【正文】 0。 Michael Dell, University of Texas at Austin And now you39。ve acplished something great and important here, and it39。s time for you to move on to what39。s next. And you must not let anything prevent you from taking those first steps. … You must also mit to the adventure. Just have faith in the skills and the knowledge you39。ve been blessed（賜予）with and go. . Rowling, Harvard University Half my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between my ambition and the expectation from my parents who were not rich…But what I feared most of myself at your age was not poverty, but failure. The fact that you are graduating from Harvard suggests that you know little about failure, you might be driven by a fear of failure quite as much as a desire for success.Steve Jobs, Stanford University Sometimes life39。s going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don39。t lose faith…Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven39。t found it yet, keep looking and don39。t settle. Bill Gates, Harvard University We need as many people as possible to have access to the advanced technology to lead to a revolution in what human beings can do for one another. They are making it possible not just for national governments, but for universities, smaller organizations, and even individuals to see problems, see approaches and deal with the world39。s inequities（不公平）like hunger, poverty, and so on.（1）What Michael Dell said is to urge us to ________. A.listen to our heartB.learn from our mistakesC.follow others39。 exampleD.pursue our dreams（2）What did . Rowling fear most when she was studying in university? A.Failure.B.Hunger.C.Poverty.D.Appearance.（3）What does Bill Gates suggest people do? A.Master as much advanced technology as possible.B.Work together to rid some global problems.C.Make contributions to the environment.D.Take responsibility for their own behavior.【答案】（1）D（2）A（3）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇應(yīng)用文，介紹了一些著名的人的畢業(yè)演講。（1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)Michael Dell, University of Texas at Austin部分中的“And now you39。ve acplished something great and important here, and it39。s time for you to move on to what39。s next.”可推斷出Michael Dell說的話鼓勵(lì)我們追求我們的夢(mèng)想，故選D。（2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。. Rowling, Harvard University部分中的“But what I feared most of myself at your age was not poverty, but failure.”. Rowling在大學(xué)時(shí)，最害怕失敗，故選A。（3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)Bill Gates, Harvard University部分中的“They are making it possible not just for national governments, but for universities, smaller organizations, and even individuals to see problems, see approaches and deal with the world39。s inequities（不公平）like hunger, poverty, and so on.”可推知Bill Gates建議人們一起工作，擺脫一些全球問題，故選B?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇時(shí)文類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 The human brain remembers negative experiences more easily than positive ones. Our brains have developed this way because threats, like dangerous animals, had a more immediate effect on our ancestors39。 survival pared to positive things like food or shelter. As a result, you likely know what makes you unhappy, but do you know what makes you happy? Research suggests that our level of happiness depends partly on factors we cannot control—our genes and our life circumstances. But our level of happiness is also shaped by the choices we make. If you39。ve been chasing wealth, fame, good looks, material things and power, you may be looking for happiness in all the wrong places. Psychologists suggest that the following habits make people happier. People who form close relationships tend to be happier than those who do not. The number of friends we have is not important. What matters is the quality of our relationships. Relationships that bring happiness usually involve the sharing of feelings, mutual respect, acceptance, trust and fun. People who exercise regularly improve both their physical and mental well being. Some research has shown that exercise can be as effective as medication in treating depression. When we are so interested in an activity we enjoy that we lose track of time, we are in a state of flow. The activity could be making art, playing piano, surfing, or playing a game. People who experience flow in their work or hobbies tend to be happier. People are more likely to be happy if they know what their strengths are and use them regularly, People who set goals and use their strengths to achieve them tend to be happier. People are especially happy when they can use their strengths to serve the greater good. People who think positively by being grateful, mindful and optimistic are more likely to be happy. Being grateful means being thankful, Bejing mindful means being open to, focusing on and enjoying the experiences of the present moment. Being optimistic means being hopeful about the future.（1）Why does the human brain remember negative things more easily? A.Negative things are easy to remember.B.Dangerous wild animals are a threat to us.C.Our ancestors had no enough food for living.D.Negative things tend to affect human survival immediately.（2）How does the author like looking for happiness in material things? A.Uncertain.B.Opposed.C.Supportive.D.Optimistic.（3）What does the author suggest us in the last paragraph? A.Enjoying our life and work.B.Leading a happy life each day.C.Being positive in our life and work.D.Thinking more about the future.（4）What does this text mainly tell us? A.The factors that make people happy.160