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njoy a self esteem(自尊心 ) boost for making others’ lives better and the world a better place. Real happiness is difficult to define and is different for different peoples and cultures, but what is clear is that munity and having strong relationships with others are key to achieving happiness. It’ s been said that the best way to heal grief, or hurt is to help someone else heal in doing so, we find the hope for ourselves. 11. The old saying in the first paragraph tells us that________. A. each needs help B. each needs to be independent C. each must be a helper D. each has life problems 12. The early settlers in the United States________. A. naturally developed the ability to overe hardships B. learnt to live an independent life quickly C. had to depend on the help of natives to survive D. had to live in a group to survive 13. The writer believes that children from a volunteer’ s family will be more likely to________. A. grow physically strong B. receive recognition from others C. achieve higher grades D. get used to a new school environment 14. What does “ a gift” (underlined in Paragraph 5) refer to? A. A good relationship with others. B. A positive feeling. C. Praise from others. D. Good health. 15. What’ s the purpose of the passage? A. To show the rewards of helping others. B. To discuss the art of happiness. C. To tell how to help ourselves by helping others. D. To tell how to heal grief. Ⅳ .信息匹配 閱讀下列應(yīng)用文及相關(guān)信息 , 并按照要 求匹配信息 。 首先請閱讀下列院校音樂系的相關(guān)信息 : A. In this department they have risen to fame by some great violin players born students there have several fortable places to practice their violin and some other the students have a chance to practice other instruments, such as the piano, the drum. B. In this department they don’ t plan to bring up a teach the students how to appreciate all types of music, especially for the students who love to be a listener, not a player of the is their first choice. C. This department is home of the guitar the students haven’ t played the guitar and hope to learn from the beginning, this is likely to be their favorite course, they are also able to learn country music, jazz and so on. D. In this department you can learn jazz, opera, classical but jazz is the best and the most have experienced jazz teachers and they have won a lot of national the same time you can improve your skills in playing the guitar and the piano here. E. As is known to all, the piano is more versatile than any other this department only the students who have learned the piano for at least five years can be are good at teaching advanced the hard practice, the students have a chance to enjoy all kinds of music. F. In this department they do well in teaching instruments, especially the have excellent drums and every student has a chance to practice every the teachers are very patient and ’ s more, the students can learn rock, classical music and jazz. 請閱讀下列五位學(xué)生的基本情況 , 然后匹