题文
Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self-respect? The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized as “honor” help you create this life of good feelings.Here’s an example to show how honorably actions create happiness.
Say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item. If we keep silent, and profit from the clerk’s mistake, we would drive home with a sense of sneaky excitement. Later we might tell our family or friends about our good fortune. One the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty. We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul.
Then, what is it to do with our sense of happiness?
In the first case, where we don’t tell the clerk, a couple of things would happen. Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief. In the process, we would lose some peace of mind and self-respect. We would also demonstrate that we cannot be trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends. We damage our own reputations by telling others. In contrast, bringing the error to the clerk’s attention causes different things to happen. Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable. Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self-respect is increased. Whenever we take honorable action we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility.
There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions. Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. And it’s easy to think and act honorably again when we’re happy. While the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once it’s started, it’s easy to continue. Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness.
小题1:According to the passage, the positive action in the example contributes to our__________.A．self-respectB．financial rewardsC．advertising abilityD．friendly relationship小题2:The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to __________.A．lyingB．stealingC．cheatingD．advertising小题3:The phrase “bringing the error to the clerk’s attention” (in para. 5)means_________.A．telling the truth to the clerkB．offering advice to the clerkC．asking the clerk to be more attentiveD．reminding the clerk of the charged item小题4:How will we feel if we let the clerk know her mistake?A．We’ll be very excitedB．We’ll feel unfortunateC．We’ll have a sense of honorD．We’ll feel sorry for the clerk小题5:Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?A．How to Live TruthfullyB．importance of PeacefulnessC．Ways of Gaining Self-respectD．Happiness through Honorable Actions 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:D
解析
怎么样才能让自己得到幸福？诚实！小题1:细节题。根据第四段倒数2,3行Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self-respect is increased.可知例子中的这种行为能够给我们带来自尊。
小题2:推理题。对于没有付钱就拿走的物品保持沉默本身就是一种谎言。
小题3:推理题。这里是指向服务员指出这个物品没有付钱就意味着说出真相。
小题4:推理题。根据倒数第2段最后一句Whenever we take honorable action we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility.可知这样的行为会让我们感到自豪与快乐。
小题5:主旨大意题。我们可以通过诚实的行为让自己得到快乐与幸福。
考点
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从近几年的考试题来看，科普环保类的文章越来越与人们的实际生活相接近。由于此类文章缺乏故事情节，很多同学对此类文章感到费解。但一般的科普类文章都是就事论事，需要逻辑推理和想象的时候较少，因此此类阅读题也没有同学们想象中的那么难，只要多加训练，就能较好地答题。
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