阅读七选五

根據短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

A

What is the difference between happy people and unhappy people?  1   Its sure that those people who are really happy, fear less and love a lot more. They see each moment, each challenge, and each person as a chance to discover more about themselves and the world around them.      2     

Happy people understand that you cant change a situation by resisting (抗拒) it. But they can feel better by understanding that there might be a reason for its existence (存在).    3    But rather, they ask themselves questions like: What can I learn from this? How can I make this better? They always seem to be pleasant and hopeful whatever happens.

They do things because they get a sense of purpose by doing so.     4   They care more about living a life full of meaning rather than living a successful life. The fact here is that most of the time they get both, success and meaning, just because they choose to focus on the things they love the most.

      5       They look for ways to give and to share the best of themselves with the world and to make other people happy.

A. They have an ideal and balanced life.

B. They are ready to accept whatever lies ahead.

C. What are the things that these people do differently?

D. The things happy people do are not for themselves, but for the good of others.

E. They are kind to themselves and others and they understand the power of love.

F. They understand that “Doing what you love is the most important for living a full life”.

G. When something unpleasant happens, they dont try to fight it, knowing that this will make things worse.

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B

The earth is about 4,600 million years old. We humans have lived on the earth for only 35,000 years, but during this period we have changed our planet a lot in many ways.    1    

All over the world, people have cut down millions of trees, so more and more kinds of animals and plants are disappearing. In big cities, cars and buses have polluted the air. Factories have also polluted the land and the water.

    2   It is important to the earth. But now air pollution is destroying it and that has made a very big hole in the ozone layer (臭氧層).     3     This is very dangerous because it can cause cancer.

Carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) in the air has increased a lot.     4     It has formed a “blanket” around the earth.     5    This makes our earth become warmer and warmer. Therefore, this causes the ocean level to rise.

All these problems are very serious. We must do something to stop our earth from being polluted anymore.

A. It mainly comes from different burning materials.

B. All in all, we have made the earth more comfortable to live on.

C. The heat from the sun cant get away, so the temperature is rising.

D. Around the earth, theres a special kind of oxygen called “ozone”.

E. Some things weve done are very good for the earth while some are bad.

F. The “blanket” can keep a large number of harmful light away from the earth.

G. Too much harmful light from the sun passes through it and reaches the earth directly.

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C

A hobby can be almost anything that a person likes to do in his spare time. Hobbyists raise pets, watch birds, paint pictures, play the piano, and grow flowers.   1     They collect everything from books to butterflies, from boxes to stamps.

People take up hobbies because these activities offer enjoyment, friendship, and relaxation. Hobbies offer interesting activities for the old. Some hobbies can make a child grow as a person, develop his interest, and help him learn new skills      2       Doctors have found that hobbies are useful in helping patients recover from illness. Hobbies give patients, who cant move around, something to do and provide interests that keep them from thinking about their illness. Many hospitals treat patients by having them take up interesting hobbies.    3        

In early times, most people were too busy making a living to enjoy hobbies. But some persons who had spare time did enjoy hobbies.     4      People today have more time than ever before. Machines have now reduced much time that people must spend on their jobs.

     5       Those who have developed hobbies never need to worry about what to do with their newly-found free time hours.

A. Hobbies can help kids to keep healthy.

B. Hobbies can also help a patient to keep healthy.

C. More people retire at an earlier age than before.

D. Many people have nothing to do in their spare time.

E. The ancient Egyptians played games with balls made of wood.

F. They also go to concerts, climb mountains, go fishing, skate, and swim.

G. Anyone, old or young, sick or well, rich or poor, can follow a good hobby despite (不论) his age, health or money.

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D

There are many things we need to know that we do not learn at school. For example, if we want to make good use of our money, we need to shop wisely. We need to be able to find good things. We need to know how to compare the prices of the same things in different shops.  1    

Knowing how to make such choices is a “life skill”, and we need these skills if we want to live useful and happy lives.     2      For example, will I take an apple for lunch or a pear? Will I go to school by bus or on foot? Will I wear the red T-shirt or the blue one to the movies?  3  For example, will I eat healthy food for lunch or will I eat junk food because it is tastier? Will I work hard in all my classes or will I only work hard in the classes I enjoy?    4     

We have to realize that the choices we make can affect (影響) the rest of our lives.     5      

The next time you decide to waste time in class, play a joke on someone or talk loudly at the movies, think about this: who else does your choice affect?

A. Ask your parents for help.

B. Some of our choices are small.

C. Its very easy to make a choice.

D. Other choices are more important.

E. We make choices like above every day.

F. Our choices can affect other people, too.

G. We need to know how to make the best choices when we shop.

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