Question

Mom was right! If you say thank you, for even the smallest gift or slightest show of kindness, you’ll feel happy.

    Gratitude, says Robert A. Emmons, a professor of psychology at the University of California, is an important element of happiness. In his recent book, Thanks!, Emmons uses the first major study on gratitude to prove mom’s point.

    As one of the leading scholars of the positive psychology movement, he admits gratitude may be difficult to express. He advises you to begin by admitting that life is good and full of events and elements that make daily existence a wonder. Second, recognize that the source of life’s goodness is more than just you. That source may be your mom, a friend, partner, child, colleague at work or play.

    Gratitude is always other-directed, notes Emmons. You can be pleased or angry with yourself and feel guilty about doing something wrong, but you can never be grateful to or for yourself.

    Expressing gratitude shouldn’t be a reaction; it should be a state of mind. To feel grateful when life is a breeze and you have more than you need is easy. To feel grateful in time of crisis—anger, hatred and bitterness—is easier. Also, too many people are aware of life’s blessings only after these are lost.

    It’s crisis and chaos—danger, disease, disability and death—that bring many individuals to realize just how dependent they are on others. Yet it’s the way each of us begins life and ends it. It’s too bad that so many people waste those decades in between laboring under the illusion(幻覺) they are self-sufficient, says Emmons.

    The abundance of voices expressing gratitude from his studies of individuals with chronic health problems is many. But Emmons goes beyond his “groundbreaking” science to make his case for gratitude by including the inspirational writings of philosophers, novelists and saints, as well as the beliefs of various religious and their respective scripture(經(jīng)文). Taken together, these observations are summed up quite nicely by famous humanist Albert Schweitzer, who said the secret of life is “giving thanks for everything”.

    To enable and embrace gratitude, Emmons encourages the readers of Thanks! to keep a gratitude diary. He even provides easy-to-follow directions on how to practise and develop gratitude.

    I’m not a reader or advocate of self-help books, but I am thankful for the reference I found in a newspaper article to the research Emmons was conducting on gratitude involving organ donors and recipients. The chance discovery led me to this book.

    Mom implied that kindness seems to find its way back to the giver because life really is all about giving, receiving and repaying. So I’ll pay attention to her professional advice and say: Thank you, professor Emmons.

1.. What is the text mainly discussed?

A. There are many ways of being thankful.

B. Gratitude is important to happiness.

C. Mom is great for her being thankful.     

D. Being thankful will keep you fit.

2.. The author mentions Robert A. Emmons’ book Thanks! in order to prove that __________.

A. Professor Emmons supports mom’s study on psychology.  

B. mom is as great a psychologist as Professor Emmons.

C. Professor Emmons is a famous psychologist.

D. mom is right about her viewpoint on gratitude.

3.. It will be easier for you to feel grateful when___________.

A. you live a comfortable life    

B. you receive gifts on your birthday

C. you get help during your hard times

D. you are congratulated on your success

4. What is the opinion of Professor Emmons?

A. It is enough to thank others orally

B. Whether you are thankful is always up to you

C. Remember to be thankful anytime and anywhere

D. It is easier to be thankful for yourself than for others.

5. In the writer’s opinion, Emmon’s book Thanks! On gratitude is________.

A. one-side   B. reasonable  C. puzzling  D. helpful

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.C

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹了充滿感激之情是人們所必須具有的一種感情，也是人們感覺幸福的必要因素。同時感激之情也是人們最難表達(dá)的一種感受。表達(dá)感激不應(yīng)是一種形為，而應(yīng)該是一種心理的狀態(tài)，始終要有感恩之心，感謝生活，感謝我們身邊的人等等。

1.B大意理解題。Gratitude, says Robert A. Emmons, a professor of psychology at the University of California, is an important element of happiness 加利福尼亞大學(xué)心理學(xué)教授Robert A. Emmons說，感激之情是人幸福的一個重要元素。下文圍繞這一主題展開，故答案應(yīng)為B。

2.D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。Mom was right! If you say thank you, for even the smallest gift or slightest show of kindness, you’ll feel happy. Gratitude, says Robert A. Emmons, a professor of psychology at the University of California, is an important element of happiness. In his recent book, Thanks!, Emmons uses the first major study on gratitude to prove mom’s point. 兩個自然段的大意為：媽媽是正確的，那怕是因為最小的禮物和最輕的善舉，如果你道了聲謝謝，你就會感到幸福。Robert A. Emmons,說，感恩之心是人幸福的必要因素之一。所以是為了證明媽媽的話而引用了這本書，故答案應(yīng)為D。

3.C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。To feel grateful in time of crisis—anger, hatred and bitterness—is easier. Also, too many people are aware of life’s blessings only after these are lost.大意為：在危機(jī)之時如生氣，憎惡，苦澀也要充滿感激，所以是指在有困難的時候，獲得別人的幫助要有感激之心。故答案應(yīng)為C。

4.C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章的第一自然段講到媽媽教導(dǎo)我，再小的禮物，再小的善舉也要說聲謝謝。最后一自段我要牢記媽媽的建議在充滿給予，付出，回報的社會中，我要學(xué)會說聲謝謝。所以是無論何時何地我們都要有感恩的心。故答案應(yīng)為C。

5.D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。作者在第一自然段提到，人們也感到幸福，感恩之心也是必不可少的，所以感恩之心也是有助于我們幸福的，同時下文中無論生活中遇到什么問題，我們都要懷有感恩的心，所以作者對感恩的態(tài)度就是它有助于我們生活幸福。故答案應(yīng)為C。

【考點】考查人生百味類文章的閱讀理解。