Question

    Laurie Santos greeted her Yale University students with slips of paper that explained: No class today.

It was mid-semester (学期). With exams and papers coming, everyone was exhausted and stressed. There was one rule: They couldn’t use the one hour and a quarter of unexpected free time to study, and they had to just enjoy it. Nine students hugged her. Two burst into tears.

Santos, a professor of psychology, had planned to give a lecture about what researchers have learned about how important time is to happiness, but she created a special class on the psychology of living a joyful, meaningful life and she wanted the lessons to stick. All semester, she explained why we think the way we do. Then, she challenged students to use that knowledge to change their own lives.

On that spring afternoon, nearly a quarter of the undergraduate students were enjoying an unexpected break at the same time. No, not just enjoying it-really loving the gift they had been given. Skyler Robinson, a sophomore, had been confused for a moment by all the possibilities it opened up. He felt very, very happy. Then, he took a nap. “That nap,” he said, “was fantastic.”

Santos designed this class after she realized, as the head of a residential college at Yale, that many students were stressed out and unhappy, struggling through long days that seemed to her far more crushing (惨重的) and joyless than her own college years.

Santos said students were most skeptical of the idea that good grades aren’t essential to happiness. And when she joked she was going to teach them that by giving everyone “D”, she was flooded with calls from frightened students and parents. Santos told them she was creating a center for the good life at the college she leads at Yale. As for the good life, she told them they already know how to live it-they just have to practice and put in hard work.

So many students have told her the class changed their lives. “If you’re really grateful, show me that.” she told them. “Change the culture.”

1.What did Santos ask her Yale students to do that day?

A.Study for the coming exams.

B.Enjoy the free time in her class.

C.Apply their way of thinking to life.

D.Realize the importance of time.

2.What does Santos think of her Yale students?

A.They care nothing about grades but happiness.

B.They are stressed into a hopeless generation.

C.They are living a joyful and meaningful life.

D.They suffer great pressure from learning.

3.How was Santos’ special class that day?

A.Popular. B.Discouraging.

C.Humorous. D.dull

4.What is the best title for the text?

A.Yale has a special course about social life.

B.Yale teaches its students about good grades.

C.Yale has a course all about living happily.

D.Yale helps its students reduce learning pressure.

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章介绍耶鲁的一门关于幸福生活的课程。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段Laurie Santos greeted her Yale University students with slips of paper that explained: No class today.“劳丽·桑托斯(Laurie Santos)向耶鲁大学(Yale University)的学生们打招呼时递上了一张纸条，上面写着:今天不上课。”由此可知，Santos那天让她的Yale学生享受她课堂上的自由时间。故选B。

2.推理判断题。根据第二段中With exams and papers coming, everyone was exhausted and stressed.“随着考试和论文的到来，每个人都筋疲力尽，压力很大。”由此可知，Santos认为她的Yale学生承受着巨大的学习压力。故选D。

3.细节理解题。根据第二段中Nine students hugged her. Two burst into tears.“九名学生拥抱了她。两个人突然哭了起来。”和最后一段第一句So many students have told her the class changed their lives.“很多学生告诉她，这课改变了他们的生活。”由此可知，Santos的特殊课是受欢迎的。故选A。

4.标题判断题。根据第三段中Santos, a professor of psychology, had planned to give a lecture about what researchers have learned about how important time is to happiness, but she created a special class on the psychology of living a joyful, meaningful life and she wanted the lessons to stick.“Santos是一名心理学教授，她本打算做一个讲座，介绍研究人员在时间对幸福的重要性方面的研究成果，但她开设了一门关于快乐而有意义的生活的心理学的特殊课程，她希望这些课程能够深入人心。”由此可知，耶鲁有一门关于幸福生活的课程。所以文章最佳标题为C“耶鲁有一门关于幸福生活的课程 ”。故选C。