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Money and Happiness

　　A Guide to Living a Good Life

　　Author：Laura Rowley

　　Publisher：Wiley(March 1, 2007)

　　Laura Rowley makes us all understand the connection between money and happiness in our own lives so that we can spend our time and efforts wisely．She offers an insight(領(lǐng)悟)so that every reader can make smarter decisions and live a happier life．

Happiness

　　The Science Behind Your Smile

　　Author：Daniel Nettle

　　Publisher：Oxford University Press(July 1,2007)

　　It is the first book mainly about what happiness is and how happiness works．Nettle examines whether people are basically happy, whether success can make us happy, why some people are happier than others, etc．

The Happiness Makeover

　　How to Teach Yourself to Be Happy and Enjoy Every Day

　　Author：M．J．Ryan

　　Publisher：Broadway(May 10, 2007)

　　Ryan's own desire to be happier first led her to study about happiness from brain science, psychology(心理學(xué)), and the wisdom traditions of the world．The happiness Makeover draws on wide - ranging knowledge and presents some suggestions that will help you a lot：

　　●Clear away worry, fear, envy, and grudges．

　　●Learn to think about yourself confidently．

　　●Find daily ways to truly enjoy the moments of your life．

Hormones(荷爾蒙), Health, and Happiness

　　Author：Steven F．Hotze

　　Publisher：Forrest Publishing(April, 2007)

　　Dr．Steven Hotze is leading a wellness revolution that advances a new model of healthcare．

　　In Hormones, Health, and Happiness, Dr．Hotze deals with the basic causes of poor health．You are shown how to reach and maintain the most favorable cell，tissue，and organ functioning．It can help you enjoy a better quality of life．

(1)

What does the underlined“grudges”probably mean?

[　　]

A．

anger

B．

surprise

C．

favour

D．

preference

(2)

If you want to know more about whether happiness has something to do with Success, you'd better read _________．

[　　]

A．

Money and Happiness

B．

Happiness．

C．

The Happiness Makeover

D．

Hormones，Health，and Happiness

(3)

Whose book will possibly help readers get a new kind of health and wellness model?

[　　]

A．

Laura Rowley's

B．

M．J．Ryan's

C．

Daniel Nettle's

D．

Steven F．Hotze's．

答案：1．A;2．B;3．D;
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科目：高中英語 來源：福建省莆田十二中2010屆高三第三次月考英語試題 題型：050

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MONEY-SAVING TIPS FOR DISNEY WORLD

　　Every time you visit Disney World, there’s something new to see．What began in 1971 as the Magic Kingdom now includes the high-tech, movie-mad Disney and Animal Kingdom．Each time the park expands, so do your chances to spend money．How can you save?As a family guide to Disney World, I’ve been to the park more than 25 times with my kids, and I’ve developed a few money-saving plans．

　　●Buy the five-day All-in-One Hopper Pass(入場券)．Even if you’re visiting for fewer days, it’s a deal(the pass costs ＄229 for visitors ages 10 and up, ＄183 for kids ages three to nine and is free for kids under age three)．Without the pass, you’ll have to pay separately for Pleasure Island and the water parks．A single trip to Blizzard Beach, for example, would cost a family of four ＄100．

　　●Dine out at lunch．The prices at some of the nicer restaurants, especially those in Epcot’s World Showcase, are much lower at noontime than at dinner．It’s wise to make reservations before you leave home．Call 407-W-DISNEY．

　　●Become a Gold Card Member．For ＄65, you can get a Magic Kingdom Club Gold Card(call 1-800-56-DISNEY)．Card-holders get up to 20 percent off Disney hotel rooms, plus price breaks on character breakfasts, theme park tickets and goods from Disney stores．

　　●Don’t pay extra to see a character．Character-theme dinner shows are expensive, costing a family of four about ＄140, and even a character breakfast, where Mickey or Donald Duck joins you for cakes, can set you back ＄50．If your budget is tight, try to meet the characters inside the theme parks and at free in-park shows．You can watch the Diamond Horseshoe show, for example, in the Magic Kingdom for no additional cost, while the similarly themed Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue requires expensive tickets．

　　●Wait until the end of your trip to buy souvenirs．By then, the kids will really know what they want, and you won’t waste money on expensive things．

(1)

If you are short of money, the writer suggests ________．

[　　]

A．

you should not buy things for the kids from Disney stores

B．

you should not buy souvenirs at the beginning of the trip

C．

you should not make a trip to Blizzard Beach

D．

you should not have your meals out at noontime

(2)

Which of the following can be used in place of“set you back”?

[　　]

A．

Offer you．

B．

Save you．

C．

Cost you．

D．

Return you．

(3)

You should pay more money ________．

[　　]

A．

if you have a five-day All-in-One Hopper Pass while you’re visiting for four days

B．

if you do not make a reservation for hotel rooms in advance

C．

if you are not a Magic Kingdom Club Gold Card holder

D．

if you have lunch at a restaurant in Epcot’s World showcase

(4)

The economical way of meeting the Disney cartoon characters is ________．

[　　]

A．

to have a character breakfast

B．

to watch the Diamond Horseshoe show

C．

to pay separately for Pleasure Island and the water parks

D．

to attend the Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue

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科目：高中英語 來源：四川省武勝縣2010屆高三下學(xué)期第一次聯(lián)考 題型：閱讀理解

 

第二部分閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分50分）

第一節(jié)：閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并將答案寫在答題卡上。（共20小題，每小題2分，滿分40分）

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O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the bank O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.

41. In which order did O. Henry do the following things?

a. Lived in New York.   b. Worked in a bank.        c. Travelled to Texas.

d. Was put in prison.    e. Had a newspaper job.      f. Learned to write stories.

A. e. c. f. b. d. a       B. e. b. d. c. a. f.        C. c. e. b. d. f. a    D. c. b. e. d. a f.

42. O. Henry went to prison because ___________.

A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper

B. people thought he had taken money that was not his

C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners

D. he broke the law by not using his own name

43. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?

A. He was very good at learning.                     B. He was not serious about his work.

C. He was devoted to the poor.                  D. He was well-educated.

44. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?

A. His life inside the prison.                  B. The newspaper articles he wrote.

C. His exciting early life as a boy.       D. The city and people of New York.

 

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科目：高中英語 來源：全國通用2010年高三備考英語“好題速遞”系列（13） 題型：閱讀理解

二、閱讀理解

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

Not many years ago, a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was 75, he gave £12,000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children’s playground.

As a result of his kindness, many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk, Johnson remarked that he was 75 and expected to live to be 100, and the newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at 75. Johnson had a sense of humor. He liked whisky and drank some each day. “I have an injection(注射)in my neck each evening”, he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky.

The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was 75 and had a daily injection in his neck. Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for the secret of his daily injection.

11．Johnson became a rich man through _____.

A．doing business     B．making whisky    C．cheating        D．buying and selling land

12．The gift of money to the school suggests that Johnson ____.

A．had no children         B．was a strange man 

C．was very warm-hearted and fond of children D．wanted people to know how rich he was

13．Many people wrote to Johnson probably to find out ____.

A．what kind of whisky he drank

B．how to live alone

C．how to become wealthy

D．in which part of the neck he had an injection each day

14．When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening, he really meant that ____

A．he liked drinking a glass of whisky in the evening

B．he needed an injection in the neck

C．a(chǎn) daily injecting in the evening would make him sleep well

D．there was something wrong with his neck

15．From the passage we can infer that Johnson would be very ____ after he read those people’s letters.

A．miserable     B．glad           C．surprised     D．said

 

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                                                                Money Matters
     Parents should help their children understand money.__1___So you may start. talking about money
when your child shows an interest in buying things , candy or toys , for example.
      l. The basic function of money
     Being explaining the basic function of money by showing how people trade money for goods or
services. It's important to show your child how money is traded for the thing he wants to have. If he
wants to have a toy, give him the money and let him hand the money to the cashier.__2___ When your
child grows a bit older and understands the basic function  of money , you  can  start  explaining more 
 complex ways of using money.
     2. Money lessons
     Approach money lessons with openness and honesty. ___3___ If you must say no to a child's
request to spend money, explain, " You have enough toy trucks for now. " Or, if the request is for many
different things, say, " You have to make a choice between this toy and that toy. "
     3.___4____
     Begin at the grocery store. Pick out similar brands of a product-a name brand butter and a generic
  (無商標(biāo)產(chǎn)品 ) , for example. You can show your child how to make choices between
different brands of a product so that you can save money. ___5___ If he chooses the cheaper brand,
allow him to make another purchase with the money saved. Later, you may explains how the more
expensive choice leaves less money for other purchases.
A. Wise decision.
B. The value of money.
C. Permit the child why he can or cannot have certain things.
D. Talk yourself what things that cost money are most important to you.
E. Ask yourself what things that cost money are most important to you.
F. Talk about how the money bought the thing after you leave the toy store.
G. The best time to teach a child anything about money is when he shows an interest.

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