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Who isn’t looking for happiness in life? Laurie Santos teaches lessons on the science of happiness at Yale University—it is very popular with the students. Our host(主持人) reached out to Laurie Santos for some ways to be happy.
Host: You once talked about a gratitude(感恩)study. Can you tell me more about it?
Laurie: Sure. In the study, a researcher asked students to answer two questions every day for two weeks. That is, what makes you thankful and what makes you unhappy today? He found that thinking about something good could make them happy, but thinking about bad things didn’t help with their well-being.
Host: So, gratitude is good for us. Can gratitude make us get on well with people?
Laurie: Of course. A study shows that if you show thanks to people, you can be closer to them. In the study, a student wrote down how a teacher helped him, but he didn’t show thanks to the teacher before. Then, the researcher made it into a letter and sent it to the teacher. Finally, the teacher read the letter and said it was a sweet moment in her life. Also, the student was surprised at his teacher’s words and he felt happy.
Host: So showing gratitude helped both the student and the teacher. It made them happy and feel closer to each other.
A. Answer the questions.
(
A. To tell us some interesting information.
B. To show Laurie Santos works very hard.
C. To tell us we can believe what she says.
D. To show Laurie Santos is a smart person.
(
A. She learnt about the letter study.
B. She thanked her favourite person.
C. She wrote down something good.
D. She got a student’s thank-you letter.
(
A. We should learn to say thank you to others in our life.
B. We should write letters to someone we are thankful to.
C. We should write down something good for two weeks.
D. We should learn to receive others’ gratitude in our life.
B. Write down one thing you are thankful for today.
Who isn’t looking for happiness in life? Laurie Santos teaches lessons on the science of happiness at Yale University—it is very popular with the students. Our host(主持人) reached out to Laurie Santos for some ways to be happy.
Host: You once talked about a gratitude(感恩)study. Can you tell me more about it?
Laurie: Sure. In the study, a researcher asked students to answer two questions every day for two weeks. That is, what makes you thankful and what makes you unhappy today? He found that thinking about something good could make them happy, but thinking about bad things didn’t help with their well-being.
Host: So, gratitude is good for us. Can gratitude make us get on well with people?
Laurie: Of course. A study shows that if you show thanks to people, you can be closer to them. In the study, a student wrote down how a teacher helped him, but he didn’t show thanks to the teacher before. Then, the researcher made it into a letter and sent it to the teacher. Finally, the teacher read the letter and said it was a sweet moment in her life. Also, the student was surprised at his teacher’s words and he felt happy.
Host: So showing gratitude helped both the student and the teacher. It made them happy and feel closer to each other.
A. Answer the questions.
(
C
)1. Why does the host talk about Laurie Santos’s job?A. To tell us some interesting information.
B. To show Laurie Santos works very hard.
C. To tell us we can believe what she says.
D. To show Laurie Santos is a smart person.
(
D
)2. Why did the teacher in the study feel happy?A. She learnt about the letter study.
B. She thanked her favourite person.
C. She wrote down something good.
D. She got a student’s thank-you letter.
(
A
)3. Which of the following might be Laurie’s idea?A. We should learn to say thank you to others in our life.
B. We should write letters to someone we are thankful to.
C. We should write down something good for two weeks.
D. We should learn to receive others’ gratitude in our life.
B. Write down one thing you are thankful for today.
One possible version: My friend helped me solve a maths problem in my homework.
答案
Ⅲ. A. 1. C 2. D 3. A
B. One possible version: My friend helped me solve a maths problem in my homework.
B. One possible version: My friend helped me solve a maths problem in my homework.
解析
【解析】
A. 1. 主持人提及Laurie Santos在耶鲁大学教授幸福科学且课程受学生欢迎，是为了体现她的专业性，让读者信服她关于幸福的观点，故选C。
2. 根据文中内容，研究中老师因收到学生的感谢信，觉得这是人生中的甜蜜时刻，因此感到开心，故选D。
3. Laurie强调感恩对自身及人际关系的积极作用，表达感谢能拉近人与人的距离，所以她会认同生活中应学会向他人表达感谢这一观点；B选项“必须写信”只是文中研究的例子，并非核心观点；C选项是研究的具体做法，不是她的主张；D选项文中未提及，故选A。
B. 要求写出一件当天值得感恩的事，内容合理即可，参考所给示例。
【答案】
Ⅲ. A. 1. C 2. D 3. A
B. One possible version: My friend helped me solve a maths problem in my homework.
【知识点】
阅读理解细节查找、感恩话题写作、推理判断
【点评】
本文以访谈形式围绕“感恩与幸福”展开，既考查学生对文章细节的捕捉和推理能力，又通过主观题引导学生践行感恩，兼具知识性与教育意义。
【难度系数】
0.7
A. 1. 主持人提及Laurie Santos在耶鲁大学教授幸福科学且课程受学生欢迎，是为了体现她的专业性，让读者信服她关于幸福的观点，故选C。
2. 根据文中内容，研究中老师因收到学生的感谢信，觉得这是人生中的甜蜜时刻，因此感到开心，故选D。
3. Laurie强调感恩对自身及人际关系的积极作用，表达感谢能拉近人与人的距离，所以她会认同生活中应学会向他人表达感谢这一观点；B选项“必须写信”只是文中研究的例子，并非核心观点；C选项是研究的具体做法，不是她的主张；D选项文中未提及，故选A。
B. 要求写出一件当天值得感恩的事，内容合理即可，参考所给示例。
【答案】
Ⅲ. A. 1. C 2. D 3. A
B. One possible version: My friend helped me solve a maths problem in my homework.
【知识点】
阅读理解细节查找、感恩话题写作、推理判断
【点评】
本文以访谈形式围绕“感恩与幸福”展开，既考查学生对文章细节的捕捉和推理能力，又通过主观题引导学生践行感恩，兼具知识性与教育意义。
【难度系数】
0.7
