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tolerance for falling in despair.Especially now we"ve got drugs for getting rid of sad feelings-whether it"s
after losing a job, the breakup of a relationship or the death of a loved one.So it"s no surprise that more
and more people are taking them.
But is this really such a good idea?A growing number of voices from the world of mental health
research are saying it isn"t.They fear that the increasing tendency to treat normal sadness as a disease is
playing fast and loose (行为轻率). Sadness, they argue, serves a useful purpose-and if we lose it, we
lose out.Yet many psychiatrists (精神病医生) insist not.Sadness has a nasty habit of turning into
depression (抑郁症), they warn.Even when people are sad for good reason, they should take drugs to
make themselves feel better.
So who is right?Is sadness something we cannot live without or something horrible never to touch?
There are lots of ideas about why feeling sad should become part of human life.It may be a
selfprotection strategy, as other primates (灵长类) als
o show signs of sadness.A losing monkey thatdoesn"t show sadness after it loses a fight may be seen as continuing to challenge the winning monkey-and
that could result in death.
In humans, sadness has a further function:we may display sadness as a form of communication.By
acting sad, we tell other community members that we need support.
Then there is the idea that creativity is connected to dark mood
s.There are plenty of great artists, writers and musicians who have suffered from depression or disorder.Scientists find that people with
signs of depression perform better at a creative task, and that negative moods make people think deeply
over the unhappy experience, which allows creative processes to come to the front.There is also evidence
that too much happiness can be bad for your career.A doctor found that people who scored 8 out of 10
on a happiness test were more successful in income and education than 9s or 10s.The happiest people
lose their willingness to make changes to their lives that may benefit them.
1. The underlined word "this" refers to________.
A. taking drugs
B. falling in despair
C. losing a job
D. feeling sad
2. The author believes sadness is________.
A. a good thing for people"s health
B. something horrible never to touch
C. a necessary function of humans
D. always to be treated as depression
3. Some animals show their sadness in order to________.
A. cheat their enemy
B. protect themselves
C. comfort the loser
D. challenge the winner
4. We can infer from the last paragraph that________.A. people with great creativity tend to be happier
B. unhappy experiences contribute to a greater career
C. too much hap
piness can be bad for your careerD. the happiest people are the most successful ones
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试题【阅读理解 Sadness is unpleasant, and in a society where personal happiness is priz】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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B. Learn and use new skills
C. Do what y
ou are supposed to doD. Get useful information and advice
E. Look for someone to gu
ide youF. Keep it in mind:work hard
1. _____
Keep in mind that those who play a lot and hard can loose but those who play smart will always win
the day.These tips when employed well will be your tickets to the top.The first thing you need to do is
look at your performance.Are you doing what you are supposed to be doing?When you know what is
expected, you will acquire a momentum that will lead you to the right direction.Otherwise, there is no
need of outdoing yourself and others when you are not delivering the right results.
2._____
The other tip that will make you stand out from the rest is hard work.You need to do extra and ask
for more.The workload might be overwhelming but promotion only comes to those who are excellent or
do thing
s that are out of the ordinary or beyond expectation.You must employ extreme dedication to make sure that even as you ask for more, you do not compromise on the quality of work you deliver.
3. _____
Another tip for promotion is the workplace is to have a presence.You must be seen at work not just
by your colleagues but by leaders in your line of work.Take advantage of every opportunity to interact
and know that people on top keep a keen eye looking out for those who stand out.
4. _____
Do not be shy to embrace new skills and explore a variety.Promotions only come to those who are
aware that this is a dynamic world that smiles on those who are willing to adopt new skills.Devote
yourself to do
ing things that are considered extra and do not be afraid of this.This will go a long way in making you the person for consideration when it comes to promotions in the workplace.
5. _____
Another tip is get information first hand from those who are on top.Talk to those that have been
promoted in your organizations and seek advice.Remember, you do not have to learn throught what they
say but can learn through their character and how they do their stuff.Action will speak louder than words.
However, you need to be
aware that you are doing this to make yourself important and not to become another person.Often times, many workers seeking promotion will pretend to be something they are not.
I always answer with the famous saying: The end is nothing；the road is all.That is what I mean
when I say writing has been a pleasure.I have never used the computer with the thought that
one more task had to be done."
Like most writers,Willa Cather did not write books for the money that they brought her,but
rather for the pleasure that came in their writing.Her wo
rks were,like her,simple and full of the vigor of her days in Nebraska,where she grew from child to young womanhood and
where she developed a deep love for the treeless land of the great plain with its wild flowers,
wheat fields and rivers.
"It"s a rather strange thing about the flat country," she wrote later."It takes hold of you
or it leaves you perfectly cold.A great many people find it very dull；they like a church
tower,an old factory,a waterfall,the country all made to look like a German Christmas card
...But when I come to the open plain,something happens.I"m home.I breathe differently."
B．opened up a road to success
C．neither too hard nor too easy
D．interesting and enjoyable
B．It was vast,open and flat.
C．It was like a German Ch
ristmas card.D．It was a colorful world of wild flowers.
B．you decide either to stay or to leave
C．some find the place warm；others find it cold
D．some find the place peaceful；others find it wild
B．She wants to make the place her home.
C．She feels completely comfortable.
D．She finds the place similar to her home.
suggests an "empty nest" is not always a bad thing.
Popular wisdom has it that parents" relationships may suffer once their young fly the coop, because
they feel they have lost their purpose in life.However, a new study by researchers at the University of
California, Berkeley, has found that many couples actually feel happier when t
heir children leave homebecause they are able to enjoy spending time together.
In total,123 American mothers born in the 1930s were tracked for 18 years and asked to rate their
satisfaction levels shortly after marrying, when they were bringing up babies, once their children reached
their teenage years and finally at age 61, when almost all had "empty nests".
Although not all said they were happier in general, most claimed their marriages had improved since
their children had left home.Researchers believe this is not just because the spouses were spending more
time together, but because they were able to enjoy each other"s company more.
One of the participants in the study, which is published in the journal Psychological Science, said:"
Once the kids grow up...there"s some of that stress removed...that responsibility removed, so things are
a little more relaxed."
Psychologist Sara Gorchoff, who carried out the investigation, said:"The takehome message for
couples with young children is "hang in there". " Her coauthor Oliver John added:"Don"t wait until your
kids leave home to schedule quality time with your partner."
However, Dr Dorothy Rowe, from the British Psychological Society, said the effects of living in an
"empty nest" will depend on the parents" relationship with their children."If you"re just waiting for them
to leave home so you can get on with your life, then
of course you"ll be pleased to see them go, " she said, "But if you"ve built your life around your children you"ll be terribly lonely.For some parents, their
world falls apart when their children leave."
1. It is commonly believed that________.
A. marriages improve after children leave home
B. an "empty nest" is always a happy thing
C. parents" relationships may suffer once their young grow up and move out
D. parents will be pleased after their children leave home
2. When did many couples feel happier according to the study?
A. At age 61, when almost all had "empty nests".
B. Shortly after marrying.
C. Once their children reached their teenage years.
D. When they were bringing up babies.
3. Marriages improve after children fly the coop not because______.
A. many couples are able to spend time together
B. many couples are able to enjoy each other"s company
C. things are a little more relaxed
D. many couples needn"t work at all
4. The author of the passage tends to agree
that________.A. parents should build their life around their kids
B. parents should schedule quality time with each other before kids leave home
C. parents" relationship with their kids has no effect on marriages at all
D. parents should be pleased to see their kids leave home
lieve in the beauty of their dreams.-Eleanor Roosevelt
My home is a place of great beauty and agricultural richness, as well as of war and natural disasters.
When I was only fourteen years old, I was filled with__1__in spite of the terrible surroundings.The families living here, who tried to make their living from the land, __2__great losses.
I felt sorry especially for the__3__, but I__4__to be hopeless.I decided that where I was, I could do
__5__to help them.I began knocking on every door and saying to each person who__6__my knock, "I
know that you are__7__and give the birds that come to your yard a little__8__.Please consider me your
bird.Give me only a handful of rice each week when I come to your__9__.I will take it to the temple
where it can be given to the__10__children."
No one seemed to__11__giving me a handful of rice, even__12__they had little themselves.On
Sunday, I would go to the__13__and give my handfuls of rice to the monks to__14__to the children.
One day, I came to a house that had__15__to give.I told my story and asked if I could be their bird.
The woman called her daughters, and__16__gave me fifty cents, as well as the handful of rice!I began to
ask for__17__and rice from the other "bird feeders", and they gave them to me.Everyone was happy to
be helping those who were suffering, even__18__only this small way.The temple was soon able to help
everyone who came to them for food and clothing.
" Consider me your bird." My__19__idea had not stopped the war, but anyway, it was__20__some
peace.
| ( )1. A. sorrow ( )2. A. suffered ( )3. A. peasants ( )4. A. wanted ( )5. A. something ( )6. A. said ( )7. A. glad ( )8. A. water ( )9. A. temple ( )10. A. brave ( )11. A. mind ( )12. A. where ( )13. A. village ( )14. A. give in ( )15. A. much ( )16. A. every ( )17. A. help ( )18. A. by ( )19. A. foolish ( )20. A. creating | B. hope B. survived B. citizens B. failed B. everything B. replied B. kind B. money B. room B. hungry B. escape B. that B. hometown B. give up B. little B. each B. clothing B. with B. childish B. mending | C. comfort C. covered C. villagers C. refused C. anything C. answered C. rich C. nest C. door C. promising C. practice C. so C. temple C. give away C. many C. neither C. food C. on C. clever C. developing | D. happiness D. made D. children D. stopped D. nothing D. spoke D. friendly D. rice D. garden D. nervous D. enjoy D. when D. house D. give out D. few D. none D. change D. in D. useful D. managing |
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| When we think of leadership, we often think of strength and power.But what are these really, and how do they operate? Leadership today is not about forcing others to do things.Even if this is possible, it is shortterm, and tends to produce unexpected and unwanted results.If you order someone to do something against their will, they may do it because they feel they have to, but the anger they feel will do more harm in the long term.They will also experience fear. Fear causes the thinking brain to shut down, making the person unable to function at his or her best. If they connect you with th  is emotion of fear, they will become less functional around you, and you will have succeeded in not only shooting yourself in the foot, but possibly making a very good employee or partner unable to perform effectively.Fear does no good to leadership. The way we influence people in a lasting way is by our own character, and our understanding and use of emotion.We can order someone to do something, which may be part of the work day; or we can employ them at the emotional level, so they will become fully devoted to the projects and provide some of their own motivation.Today"s work place is all about relationships. Anyone works harder in a positive environment in which they"re recognized and valued as a human being as well as a worker.Everyone produces just a bit more for someone they like.Leaders understand the way things work.They know the pay check is not the single most important factor in the work life of most people. The true strength of leadership is an inner strength that comes from the confidence of emotional intelligence-knowing your own emotions, and how to handle them, and those of others.Developing your emotional intelligence is the single best thing you can do if you want to develop your relationship with people around you, which is the key to  the leadership skills.1. The writer thinks that it is not________for us to connect leadership with strength and power. A. possible B. necessary C. easy D. effective 2. People may NOT be working hard when________. A. they"re regarded as human beings B. they like th  eir leadersC. money is taken as the most important D. leaders understand the way things work 3. From the passage, we can conclude that________is the key to making a good leader. A. developing one"s emotional intelligence B. in fluencing others in one"s own way C. producing some unexpected results D. having confidence in one"s ability 4. This passage is most helpful to those who________. A. have strength and power B. are going to make a speech C. would like to be leaders D. are to be excellent employees |