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Wealth doesn't assure one of long-term pleasure because______.
A．they don't know what to do with the money
B．they are not good at using the money
C．they generally expect more pleasure than money can bring
D．they arc not content with the wealth
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Wealth doesn't assure one of long-term pleasure because______.
A．they don't know what to do with the money
B．they are not good at using the money
C．they generally expect more pleasure than money can bring
D．they arc not content with the wealth
A、I am a gentleman, and will be treated as such.
B、Wealth, as such, doesn’t matter much.
C、Witty men are apt to imagine they are agreeable as such.
D、He is a friend and I treat him as such.
（英译汉）Although there is a strong positive relationship between wealth and happiness，it is only true for those who live below the poverty line or who are unemployed.Research suggests that there are things that contribute more to happiness than external factors.That doesn’t mean that if you have a lot of money you won’t be happy,or that having a lot of money is bad;it just means that other factors are more important in determining happiness.More important,it is the way we choose to think about ourselves，our place in the world，and the world around us，and how we act in that world that sets the happy people apart from the less happy people.
According to the passage, many people tend to believe that______.
A．lowering the birth rate doesn't make any sense
B．it is wealth countries that should practice birth control
C．it's wrong to artificially prolong people's lives
D．poor countries are to blame for the harm to nature
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.
It's official: Money can't buy happiness.
Sure, if a person is handed ＄10, the pleasure centres of his brain light up as if he were given food, sex, or drugs. But that initial rush does not translate into long-term pleasure for most people. Surveys have found virtually the same level of happiness between the very rich individuals on the Forbs 400 and the Maasai herdsmen of East Africa. Lottery winners return to their previous level of happiness after five years. Increases in income just don't seem to make people happier--and most negative life experiences likewise have only a small impact on long-term satisfaction.
"The relationship between money and happiness is pretty darned (非常) small," says Peter Ubel, a professor of medicine at the University of Michigan.
That's not to say that increased income doesn't matter at all. There is a very small correlation between wealth and happiness-accounting for about one percent of the happiness reported by people answering the surveys. And for some groups, that relationship may be considerably bigger. People who are poor seem to get much happier when their monetary prospects improve; so do the very sick. In these cases, Ubel speculates, people may be protected from negative circumstances by the extra cash. Another possibility is that the money brings an increase in status, which may have a greater impact on happiness.
Why doesn't wealth bring a constant sense of joy？ "Part of the mason is that people aren't very good at figuring out what to do with the money," says George Loewenstein, an economist at Carnegie Mellon University. People generally overestimate the amount of long-term pleasure they'll get from a given object.
Sometimes, Loewenstein notes, the way people spend their money can actually make them less happy. For example, people derive a great deal of pleasure from interacting with others. If the first thing lottery winners do is to quit their job and to move to a palatial (富丽堂皇的) but isolated estate where they don't see any neighbours, they could find themselves isolated and depressed.
The first sentence of the passage means______.
A．it is announced by government that money can't buy happiness
B．it is justified that money can't buy happiness
C．it is authoritative that money can't buy happiness
D．it is fair that money can't buy happiness
听力原文： Coffee can be considered one of nature's greatest gifts.It gives mental and emotional clarity without harmful side effects,and it contains a wealth of nutrients.Yet,when most people drink coffee,they are not thinking that the beverage is improving their health.In fact,some may even feel a little guilty,since some believe coffee isn't good for you at all.
The truth of the matter is: coffee,like anything else,can cause problems if too much is consumed.In the short-term,too much coffee will cause sleeping problems and hypertension.In the long-term,too much coffee will cause stomach problems as well as teeth staining.
As far as the benefits,moderate consumption of coffee,which means 1 to 4 cups a day,provides your body with a wealth of antioxidants.These substances are responsible for eliminating free radicals.They are the chemical byproducts produced any time your body does something.A small number of them can help serve as a buffer against negative elements,but if they aren't kept in check,they can cause health problems.Antioxidants ensure that this doesn't happen.
Even the caffeine content within coffee can be beneficial toward your health.One way it does this is by cleaning the water of your body's cells,which keeps your weight down while cleaning out impurities.
Why do some people feel guilty when they drink coffee？
A．They are not allowed to drink coffee.
B．They think coffee does no good to them.
C．They think coffee is too expensive.
D．They should not drink coffee when working.
Like chess or painting or writing novels, making money is a very specialized skill. But for some reason we treat this skill differently. No one complains when a few people surpass all the rest at playing chess or writing novels, but when a few people make more money than the rest, we get editorials saying this is wrong. Why？ The pattern of variation seems no different than for any other skill. What causes people to react so strongly when the skill is making money？
I think there arc three reasons we treat making money as different: the misleading model of wealth we learn as children; the disreputable way in which, till recently, most fortunes were accumulated; and the worry that great variations in income are somehow bad for society. As far as I can tell, the first is mistaken, the second outdated, and the third empirically false. Could it be that, in a modem democracy, variation in income is actually a sign of health？
When I was five I thought electricity was created by electric sockets. I didn't realize there were power plants out there generating it. Likewise, it doesn't occur to most kids that wealth is something that has to be generated. It seems to be something that flows from parents.
Because of the circumstances in which they encounter it, children tend to misunderstand wealth. They confuse it with money. They think that there is a fixed amount of it. And they think of it as something that's distributed by authorities (and so should be distributed equally), rather than something that has to be created (and might be created unequally). In fact, wealth is not money. Money is just a convenient way of trading one form. of wealth for another. Wealth is the underlying stuff--the goods and services we buy. When you travel to a rich or poor country, you don't have to look at people' s bank accounts to tell which kind you're in. You can see wealth-- in buildings and streets, in the clothes and the health of the people.
Where does wealth come from？ People make it. This was easier to grasp when most people lived on farms, and made many of the things they wanted with their own hands. Then you could see in the house, the herds, and the granary the wealth that each family created. It was obvious then too that the wealth of the world was not a fixed quantity that had to be shared out, like slices of a pie. If you wanted more wealth, you could make it.
This is just as true today, though few of us create wealth directly for ourselves. Mostly we create wealth for other people in exchange for money, which we then trade for the forms of wealth we want. Because kids are unable to create wealth, whatever they have has to be given to them. And when wealth is something you're given, then of course it seems that it should be distributed equally. As in most families it is. The kids see to that. "Unfair," they cry, when one sibling (兄弟姐妹) gets more than another.
In the real world, you can't keep living off your parents. If you want something, you either have to make it, or do something of equivalent value for someone else, in order to get them to give you enough money to buy it. In the real world, wealth is (except for a few specialists like thieves and speculators) something you have to create, not something that's distributed by Daddy. And since the ability and desire to create it vary from person to person, it's not made equally.
You get paid by doing or making something people want, and those who make more money are often simply better at doing what people want. Top actors make a lot more money than B-list actors.
A．Y
B．N
C．NG
Once while trying to reach his car key, Li Ka-shing
dripped a two-dollar coin, which rolled under the ear. 【M1】______.
He figured out when the car started, the coin would fall 【M2】 ______.
into the gutter, so he bent down to pick it up. Seeing
this, an Indian attendant on duty immediately picked it
up for him. Having got back his coin, Li Ka-shing
surprisingly gave the attendant 100 dollars as a reward. His
explanation for such a big reward was: "If the attendant
hadn't picked up the coin, it have rolled into the gutter and 【M3】 ______.
the two dollars would have disappeared from the world.
When I gave 100 dollars to the attendant, he could spend it 【M4】______.
on some useful purpose. I think money should be used, not
wasted."
This incident illustrates Li Ka-shing's philosophy of 【M5】______.
economy. It also exemplify his way of thinking; that is, he 【M6】______.
judges whether an individual's action is justified with
determining whether it increases or decreases the total net
income of society. As long as the total net income of society 【M7】______.
increased, it doesn't matter if he himself suffers a loss;
conversely, if the total net income of society is decreased, 【M8】______.
his own personal financial gain will still be a loss in broad sense.
We shouldn't look down on this way of Considering the 【M9】______.
total net-income of society—it is a big issue concerned the
wealth and strength of the nation. In his book The Wealth of
Nations, Adam Smith expressed an important view: the
contribution individuals make to society in pursuing their 【M10】______.
own good is great than that made by individuals attempting
to benefit society.
【M1】
Well, coffee, like anything else, can cause problems if too much is【C5】______ . Moderate consumption of coffee【C6】______ your body with a wealth of antioxidants. These substances are responsible【C7】______ eliminating free radicals. They are the chemical byproducts produced any time your body does something. A small numi6er of them can help serve【C8】______ a buffer against negative elements, if they aren't【C9】______ in check, they can cause health problems. Antioxidants ensure that this doesn't happen.
The psychological effects of caffeine cannot be【C10】______ either. Not only does caffeine make you more 【C11】______ , but it can actually affect your mood. If you were feeling【C12】______ or overwhelmed, a nice cup of coffee could change your【C13】______ . The stack of work that seemed impossible before isn't even a
problem now.
【C14】______ , caffeine helps stimulate creativity as it speeds up the body's functioning. That's why coffee is often【C15】______ with writers and other intellectual professions. Other drags【C16】______ to make people dumber. Consider what happens when people get high off of crack or when they get drank off of alcohol. They won't be【C17】______ at all. But with coffee, an individual gets a creative boost【C18】______ still helping their bodies.
In conclusion, don't feel bad when you've brewing your morning cup of coffee.【C19】______ a can of soda or a shot of alcohol, coffee will make you feel wonderful while keeping you healthy. Just remember, you do have to consume the beverage in【C20】______ .
【C1】
A．clean
B．clarity
C．brightness
D．clear
Well, coffee, like anything else, can cause problems if too much is （）.Moderate consumption of coffee （） your body with a wealth of antioxidants.These substances are responsible （） eliminating free radicals.They are the chemical byproducts produced any time your body does something.A small number of them can help serve （） a buffer against negative elements, if they aren’t （） in check.They can cause health problems.Antioxidants ensure that this doesn’t happen.
The psychological effects of caffeine cannot be（）either.Not only does caffeine make you more （）, but it can actually affect your mood.If you were feeling （） or overwhelmed, a nice cup of coffee could change your （）.The stack of work that seemed impossible before isn’t even a problem now.
（）, caffeine helps stimulate creativity as it speeds up the body’s functioning.That’s why coffee is often （） with writers and other intellectual professions.Other drugs （） to make people dumber.Consider what happens when people get high off of crack or when they get drunk off of alcohol.They won’t be （） at all.But with coffee, an individual gets a creative boost （） still helping their bodies.
In conclusion, don’t feel bad when you’re brewing your morning cup of coffee.（） a can of soda or a shot of alcohol, coffee will make you feel wonderful while keeping you healthy.Just remember, you do have to consume the beverage in （）.
1.A.cleanB.clarityC.brightnessD.clear
2.A.combinesB.contentsC.consistsD.contains
3.A.improvingB.harmingC.threateningD.stimulating
4.A.andB.butC.sinceD.while
5.A.consumedB.conductedC.engagedD.attracted
6.A.providesB.attributesC.absorbsD.attaches
7.A.withB.ofC.forD.to
8.A.forB.forC.toD.with
9.A.takenB.madeC.putD.kept
10.A.ignoredB.abandonedC.deletedD.canceled
11.A.sternB.shrewdC.alertD.nasty
12.A.immersedB.depressedC.oppressedD.compelled
13.A.interpretiveB.relativeC.representativeD.perspective
14.A.On the contraryB.On the other handC.In additionD.At last
15.A.associatedB.connectedC.coincidedD.compared
16.A.intendB.tendC.extendD.pretend
17.A.deliberateB.credibleC.accurateD.functional
18.A.thoughB.whileC.beforeD.until
19.A.LikeB.WhetherC.EitherD.Unlike
20.A.moderationB.particularC.meditationD.standard
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