Question

Bad days happen to us all. Often a day that starts out bad just continues to get worse. Sometimes there’s a “domino effect(多米諾效應)” with bad events. For example, you sleep through the alarm, so you’re stressed. And you will sit in the bad traffic, which will also make you late for work, etc.

How can we turn a bad day to a good day? Here are some ideas that have worked for me:

Smile a lot

Smiling a lot will help you feel relaxed. Research has shown that smiling produces three useful chemicals which make us feel good.

Talk to a good friend

Keeping bad or unhappy things in your mind is not a good idea. Talking to someone who cares and listen really does help us feel better, too.

Concentrate on your good things

It’s hard to concentrate on how bad things are when you’re concentrating on how good things are! Think of 10 or more things you’re thankful for, and you’ll achieve a whole new outlook(人生觀) on your day.

Get some exercise

If you can, go for a walk. Exercising will help you feel better. Excising can get your day back to be normal again.

Make the day a challenge

If you make yourself think of the day as a challenge, you’ll start to do all the things you can to make your day better.

根據材料內容選擇最佳答案，并將其標號填入題前括號內。

1.According to the passage, the “domino effect” is an effect that______.

A. turns a good day to a bad day

B. makes one person affect another

C. turns bad things into good things

D. gets one event to cause other similar events to happen

2.Study shows that smiling produces three useful chemicals which make us feel______.

A. terrible B. relaxed

C. stressed D. worried

3.According to the writer, if we consider a bad day as a challenge, we’ll ______.

A. try our best to do things better

B. give up doing things

C. lose all our confidence

D. have a terrible

4.If the writer wants to feel better, how does the writer do?

A. Quarrel with a good friend

B. Concentrate on your good things

C. Get some exercise

D. Make the day a challenge

5.Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?

A. When we should smile a lot

B. How to deal with problems

C. How to turn a bad day around

D. What we should concentrate on

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文給我們講述的是每個人身邊都會發生不好的事，有時甚至會產生多米諾效應，進而影響工作的進程。下面就是講述如何把一個糟糕的日子變成美好的日子。

1.第一段可知意思，故應該選D。

2. has shown that smiling produces three useful chemicals which make us feel good.可知，terrible 糟糕的，可怕的；relaxed 感到放松的；stressed 感到有壓力的；worried 令人擔心的。根據句意，故選B。

3. start to do all the things you can to make your day better.可知選A。

4. to someone who cares and listen really does help us feel better, too，不是quarrel with a good friend。利用排除法, 排除A。故選C。

5. can we turn a bad day to a good day? Here are some ideas that have worked for me.可推出，故應選B。

考點：日常生活類短文閱讀。