Marriage brings as much happiness as an additional U. S. $ 100 000 in income , two researchers reported last week in a study called “Well-Being in Britain and the U.S. ”.

　　Dartmouth College economist David Blanch flower and colleague, Andrew Oswald from Warwick University in Britain, studied 100 000 people over a 25-year period.

　　They found that the overall level of happiness among Americans has declined in the last 25 years while the level for Britons has remained “relatively flat”, Blanch flower said in a telephone interview .

　　“Women are happier than men, but the gap is closing. Women have more equality now but they are less happy than they were, ”Blanch flower said, attributing the drop to increased pressures and opportunities. “You are more equal, but life is tougher.”

　　Money does buy happiness, but less than is generally thought, Blanch flower noted, saying, “You have to have a lot of money to compensate for a family breakdown. ”

　　When the amount of happiness generated by a lasting marriage was compared to the happiness produced by financial circumstances, the author's statistical calculations showed that a lasting marriage brought as much happiness as an additional U.S. $ 100 000 in annual income .

　　And, the chance of subsequent marriages making people happy were slimmer.

　　“Most people said they were less happy in their second marriage than in their first and being separated is worse than being divorced," he said.

(1) The researchers found that ________.

[　　]

A．Marriage brings an additional U.S. $ 100 000 in income every year.

B．Americans are as happy as the Britons in the last 25 years .

C．Americans are much happier than the Britons .

D．Americans are less happy than the Britons in the last 25 years .

(2)“Women are happier than men, but the gap is closing .”It means“________.”

[　　]

A．Women don't have more freedom and equality now.

B．Women are no longer as happy as they used to be .

C．They are more happy than they were .

D．They have less pressures and opportunities .

(3) According to the passage, a lasting marriage compared to the happiness produced by financial circumstances ________.

[　　]

A．brought U.S. $ 100 000 in all .

B．brought an additional U.S.$ 100 000 in income .

C．is worth U.S.$ 100 000 every year.

D．brought as much happiness as a second marriage did .

(4) Most people said that ________.

[　　]

A．They were less happy now.

B．They were less happy in their first marriage .

C．Being alone is worse than being divorced.

D．Marriage can't bring them happiness.

(5)The passage intends to tell us that ________

[　　]

A．Money can buy happiness .

B．Lasting marriage can be more valuable.

C．An ever lasting marriage can bring people more happiness.

D．Marriage can always bring as much happiness as it is.

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  Marriage brings as much happiness as an additional U. S. $ 100 000 in income , two researchers reported last week in a study called “Well-Being in Britain and the U.S. ”.

　　Dartmouth College economist David Blanch flower and colleague, Andrew Oswald from Warwick University in Britain, studied 100 000 people over a 25-year period.

　　They found that the overall level of happiness among Americans has declined in the last 25 years while the level for Britons has remained “relatively flat”, Blanch flower said in a telephone interview .

　　“Women are happier than men, but the gap is closing. Women have more equality now but they are less happy than they were, ”Blanch flower said, attributing the drop to increased pressures and opportunities. “You are more equal, but life is tougher.”

　　

　　Money does buy happiness, but less than is generally thought, Blanch flower noted, saying, “You have to have a lot of money to compensate for a family breakdown. ”

　　When the amount of happiness generated by a lasting marriage was compared to the happiness produced by financial circumstances, the author's statistical calculations showed that a lasting marriage brought as much happiness as an additional U.S. $ 100 000 in annual income .

　　And, the chance of subsequent marriages making people happy were slimmer.

　　“Most people said they were less happy in their second marriage than in their first and being separated is worse than being divorced," he said.

(1) The researchers found that ________.

[　　]

A．Marriage brings an additional U.S. $ 100 000 in income every year.

B．Americans are as happy as the Britons in the last 25 years .

C．Americans are much happier than the Britons .

D．Americans are less happy than the Britons in the last 25 years .

(2)“Women are happier than men, but the gap is closing .”It means“________.”

[　　]

A．Women don't have more freedom and equality now.

B．Women are no longer as happy as they used to be .

C．They are more happy than they were .

D．They have less pressures and opportunities .

(3) According to the passage, a lasting marriage compared to the happiness produced by financial circumstances ________.

[　　]

A．brought U.S. $ 100 000 in all .

B．brought an additional U.S.$ 100 000 in income .

C．is worth U.S.$ 100 000 every year.

D．brought as much happiness as a second marriage did .

(4) Most people said that ________.

[　　]

A．They were less happy now.

B．They were less happy in their first marriage .

C．Being alone is worse than being divorced.

D．Marriage can't bring them happiness.

(5)The passage intends to tell us that ________

[　　]

A．Money can buy happiness .

B．Lasting marriage can be more valuable.

C．An ever lasting marriage can bring people more happiness.

D．Marriage can always bring as much happiness as it is.

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71.Xiao Wang felt frustrated that a lot of ________ (顧客)went to a newly-opened small restaurant.

72. There still ________（存在）a rare animal on that lonely island.

73. “You did a bad job!” She ________ (嘆息).

74. Many famous ________ (物理學(xué)家) brought up their different ideas at the meeting.

75. ________ (暴力的) criminals like that are a danger to society.

76. For lack of food, the old man s________ to death.

77.I don’t mind a________ to others if I make a mistake.

78. While eating dumplings, the Chinese people are used to putting some v________ on them.

79.Mark Twain was well-known for some of his n________ set in his boyhood world on the Mississippi River.

80.It’s really u________ that such a little boy can achieve such a big success.

 

Why does most of the world travel on the right side today? Theories differ, but there’s no doubt that Napoleon was a major influence. The French had used the right since at least the late 18th century. Some say that before the French Revolution, noblemen drove their carriages on the left, forcing the peasants to the right. Regardless of the origin, Napoleon brought right-hand traffic to the nations he conquered, including Russia, Switzerland and Germany. Hitler, in turn, ordered right-hand traffic in Czechoslovakia and Austria in the 1930s. Nations that escaped right-hand control, like Great Britain, followed their left-hand tradition.

The U.S. has not always been a nation of right-hand rivers; earlier in its history, carriage and horse traffic traveled on the left, as it did in England. But by the late 1700s, people driving large wagons pulled by several pairs of horses began promoting a shift to the right. A driver would sit on the rear (后面的) left horse in order to wave his whip with his right hand; to see opposite traffic clearly, they traveled on the right.

One of the final moves to firmly standardize traffic directions in the U.S. occurred in the 20th century, when Henry Ford decided to mass-produce his cars with controls on the left (one reason, stated in 1908; the convenience for passengers exiting directly onto the edge, especially… if there is a lady to be considered). Once these rules were set, many countries eventually adjusted to the right-hand standard, including Canada in the 1920s, Sweden in 1967 and Burma in 1970. The U.K. and former colonies such as Australia and India are among the western world’s few remaining holdouts. Several Asian countries, including Japan, use the left as well — thought many places use both right-hand-drive and left-hand-drive cars.

1.Why did people in Switzerland travel on the right?

A．They had used the right-hand since the 18th century.

B．Rich people enjoyed driving their carriages on the right.

C．Napoleon introduced the right-hand traffic to this country.

D．Hitler ordered them to go to against their left-hand tradition.

2.Of all the countries below, the one that travels on the right is ______.

A．Austria

B．England

C．Japan

D．Australia

3.Henry Ford produced cars with controls on the left _______.

A．in order to change traffic directions in the U.S.

B．so that passengers could get off conveniently

C．because rules at that time weren’t perfect

D．though many countries were strongly against that

4.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．Before the French Revolution, all the French people used the right.

B．People in Britain and the U.S. travel on the same side nowadays.

C．The Burmese began to travel on the right in 1970.

D．All the Asian nations use the left at present.

5.What would be the best title for this passage?

A．Who made the great contributions to the shift of traffic directions?

B．How cars have become a popular means of transportation?

C．How Henry Ford produced his cars with controls on the left?

D．Why don’t people all drive on the same side of the road?

 

 

 “I sat-in at a restaurant for six months, and when they finally agreed to serve me, they didn’t have what I wanted”---so went a famous line. In reality, the sit-in movement was not a joke. It began in Greensboro, North Carolina, at 4:30 P. M. , on the afternoon of February 1, 1960. On that day, Ezell Blair Jr. , Joseph McNeil, David Richmond, and Franklin McClain entered an F. W. Woolworth store. They sat down at a segregated（隔離的）lunch counter, ordered coffee, and then refused to leave when told, ‘We don’t serve Negroes. ”

The four young men had expected not to be served. What no one had expected, however, was that they would sit there and politely, but firmly, refuse to leave. This was 1960, and throughout the South black people were not allowed to sit at the same lunch counters with whites, swim at the same beaches, use the same water fountains, or worship at the same churches. Segregation was the law, and it meant separation of the races in every way.

The next day, the four returned to Woolworth’s---this time accompanied by sixteen other students. Again they sat at the lunch counter and requested service. Again they were refused. And again, they declined to leave. On Wednesday, February 3, seventy students filled the Woolworth’s store. This time, the group included white students as well as black. Many brought school books and studied while they waited. By this time, their protest had become known nationwide as a “sit-in”.

   On Thursday, there was trouble. An angry group of white teenagers began shoving（推搡） and cursing them but were quickly removed by the police. By February 10, the sit-in movement had spread to five other states.

  By September 1961, more than 70,000 people, both black and white, had participated in sit-ins at segregated restaurants and lunch counters, kneel-ins at segregated churches, read-ins at segregated libraries, and swim-ins at segregated pools and beaches. Over 3,600 people had been arrested, and more than 100 students had been driven away. But they were getting results. On June 10, 1964, the U. S Senate passed a major civil rights bill outlawing（宣布為非法）racial discrimination in all public places. President Lyndon Johnson signed it on July 2, and it became law. But the highest credit still goes to the four brave students from North Carolina who first sat-in and waited it out.

1. In this passage, “sit-in” refers to _________.

A. an activity where people sit together and drink coffee freely

B. a bill which outlaws racial discrimination in all public places

C. a form in which people peacefully sit and decline to leave

 D. a polite behavior that everyone enjoys

2. Which statement can be concluded from the fifth paragraph in the passage?

A. The sit-in movement was not successful.

B. The sit-in movement had a positive result.

C. Only black people participated in sit-ins.

D. A lot of protesters were arrested, with some students driven away from school

3. What was the purpose of the civil rights bill passed in 1964?

A. The highest credit went to the four brave students.

B. It declared that segregation was a law.

C. The students were allowed to participate in sit-ins.

D. It made racial segregation against the law in all public places.

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Segregation was the law in the South.

B. The first sit-in was in 1960.

C. The sit-ins helped to end segregation.

D. The civil rights bill was passed in 1964 by the U. S. Senate.