There are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health and wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy and the other becomes unhappy. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.
People who are to be happy fix their attention on the convenience of things: the pleasant parts of conversation, the well prepared dishes, the goodness of the wine and the fine weather. They enjoy all the cheerful things. Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the opposite things. Therefore, they are continually dissatisfied. By their remarks, they sour the pleasure of society, offend(hurt) many people, and make themselves disagreeable everywhere. If this turn of mind was founded in nature, such unhappy persons would be the more to be pitied. The intention of criticizing(批評) and being disliked is perhaps taken up by imitation(模仿). It grows into a habit, unknown to its possessors. The habit may be strong, but it may be cured when those who have it realize its bad effects on their interests and tastes. I hope this little warning may be of service to them, and help them change this habit.
Although in fact it is chiefly an act of the imagination, it has serious results in life since it brings on deep sorrow and bad luck. Those people offend many others; nobody loves them, and no one treats them with more than the most common politeness and respect. This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them into arguments. If they aim at getting some advantages in social position or fortune, nobody wishes them success. Nor will anyone start a step or speak a word to favor their hopes. If they bring on themselves public objections, no one will defend or excuse them, and many will join to criticize their wrongdoings. These should change this bad habit and be pleased with what is pleasing, without worrying needlessly about themselves and others. If they do not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact(接觸) with them. Otherwise, it can be disagreeable and sometimes very inconvenient, especially when one becomes mixed up in their quarrels.
46. People who are unhappy _______.
A. always consider things differently from others
B. usually are affected by the results of certain things
C. usually misunderstand what others think or say
D. always discover the unpleasant side of certain things
47. The phrase “sour the pleasure of society” most nearly means “_______”.
A. have a good taste with social life            B. make others unhappy
C. tend so scold others openly                            D. enjoy the pleasure of life
48. We can conclude from the passage that _______.
A. we should pity all such unhappy people
B. such unhappy people are dangerous to social life
C. people can get rid of the habit of unhappiness
D. unhappy people can not understand happy persons
49. If such unhappy persons insist on keeping the habit, the author suggests that people should _______.
A. prevent any communication with them
B. show no respect and politeness to them
C. persuade them to recognize the bad effects
D. quarrel with them until they realize the mistakes
50. In this passage, the writer mainly _______.
A. describes two types of people
B. laughs at the unhappy people
C. suggests the unhappy people should get rid of the habits of unhappiness
D. tells people how to be happy in life
46. D。47. B。48. C。49. A。50. C。
生活中有些人擁有相等的健康、財(cái)富和生活條件，但由于考慮事情、人物、事件的角度不同，一些人感到幸福，而另一些人則感到不幸福。由于這些不幸福的人處處冒犯別人，其結(jié)果只能是處于被孤立的境地。
46. D。判斷題。從第 2 段第 4 句話Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the opposite things 可以看出另一些人為什么感到不幸福的原因。
47. B。詞義猜測題。從該短語后的…offend (hurt) many people, and make themselves disagreeable everywhere 可以猜出“sour the pleasure of society”的正確含義。
48. C。判斷題。從第 2 段中倒數(shù)第 2 句話The habit may be strong, but it may be cured可以判斷出人們可以改變不幸福的脾性。
49. A。判斷題。從第 3 段中的倒數(shù)第 2 句話If they do not(change this bad habit), it will be good for others to avoid any contact(接觸) with them 可以看出作者的態(tài)度。
50. C。主旨題。本文主要講的是那些感覺不幸福的人處處冒犯別人，若長期以往，則只能處于被孤立的境地，所以他們應(yīng)改變自己的習(xí)慣。
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file into          魚貫而入，排隊(duì)進(jìn)去
Jakarta          雅加達(dá)
meditate          沉思，冥想，反省
Java          爪哇
Javanese          爪哇的
mysticism          神秘主義
boost          促進(jìn)，增加，提高
devout          虔誠的，熱誠的
appeal (to)       向……呼吁，求助于，魅力
legend          傳說，神話
fasting          禁食，齋戒
hold onto          抓緊，保住
personnel management system    人事管理制度
perspective investment    遠(yuǎn)景投資
venture          （商業(yè)）投機(jī)，風(fēng)險(xiǎn)
sharpen          使……敏銳/尖銳，磨尖
business slide       買賣/企業(yè)滑坡，下滑
turn around       （生意）好轉(zhuǎn)，轉(zhuǎn)變
subconscious       下意識(shí)的，潛意識(shí)的
cybernetics       控制論
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