Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self- respect? The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized as “honor” help you create this life of good feelings.
Here’s an example to show how honorable actions create happiness.
Say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item. If we keep silent, and profit from the clerk’s mistake, we would drive home with a sense of sneaky excitement. Later we might tell our family or friends about our good fortune. On the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty. We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul.
Then, what is it to do with our sense of happiness?
In the first case, where we don’t tell the clerk, a couple of things would happen. Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief. In the process, we would lose some peace of mind and self-respect. We would also demonstrate that we cannot lie trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends. We damage our own reputations by telling others. In contrast, bringing the error to the clerk's attention causes different things to happen. Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable. Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self-respect is increased. Whenever we take honorable action we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility.
There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions. Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. And it’s easy to think and act honorably again when we're happy. While the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once it's started, it’s easy to continue. Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness.
【小題1】According to the passage, the positive action in the example contributes to our___.

A．self-respect B．financial rewards C．a(chǎn)dvertising ability D．friendly relationship 
【小題2】The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to___.
A．lying B．stealing C．cheating D．a(chǎn)dvertising 
【小題3】The phrase “bringing the error to the clerk’s attention”(in Para. 5) means___.
A．telling the truth to the clerk B．offering advice to the clerk 
C．a(chǎn)sking the clerk to be more attentive D．reminding the clerk of the charged item 
【小題4】How will we feel if we let the clerk know her mistake?
A．We’ll be very excited. B．We’ll feel unfortunate. 
C．We’ll have a sense of honor.  D．We’ll feel sorry for the clerk. 
【小題5】Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?
A．How to Live Truthfully B．Importance of Peacefulness 
C．Ways of Gaining Self-respect D．Happiness through Honorable Actions 


【小題1】A
【小題2】B
【小題3】A
【小題4】C
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：幸福從哪里來？文章中給出了答案，幸福就是從我們自己的尊貴的行為中來。
【小題1】A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第5段Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable. Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self-respect is increased可知如果我們告訴地方有一個(gè)東西沒有付錢，對(duì)方會(huì)認(rèn)為我們很有素質(zhì)。這樣我們的自尊就得到了滿足。故A正確。
【小題2】B 推理題。根據(jù)文章第五段第2行Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief.可知如果我們沒有付錢，從內(nèi)心深處，我們感覺自己是小偷，是賊。故B正確。
【小題3】A 推理題。根據(jù)本句In contrast, bringing the error to the clerk's attention causes different things to happen可知這里是指告訴職員所犯的錯(cuò)誤，也就是讓對(duì)方知道這個(gè)東西沒有付錢。故A正確。
【小題4】C 推理題。根據(jù)文章第五段最后3行Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self-respect is increased. Whenever we take honorable action we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility.可知如果我告訴了對(duì)方這件事情，在我離開的時(shí)候我會(huì)很高興。故C正確。
【小題5】D 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第一段第2句The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized as “honor” help you create this life of good feelings.可知通過我們自己尊貴的行為可以給我們自己帶來幸福的感覺。故D正確。
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