【正文】 D.It has improved his physical health.B.Depressed.（2）What does the author think of his new morning habit? A.Anxious.Doubtful.Comfortable. As a means of improving our mood, it39。 The idea here is that if you can appreciate your life, it actually changes the way you feel about it. And because of this, my attitude is better, as I39。 It39。m making my coffee in the morning, I39。s about getting what you want by creating a change in your behavior and thinking. Creating a new habit isn39。 Now, I have a new morning habit. It hasn39。s pretty helpful in this crazy world. It39。 If you often wake up feeling anxious or depressed, or if you don39。 So I started by taking in the beauty around me. During the first few days, I was able to appreciate my surroundings, although it was an intellectual appreciation, not an emotional one.t taking in as much of the joy around you as you could? I recently caught myself feeling this way, and based on a suggestion by John Horton, coauthor (合著者) of The Inner Game of Stress, I put myself on a 30day lifeappreciation course.8．閱讀理解 故選C。 they39。 （5）考查推理判斷。s continuous actions of kindness go unnoticed.”可知，作者不期望任何回報(bào)，但作者會在覺得他的善意沒有受到注意的情況下感到沮喪，所以作者認(rèn)為一個(gè)人的善意應(yīng)該被珍惜。 （4）考查推理判斷。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“They make careful observations on takers and make it a point for them to pay something back. They hate to see people who act so generously towards others not receive any rewards. Actually, most matchers will try hard to promote and support givers so that they can get the good they deserve.”可知，在Adam Grant看來，大多數(shù)人在尋求給予和接受之間的平衡。故選B。re on the receiving end. We alternate between the two based on different situations we face on a daily basis, it not an hourly one.”可知，我們根據(jù)每天面對的不同情況在兩者之間交替。根據(jù)第一段中的“We39。Givers are worth respecting.【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）B（4）A（5）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，大多數(shù)人在尋求給予和接受之間的平衡，但是好的行為最終都會得到回報(bào)。Sharing is the greatest human quality.C.be a plete matcher（5）What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A.expect something in return for giving most of the timeC.the salary difference between women and men（4）The author tends to ________. A.the gender difference in giving and takingC.s study focused on ________. A.enjoy relying on themselvesD.hate takersB.few differences exist between givers and takers（2）In Adam Grant39。people are not always givers or takersC.re now extremely successful, well known for what they do.（1）We can learn from the first paragraph that ________. A.re changed the lives of many people, they rarely see any of it returned. But the universe is slowly repaying them。 I do know someone, however, who is 99% giver. They39。s safe to say I39。m being taken for granted. I also tend to get upset when I see a loved one39。 As a woman, I do enjoy the act of giving up my time, my knowledge, and my care and my attention to others. I don39。 Is there a gender factor (性別因素) that plays a part in this?re on the receiving end. We keep changing between the two based on different situations on a daily basis, if not an hourly one. What makes a person a giver or taker? The idea give vs. take takes shape in all interactions (互動(dòng)) and relationships of our lives. We39。7．閱讀短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。根據(jù)最后一段中的“My life is so much richer now that I am not a slave to that drive to be the best player I could be.”可知，現(xiàn)在作者的生活豐富多了，不再是那種想成為最好球員的欲望的奴隸，他與妻子克里斯蒂之間的關(guān)系一定會有了改善，故選A。根據(jù)第二段中的“The boy had had a coin in his hand all the time and was holding it securely in his tight little fist.”可知，男孩的手卡在花瓶里拿不出來是因?yàn)樗掷镞粋€(gè)硬幣，故選A。根據(jù)第二段中的“But once he opened his hand, it came out of the vase easily.”可知，一旦他放下手中的硬幣，他的手很容易就能從花瓶里拿出來；再根據(jù)第三段中的“I used to hold on to things in my life that I thought were so important to me.”可知，作者聯(lián)想到自己曾經(jīng)抓住自認(rèn)為是重要的東西不放手，可知，作者用這個(gè)故事告訴我們需要放下生活中不重要的東西，故選B。根據(jù)第三段中的“I used to hold on to things in my life that I thought were so important to me.”可知，作者由一個(gè)小男孩抓著硬幣的手卡在花瓶里拿不出來這個(gè)故事引發(fā)了對生活的思考——要抓住生活中真正重要的東西，放開不重要的東西，故選D。Kristi left the author in the end.【答案】 （1）D（2）B（3）A（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者由一個(gè)小男孩抓著硬幣的手卡在花瓶里拿不出來這個(gè)故事引發(fā)了對生活的思考——要抓住生活中真正重要的東西，放開不重要的東西。t regret what he had done.C.The author had his relationship with Kristi improved.B.He was afraid to break the vase.D.He didn39。money is not the most important for us（3）Why did the boy get his hand stuck in the vase? A.we need to drop the unimportant things in our lifeC.Holding On to What Is Important（2）The author tells the story about the boy and the vase to show ______. A.The Way of Keeping Balance in LifeC.t the most important thing to me, but I missed out on a lot of relationship building time. My life is so much richer now that I am not a slave to that drive to be the best player I could be.（1）Which of the following could be the best title for the passage? A. I used to hold on to things in my life that I thought were so important to me. Early in my marriage, all I cared about was being the best volleyball player in the state of Wisconsin. One year, when Kristi was working shifts at General Motors, I played in 1,400 games, peting four nights a week and 40 out of 52 weekends. My team won over 1,000 games. Success on the volleyball court, but a huge loss in my relationship with my Kristi. The boy had had a coin in his hand all the time and was holding it securely in his tight little fist. And he wasn39。m doing, and then pull! But Dad, said the boy, if I do that, I39。s hand might be cut in the process. Yet he knew that if all else failed, there would be no other alternative. So he said to the boy, Now, let39。6．閱讀理解 作者寫釣魚主要也是想表達(dá)作者父親的建議對作者后來銷售工作的啟發(fā)，因此可推斷這篇文章可能來自關(guān)于銷售的書，故選B。 （5）考查推理判斷。”幾年后，努力為比我年長和富有得多的人推廣長期服務(wù)，我逐漸了解到我們需要的是像顧客那樣去思考。根據(jù)最后一段中的“ My dad never once said, ‘If you want to catch a fish you need to think