阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Why should you go to college? One important answer to this question is more __16___. As opposed to generations of the past, high school graduates today are _17___ to get the number of high-paid jobs that were __18__ available. The U.S. has been changed from a manufacturing-based economy into an economy based on ___19_, and the importance of a college education today can be _20___ to that of a high school education forty years ago. It __21__ as the gateway to better choices and more opportunity.
There are __22_ reasons as to why it is important to go to college. When students _23__ a post-secondary education, they have the opportunity to read books and listen to the __24__ of top experts in their fields. It __25__ students to think, ask questions, and __26_ new ideas, which allows for additional growth and ___27_ and provides college graduates with an edge in the job market __28__ those who have not experienced a higher education.
The importance of a college education is also because of the opportunity to __29__ valuable resources. The more connections which are __30___ during your college career, the more _31___ you will have when you begin your job search. Once you have ended your job search and have started your career, ___32__, the importance of a college education has not been exhausted. Having a college degree often __33_ greater promotion opportunity.
So, why should you go to college? The reasoning does not begin and end with the _34___ aspect. A good education is __35__ from many different viewpoints, and while the importance of a college education is quite evident for many high school students, what is often not as clear is how they will pay for that education.
| 小题1: | | A．time | B．freedom | C．respect | D．opportunity |
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| 小题2: | | A．likely | B．unable | C．afraid | D．unwilling |
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| 小题3: | | A．once | B．just | C．never | D．also |
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| 小题4: | | A．nature | B．culture | C．knowledge | D．agriculture |
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| 小题5: | | A．referred | B．added | C．devoted | D．compared |
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| 小题6: | | A．follows | B．serves | C．unites | D．disappears |
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| 小题7: | | A．additional | B．secret | C．interesting | D．financial |
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| 小题8: | | A．discuss | B．ignore | C．experience | D．imagine |
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| 小题9: | | A．stories | B．requests | C．suggestion | D．lecture |
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| 小题10: | | A．helps | B．encourages | C．forbids | D．advises |
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| 小题11: | | A．design | B．explore | C．change | D．refuse |
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| 小题12: | | A．development | B．payment | C．agreement | D．experiment |
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| 小题14: | | A．admire | B．satisfy | C．gain | D．notice |
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| 小题15: | | A．removed | B．collected | C．explained | D．controlled |
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| 小题16: | | A．inventions | B．choices | C．worries | D．salaries |
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| 小题17: | | A．besides | B．therefore | C．however | D．otherwise |
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| 小题18: | | A．saves | B．includes | C．ensures | D．means |
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| 小题19: | | A．life | B．character | C．communication | D．job |
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| 小题20: | | A．free | B．rare | C．beneficial | D．absent |
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小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:D
小题10:B
小题11:B
小题12:A
小题13:B
小题14:C
小题15:B
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:D
小题19:D
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考查的是名词辨析。上大学的目的之一就是机会更多。time 时间； freedom 自由； respect 尊敬；opportunity机会。根据文章第一段最后一句话可知，选择B。
小题2:考查的是形容词的词义辨析。与过去的一代相反，今天的高中毕业生不能得到以前的毕业生曾经可以得到的高薪水的工作。likely 很可能；unable 不能；C. afraid 恐怕； unwilling 不愿意。前后对比可以判断是现在不能得到的高薪工作。故选[ B。来的
小题3:考查的是副词的用法。过去的高中生曾经能得到的那些工作。Once 曾经；just 刚刚；never 从不；also 也。根据语境判断A 最佳。
小题4:考查的是名词辨析。美国已经从一个以制造业为基础的经济变成了以知识为基础的经济。nature 自然； culture 文化； knowledge 知识；agriculture 农业。根据上下文是知识越来越重要而不是其他。故选 C。
小题5:考查的是动词短语在语境中的运用。今天大学教育的重要性可以和四十年前的高中教育相比较。 referred to参考 ; added to 增加；devoted ... To 奉献于；compared to 与......相比。第一段一直在对比今天的大学教育和四十年前的高中教育相当。由此判断选择D 。
小题6:考查的是动词在语境中的运用。它作为一种通向更好的选择和更多的机会的途径。 follow 跟随；serve as充当，起... ...作用；unite 统一； disappear消失。根据语境判断这里是指上大学有什么作用。故选B。
小题7:考查的是形容词在语境中的运用。关于为什么上大学如此重要还有一个原因。 additional 附加，额外的； secret 秘密的；interesting 有趣的；financial金融的。根据语义，这里承接上一段，说明上大学的原因不只一种。故选A 。
小题8:考查的是动词在语境中的运用。当学生经历了高等教育时，他们就有机会读书，听取他们那一领域的专家所做的演讲。 discuss 讨论；ignore 忽视；experience 体验、经历；imagine 想象。四个选项带入本句，结合本段最后一句话的提示，只有体验、经历最佳。故选C。
小题9:考查的是名词的运用。 ....他们有机会读书并听该领域最好的专家所做的演讲。stories 故事；requests 请求；suggestion 建议；lecture演讲。四个选项中只有大学生听演讲、报告符合语境。故选D。
小题10:考查的是动词在语境中的运用。它鼓励学生们思考，提问问题，探索新的观点...。help帮助；encourage 鼓励；forbid 禁止；advise建议。结合语义鼓励学生思考之意最佳。故选B。
小题11:考查的是动词在语境中的运用。...思考，提出问题并探索新的理念。design 设计；explore 探索；change 改变；refuse拒绝。和语境结合，应该是对新思想、新观念的探索最佳。故选B。
小题12:考查的是名词的运用。 ...这允许继续成长和发展并提供给大学毕业生在就业方面的优势，和那些没有经历过更高等教育的人相比更优越。development 发展； payment 付款，支付；agreement 一致； experiment实验。故选A。
小题13:考查的是固定搭配的运用。edge over意为：优于... ...的有利条件。故选B。
小题14:考查的是动词在语境中的运用。大学教育的重要性还因为有得到有价值的资源的机会。 admire 羡慕、钦佩； satisfy 满足；gain 获得；notice注意到。结合语境，应该是大学生有获得有价值的资源的机会最佳。故选C 。
小题15:考查的是动词在语境中的运用。你在大学期间收集到的关系越多，当你开始选择职业时拥有的选择就越多。remove去掉；collect 收集；explained 解释；control控制。收集人脉关系是最佳搭配。故选B。
小题16:考查的是名词的运用。invention 发明；choice 选择；worry 担心；salary 薪水。根据语境，大学毕业后，拥有更多择业的机会。故选B。
小题17:C 考查的是副词的运用。而且，大学教育的重要性还没说完。besides 而且； therefore 因此； however 然而；otherwise否则。结合上下文关系，作者还在阐述上大学的好处。故选C。
小题18:考查的是动词在语境中的运用。有大学学位经常会意味着更大的晋升机会。 save 节省、挽救；include 包括；ensure确保；mean 意味着、想要。四个选项带入本句，意味着最符合语境。故选D 。
小题19:考查的是名词的辨析。说理远没有开始和结束就工作方面而言。life 生命、生活；character 性格、角色； communication 交流；job工作。结合语境，大学后应该工作还会有很多好处。故选D。
小题20:考查的是形容词的运用。一个好的教育可以让人有许多不同的观点。free 免费的；rare 罕见的；beneficial 有益的；absent 缺席的。该句还是在讲大学教育的优点好处。故选C 。 |
核心考点
试题【阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Why should you go to college?】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
In this modern world, we rush around all day with no time for stillness. And when we are 48 to be still, we"re in line for something, or waiting at a doctor"s appointment, or on a bus or train. This comes at a 49 : we lose that time for consideration, for observing and listening. We lose peace. And 50 yet: sometimes no action is better than too much action at all. You can run around crazily, but get nothing done. Take a moment to think about how you spend your days? Are you always 51 through your schedule?
Is this how you want to spend your life? If not, take a moment to be still. Don"t think about what you have to do, or what you"ve done already. 52 be in the moment. Then after a minute or two of doing that, consider your 53 , and how you"d like it to be. See your life with less movement and less rushing. See it with more stillness and more peace. It"s pretty simple: all you have to do is sit still for a little bit each day. Once you"ve got 54 to that, try doing less each day. Find happiness now, in this moment, instead of waiting for it.
Value the stillness. It"s a treasure and it"s 55 to us, always.
| 小题1: | | A．forced | B．ordered | C．invited | D．told |
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| 小题2: | | A．cost | B．risk | C．loss | D．danger |
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| 小题3: | | A．later | B．worse | C．better | D．deeper |
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| 小题4: | | A．breaking | B．rushing | C．living | D．going |
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| 小题5: | | A．Nearly | B．Ever | C．Just | D．Already |
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| 小题6: | | A．life | B．belief | C．road | D．future |
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| 小题7: | | A．addicted | B．accustomed | C．permitted | D．ready |
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| 小题8: | | A．available | B．convenient | C．potential | D．reasonable |
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
After years of searching, a truth seeker was told to go to a cave, in which he would find a well. “Ask the well what is 36 , ” he was advised, “and the well reveal (告诉，揭露) it to you.” Having found the well, the seeker asked that most basic and important 37 . And from the depths came the answer: “Go to the village crossroad, and there you shall find what you are seeking.”
Full of 38 the man ran to the crossroad to 39 only three rather uninteresting shops. One shop was selling pieces of metal, another sold 40 , and thin wires were for sale in the third. Nothing and no one there seemed to 41 much to do with the revelation of truth.
Disappointed, the seeker returned to the well to demand an 42 , but he was told only: “You will 43 in the future.”
As years went by, the 44 of his experience at the well gradually 45 until one night, while he was walking, the sound of sitar (西塔琴) music 46 his attention. It was wonderful and it was 47 with great skill and inspiration.
Deeply 48 , the truth seeker felt drawn towards the 49 . He looked at the fingers dancing over the strings. And then suddenly he let out a cry of joyful 50 : the sitar was made out of wires and pieces of metal and wood just like 51 he had once seen in the three stores.
At last he understood the 52 of the well: we have already been given everything we need; our 53 is to assemble (聚集) and use them in the proper way. Nothing is 54 so long as we recognize only fragments (碎片). But as soon as the pieces are put together, something new appears, whose nature we could not have 55 by considering the fragments alone.
| 小题1: | | A．truth | B．hope | C．future | D．music |
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| 小题2: | | A．fact | B．reason | C．question | D．well |
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| 小题3: | | A．energy | B．hope | C．mystery | D．surprise |
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| 小题5: | | A．instruments | B．clothing | C．food | D．wood |
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| 小题6: | | A．connect | B．have | C．prepare | D．offer |
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| 小题7: | | A．explanation | B．advice | C．excuse | D．opportunity |
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| 小题8: | | A．succeed | B．discover | C．pay | D．understand |
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| 小题9: | | A．bitterness | B．failure | C．memory | D．secret |
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| 小题10: | | A．doubled | B．forgot | C．disappeared | D．recovered |
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| 小题11: | | A．paid | B．lost | C．split | D．caught |
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| 小题12: | | A．played | B．broadcast | C．enjoyed | D．conducted |
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| 小题13: | | A．annoyed | B．moved | C．confused | D．frightened |
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| 小题14: | | A．adviser | B．director | C．composer | D．player |
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| 小题15: | | A．admiration | B．distinction | C．recognition | D．imagination |
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| 小题17: | | A．secret | B．message | C．theory | D．benefit |
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| 小题18: | | A．target | B．difficulty | C．task | D．shortcoming |
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| 小题19: | | A．interesting | B．meaningful | C．accessible | D．successful |
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| 小题20: | | A．foreseen(预见) | B．decided | C．judged | D．formed |
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Looking back on my childhood. I am convinced that naturalists are born and not made. Although we were brought up in the same way, my brothers and sisters soon abandoned their pressed flowers and insects. Unlike them, I had no ear for music and languages. I was not an early reader and I could not do mental arithmetic.
Before Word War I we spent our summer holidays in Hungary. I have only the dim memory of the house we lived in, of my room and my toys. Nor do I recall clearly the large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins who gathered next door. But I do have a crystal clear memory of dogs, the farm animals, the local birds and above all, the insects.
I am a naturalist, not a scientist. I have a strong love of the natural world, and my enthusiasm has led me into varied investigations. I love discussing my favorite topics and enjoy burning the midnight oil reading about other people’s observations and discoveries. Then something happens that brings these observations together in my conscious mind. Suddenly you fancy you see the answer to the riddle. Because it all seems to fit together .This has resulted in my publishing 300 papers and books. Which some may light honor, with the title of scientific research.
But curiosity a keen eye, a good memory and enjoyment of the animal and plant world do not make a scientist? One of the outstanding and essential qualities required is self-discipline, a quality I lack. A scientist can be made a naturalist. If you can combine the two, you get the best of both worlds.
小题1:According to the author, a born naturalist should first of all be _____| A．full of ambition | B．self-disciplined | | C．full of enthusiasm | D．knowledgeable |
小题2:The first paragraph tells us that the author _____ | A．lost his hearing when he was a child | | B．didn’t like his brothers and sisters | | C．was interested in flowers and insects in his childhood | | D．was born to a naturalist’s family |
小题3:The author says that he is a naturalist rather than a scientist probably because he thinks he ____.| A．just rends about other peoples observations and discoveries. | | B．Lacks some of the qualities required of scientist. | | C．Has a great deal of trouble doing mental arithmetic. | | D．Come up with solutions in most natural ways. |
小题4:The author can’t remember him relatives clearly because__ | A．He didn’t live very long with them | | B．He was too young when he lived with them. | | C．The family was extremely large | | D．He was fully occupied with observing nature. |
小题5:Which of the following statements is true? | A．The author believes that a born naturalist can not be scientist. | | B．The author read a lot of books about the natural world and oil industry | | C．The author’s brothers and sisters were good at music and languages. | | D．The author spent a lot of time working on riddles. |
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A poor young man lost his job and had no one to help him. Helpless, homeless and hopeless, he decided to commit suicide. He 36 all the coins he had with him and bought a ripe banana wrapped in an old newspaper. He opened the packet and started to eat his last food 37 an old beggar approached him. With trembling lips, the beggar told him that he hadn’t had anything to eat for several days and was too weak to walk. The young man felt 38 . So he didn’t eat the banana. 39 , he gave the banana to the beggar. The beggar ate it with great joy and 40__ him. While leaving, the beggar gave him a very old coin, saying, “Thank you very much. You gave me everything you had. Kindly accept this coin as my gift 41 your kindness.”
After the old man left, he 42 glanced at the piece of paper used to wrap the fruit. There he saw a（n） 43 from an agency dealing with old coins. Anyone 44 old coins was invited to visit the agency and receive suitable price for their old coins on the spot. Out of simple 45 , he carried the coin to the agency after 46 it by phone. He showed the coin gifted by the beggar. The person who 47 the agency stared at it and told him in excitement, “What a __48 ! It is very 49 and several centuries old. It is worth a（n） 50 !” Jumping with joy on receiving the 51 amount of money, he searched everywhere to find the old man who gifted him the coin. He wanted to 52 his joy and the money with the beggar. But he could not find him anywhere. Since then, he started a new life with renewed 53 and enthusiasm about the future.
Kindness will be 54 . It always comes back! As William Wordsworth wrote,“ The best part of a good life is the little, nameless, unremembered acts of 55 and love.”
| 小题1: | | A．collect | B．spread | C．spotted | D．donated |
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| 小题2: | | A．while | B．when | C．before | D．until |
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| 小题3: | | A．worried | B．nervous | C．pity | D．guilty |
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| 小题4: | | A．Still | B．Thus | C．Besides | D．Instead |
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| 小题5: | | A．scolded | B．admired | C．respected | D．thanked |
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| 小题6: | | A．in search for | B．in terms of | C．in return for | D．in favor of |
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| 小题7: | | A．carelessly | B．purposely | C．Immediately | D．normally |
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| 小题8: | | A．suggestion | B．advertisement | C．appeal | D．requirement |
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| 小题9: | | A．possessing | B．seeing | C．ordering | D．deserving |
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| 小题10: | | A．distrust | B．curiosity | C．wonder | D．hobby |
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| 小题11: | | A．replying | B．repeating | C．contacting | D．begging |
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| 小题12: | | A．charged | B．consisted | C．attended | D．managed |
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| 小题13: | | A．shame | B．prize | C．surprise | D．pleasure |
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| 小题14: | | A．private | B．fresh | C．rare | D．casual |
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| 小题15: | | A．value | B．fortune | C．wealth | D．effort |
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| 小题16: | | A．unexpected | B．unlucky | C．unlimited | D．unnoticed |
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| 小题17: | | A．hide | B．share | C．cover | D．spare |
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| 小题18: | | A．wisdom | B．chance | C．hope | D．luck |
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| 小题19: | | A．changed | B．damaged | C．lost | D．rewarded |
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| 小题20: | | A．courage | B．promise | C．memory | D．kindness |
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The study looked into thousands of teenagers and found that those who felt better about life as young adults tended to have higher incomes by the time they turned 29. Those who were happiest earned an average of $8,000 more than those who were the most depressed.
The researchers, from University College London and the University of Warwick, say that very gloomy teens, no matter how tall or smart they were, earned 10% less than their peers, while the happier ones earned up to 30% more.
Happier teenagers have an easier time getting through school, college and a job interview, chiefly because they always feel better about life. It may also be true that happier people find it easier to make friends, who are often the key to homework help or networking.
A report in June suggested that professional respect was more important than dollars in terms of workplace happiness. In August scientists announced that they had found the gene for happiness in women, Alas （the same gene doesn’t appear to have the same effect on men）. And in October researchers in the UK and in the US announced that people who eat seven portions of fruit and vegetables a day report being the happiest.
The big question is: if it really is true that happier kids end up being wealthier kids, is it necessary for parents to get their kids to do the homework? The fact is that no homework will make kids happy but surely hurt their grades. Studies do show, after all, that more education leads to better-paid jobs, which may give us a deep thought.
“These findings show that the teenagers’ happiness is important to their future success,” one of the report’s authors writes. “But what is the most important is that we should find a way to help children gain more satisfaction from doing schoolwork.”
小题1:What conclusion can the researchers draw from the recent study?| A．Happy teenagers grow up to be wealthier. | | B．Money can make people become happier. | | C．Wealth has nothing to do with happiness at all. | | D．Schoolwork can help teens achieve success. |
小题2:The main reason why happier people have more chances to succeed is that ________.| A．they are easy to communicate with others | | B．they are good at doing their schoolwork | | C．they are hopeful and optimistic about their life | | D．they eat much more fruit and vegetables a day |
小题3:The underlined word “gloomy” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________”.| A．upset | B．glorious | C．happy | D．wealthy |
小题4:What can be the best title for the text?| A．The way to educate kids. | B．The source of happiness. | | C．How to achieve your goal. | D．The secret of being wealthier. |
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