1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 1 Living well *阅读理解 Life satisfaction is the way persons evaluate their lives and how they feel about their directions and options for the future. Its a measure of well-being and may be evaluated in terms of mood, satisfaction with relations with others and with achieved goals and
2、 self-concepts to cope with daily life. Its having a favorable attitude towards ones life as a whole rather than just an evaluation of current feelings. Life satisfaction has been measured in relation to economy, education, experiences, and residence, as well as many other topics. Life satisfaction
3、can reflect experiences that have influenced a person in, a positive way. These experiences have the ability to motivate people to pursue and reach their goals. As a matter of fact, in these experiences there are two kinds of emotions that may positively influence how people understand their life. H
4、ope and optimism both consist of emotional processes that are usually directed towards the reaching of goals. People who have higher life satisfaction are always full of hope for a better future; additionally, optimism is linked to higher life satisfaction, while pessimism is related to symptoms in
5、depression. The psychologist, Yuval Palgi, studied the old-old-people who were primarily in their nineties. This subject group was found to have thought highly of their past and present, but they thought lower of their future. A large factor that was talked about in life satisfaction was intelligenc
6、e. The experiments talk of how life satisfaction grows as people become older because they become wiser and more knowledgeable, so they begin to see that life will be better as they grow older and understand the important things in life more. But when they step into their nineties, future becomes a
7、luxury to them. According to Seligman, the happier people are, the less they are focused on the negative. Happier people also have a greater tendency to like other people, which promotes a happier environment, which then correlates to a higher level of the persons satisfaction with their life. 【 精品
8、教育资源文库 】 1.What can we learn about life satisfaction from Paragraph 1? A. It can be easily measured through income and education. B. It includes a positive attitude towards peoples entire life. C. It merely determines peoples attitude towards the future. D. It has nothing to do with the evaluation o
9、f current feelings. 2.What emotions have a positive effect on life satisfaction? A. Motivation and dream. B. Hope and depression. C. Optimism and pessimism. D. Hope and optimism. 3.What was the attitude of most old-old towards their future? A. They were less hopeful about it. B. They thought highly
10、of it. C. They felt satisfied with it. D. They were scared of it. 4.What may be the best title for the text? A. Old People Have Much More Life Satisfaction B. Life Satisfaction the Key to a Happier Life C. Optimism Ensures Life Satisfaction D. Emotions Affect Life Satisfaction 【文章大意】本文为议论文。讲述的是生活满足感
11、是人们的生活更加幸福的关键。 1.B 【解析】 细节理解题。根据第一段第三句话中的 “Its having a favorable attitude towards ones life as a whole?” 可知生活满足感包括对人们整个生活的积极肯定的态度，故选 B。 3.A 【解析】 推理判断题。根据第三段第二句话中的 “?but they thought lower of their future.” 可知大多数 old-old 对他们的未来不太乐观，故选 A。 4.B 【解析】 主旨大意题。纵观全文可知本文讲的是生活满足感是人们的生活更加幸福的关键，【 精品教育资源文库 】 故选
12、B。 *单句语法填空 1 She adapted herself quickly _ the climate there. 答案： to adapt . to . “ 使 ? 适应 ?” 。 2 After the meeting, the manager asked him to explain his _ (absent) 答案： absence absence “ 缺席；不在 ” ； absent “ 不在的；缺席的 ” 。由空前的his 可知应填名词 absence。 3 Is there any sound more _ (annoy) than the whine of a mos
13、quito? 答 案： annoying annoying “ 恼人的；烦人的；使人不高兴的 ” ，常用来描述事物的特性； annoyed “ 感到恼火的；觉得生气的 ” ，常描述人的心理状态。此处指声音的特点 “ 令人心烦 ” 可知应填 annoying。 4 Id like to congratulate you _ your wonderful performance. 答案： on congratulate sb. on sth. “ 就 ? 向某人表示祝贺 ” 。 5 The survey _ (conduct) by the company shows there is a lar
14、ge increase in customer satisfaction this year. 答案： conducted conduct与主语 survey 之间为被动关系，故应填过去分词 conducted充当其后置定语。 6 All the rooms in this building are so well designed that they are _ (access) to the disabled. 答案： accessible be accessible to “? 可接近 /可靠近 /可使用的 ” 。 7 The director was fully convinced t
15、hat this moving story, if _ (adapt) for television, would be a hit. 答案： adapted adapt “ 适应；改编 ” 。所给动词与其逻辑主语 story 之间为被动关系，故填过去分词。 8 My grandfather often goes to the countryside, because he thinks a stay there will be _ (benefit) to his health. 答案： beneficial be beneficial to . “ 对 ? 有益 ” 。 9 Without
16、 his _ (encourage) to me, I would have been defeated in the game. 答案： encouragement 此处用名词 encouragement “ 鼓励 ” 作介词 without 的宾语。 10 _ (ambitious) plays an important role in our daily life, because it is a guide for us to make decisions and choices. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 答案： Ambition 句中缺主语，故应填名词 ambition 充当主语
17、。且作 “ 雄心，野心 ”讲时，为不可数名词。 *完形填空。 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、 B、 C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可能填入空白处的最佳选项。 (2018 太原市高三年级模拟试题 ) I was a shy kid.Nothing seemed harder than talking to people.I didnt even like to answer the phone for fear that Id have to talk to somebody I didnt know. _1_ ， at school I had to spend all day in t
18、he company of others.My _2_ was studying.It was something I could do _3_ and by myself.I spent a lot of time studying and was _4_ with good grades. Eventually I went to college.I came to realize that some people were rather fun to _5_ with.Yet my childhood _6_ carried over and I found myself tonguet
19、ied and _7_ whenever I found myself in a conversation. One day while on campus， I _8_ an advertisement for a position on the local classical music _9_ station.I had grown up listening to classical music， and I loved it. In order to get the job， applicants needed to be interviewed.I had absolutely no
20、 background in radio， and the idea of talking to thousands of listeners _10_ me.I didnt really want the job.I just wanted to prove that I could talk to a(n) _11_. Two weeks _12_ ， I was even more terrified to discover that I had actually landed the job. It was a _13_ job， but I grew to enjoy it.I an
21、nounced music to thousands of _14_ in the city， sometimes answering their calls and _15_ to their requests.I began to feel comfortable talking to these people， these strangers who I couldnt even _16_. Although I now spend much time talking with people， Im still basically a _17_ person.My former shyn
22、ess is a gift， as I can _18_ people who feel discomfort when they talk to strangers.I still enjoy moments of being _19_.But Im also glad I decided to make a _20_ in my life that had opened many doors and opportunities that I never knew existed. 1 A.However B Therefore 【 精品教育资源文库 】 C Otherwise D Bes
23、ides 2 A.advice B practice C task D escape 3 A.obviously B simply C quietly D poorly 4 A.filled B rewarded C decorated D faced 5 A.help out B catch up C put up D hang out 6 A.happiness B shyness C kindness D goodness 7 A.excited B astonished C embarrassed D interested 8 A.noticed B posted C realized D believed 9 A.fire
