19.Teenagers at one German school are learning how to achieve happiness alongside other traditional subjects such as math and languages.The class sit in a circle with their eyes shut and they count from one to ten:someone starts,the next voice comes from the far right,a third from the other side.
The aim of the game is to listen for an opportunity to shout out the number without clashing (沖突) with another voice or leaving a pause.On the first try,most of the young Germans try to be first,while a few are too shy to join in,but by the fifth time round,they develop a rhythm (節(jié)奏).The message:give other people space but also confidently claim your own.This is a requirement for social well-being.
The Willy Hellpach School in Heidelberg is the first in the nation to develop a happiness course.
It is intended for students preparing for university entrance exams.
"The course isn't there to make you happy,"Ernst Fritz-Schubert,the school principal,warned pupils,"but rather to help you discover the ways to become happy."
Cooking a meal together is one of the class exercises.Improving body language under the guidance of two professional actresses is another.
The course is taught for three periods a week.Although it's the happy subject,the pupils themselves insist it is no laughing matter.
"In the first period,we had to each say something positive about another member of the class and about ourselves.No laughing at people,"said Fanny,17.
Research by the school shows it is not the first to start happiness classes:they also exist at some US universities,mainly based on positive thinking,using findings from studies of depression.
33.What's the writing purpose of this passage?B
A.To describe all the traditional courses.
B.To introduce the happiness course.
C.To develop the readers'interest in happiness.
D.To help students struggle against being sad.
34.According to the passage,the happiness course isD.
A.created by the Willy Hellpach School
B.to make all the students happy all the time
C.required to be taken by the first year students
D.to help students discover the way to happiness
35.It can be inferred from the passage thatA.
A.the students'self-respect can also improve happiness
B.the students just took the course as a laughing matter
C.the students can certainly become happy after the course
D.the students waste time learning something without value.
分析 本文講述了在德國一家學(xué)校孩子們學(xué)習(xí)如何獲得快樂的方法,包括增強自信心,使用肢體語言等.
解答 33.B.推理判斷題.文章開頭提出在德國一家學(xué)校孩子們學(xué)習(xí)如何獲得快樂,然后在下文對此進行詳細(xì)介紹,可知文章主要目的是介紹這門課程,故選B.
34.D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.由文章第五段The course isn't there to make you happy,"Ernst Fritz-Schubert,the school principal,warned pupils,"but rather to help you discover the ways to become happy,可知這種課程是為了讓學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)如何獲得快樂的方法,故選D.
35.A.推理判斷題.由倒數(shù)第二段"In the first period,we had to each say something positive about another member of the class and about ourselves,可知對自己說一些積極鼓勵的話也是課程的一部分,可推知自信會提高他們的快樂,故需A.
點評 本篇文章難點在推理判斷題上.推理判斷題要以表面文字為前提,以具體事實為依據(jù)進行推理,做出判斷.這種推理方式比較直接,考生只要弄清事實,即可結(jié)合上下文推斷出合理的結(jié)論.