
Teenagers at one German school are learning how to achieve happiness alongside other traditional 36 such as mathematics and languages.
The class sits in a circle with their eyes shut and they count from one to ten: someone starts, the 37 voice comes from the far right, a third from the other side.
The aim of the game is to 38 for an opportunity to shout out the 39 without clashing(相撞)with another voice or leaving a pause. On the first try, 40 of the young Germans try to be first, while a few are too shy to join in. But by the fifth 41 , they develop a rhythm. The 42 . give other people space but also 43 claim your own. This is a requirement for social well-being.
Unlike schools in other nations, German schools do not usually have school sports teams or seek to build school spirit. Many teens admit they are 44 and confused, but school is not usually the place to find relief.
The Willy Hellpach School in Heidelberg is the first in the nation to develop a happiness 45 . It is 46 for 17-19-year-olds preparing for university entrance exams.
“The course isn’t there to make you happy as 47 ,” Ernst Fritz-Schubert, the school principal, warned pupils, “ 48 rather to help you discover the ways to become happy.”
Cooking a meal together will be one of the class 49 , along with improving body language under the 50 of two professional actresses.
The course is taught for three periods a week. 51 the happy subject, the pupils themselves insist it is no laughing matter.
“In the first period, we had to each say something 52 about another member of the class and about ourselves. No laughing at people or teasing,” said Fanny, 17.
The message: self-esteem(自尊)improves 53 too.
Research by the school shows it is not the first to start happiness classes: they also 54 at some US universities, but are mainly based on positive thinking, using 55 from studies of depression.
“That would be too one-sided for us. We want to show how decent(好的)food or exercise can help too,” the principal said.
36.A.subjects B.objects C.customs D.habits
37.A.sweet B.next C.last D.loud
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38.A.look B.see C.find D.listen
39.A.name B.person C.number D.slogan
40.A.All B.few C.most D.none
41.A.round B.limit C.sheet D.zone
42.A.topic B.rhythm C.subject D.message
43.A.patiently B.confidently C.immediately D.quietly
44.A.happy B.lonely C.curious D.distinctive
45.A. movement B.class C.course D.approach
46.A.intended B.made C.managed D.applied
47.A.much B.well C.usual D.such
48.A.and B.but C.so D.yet
49.A.tests B.exams C.exercises D.homework
50.A.guidance B.lookout C.counsel D.supervision
51.A.Except B.Beyond C.Unlike D.Despite
52.A.backward B.positive C.negative D.subjective
53.A.atmosphere B.achievement C.happiness D.score
54.A.exist B.happen C.devise D.initiate
55.A.inspections B.instructions C.motives D.findings
答案 36.A 37.B 38.D 39.C 40.C 41.A 42.D 43.B 44.B 45.C 46.A 47.D 48.B 49.C 50.A 51.D 52.B 53.C 54.A 55.D
Passage 2
(吉林省实验中学2007届高三第四次模拟考试)
I ran into a stranger as he passed by. “I’m so sorry!” was my reply. Then he said. “Excuse me too——I wasn’t 21 watching for you.” We were very polite, this stranger and I. Then we went 22 our way after saying goodbye.
But at 23 , a different story is told. How we treat our loved ones, young and old. Later in the kitchen, as I 24 our meal, my daughter walked up to me , very still. When I turned, I 25 knocked her down. “Get out of the way!” I shouted with a frown. She stepped away silently, with her little heart 26 . I didn’t realize how harshly I had spoken.
That night, when I lay 27 in bed, God’s quiet voice spoke to me, “While 28 with a stranger, you are calm and polite, but with those you love, you are QUICK to excite—Go look around on the kitchen floor, you will find some flowers there by the 29 . Those are the flowers she brought for you. She 30 them herself—pink, yellow, and your favorite blue. She stood there quietly, and you never saw the 31 in her eyes.”
By this time, I felt sad and small and now my own tears had begun to fall. I quietly went and knelt by her 32 , “Wake up, my dear,” I said. “Are these the flowers you picked up for me?” She smiled, “I found them out by the tree. I 33 them in a napkin, just for you. I knew you’d like them, especially the 34 .” I said, “I am so sorry that I missed them today—and I 35 have fussed(发牢骚)at you that way.”
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And she whispered, “Mommy, that’s Ok—I still love you 36 .”I hugged her and said, “I love you too, and I love the flowers.”
Do you know that: if you die tomorrow, the 37 you are working for could easily replace you in a matter of days. But the family you leave 38 will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into our 39 than into our families—an unwise investment indeed.
Remember that 40 =(F)ATHER—(A)NO—(M)OTHER—(I)—(L)OVE—Y(OU).
21.A.ever B.even C.just D.right
22.A.to B.in C.on D.for
23.A.school B.work C.home D.office
24.A.cooked B.had C.ate D.took
25.A.already B.hardly C.rudely D.nearly
26.A.lost B.missed C.beaten D.broken
27.A.asleep B.awake C.afraid D.alive
28.A.standing B.meeting C.going D.talking
29.A.floor B.kitchen C.window D.door
30.A.grew B.gave C.picked D.dropped
31.A.tears B.expressions C.smiles D.joy
32.A.desk B.bed C.body D.knees
33.A.wrapped B.covered C.put D.help
34.A.pink B.yellow C.blue D.black
35.A.needn’t B.shouldn’t C.mustn’t D.can’t
36.A.however B.besides C.anything D.anyway
37.A.company B.country C.place D.state
38.A.for B.with C.behind D.to
39.A.stranger B.loss C.meal D.work
40.A.RESPECT B.WARMTH C.FAMILY D.FRIEND
答案 21.B 22.C 23.C 24.A 25.D 26.D 27.B 28.D 29.D 30.D 31.A 32.B 33.A 34.C 35.B 36. D 37.A 38.C 39.D 40.C
Passage 3
(江苏省盐城中学2007届高三第三次模拟考试)
When Nancy Lublin got $ 5,000 from her great-grandfather, she never once considered taking a vacation or paying off student loans. 36 , the 24-year-old New York University law student began thinking about the clothing 37 faced by most of today's low-income women: "If she goes for a job interview 38 dressed, she won't get the job," Lublin says. "But without a job, she can't 39 proper clothing."
A few weeks later, Lublin 40 Dress for Success and began searching for clothing and volunteers. She asked women to give away 41 business clothes that were 42 in good condition. She asked the members of diet centers to give away clothes that no longer fit. At first Lublin 43 the clothes in her one-bedroom apartment, but finally she found 44 in Greenwich Village church basement, which now 45 as the organization's main office.
Today, when women arrive at the office for help with job-hunting, they 46 a dress, shoes, a bag, stockings and jewelry, and self-confidence as well. Some are trying to enter the work 47 after being on welfare for years.
48 Dress for Success fitted its first person who got help a year ago, more than 1,000 women have received dresses and many have won 49 . Yarit Polanco was recently 50 as a law-firm office manager. "Thanks to Dress for Success, I made a good impression and was accepted," she says.
Donations are now 51 in, including jewelry and 6,000 pairs of trousers and $ 40,000 worth of handbags. Broadcast journalists have given suits. And Lublin is opening Dress for Success 52 in other cities. "Many women have clothes 53 around that they'll never wear again," says a volunteer. "Nancy's 54 is simple and practical and the 55 has proved so important to those women who are in great need of it."
36.A.Anyway B.Instead C.Fortunately D.Meanwhile
37.A.condition B.direction C.design D.plan
38.A.poorly B.well C.better D.worse
39.A.make B.find C.wear D.afford
40.A.reached B.called C.founded D.visited
41.A.used B.needed C.new D.torn
42.A.yet B.already C.almost D.still
43.A.hid B.stored C.discovered D.hanged
44.A.space B.employers C.work D.office
45.A.regards B.serves C.looks D.lies
46.A.buy B.sell C.receive D.watch
47.A.office B.victory C.wealth D.force
48.A.When B.Once C.Although D.Since
49.A.jobs B.shoes C.business D.prizes
50.A.fired B.hired C.interviewed D.considered
51.A.giving B.pouring C.showing D.sending
52.A.schools B.trades C.races D.branches
53.A.lying B.appearing C.collecting D.coming
54.A.promise B.belief C.idea D.opinion
55.A.help B.work C.shop D.money
答案 36.D 37.A 38.A 39.D 40.C 41.A 42.D 43.B 44.A 45.B 46.C 47.D 48.D 49.A 50.B 51.B 52.D 53.DA 54.C 55.A
