The new science of spending comes to a surprising conclusion .How we use our money may as much or more than how much we’ve got it.
Money spent on experiences , rather than material goods, more happiness.
Imagine that you wake up tomorrow morning to $1 million under your bed .What would you do that cash?
The money will probably make you think about one thing all else---- yourself. A large amount of research reveals that money our selfish sides. We will much on what that money can do for us alone. Perhaps you are imagining buying a faster car, or even a new house.
But studies show that goods often fail to deliver happiness. Fortunately ,our ongoing research many ways to get more happiness from every dollar you spend .Changing how you spend money can increase your happiness.
But making these needs to challenge some of our ideas of spending. It’s hard not to buying a house as a wise investment. But research shows it brings very little happiness. A study in the United States found that homeowners , on average ,were no happier than .
So, working hard to save money for a house might not be such a good idea it means spending less time with your families and friends.
And dozens of studies show that people get more happiness from buying than material things. Experimental purchases—such as trips ,concerts and special meals –are more connected to our sense of self.
And experiences come with one more . They tend to bring us to other people , but more often, material things are enjoyed .So social contacts are important to mental and physical health.
A．present B．matter C．appear D．equal
A．leads to B．breaks out C．holds on D．brings along
A．keep B．own C．discover D．count
A．to B．with C．about D．for
A．above B．below C．before D．after
A．shows B．explains C．proves D．designs
A．depend B．concentrate C．take D．look
A．mental B．material C．beautiful D．clever
A．outgoing B．lasting C．willing D．exciting
A．invites B．offers C．prefers D．follows
A．changes B．plans C．decisions D．mistakes
A．know B．view C．dream D．judge
A．buyers B．sellers C．builders D．renters
A．if B．how C．unless D．though
A．houses B．cars C．experiences D．health
A．clearly B．hardly C．generally D．deeply
A．advantage B．conclusion C．purpose D．identity
A．familiar B．close C．proper D．native
A．completely B．worldwide C．secretly D．alone
A．gain B．damage C．improve D．build
Last Tuesday I took my two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car. It began to rain__26__ so I decided I would leave the children in the car__27__ I rushed into a shop. I warned the girls not to
__28_ anything and told them I would be __29__ within a few minutes. Then I locked all the doors and left 
__30__happily looking out of the window.
I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had __31__! I could hardly believe my __32__. The car doors were __3
3__ locked, the windows tightly shut and on the back seat __34__only two coats. Being____ __35__, I ran to the corner of the street __36__ there was no sign of them. I __37__up to an old lady nearby and asked __38__ she had seen two small girls but she said “No”.
Feeling quite sick with fear, I sat on the driver’s seat, and __39__ to stop trembling(发抖). Suddenly, I __40__ a merry laugh __41__ me. I got out of the car, ran round to open the boot(车尾行李箱) and __42__ were two very
red-face and _43__ children. They had obviously pulled out the back seat,__44__ behind it and then been unable to push the seat forward again. __45__ tears in my eyes, I leaned forward and pulled their ears.
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A．before B．since C．after D．which
A．talk B．reach C．hear D．touch
A．away B．out C．back D．along
A．them B．her C．herself
A．discovered B．disappeared C．described D．delivered
A．ears B．words C．eyes D．heads
A．even B．again C．already D．still
A．have B．were C．had D．are
A．foolish B．proud C．frightened D．pleased
A．where B．which D．when
A．arrived B．looked C．rushed D．left
A．what B．when C．whether D．how
A．tried B．had C．tired D．ought
A．felt B．listened C．smelt D．heard
A．behind B．over C．before D．with
A．outside B．among C．inside D．between
A．worried B．excited C．surprised D．interested
A．climbed B．flew C．threw D．jumped
A．For B．About C．With D．Down
There was a man who had a little boy that he loved very much．Every day after work the man would come home and 36 with the little boy．He would alwa
ys 37 all of his extra time with the little boy.
One night．while the man was at work, he_38 that he had extra work to do for the evening, and that he wouldn’t be able to play with his little boy． 39 he wanted to be able to give the boy something to keep him 40 ．So, looking around his office, he saw a magazine with a large 41 of the world on the cover．He got a(n) 42 ．He removed the map, and then patientely tore it up into small pieces．Then he put all the 43in his coat pocket.
When he got home, the little boy came __44 to him and was ready to play．The man _45that he had extra work to do and couldn’t play just now．He 46 the little boy into the dinning room, and 47 all the pieces of the map．He spread them on the table．He explained that it was a map of the world, and that by the time he could 48 together, his extra work would be 49 , and they could both play．Surely this would keep the child busy for hours, he thought.
About half an hour later the boy came to the man and said, “Okay, it’s finished．Can we play now?”
The man was 50 , saying, “That’s impossible．Let’s have a look.” And 51 __enough, there was the picture of the world, all put together, every piece in its 52 .
The man said, “That’s amazing! How did you do that?” The boy said, “It’s 53 ．On the 54 of the page is a(n) 55 o
f a man．When I put the man tog
ether the whole world fell into place.”
A．play B．watch C．share D．enjoy
A．take B．spend C．cost D．have
A．recongnized B．realized C．knew D．expected
A．However B．Or C．For D．But
A．happy B．excited C．busy D．silent
A．map B．picture C．figure D．image
A．information B．chance C．advice D．idea
A．world B．pieces C．paper D．magazine
A．shouting B．expecting C．running D．meeting
A．explained B．persuaded C．shouted D．discussed
A．asked B．led C．ordered D．showed
A．did up B．dealt with C．put out D．took out
A．looked it up B．got it around C．put it back D．turned it over
B．wasted C．delivered D．filled
A．shocked B．surprised C．satisfied D．tired
B．sure C．right D．quite
A．way B．page C．side D．place
A．funny B．difficult C．simple D．interesting
A．cover B．back C．top D．front
A．picture B．impression C．sculpture D．shade
Nearly two decades has passed, I still remember my favourite professor, James Sehwartz. Whenever he smiles, it’s as if you’d just been told the funniest joke on earth. Almost all his students are his friends, and almost all his students know his life story.
When James was a teenager, his father 36 him to a fur factory where he worked . This was during the Great Depression. The 37 was to get James a job.
James entered the factory, and immediately felt as if the 38 had closed in around him. The room was dark and hot, the windows covered with dust, and the 39 were packed tightly together, running like trains. The fur hairs were flying, 40a thickened air, and the workers, 41 the pieces of fur together, were bent over their needles 42 the boss marched up and down the rows, searching for them to go faster .James could hardly 43 . He stood next to his father, frozen with fear, hoping the boss wouldn’t 44 at him, too.
During lunch break, his father took James to the boss and pushed him in front of him, 45 if there was any work for his son. But 46 there was hardly enough 47 for the adult labours, for no one would give it up once he took a job.
Thus, for James, it was a 48 . He hated the place. He made a 49 that he kept to the end of his life: he would never do any work that brought 50 to someone else, and he would never allow himself to 51 money off the seat of others.
“What will you do?” his mother, Eva, would ask him.
“I don’t know,” he 52 say. He ruled out law, because he didn’t like 53 , and he ruled out medicine, because he couldn’t take the 54 of blood.
“What will you do?”
55 , my best professor I ever had became—he thought it was the job not to hurt anybody.
A．sent B．carried C．took D．admitted
A．idea B．condition C．situation D．way
A．lights B．walls C．chances D．doors
A．goods B．workers C．vehicles D．machines
A．sending B．creating C．taking D．disturbing
A．collecting B．pulling C．sewing D．drawing
A．as B．after C．if D．though
A．see B．breathe C．walk D．hear
A．scream B．scold C．rush D．attack
A．doubting B．asking C．questioning D．demanding
A．even B．still C．yet D．also
A．time B．office C．work D．occupation
A．comforting B．blessing C．regretting D．forgiving
A．request B．arrangement C．plan D．promise
A．injury B．harm C．damage D．inconvenience
A．make B．save C．pay D．let
A．should B．might C．could D．would
A．police B．lawyers C．judges D．government
A．sense B．feel C．sight D．scenery
A．Eventually B．Luckily C．Generally D．Basically
I finished my last work of the week and could hardly wait to get home, take off my nursing shoes, and relax.
As I _36_ my car, I saw one of my _37_ standing by the bus stop. I thought it would only take a couple of extra minutes to give her a ride home, and _38_, it was too cold to be standing outside on the coldest _39_ in January. I didn’t know where she lived, but I was _40_ I would be able to find my way back.
We _41_ about our work as I drove and _42_ we knew it, we arrived at her house. I started driving back. _43_ looked familiar, but at first that didn’t _44_ me. But soon I _45_ something wrong. I recognized nothing. But I told myself to stay _46_.
I was _47_ neighborhoods, streets and even streetlights. I no longer knew where I was now. How could I be so stupid! I looked down at my _48_. It was now 2:30 a.m. My gas was slowly running out. I _49_ the car and turned off the engine. In total defeat, I put my head down on the wheel, _50_. Then I raised my head and saw a(n) _51_ down the road in front of me. I turned my headlights on. A car! I drove a little _52_, got out of my car and knocked on the window of that car. An elderly man _53_ rolled his window down.
I said that I didn’t know how to get back into town. In silence, he started driving. I ran back to my car and drove behind him. Finally I _54_ a familiar street. As I turned to head home, the car disappeared. Then I _55_ my driveway (车道) when the warning light for my gas tank (汽油箱) turned on.
Though so many years have passed, I still thank the old man from my deepest heart.
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Jack had no choice but to have both his arms removed because of a severe accident after drinking a lot of alcohol. From then on, he has had to __36__ on his younger brother, who became his shadow, never leaving him alone for years. Except for writing with his toes, he was totally unable to do __37__ else. As the two brothers grew up together, they had their own problems and would often __38__. Finally, his younger brother went away and lived __39__, leaving him heartbroken and at a loss what to do.
__40__, a misfortune befell（降临）a girl. One night she was preparing dinner when the kerosene light on the stove was overturned, __41__ in a fire which took her hands away. Having decidedly __42__ her sister’s willingness to help her, she determined to be thoroughly __43__. At school, she always studied hard．Most of all she learned to be self-reliant. “I am lucky. Though my __44__ are broken, my heart can still fly.” she wrote in her blog.
One day, the young man and the girl were both invited to a（n）__45__ programme. The boy told the television hostess about his __46__ future, whereas the girl was full of __47__ for her life. They were both asked to write something on a piece of paper with their __48__. The boy: My younger brother’s arms are my arms. The girl: Broken wings, flying heart.
Both of them had the same ordeal（痛苦经历）, but their different __49__ determined the nature of their lives. As seems the case, __50__ disasters can strike our life at any time. How you handle the __51__ when faced with it is the true __52__ of your character. If you choose to __53__ or escape from the ordeal, it will follow you wherever you go. But if you decide to be strong, the __54__ will turn out to be a fortune on which new __55__will arise.
A．live B．stand C．rely D．assist
A．something B．everything C．nothing D．anything
A．quarrel B．share C．support D．dislike
A．happily B．sparately C．lonely D．disappointedly
A．Unfortunately B．Unexpectedly C．Naturally D．Similarly
A．leading B．bringing C．causing D．resulting
A．turned to B．turned down C．turned off D．turned against
A．alone B．free C．independent D．successful
A．arms B．wings C．dreams D．promises
A．interview B．radio C．sports D．health
A．uncertain B．hopeful C．bright D．miserable
A．calmness B．patience C．enthusiesm D．excitement
A．hands B．strength C．toes D．mouths
A．chatacters B．desires C．opinions D．attitudes
A．unexpected B．passive C．rough D．serious
A．emergency B．accident C．difficulty D．misfortune
A．test B．reflection C．display D．problem
A．ignore B．resist C．complain D．suffer
A．problem B．result C．hardship D．failure
A．solutions B．hopes C．ways D．rewards