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In Greek mythology(神话), the gods punished Sisyphus by forcing him to roll a rock up a steep hill for eternity(来世). But he was probably better off than if they’d forced him to sit and stare into space until the end of time, conclude the authors of a new study on keeping busy. They found that people who have something to do, even something pointless, are happier than people who sit around.
“The general phenomenon I’m interested in is why people are too busy doing what they are doing in modern society,” says Christopher K. Hsee, of the University of Chicago. “People are running around, working hard, the way beyond the basic level.” Sure, there are reasons, like making a living, earning money, and so on. But, Hsee says, “I think there’s something deeper: We have extra energy and we want to avoid idleness.”
In a study 98 students were asked to complete two surveys. After they had completed the first they were made to wait 15 minutes to receive the next one. They were given a choice of either handing in the first survey nearby or at a more distant location they had to walk to. Whichever option they chose, they received a chocolate bar. Not everyone chose to go to the faraway location. Two-thirds chose the lazy option. Yet those who chose to stay busy by going to the faraway location were found to be happier than those who had stayed put.
But if the chocolate bars offered at the two locations were different, they were more likely to choose the far location—because they could make up a good and acceptable reason for the trip, Hsee and his colleagues say.
Hsee thinks it may be possible to use this principle—people like being busy, and they like being able to show being busy right or reasonable—to benefit society. “If we can find a way for idle people to engage in activity that is at least not harmful, I think it is better than destructive business,” he says. Hsee himself has been known to give a research assistant a useless task when he doesn’t have anything to do, so he isn’t sitting around the office getting bored and depressed.
小题1:The author starts the passage with the Greek mythology story to ________.
A.make it easier to understand the passage |
B.draw readers’ attention to Greek culture |
C.show Greek people enjoyed being busy |
D.bring about the subject of the passage |
A.make others think they are not lazy |
B.keep their energy at the basic level |
C.earn more money to support their family |
D.avoid the state of having nothing to do |
A.remained there | B.kept occupied | C.got around | D.stayed awake |
A.Blue. | B.Empty. | C.Contented. | D.Trapped. |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:C
解析
小题1:该故事是作者要表达的观点的一个引子。
小题2:推理判断题。根据I think there’s something deeper: We have extra energy and we want to avoid idleness可知,人们保持繁忙是为了避免无事可做。
小题3:推理判断题。根据those who chose to stay busy by going to the faraway location were found to be happier than those who had stayed put,可知该次与go to the faraway location 是相反的人,故选择呆在原地。
小题4:推理判断题。根据give a research assistant a useless task when he doesn’t have anything to do, so he isn’t sitting around the office getting bored and depressed可知,他不会感到无聊和沮丧,即感到高兴。
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试题【 In Greek mythology(神话), the gods punished Sisyphus by forcing him to roll a roc】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
Cyberspace, the connections between computers in different places, considered as a real place where information, messages and pictures exist, mirrors the real world in many ways. People ask for information, play games, and share hobbies. Others buy and sell products. Still others look for friendship, or even love.
Unlike the real world, however, your knowledge about a person is limited to words on a computer screen. Identity and appearance mean very little in cyberspace. Rather, a person’s thoughts—or at least the thoughts they type—are what really count. So even the shyest person can become a chat room star.
Usually, this “faceless” communication doesn’t create problems. Identity doesn’t really matter when you’re in a chat room discussing politics or hobbies. In fact, this emphasis(强调,重视) on the ideas themselves makes the Internet a great place for exciting conversation. Where else can so many people come together to chat? But some Internet users want more than just someone to chat with. They’re looking for serious love relationships. Is cyberspace a good place to find love? That answer depends on whom you ask. Some of these relationships actually succeed. Others fail miserably.
Supporters of online relationships state that the Internet allows couples to get to know each other intellectually first. Personal appearance doesn’t get in the way. But critics of online relationships argue that no one can truly know another person in cyberspace. Why? Because the Internet gives users a lot of control over how others view them. Internet users can carefully craft their words to fit whatever image they want to give. And they don’t have to worry about what their “nonverbal” (非言语交际的)communication is doing for their image. In a sense, they’re not really themselves.
All of this may be fine if the relationship stays in cyberspace. But not knowing a person is a big problem in a love relationship. With so many unknowns, it’s easy to let one’s imagination “fill in the blanks.” This inevitably(不可避免地) leads to disappointment when couples meet in person. How someone imagines an online friend is often quite more different than the real person. So, before looking for love in cyberspace, remember the advice of Internet pioneer Clifford Stoll: “Life in the real world is far richer than anything you’ll find on a computer screen.”
小题1:According to the passage, chatting in the cyberspace ________.
A.puts emphasis on people’s thoughts |
B.needs people to be rich in knowledge |
C.stresses more about people’s identity |
D.allows people to discuss politics secretly |
A.what is said online is under control of the Internet |
B.it is hard to protect the other’s identity |
C.the faceless communication is exciting |
D.one may not show the real self in cyberspace |
A.the Internet allows people to get more information about their loved ones |
B.the Internet makes it easy for people to imagine how others view them |
C.people usually get to know each other by chance through the Internet |
D.people may be disappointed when they meet in person |
A.supports to look for love in the real life |
B.demands to develop the computer system |
C.encourages people to enjoy modern life |
D.believes it hopeless to find love online |
A. Subjective B.Objective C Positive D.Negative
When I was a child of seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went at once to a shop where they sold toys for children. Being charmed with the sound of a whistle that I had seen by the way, in the hands of another boy, I handed over all my money for one. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, when I told of the bargain I had made, said I had given four times as much as the whistle was worth. They put me in mind of what good things I might have bought with the rest of the money, and laughed at me so much for my folly that I cried with vexation(烦恼). Thinking about the matter gave me more chargrin than the whistle gave me pleasure.
This, however, was afterwards of use to me, for the impression continued on my mind, so that often, when I was tempted to buy something I did not need, I said to myself, “Don’t give too much for the whistle, ” and I saved my money. As I grew up, came into the world, and observed the actions of men, I thought I met with many, very many, who “gave too much for the whistle.” When I saw some men too eager for court favor, wasting his time at court gatherings, giving up his rest, his liberty, his virtue, and perhaps his friends, for royal favor, I said to myself---“This man gives too much for the whistle.” When I saw another fond of popularity, constantly taking part in political affairs, neglecting his own business, and ruining it by neglect, “He says, indeed,” said I, “too dear for his whistle.”
If I knew a miser(守财奴) who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow citizens and the joys of friendship, for the sake of gathering and keeping wealth--- “Poor man,” said I, “ you pay too dear for your whistle.” When I met a man of pleasure, who did not try to improve his mind or his fortune but merely devoted himself to having a good time, perhaps neglecting his health, “ Mistaken man, you are providing pain for yourself, instead of pleasure; you are paying too dear for your whistle.” If I saw someone fond of appearance who has fine clothes, fine houses, fine furniture, fine earrings, all above his fortune, and for which he had run into debt, and ends his career in a prison. “Alas,” said I, “he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.” In short the miseries of mankind are largely due to their puffing a false value on things --- to giving “too much for their whistle.”
小题1:How did the author get the whistle?
A.He bought it in a toy shop for children. |
B.He got it as a birthday present. |
C.He exchanged all his coppers for it from another boy. |
D.He got it from his brothers, sisters and cousins. |
A.pleased | B.charmed | C.chagrin | D.worth |
A.People were tempted to buy something they did not need. |
B.Men were too eager for court favor, wasting his time. |
C.People were fond of popularity, constantly taking part in political affairs. |
D.People were devoted to a career he loved so much. |
A.得不偿失 | B.皆大欢喜 | C.物超所值 | D.名副其实 |
A.A story in my childhood. |
B.Too dear for whistle. |
C.A lesson from a whistle. |
D.We should have a right attitude towards temptation(诱惑). |
Visitors can find a small, old house called the O. Henry Museum in central Austin, Texas. William Sydney Porter(1862-1910)----better known as O. Henry, was one of America’s best loved writers of short stories. Beginning in 1893, he lived here. It was saved from destruction, moved, and turned into a museum in 1934. The museum is a good way to learn about the interesting life of him.
William Porter rented this house and lived with his wife and daughter for about two years. Many objects in the museum belonged to the Porters. Others did not, but are in the house to recreate the way it looked during their lifetime.
Porter worked at a pharmacy, farm, land office and bank. He also loved words and writing. The museum has special proof of Porter’s love of language---his dictionary. It’s said that he read every word in it. Porter started a small publication called “The Rolling Stone”. He wasn’t being published early on, so he published himself. His funny stories, poems, and drawings were published in the magazine. But it was too costly to continue for long, so he closed the project after about one year.
Other troubles would lead the Porters to leave Austin. Porter was accused of financial wrongdoing at the bank and lost his job. Fearing a trial, he fled the country. But he returned because his wife was dying. After her death, he faced trial and was found guilty. He served three and a half years in a federal prison in Ohio.
Porter would keep his time in prison a secret. But there was one good thing about it. It provided him with time to write. By the time of his release, he had published 14 stories and was becoming well-known as O. Henry.
Porter would later move to New York City and find great success there. He published over 380 stories in the last eight years of his life.
小题1:What is the author’s purpose of writing paragraph 3?
A.To attract more visitors to the O. Henry Museum. |
B.To show the jobs O. Henry once did. |
C.To show O. Henry’s early love of words and writing. |
D.To introduce O. Henry’s publication called “The Rolling Stone”. |
a. He was committed to prison.
b. He settled down in central Austin.
c. His wife died.
d. He started a small publication called “The Rolling Stone”.
e. He moved to New York City.
A.bdcae | B.bcade | C.bdcea | D.bacde |
A.Most of O. Henry’s short stories were finished in prison. |
B.O. Henry didn’t start his career as a successful writer when living in central Austin. |
C.O. Henry was born in a small, old house which is called the O. Henry Museum now. |
D.O. Henry spent his last life in the small, old house in Texas. |
A.O. Henry’s experience in prison. |
B.The objects in the O. Henry’s Museum |
C.O. Henry’s achievement in literature. |
D.A brief account of O. Henry’s life |
I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large 16 across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would 17 his taxi on the road. I 18 why he did not park it in the garage.
Then, one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home 19 work, leave his taxi and go out for his 20 affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was 21 .
I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I 22 to be outside one evening two weeks 23 , when the garage door was 24 and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce(劳斯莱斯)! It shook me completely 25 I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But 26 inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a(n) 27 . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and 28 him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a(n) 29 .
We go to bed every night and 30 every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a 31 as close friends or go for a vacation as a 32 . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we 33 the social ladder(阶梯)—how much bigger and better a 34 we have. And we ignore(忽视)our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on 35 we are than what we do!
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Early in the 16th century men were trying to reach Asia by travelling west from Europe. In order to find Asia they had to find a way past South Africa. The man who finally found the way from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific was Ferdinand Magellan.
Magellan sailed from Seville in August 1519 with five ships and about 280 men. Fourteen months later, after spending the severe (凌冽的) winter on the coast of Patagonia, he discovered the channel (海峡) which is now called Magellan Straits. In November 1520, after many months of dangers from rocks and storms, the three remaining ships entered the ocean on the other side of South America.
They then continued, hoping to reach Asia. But they didn’t see any land until they reached the islands off the coast of Asia. Before they arrived at these islands, later known as Philippines, men were dying of starvation. While they were in the Philippines., Magellan was killed in battle.
The remaining officers then had to get back to Spain. They decided to sail around Africa. After many difficulties, one ship with eighteen men sailed into Seville after leaving. They were all that remained of Magellan’s expedition (探险队).
小题1:Magellan Straits were discovered by Magellan ______.
A.in August 1519 | B.in October 1520 |
C.in November 1520 | D.in December 1520 |
A.two | B.three | C.four | D.five |
A.Dangers from rocks and storms | B.Lack of fresh food and water |
C.Severe winter in Patagonia | D.The death of Magellan |
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