【正文】 Higher Loyalty，故選D。(2)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading Revised Edition by Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren部分中的“Originally published in 1940”可知How to Read a Book最初于1940年出版，故選C。(3考查)常識理解。平裝本比精裝本價格要便宜，故選B?！军c評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和常識理解兩個題型的考查，是一篇廣告類閱讀，要求考生朱雀掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，結(jié)合題目要求，選出正確答案。7．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.B.How to remember positive things easily.C.The habits which people form in their life.D.Why people remember negative things easily.【答案】（1）D（2）B（3）C（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，真正能使我們快樂的并不是物質(zhì)的東西，作者在文中介紹了幾種會讓人更快樂的習(xí)慣。（1考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“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.”可知負(fù)面的東西相對于積極的東西對我們祖先的生存有更直接的影響，所以更容易被記住。故選D。（2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“If you39。ve been chasing wealth, fame, good looks, material things and power, you may be looking for happiness in all the wrong places. ”一直追求財富、名譽、美貌、物質(zhì)和權(quán)力，你可能會在所有錯誤的地方尋找幸福。由此可見作者對尋找物質(zhì)上的幸福持反對態(tài)度，故選B。（3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“People who think positively by being grateful, mindful and optimistic are more likely to be happy.”積極樂觀的人感恩，專注，樂觀，更容易快樂。以及下文幾者之間的內(nèi)在關(guān)系可知作者建議我們在生活和工作中要積極樂觀，故選C。（4）考查主旨大意。作者在文中介紹了幾種會讓人更快樂的習(xí)慣，如建立親密關(guān)系，鍛煉，了解自己的優(yōu)點，感恩，專注，樂觀積極的生活態(tài)度等。即使人快樂的因素，故選A?！军c評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇生活類閱讀，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，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 It has been discovered that after the age of sixteen, the number of our brain cells begins to decrease at a speed of several million a year. They simply die off. In certain types of activity, the human brain is at its highest point in the early twenties, when it has collected enough information to be able to use the vast number of cells freely in the most effective way. Pure mathematics is one of the fields in which this happens, and we know that Albert Einstein made all his worldshaking discoveries between the age of about 20 and 25, and spent the rest of his life tidying them up and arranging them. But in certain other types of activity (of which being an author is perhaps one), experience is more important than sharpness of brain, and there one usually finds that a person reaches his or her peak much later in life. Besides sharpness of brain and experience, here is another thing that is very important, and that is wisdom. One can have a very quick, inventive brain and plenty of experience, but if one uses these foolishly, one harms both oneself and others. Wisdom does not always e with age ——there are plenty of foolish middleaged people about ——but the average person tends to learn wisdom as he gets older, usually by making painful of embarrassing mistakes. Leaning to be wise is basically learning what is not possible。 and what is possible but so difficult that it is not worth all the trouble one has to go through to get there. Mostly, it is learning about human nature。 how real people