According to researchers, money can buy happiness, but only if you spend it on someone else. Spending as little as $5 a day on someone else could significantly bring you happiness, the team at the University of British Columbia and Harvard Business School found.
Their experiments on more than 630 Americans showed they were measurably (適度地) happier when they spent money on others--even if they thought spending the money on themselves would make them happier.
“We wanted to test our theory that how people spend their money is at least as important as how much money they earn,” said Elizabeth Dunn, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia.
They asked their 600 volunteers first to rate their general happiness, report their annual income and detail their monthly spending including bills, gifts for themselves, gifts for others and donations to charity.
“Regardless of how much income each person made, those who spent money on others reported greater happiness, while those who spent more on themselves did not,” Dunn said in a statement.
Dunn’s team also surveyed 16 employees at a company in Boston before and after they received an annual profit-sharing bonus of between $3,000 and $8,000.
“Employees who devoted more of their bonus to pro-social (有益社會的) spending experienced greater happiness after receiving the bonus, and the manner in which they spent that bonus was a more important predictor of their happiness than the size of the bonus itself,” they wrote in their report, published in the journal Science.
They gave their volunteers $5 or $20 and half got clear instructions on how to spend it. Those who spent the money on someone or something else reported feeling happier about it.
“These findings suggest that very minor alterations in spending allocations (分配) --as little as $5--may be enough to produce real gains in happiness on a given day,” Dunn said.
1.According to the passage, ________.
A. the more money you spend on others, the happier you are
B. spending money on others can bring you happiness
C. Elizabeth Dunn is a psychologist from Harvest Business School
D. six hundred volunteers took part in the experiment
2.The 16 employees mentioned in the passage _________.
A. were given clear instructions on how to spend the bonus
B. had more happiness than the size of the bonus itself
C. experienced greater happiness after receiving their bonus
D. felt happier after they contributed much of the bonus to charities
3.Dunn’s statement suggested that ________.
A. those who spent money on others felt happier no matter how much they earned
B. those who spent more money on themselves felt happier
C. people thought spending money could make themselves happier
D. the money spent was as important as the money earned
4.The best title of this passage is ________.
A. Experiment on Money Spending
B. Devoting Your Money to Charities
C. Spending Money on Others Makes One Happier
D. Bonus and Pro-social Spending
科目：高中英語 來源：2016-2017學年福建福州市等高二上期中聯考英語（解析版） 題型：單詞拼寫
根據漢語、首字母或語境提示寫出單詞
1.We were eager to hear the ___________(宣布) of the winner of the race.
2.The beauty of the sunrise is beyond ________________(描述).
3.I slowed down the _____________(過程) deliberately so as to let myself have more time to think.
4.In many countries, political __________(嫌疑犯) are kept under police observation.
5.My eyes were so ___________(腫脹) that I could hardly see anything.
6.She was always o___________ even when things were at their worst.
7.We s___________ the juice from an orange just now.
8.I told him the good news the i___________ I met him on the street.
9.The shop assistant was fired out as she was a____________ of cheating customers.
10.The museum __________ of three parts, one for architecture, one for painting collections and another for statues.
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閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C 和 D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
A six-year-old kid walked into a candy store with his dad and was surprised by so many candies on offer. “It’s amazing. What should I ____?” he asked himself.
“Come on, son, we don’t have much ____. I have to attend an important meeting,” his dad said.
“These are all my ___ and I don’t know what to choose.” He picked up some bags and then put them ___. He couldn’t make up his mind. “____, son, we have no time. I’m very ____,” his dad said. So the boy ran around the store ____again. His eyes moved from one bag to another, ____all of the sweets looked so good and he couldn’t make up his mind. ___, the dad had enough. He caught his son by the hand and they____the store empty-handed. The boy ____. He wanted them all, but ended up with ____becasue he couldn’t choose just one.
Some of us are that boy. The ____ is that candy store. We have a great number of choices available to us, but if we don’t make a(n) __about our jobs, education, relationships, marriage or other ____ things, we will end up empty-handed. Sometimes we worry about making the ____ choice. What if we ___the direction that we take and it’s too late to go back? We don’t have to ___ this. How do we ____whether it is good or not if we don’t make a choice? The bigger ___is that we make no decision at all and end up going nowhere and doing nothing.
1.A. think B. make C. say D. choose
2.A. time B. money C. interest D. power
3.A. secrets B. favorites C. ideas D. needs
4.A. in B. away C. back D. aside
5.A. Hold on B. Come over C. Go on D. Hurry up
6.A. tired B. busy C. fair D. patient
7.A. carefully B. quietly C. quickly D. nervously
8.A. and B. or C. though D. but
9.A. Luckily B. Certainly C. Finally D. Hopefully
10.A. got hold of B. walked out of C. searched for D. checked with
11.A. cried B. waited C. returned D. understood
12.A. fun B. fear C. peace D. nothing
13.A. sky B. school C. world D. company
14.A. plan B. decision C. guess D. ending
15.A. important B. simple C. common D. good
16.A. right B. great C. difficult D. wrong
17.A. change B. regret C. accept D. face
18.A. worry about B. deal with C. look into D. work out
19.A. doubt B. explain C. know D. expect
20.A. danger B. game C. difference D. fact
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The other evening we had a knock at the door. It was a ________ neighbor who introduced himself and his boys to us. He also invited us to a block party as a way to know the people in the ________ as well as well as celebrate the first anniversary of his two ________ sons coming to live with him.
We've lived here for almost six years and no one has ever come to ________ themselves. I suppose we should have ________ it on to introduce ourselves to people moving in but we haven't. In my opinion it took the initiative (首創)of a young ________ and his adopted sons to show me how I could ________ better attention to my own community. We have many local friends but I have to ________ that I haven't usually been the one to develop the ________ in my own neighborhood.
This ________ reminded me of one of my favorite quotes, "When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was ________ to change the world, so I tried to change my nation. When I found I couldn't change the nation, I began to ________ my town. I couldn't change the town and as a(n) ________ man, I tried to change my ________. Now, as an old man, I ________ the only thing I can change is myself and ________ I realize that if long ago I had change myself, I could have made an impact on my family and ________ on our town. The impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the ________."
For those of us who want to make a(n) ________ in the world, it's important we remember what Bucky Fuller said, ”Think globally, but act ________.”For me, I’m going to make it point to meet more of my neighbors—starting now.
1.A. familiarB. friendlyC. newD. old
2.A. townB. neighborhoodC. companyD. city
3.A. acceptedB. adoptedC. adaptedD. appointed
4.A. helpB. treatC. introduceD. enjoy
5.A. putB. focusedC. turnedD. taken
6.A. manB. studentC. womanD. mother
7.A. drawB. fixC. offerD. pay
8.A. forgiveB. admitC .agreeD. consider
9.A. habitB. concernC. friendshipD. business
10.A. accidentB. activityC. thoughtD. experience
11.A. convenientB. possibleC. interestingD. difficult
12.A. make outB. concentrate onC. get intoD. refer to
13.A. olderB. youngerC. smarterD. wiser
14.A. studentB. familyC. friendD. mind
15.A. realizeB. forgetC. recognizeD. regret
16.A. suddenlyB. happilyC. actuallyD. luckily
17.A. everB. evenC. onlyD. still
18.A. environmentB. worldC. villageD. lifestyle
19.A. decisionB. adjustmentC. differenceD. discovery
20.A. carefullyB. selflesslyC. immediatelyD. locally
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假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。
增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(∧)，并在其下面寫出該加的詞。
刪除：把多余的詞用斜線(\)劃掉。
修改：在錯的詞下畫一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。
注意：1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；
2．只允許修改10處，多者(從第11處起)不計分。
Many times when I was at a bad mood I shouted at the people around me. I scream, shouted and ran as fast as I could relieve my pressure. So it was useless, since I still had to return to the problem. This term I begin to change. I have realized however greater the difficulty is, I have to face with it. It's no use screaming and shouting at others. Beside, there are teachers and friends around me who are ready to helping me. As long as I try my best, I can make a progress in any aspect. Now I feel every day is a pleasant day and the sun is always shining bright on my face.
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閱讀下列材料，在空白處填入適當的單詞或用括號內單詞的正確形式填空。
My name is Billy Smith. I’m 50 years old this year. I was about 440 pounds two years ago. __1.__ (fortunate), I managed to lose weight.
I began to gain weight when my mum developed Parkinson’s disease in 1994. I soon became her caregiver, and continued to provide her ___2.__ care for over 10 years. But when the pressure of taking care of my mother and __3.__ (keep) my job got too much for me, I began to skip meals and feed on fast food. I gained weight quickly.
My huge weight gain caused me to develop high blood pressure. I also had _4._____ (difficult) in breathing at times. In 2014 I went to see my doctor, ___5.___ told me that I would die within two years if I didn’t lose weight. This wasn’t what I expected. I wanted to see my young son grow up, and I knew it was time __6. (make) a change.
I started to eat healthy food and work out in the gym. Finally, I __7.____ (succeed) in losing weight. Now I weigh just 260 pounds. I had never been to my son’s Parents’ Meeting ___8.____ I was so ashamed and ___9._____ (scare) that my weight would lead to him being laughed at. Now, ___10.___ (look) normal, I can do the things I have never been able to do, but should have done as his father.
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假如你是高二某班的一名班長。你所在班級的關系總體上很好，師生如同朋友、同學如同兄弟姐妹；但是，也存在一些問題，如有時因為學習壓力大，有些同學容易發火導致和其他同學吵架，有時不聽老師或家長的勸告等。針對這個情況，你在一次班會上首先介紹了當前的實際情況：好的方面和不夠好的方面；然后向同學們提出了一些建議（至少兩條）。
注意：1. 文章開頭已給出，不計入總詞數；
2. 詞數：120左右。
Dear classmates,
Today,I would like to say something about the relationship between students in our class. Generally speaking, the relationship between students is good. ___________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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Honey from the African forest is not only a kind of natural sugar, it is also delicious. Most people, and many animals, like eating it. However, the only way for them to get that honey is to find a wild bees' nest and take the honey from it. Often, these nests are high up in trees, and it is difficult to find them. In parts of Africa, though, people and animals looking for honey have a strange and unexpected helper—a little bird called a honey guide.
The honey guide does not actually like honey, but it does like the wax(蜂蠟) in the beehives(蜂房). The little bird cannot reach this wax, which is deep inside the bees' nest. So, when it finds a suitable nest, it looks for someone to help it. The honey guide gives a loud cry that attracts the attention of both passing animals and people. Once it has their attention, it flies through the forest, waiting from time to time for the curious animal or person as it leads them to the nest. When they finally arrive at the nest, the follower reaches in to get at the delicious honey as the bird patiently waits and watches. Some of the honey, and the wax, always falls to the ground, and this is when the honey guide takes its share.
Scientists do not know why the honey guide likes eating the wax, but it is very determined in its efforts to get it. The birds seem to be able to smell wax from a long distance away. They will quickly arrive whenever a beekeeper is taking honey from his beehives, and will even enter churches when beeswax candles are being lit.
1.Why is it difficult to find a wild bees' nest?
A. It's small in size.
B. It's hidden in trees.
C. It's covered with wax.
D. It's hard to recognize.
2.What do the words "the follower" in paragraph 2 refer to?
A. A bee. B. A bird. C. A honey seeker. D. A beekeeper.
3.The honey guide is special in the way .
A. it gets its food
B. it goes to church
C. it sings in the forest
D. it reaches into bees' nests
4. What can be the best title for the text?
A. Wild Bees
B. Wax and Honey
C. Beekeeping in Africa
D. Honey—Lover's Helper
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The prices of this kind of wine ________ from 10 yuan to 100 yuan per bottle.
A．rangedB．differedC．changedD．separated
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