【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 60。 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：重點介紹的是老年人的幸福感問題，作者通過一個調(diào)查研究告訴我們隨著年齡的增長，人們的幸福感會越來越強(qiáng)。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中的語句But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older. 理解可知，對于老年人來說，或是擔(dān)心年齡增長的人來說是個好消息，所以他們會感興趣，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，人們的幸福感越來越強(qiáng)，對生活的態(tài)度越來越積極。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。 【點評】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 I was cute, active and happy until that day when I was 15 months old. I had a bad fall. I landed on a glass rabbit and cut one of my eyes badly enough to blind me. The doctor said that if the eye was taken out, my face would look worse, so my scared and blind eye lives on with me. People often ask me unfortable questions about my eye or even play jokes on me. When the kids played games, I was always the bad guy. Everyone looked down on me. Yet every time mom noticed I was unhappy, she would say to me, Hold your head up high and face the world. It helped me move on in life. As a child, I thought mom meant: Be careful or you will fall down or knock into something because you are not looking. As a teenager, I always looked down to hide my shame, but I found that people liked me when I held my head up high. In high school I was even made monitor, but outside I still felt like a freak（怪物）. All I really wanted was to look like everyone else. When things got really bad, I would cry to my mom and she would look at me with loving eyes and say, Hold your head up high and face the world. Let them see the love that is inside. Mom39。s love gave me confidence. Finally I was able to look people in the eye. I learned not only to appreciate（欣賞） myself but also to have deep love for others.（1）What happened to the writer when she was 15 months old? A.She was blind in both eyes.B.She tried to catch a rabbit and broke her leg.C.She had an eye disease and went to see the doctor.D.She fell down on some glass and injured one eye.（2）People were to the writer when she was young. A.unfriendlyB.patientC.helpfulD.polite（3）Which of the following about the writer is TRUE according to the passage? A.She could understand her mother39。s words when she was a child.B.She always held her head up high when she was a teenager.C.She was confident both in class and outside of high school.D.Her mom gave her confidence and finally she could look other people in the eye.（4）In the passage, the writer wants to tell us we should . A.repay our parents39。 loveB.learn to accept and appreciate ourselvesC.feel sorry about our disadvantagesD.always have deep love for others【答案】（1）D（2）A（3）D（4）B 【解析】【分析】主要講了作者失明后，媽媽一直鼓勵自己要抬起頭面對世界，這給作者很大的自信，媽媽的愛讓作者知道不僅要欣賞自己，而且也要深愛別人。（1）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)when I was 15 months old. I had a bad fall. I landed on a glass rabbit and cut one of my eyes badly enough to blind ，作者跌倒在玻璃上，以至于眼睛失明了，故選D。（2）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù) People often ask me unfortable questions about my eye or even play jokes on me可知人們問作者眼睛的問題，并且嘲笑作者，可知人們對作者是不友好的，故選A。（3）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù) Mom39。s love gave me confidence. Finally I was able to look people in the ，并且能用眼睛看人，故選D。（4）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)I learned not only to appreciate（欣賞） myself but also to have deep love for ，故選B。【點評】考查閱讀理解，主要考查細(xì)節(jié)題，注意從文中仔細(xì)尋找答案。6．閱讀理解 That year, I was a Junior 2 student. Falling off the stairs hurt me in the head. Almost everyone thought I was dead. But they were wrong. However, it was difficult to get back to normal （正常的） life. I had to leave school and learn everything, walking, talking, and yes, maths. To help me with that task, Mrs. Pillar volunteered to e to the hospital and later to my house once a week. We began with basic maths skills. As time passed by, I made progress. I remembered very vividly how she came to my home on Sundays, sat with me at the kitchen table, and threw different coins on the talbe. She asked me to show her 38 cents, 17 cents, 63 cents. It was challenging, but she also made it fun. After a year and a half, I had progressed a lot, both in body and mind, to return to school. Seven years later, I graduated from the University of Texas at the top of my class. As year went by, I always kept in touch with Mrs. Pillar. Unluckily, one day my parents told me that Mrs. Pillar had been in hospital because she suffered a stroke（中風(fēng)）. Now it was my turn to help he