandfather and was in 【10】condition. He and his two brothers had actually learned to drive【11】 this car.
We settled 【12】 a price of $400,and 【13】 to have a test drive some day. The day before the test drive, I received a phone call from Dale. He seemed a little 【14】,but also excited. He asked simply, “You really would like this car, wouldn't you?" I responded enthusiastically and he said, “How about if I give it to you for a dollar?" ,I was completely 【15】.
I 【16】 my favorite Fairmont last night. Dale walked me around the car, 【17】 its bumps and nicks. At times as he told me stories of the car it seemed he was 【18】 an old friend. As I was driving away, he stopped me to say, " Don't 【19】to pass this kindness on. " It was truly a 【20】 end. Never look down upon the kindness of strangers.
A. challengingB. amusingC. convincingD. fascinating
A. changedB. stoppedC. provedD. misunderstood
A. aimsB. exerciseC. intentionD. problems
A. rememberB. regretC. refuseD. realize
A. temperB. povertyC. wishD. habit
A. freeB. rareC. expensiveD. inexpensive
A. businessB. informationC. conclusionD. agreement
A. failedB. happenedC. meantD. belonged
A. finallyB. simplyC. absolutelyD. originally
A. differentB. goodC. badD. terrible
A. seeingB. usingC. buyingD. comparing
A. onB. upC. withD. in
A. riskedB. jokedC. forgotD. decided
A. lazyB. toughC. nervousD. weak
A. disappointedB. FrustratedC. speechlessD. embarrassed
When asked about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, an absolute delight, which seems to get rarer the older we get.
For kids, happiness has a magical quality. Their delight at winning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved(毫無(wú)掩飾的).
In the teenage years the concept of happiness changes. Suddenly it's conditional on such things as excitement, love and popularity. I can still recall the excitement of being invited to dance with the most attractive boy at the school party.
In adulthood the things that bring deep joy—love, marriage, birth—also bring responsibility and the risk of loss. For adults, happiness is complicated (復(fù)雜的).
My definition of happiness is “the capacity for enjoyment “. The more we can enjoy what we have, the happier we are. It's easy to overlook the pleasure we get from the company of friends, the freedom to live where we please, and even good health.
I experienced my little moments of pleasure yesterday. First I was overjoyed when I shut the last lunch-box and had the house to myself. Then I spent an uninterrupted morning writing, which I love. When the kids and my husband came home, I enjoyed their noise after the quiet of the day.
Psychologists tell us that to be happy we need a mix of enjoy-able leisure time and satisfying work. I don't think that my grand-mother, who raised 14 children, had much of either. She did have a network of close friends and family, and maybe this is what satisfied her.
We, however, with so many choices and such pressure to succeed in every area, have turned happiness into one more thing we've got to have. We're so self-conscious about our “right“to it that it's making us miserable. So we chase it and equal it with wealth and success, without noticing that the people who have those things aren't necessarily happier.
Happiness isn't about what happens to us—it's about how we see what happens to us. It's the skillful way of finding a positive for every negative. It's not wishing for what we don't have, but enjoying what we do possess.
【1】 As people grow older, they _________.
A. feel it harder to experience happiness
B. associate their happiness less with others
C. will take fewer risks in pursuing happiness
D. tend to believe responsibility means happiness
【2】 What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 5 and 6?
A. She cares little about her own health.
B. She enjoys the freedom of traveling.
C. She is easily pleased by things in daily life.
D. She prefers getting pleasure from housework.
【3】 What can be inferred from Paragraph 7?
A. Psychologists think satisfying work is key to happiness.
B. Psychologists' opinion is well proved by Grandma's case.
C. Grandma often found time for social gatherings.
D. Grandma's happiness came from modest expectations of life.
【4】 People who equal happiness with wealth and success _________.
A. consider pressure something blocking their way
B. stress their right to happiness too much
C. are at a loss to make correct choices
D. are more likely to be happy
【5】 What can be concluded from the passage?
A. Happiness lies between the positive and the negative.
【題目】Unlike chemists and physicists, who usually do their experiments using machines, biologists and medical researchers have to use living things like rats. But there are three Nobel prize-winning scientists who actually chose to experiment on themselves – all in the name of science, reported The Telegraph.
1. Werner Forssmann (Nobel prize winner in 1956)
Forssmann was a German scientist. He studied how to put a pipe inside the heart to measure the pressure inside and decide whether a patient needs surgery.
Experiments had been done on horses before, so he wanted to try with human patients. But it was not permitted because the experiment was considered too dangerous.
Not giving up, Forssmann decided to experiment on himself. He anaesthetized (麻醉) his own arm and made a cut, putting the pipe 30 centimeters into his vein. He then climbed two floors to the X-ray room before pushing the pipe all the way into his heart.
2. Barry Marshall (Nobel prize winner in 2005)
Most doctors in the mid-20th century believed that gastritis was down to stress, spicy food or an unusually large amount of stomach acid. But in 1979 an Australian scientist named Robin Warren found that the disease might be related to a bacteria called Helicobacter pylori.
So he teamed up with his colleague, Barry Marshall, to continue the study. When their request to experiment on patients was denied, Marshall bravely drank some of the bacteria. Five days later, he lost his appetite and soon was vomiting each morning – he indeed had gastritis.
3. Ralph Steinman (Nobel prize winner in 2011)
This Canadian scientist discovered a new type of immune system cell called the dendritic cell. He believed that it had the ability to fight against cancer.
Steinman knew he couldn’t yet use his method to treat patients. So in 2007, when doctors told him that he had cancer and that it was unlikely for him to live longer than a year, he saw an opportunity.
With the help of his colleagues, he gave himself three different vaccines based on his research and a total of eight experimental therapies(療法). Even though Steinman eventually died from his cancer, he lived four and a half years, much longer than doctors had said he would.
The underlined word “gastritis” in Paragraph 5 probably means ______.
A. a kind of bacteria B. a kind of stomach disease
C. a new type of therapy D. a large amount of stomach acid