【正文】 t is a small or large amount of money, people feel happier when they give. This is because making someone else happy makes the giver happy, too. This idea of connecting your happiness to the happiness of others is described as ubuntu in an African language. There is even a story about a man visiting Africa who asked some kids to race to a nearby tree. The first child to touch the tree would get a sweet treat. Surprisingly, all the children held hands and ran together. They all touched the tree at the same time. The man asked why they had done this. The children simply said they could only enjoy eating the treat if everyone had one.（1）The writer says that buying things ________. A.can make people worriedB.can make people nervousC.may lead to sadness for longD.may lead to happiness for a short time（2）Where can we best put But it39。s not having money that brings happiness. in Paragraph 2? A.①B.②C.③D.④（3）Why does the writer quote （引用） a story in Paragraph 3? A.To explain Africans like sweets.B.To show examples are not enough.C.To make the writer39。s opinion clearer.D.To express happiness is from children.（4）What does the writer try to tell us? A.Buying new things can make people happy.B.The key to happiness is making others happy.C.If you want to be happy, you can visit Africa.D.People who have a lot of money might not be happy.【答案】 （1）D（2）B（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】文章大意：金錢的作用，以及怎樣更好地充分發(fā)揮金錢的作用。 （1）細節(jié)理解題。根據文中的語句But the things that money can buy can not bring happiness to a person for ，錢所能買到的東西不能給一個人帶來長久的幸福。故選D。 （2）根據文中的語句Instead, it39。s giving money to others that makes people happy.相反，把錢送給別人能讓人開心。推斷可知，有錢不一定給你帶來開心，故選B。 （3）理解歸納題。通讀第三段內容可知，作者引用例子的主要目的就是自己的幸福與他人的幸福是息息相關的，故選C。 （4）主旨歸納題。通讀全文理解可知，自己的幸福與他人的幸福是息息相關的，要想自己開心，也要別人開心，故選B。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。本文考查細節(jié)題和主旨題等常考題型，細節(jié)題要注意從文中抓住關鍵詞尋找答案；主旨題需要通讀全文，了解大意之后找出主題句。9．閱讀下列短文，根據短文內容，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選擇最佳選項。 Enjoy every moment of today. If it39。s important to you, then do it today. Don39。t put off your dreams. Pay attention to what is happening now, to the people around you, to the task at hand and to all of the choices you make today. Our future is set by what we decide and act on today.Money is important. We all have bills to pay and I understand that pletely. But in the end, or even in the middle, maybe especially in the middle, money is not the end goal. It can39。t always bring you happiness though it allows you to eat, dress and live.We have so much to do, so much to finish and it feels as though we have to be in a hurry to get there. You do not have to do it all at once. Slow down and take one thing at a time. Yes, make plans, but don39。t be in such a rush.Look for the good in people, in work and everywhere. Celebrate the happy moments, small or big. Be helpful whenever possible. Don39。t let difficulties color your experience. If you look at the world through the lens （鏡頭） of goodness, then you will find life much more enjoyable.（1）Our________ is set by what we decide and act on today. A.futureB.moneyC.experienceD.goodness（2）Who tells us to take one thing at a time? A.David.B.Alice.C.Noah.D.Ben.（3）What is Ben39。s idea? A.Making a plan is important.B.Taking one thing at a time.C.Always looking for the good.D.Enjoying every moment of today.【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）C 【解析】【分析】大意：文章主要是關于生命中什么東西是重要的討論。 （1）細節(jié)理解題。根據第一段最后一句 Our future is set by what we decide and act on today. 可知，我們的未來是由我們今天的決定和行動決定的。故選A。 （2）細節(jié)理解題。根據第三段 Slow down and take one thing at a time. 慢下來，每次只做一件事，可知這是Noah講的。故選C。 （3）細節(jié)理解題。根據最后一段 If you look at the world through the lens （鏡頭） of goodness, then you will find life much more ，那你就會發(fā)現你的生活更加美好，可知Ben的觀點是讓我們總是看到生活中的美好。故選C。 【點評】本文考查細節(jié)題。細節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案。10．閱讀下列短文，從每題A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出一個能回答所提問題或完成所給句子的最佳答案。 Here is a story: A man sees a butterfly（蝴蝶）. The butterfly tries to get out of its chrysalis（蛹）. Feeling sorry for it, the man decides to help. He cuts the chrysalis and the butterfly es out easily. Surprisingly enough, the butterfly is unable to fly. If the butterfly doesn39。t struggle（掙扎；奮斗） to leave the chrysalis, it can39。t fly! The struggle develops the energy in the butterfly which makes it fly. Similarly, the challenges of life bring out the best in young people and make the fly. When people are young, meeting and overing challenges will make them strong and ready to face life. When we look at successful people, we see that the most successful of them are people who have had to struggle. One famous businessman, who now owns many big supermarkets, used to carry clothes on his back and sell them from door to door when he was young. Another successful man is Dennis. His father died when he was only twenty. His father39。s death forced him to mature fast. He had to bring up a family of nine people. He took up the challenges and overcame them. Today his brothers and sisters are leading successful lives. Sometimes challenges do not appear to us because we keep away from them. So some parents and teachers actively encourage young people to face challenges. They might organize some activities for young people which provide them with challenges, like rockclimbing, camping, volunteer work and so on. However, just passing exams will not prepare a person for life. We must meet and overe ch