Question

閱讀下面短文，根據所讀內容在表格中的空白處填入恰當的單詞。注意：每個空格只填一個單詞。

Aristotle once wrote that “happiness is a state of activity”. In other words’ whether you^’re Seeking life-long satisfaction or a few moments of good cheer’ you^’ve got to move forward. We^’ve interviewed the experts and found five steps to take toward a sunny mood（心情）：

Over a 30-year period’ University of Illinois researchers asked nearly 120, 00 people how income’ education’ political participation’ volunteer activities and close relationships affected their happiness. Reported Newsweek^’s Sharon Begley on the findings’ “The highest levels of happiness are found with the most stable and satisfying relationships.”

Singing aloud’ talking to a stranger’ raising your hand: all may increase a feeling of happiness’ according to a study from Wake Forest University. Participants（參與者）followed the development of their moods for two weeks and reported feeling happier when they were more outgoing and less happy when reserved or withdrawn.

The editors of forbes. com gave $5 or $20 to 46 strangers by chance. Half the group was told to spend the money on themselves’ while the other half was told to spend it on others. Those who^’d shared the wealth felt much happier at the end of the day than those who^’d spent it on themselves. There was no difference in happiness between those who spent $5 or $20’ suggesting that it^’s not how much money you spend’ but how you spend it’ that inspires the spirit.

Studies from the Positive Psychology Center showed that discouraged people who wrote down three good things that happened to them each day for six months reported an improved attitude.

Drinking water really can help keep you cheerful. A small 2012 study from the University of Connecticut suggested that even slight dehydration（脫水） affected the moods of its female participants.

Title	(76) _________ for Happiness
Introduction	You will move (77) _________ in the course of finding happiness.
The findings of (78) _____	Some (79) _________ toward happiness
	● Value your relationships	● The (80) _________ happiness lies in the most stable and satisfying relationships.
	● (81) ________ yourself	● You can gain happiness by singing aloud or talking to others.
	● Spend money on others	● Your spirit will be inspired by (82) ______the wealth
	● (83) ________ on the positive	● Your attitude would be improved when you fix your attention on good things.
	● Drink water	● If a woman takes in enough water, her (84) _________ of happiness may remain.
Conclusion	Happiness can be found if all (85) _________have been done.

Answer 1

【文章大意】本文是一篇說明文。亞里士多德曾說過：幸福是一種心態，如何提升我們的幸福感呢？研究人員給出了相應的建議。

【篇章分析】

標題	Seek for Happiness		尋求幸福
第一部分（Para. 1）	Introduciton		導入話題
第三部分（Para. 2-6）	Five steps toward happiness	Para.2:Value your relationships	尋求幸福五步驟	重視人際關系
		Para.3:Express yourself		自我表達
		Para.4:Spend money on others		資助他人
		Para.5:Focus on the positive		關注積極面
		Para.6: Drink water		適量飲水
第四部分	Conclusion		作出結論

【解題思路】

76. 【解析】歸納概括題。根據第一段whether you’re seeking life-long satisfaction or a few moments of good cheer, you’ve got to move forward以及結合全文內容歸納可知，本文講述尋求幸福的五條步驟，故選擇一短語“____ + for”意為“尋求；尋找”，還要注意單詞的正確形式。

【答案】Look(ing)/Search(ing)/Seek(ing)

77.【解析】直接信息題。根據第一段you’ve got to move forward可知，選擇一副詞修飾move，表達“繼續向前”。

【答案】forward/ahead/on

78.【解析】直接信息題。根據第一段We’ve interviewed the experts and found five …可得知，此處指研究人員或專家的發現。

【答案】experts/researches

79.【解析】直接信息題。根據第一段We’ve interviewed the experts and found five steps to take toward a sunny mood可知。

【答案】steps/ways

80.【解析】信息轉換題。根據第二段The highest levels of happiness are found with the most stable and satisfying relationships可知，the highest levels of 轉換為同義詞greatest 來修飾happiness表達相同含義。

【答案】greatest

81.【解析】信息轉換題。本空較難。根據第三段Singing aloud, talking to a stranger, raising your hand…可知，本空選擇“表達自我；展現自我”的短語“Express yourself”。

【答案】Express

82. 【解析】直接信息題。根據第四段Those who’d shared the wealth felt much happier at the end of the day than those who’d spent it on themselves中shared一詞，又由介詞by 可知，本空應該選擇動詞share的動名詞形式。

【答案】sharing

83.【解析】信息轉換題。根據第五段… showed that discouraged people who wrote down three good things that happened to them each day for six months reported an improved attitude可知，本段講述，關注積極一面的重要性，又根據形式的一致性，本空采用動詞原形。

【答案】Focus/Concentrate

84.【解析】直接信息題。根據第六段A small 2012 study from the University of Connecticut suggested that even slight dehydration (脫水) affected the moods of its female participants中一詞可知，飲食適當與否會影響到女性的幸福感或情緒。

【答案】feeling/mood/sense

85.【解析】歸納概括題。根據全文信息可做出結論：如果做到以上所有這些，幸福就可以輕易獲得。

【答案】these/those

【長難句學習】

1. Over a 30-year period, University of Illinois researchers asked nearly 120, 000 people how income, education, political participation, volunteer activities and close relationships affected their happiness.

【翻譯】歷時30年，伊利諾斯大學研究人員問訪了大約120，000人，收入，教育程度，政治參與度，志愿活動以及人際關系對他們的幸福度有多大的影響。

【分析】本句較長，相對來說復雜。Over a 30-year period中over指時間意為“在…期間”。asked nearly 120,000 people how… 本句是個雙賓語結構：how 引導的從句作asked的直接賓語，在賓語從句中主語為：income, education, political participation, volunteer activities and close relationships。

2. Participants (參與者) followed the development of their moods for two weeks and reported feeling happier when they were more outgoing and less happy when reserved or withdrawn.

【翻譯】參與者跟蹤自己的情緒變化達兩周之久，結果顯示：當他們更為直率時，他們也會感到更為的快樂，但保守孤僻的人感到不會那么幸福。

【分析】本句由and構成的并列句。follow the development of … “跟蹤…的發展變化”。report doing sth。when they were more outgoing and less happy when (they were) reserved or withdrawn為一省略結構。

3. There was no difference in happiness between those who spent $ 5 or $ 20, suggesting that it’s not how much money you spend, but how you spend it, that inspires the spirit.

【翻譯】對于那些花費5美元和20美元的陌生人來說，幸福程度美元什么區別。這表明：不是呢花費多少錢，而是你的花費方式能夠提升你的幸福感。

【分析】本句出現幾種句式。Who spent $5 or $20 從句作those的后置定語。There was no difference為一存現句。suggesting 現在分詞作伴隨狀語。that 引導的賓語從句中使用了強調結構，被強調部分為主語從句not how much money you spend but how you spend it。