Question

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

Some people think if you are happy, you are blind to reality．But when we research it, happiness actually     every single business and educational outcome for the brain．Why do people have this social      about happiness? Because we assumed you were average.

Many people think happiness is genetic．That’s only half the story．When we stop studying the average and begin    positive outliers — people who are above average for a positive aspect like optimism or intelligence — a     different picture appears．Our daily decisions and habits have a huge impact upon both our levels of happiness and success.

      , happiness is a choice．It is a choice about where your single processor brain will devote its limited resources as you process the world．If you scan for the      first, your brain really has no resources left over to see the things you are grateful for or the meaning embedded (嵌入) in your work．But if you scan it the other way round, you start to acquire an      advantage.

1.A．rises        B．arises        C．arouses            D．raises

2.A．faith        B．concept       C．misunderstanding   D．tradition

3.A．discovering  B．researching   C．observing          D．finding

4.A．wildly       B．hardly        C．mildly             D．crazily

5.A．Fortunately  B．Gradually     C．Strangely          D．Scientifically

6.A．positive     B．negative      C．active             D．passive

7.A．annoying     B．interesting   C．amazing            D．Embarrassing

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.C

【解析】

试题解析：

1.D 名词辨析。A升起；Barises增加；Carouses激起；D raises增加。A和B都为不及物动词，根据空后的宾语判断选D。

2.C 名词辨析。A信仰；B概念；C误解；D传统。根据句意：人们为什么有这个共同的关于幸福的误解呢？故选C。

3.B 动词辨析。A发现；B研究；C观察；D找到。根据前文的studying判断选B。

4.A 副词辨析。A野生地；B几乎不；C温柔地；D疯狂地。wildly different

完全不同的。根据句意选A。

5.D 副词辨析。A幸运地；B逐渐地；C奇怪地；D科学地。句意：科学地讲，幸福是一种选择。故选D。

6.B 形容词辨析。句意：如果你每次都以否定的心态看事情，……。A积极的；B否定的，消极的；C积极的；D被动的。故选B。

7.C 根据上文，空后的这句话是对本段总结，A令人讨厌的；B有趣的；C惊奇的；D令人尴尬的。根据句意选C。

考点：人生百味