Question

【題目】 The way we spend our time can be divided into three groups, or “jars”. These would be the necessary tasks jar, the voluntary tasks jar and the happiness jar.

Every day, we spend time filling the necessary tasks jar. We fill this jar with useful things, like making money, housework, buying food and paying bills. We then fill another jar with voluntary tasks. These are things that we do for others, but we may not enjoy them. This jar is filled with tasks like taking children to activities and cooking family meals. Those jars are very important. If we don’t fill them each day, our family won’t run properly.

However, we often forget to fill the third jar --- the happiness jar. This is the jar that we fill with activities that make us happy. Is your happiness jar sometimes empty at the end of the day? We all have days like that. Between doing all the necessary and voluntary tasks, time flies by on some days, and before we know it, it is time for bed.

That is why each day we try to fill our happiness jar. Most days, I fill mine by going to the ballroom dance(社交舞) class with my husband and daughter. Between the music, the dancing and the friendship among the students, I always leave classes happier than when I entered.

Music is another way that I fill my happiness jar. This week, I was happy to take part in an orchestra(管弦樂隊(duì)) practice at my church(教堂). A small group of us met to practice Christmas music for a church service. It was a time of fun, friendship and music making. At the end of the evening, my happiness jar was full.

This week, consider how your time is spent. Are you doing enough activities that bring joy to your life? Or are the necessary and voluntary tasks eating up all your time? Try to find ways to achieve a balance between how you are filling your three jars. At the end of the day, hopefully we’ve done all we can to make sure that our happiness jar is filled.

【1】From the first three paragraph, we can infer(推斷) that ____________.

A. necessary and voluntary tasks are more important than happiness

B. voluntary tasks are those we do for others with pleasure and joy

C. time goes quicker when we do the first two tasks than the third

D. doing the first two tasks often leaves us little time to fill the third jar

【2】Which of the following is TRUE about the writer?

A. She is always unhappy when she attends the dance club.

B. She goes to the ballroom dance class to make herself happy every single day.

C. Dancing and music are the two usual ways that she makes herself happy.

D. She takes her husband and daughter to dance club in order to make them happy.

【3】What can we do to fill the happiness jar according to the passage?

A. Wash clothesB. Watch a filmC. Mop the floorD. Look after children

【4】What can we know from Paragraph 4 and 5?

A. The writer took a class at church to practice music.

B. The writer finds friendship is important for her happiness.

C. The writer was invited to attend an orchestra as she is good at singing.

D. The writer was going to listen to music at church at Christmas.

【5】The writer wrote this article mainly to _______________.

A. tell readers how to relax in daily lifeB. tell readers the best way to use their time

C. remind readers to take time to make themselves happyD. tell the importance of necessary and voluntary tasks

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】B

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

本文把我們花時(shí)間的方式分為三個(gè)時(shí)間罐子，這些罐子裝著不同的任務(wù)，裝必要的任務(wù)罐子，裝自愿的任務(wù)罐子和幸福的罐子。必要的任務(wù)罐子裝滿了有用的東西，比如賺錢、做家務(wù)、買食物和付賬單。自愿的任務(wù)罐子裝滿了諸如帶孩子去活動(dòng)和烹飪家庭食物之類的任務(wù)。我們不每天填滿自愿的任務(wù)罐子，我們的家庭就無法正常運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)。幸福的罐子是一個(gè)讓我們快樂的罐子。但是我們常常忘記填滿它。作者用音樂、舞蹈和友誼裝滿第三個(gè)罐子的。作者認(rèn)為在如何填滿三個(gè)罐子之間找到平衡的方法。在一天結(jié)束的時(shí)候，盡了最大的努力確保我們的幸福罐子是滿的。

【1】題意：從前三段，我們可以推斷，____________�？疾橥评砼袛囝}。A. necessary and voluntary tasks are more important than happiness必要和自愿的任務(wù)比幸福更重要；B. voluntary tasks are those we do for others with pleasure and joy志愿任務(wù)是我們?yōu)樗�人所做的愉快和快樂的任�?wù)；C. time goes quicker when we do the first two tasks than the third前兩項(xiàng)任務(wù)的時(shí)間比第三項(xiàng)快；D. doing the first two tasks often leaves us little time to fill the third jar做前兩個(gè)任務(wù)通常只剩下很少的時(shí)間來填第三個(gè)罐子。通讀前三段特別是第3段第一句“However, we often forget to fill the third jar --- the happiness jar.（然而，我們常常忘記填滿第三個(gè)罐子----幸福罐子。）” 可以推斷出“做前兩個(gè)任務(wù)通常只剩下很少的時(shí)間來填第三個(gè)罐子�！惫蔬xD。

【2】題意：關(guān)于作者，以下哪一項(xiàng)是正確的？考查推理判斷題。A. She is always unhappy when she attends the dance club. 她參加舞會(huì)時(shí)總是不高興；B. She goes to the ballroom dance class to make herself happy every single day. 她每天都去上交際舞課，以使自己快樂；C. Dancing and music are the two usual ways that she makes herself happy. 跳舞和音樂是她讓自己快樂的兩種常見方式；D. She takes her husband and daughter to dance club in order to make them happy.她帶著丈夫和女兒去舞蹈俱樂部，讓他們開心。根據(jù)第4（Most days, I fill mine by going to the ballroom dance(社交舞) class with my husband and daughter. 大多數(shù)時(shí)候，我和我的丈夫和女兒一起去上交際舞課。）段和第5段（Music is another way that I fill my happiness jar. 音樂是另一種讓我充滿快樂的方式。）可知“跳舞和音樂是她讓自己快樂的兩種常見方式”；故選C。

【3】題意：根據(jù)本文，我們能做些什么來填滿幸福罐子呢？考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。A. Wash clothes洗衣服；B. Watch a film看電影；C. Mop the floor拖地；D. Look after children照看孩子。根據(jù)第2段第2和3句We fill this jar with useful things, like making money, housework, buying food and paying bills. We then fill another jar with voluntary tasks. These are things that we do for others, but we may not enjoy them. his jar is filled with tasks like taking children to activities and cooking family meals可知有用的罐子是像賺錢、做家務(wù)、買食物和付賬單等，自愿的罐子是我們?yōu)樗�人做的事情，但我們可能不喜歡這些事情，諸如帶孩子去活動(dòng)和烹飪家庭食物之類的任務(wù)�？芍�A、B和D是自愿罐子；根據(jù)第三段第2句This is the jar that we fill with activities that make us happy.（這是一個(gè)讓我們快樂的罐子。）可知“幸福罐子一個(gè)讓我們快樂的罐子�！苯Y(jié)合題意可知選B。

【4】題意：從第4段和第5段我們可以知道什么？考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。A. The writer took a class at church to practice music. 作者在教堂上了一節(jié)課練習(xí)音樂；B. The writer finds friendship is important for her happiness. 作者發(fā)現(xiàn)友誼對(duì)她的幸福很重要；C. The writer was invited to attend an orchestra as she is good at singing. 作家因擅長(zhǎng)唱歌而被邀請(qǐng)參加管弦樂隊(duì)；D. The writer was going to listen to music at church at Christmas.作者打算在圣誕節(jié)去教堂聽音樂。根據(jù)第4段最后一句Between the music, the dancing and the friendship among the students, I always leave classes happier than when I entered.（在音樂、舞蹈和學(xué)生之間的友誼之間，我每次上課都比進(jìn)學(xué)校的時(shí)候高興。）和第5段第4句It was a time of fun, friendship and music making.（那是一個(gè)充滿樂趣、友誼和音樂的時(shí)間。）可知“作者發(fā)現(xiàn)友誼對(duì)她的幸福很重要；”故選B。

【5】題意：作者寫這篇文章主要是為了__________________�？疾橹髦祭斫狻�A. tell readers how to relax in daily life 告訴讀者如何在日常生活中放松；B. tell readers the best way to use their time告訴讀者使用時(shí)間的最佳方式；C. remind readers to take time to make themselves happy提醒讀者花時(shí)間讓自己快樂；D. tell the importance of necessary and voluntary tasks說明必要和自愿任務(wù)的重要性。根據(jù)最后一段最后一句At the end of the day, hopefully we’ve done all we can to make sure that our happiness jar is filled.（在一天結(jié)束的時(shí)候，希望我們已經(jīng)盡了最大的努力來確保我們的幸福罐子是滿的。）可知“作者寫這篇文章主要是為了提醒讀者花時(shí)間讓自己快樂；”故選C。

對(duì)于閱讀理解題，首先要粗讀文章了解大意，其次通過細(xì)讀，理解全文。在粗讀的基礎(chǔ)上，仔細(xì)閱讀題后所給的題目，根據(jù)題目要求，再有重點(diǎn)地返回來仔細(xì)閱讀。在閱讀理解的題目中，所設(shè)問題主要有以下幾種方式：找主題或概括文章的中心思想、就文中的具體事實(shí)和情節(jié)進(jìn)行提問、根據(jù)文章的表層意思進(jìn)行深層次的推理判斷等，在細(xì)讀時(shí)，要根據(jù)設(shè)問的方式，進(jìn)行有側(cè)重地閱讀。1、概括文章中心思想。1)文首呈現(xiàn)主題句。2)文尾出現(xiàn)主題句。3)首尾呼應(yīng)展現(xiàn)主題。4)文中表述主題。前面提出問題，文中的主題由隨之陳述的細(xì)節(jié)或合乎邏輯的引申在文中導(dǎo)出，而后再做進(jìn)一步的解釋。5)文章沒有主題句。在這種情況下，考生要把所有的細(xì)節(jié)綜合起來。進(jìn)行邏輯推理，概括歸納出文章的主題句。2.掌握文章的具體事實(shí)和重要情節(jié)。在考題中，經(jīng)常會(huì)見到就文章中某一具體事實(shí)和重要情節(jié)進(jìn)行測(cè)試的題目。