【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 periences. Professor Stone says the emotional patterns could be connected with changes in how people see the world, or maybe even changes in brain chemistry. The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children, being unemployed（被解雇） or being single. But they found that influences like these did not affect（影響） the levels of happiness.（1）Who would probably show the greatest interest in the passage? A.Those who are worried about getting old.B.Those who are single and unemployed.C.Those who feel unhappy all the time.D.Those who suffer from mental stress.（2）When may people have the highest level of stress? A.At the age of 20.B.At the age of 25.C.At the age of 35.D.At the age of 40.（3）According to Arthur Stone39。s idea, old people may . A.control their behaviors betterB.know how to spend money wiselyC.dream about good things every dayD.have a positive attitude towards their life（4）What would be the best title for this passage? A.The Younger, the HappierB.The Young Are Happier than the OldC.Getting Older Means Getting HappierD.Women Are Easier to Be Happy in Life【答案】 （1）A（2）B（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】文章大意：重點(diǎn)介紹的是老年人的幸福感問題，作者通過(guò)一個(gè)調(diào)查研究告訴我們隨著年齡的增長(zhǎng)，人們的幸福感會(huì)越來(lái)越強(qiáng)。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中的語(yǔ)句But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older. 理解可知，對(duì)于老年人來(lái)說(shuō)，或是擔(dān)心年齡增長(zhǎng)的人來(lái)說(shuō)是個(gè)好消息，所以他們會(huì)感興趣，故選A。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中第三段His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of 24 and ，24與25的年輕人的壓力最大，故選B。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中語(yǔ)句as people grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their feelings. So they spend less time thinking about bad ，隨著年齡的增長(zhǎng)，人們的幸福感越來(lái)越強(qiáng)，對(duì)生活的態(tài)度越來(lái)越積極。故選D。 （4）標(biāo)題理解歸納題。通讀全文可知，這篇短文的中心就是越老生活越滿足，幸福指數(shù)越高，變老意味著變得更幸福。故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本文淺顯易懂，層次分明，很容易把握文章中心內(nèi)容。答題中注意帶著問題閱讀短文，一般就能順利找出答題依據(jù)。對(duì)于不能直接找到根據(jù)的問題注意聯(lián)系上下文，根據(jù)短文中心總結(jié)出正確答案。5．閱讀理解Just a Little Smile Mark was walking home from school one day when he saw the boy in front of turn fall over and drop all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a basketball and a walkman （隨身聽）. Mark stopped and helped the boy pick up these things. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of his things. As they walked, Mark knew that the boy39。s name was Bill, that he loved puter games, basketball and history, and that he was having lots of troubles with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend They arrived at Bill39。s home first and Mark was invited（邀請(qǐng)） in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed happily with a few laughs and some small talk, then Mark went home. They often saw. each other at school, had lunch together once or twice, and then they both finished middle school. They ended up in the same high school where they sometimes saw and talked with each other over the years. At last just three weeks before they finished high school, Bill asked Mark if they could talk. Bill asked Mark if he still remembered the day years ago when they had first met. Did you ever think why I was carrying so many things home that day? asked Bill. You see, I cleaned out my locker（鎖柜） because I didn39。t want to leave anything for anyone else. I had put away some of my mother39。s sleeping pills and I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I began to understand that if I killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life. （1）When Mark met him the first time, Bill was going A.to have a basketball gameB.to his classroomC.to see MarkD.back home（2）From what Bill was carrying, we can know that he . A.was a good studentB.liked sports and musicC.liked all the subjects in schoolD.was a g（3）Mark and Bill . A.were in the same middle school and high schoolB.were in the same middle school but not in the same high schoolC.of ten had lunch together at schoolD.had known each other before they began to study in middle school（4）In this passage, the phrase break up means . A.相處很好B.和好如初C.關(guān)系破裂D.保持聯(lián)系（5）When Mark helped Bill to pick up some of his things, he. . A.knew he could save Bill39。s lifeB.knew who Bill was and wanted to help himC.didn39。t know why he was going to help himD.didn39。t know what he was doing was very important to Bill【答案】（1）D（2）B（3）A（4）C（5）D 【解析】【分析】短文大意：Mark走在回家的路上，看見前面一個(gè)男孩拿了一堆東西，走著走著男孩的東西掉了，Mark就幫忙去撿，之后兩人就一起走，男孩邀請(qǐng)Mark去家里做客，兩個(gè)人度過(guò)了開心的一下午，后來(lái)兩人成為了朋友，無(wú)話不談，一起上學(xué)一起吃飯一起畢業(yè)。后來(lái)的某天男孩告訴Mark，原來(lái)當(dāng)天他心情糟透了因?yàn)楦笥逊质帜昧藢W(xué)校里的個(gè)人物品準(zhǔn)備自殺，但他遇見了Mark，后來(lái)兩人度過(guò)的時(shí)光讓男孩覺得世界還是有很多值得期待的事。Mark不僅幫忙撿了書，也拯救了男孩的生命。（1）D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段第二句” Did you ever think why I was carrying so many things home that day? asked Bill. “可知Mark第一次碰見Bill是在Bill回家的路上。故選D。（2）B細(xì)節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)文章第一句”Mark was walking home from school one day when he saw the boy in front of turn fall over and drop all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a basketball and a walkman （隨身聽）. “可知，攜帶兩件毛衣，籃球和隨身聽，推測(cè)Bill是喜歡體育和音樂的。故選B。（3）A歸納總結(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第三句” They often saw. each other at school, had lunch together once or twice, and then they both finished middle school. They ended up in the same high school where they sometimes saw and talked with each other over the years. At last just three weeks before they finished high school“可知兩人是在同一所中學(xué)同一所高中，故選A。（4）C詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句”and that he was having lots of troubles with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend“可知，Bill在學(xué)科上遇到了很多困難，”講的都是不好的方面，break動(dòng)詞，破壞，打碎。繼而猜測(cè)到應(yīng)該是與女朋友分手了。故選C。（5）D歸納總結(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段中“Mark stopped and helped the boy pick up these things. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of hi