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1、Unit 4 Earthquakes 阅读理解A(2018湖州模拟)As a child，I was generally happy，singing and dancing to my favorite songs，smiling and laughing with my friends and family.But as far back as second grade，I noticed a “darkness” about me.I didnt enjoy participating in many things.In middle school，things in my life be
2、gan to get even worse.I began withdrawing from everything I once enjoyed.I was always tired.Everything was horrible.Finally，midway through eighth grade，I was told I had a chemical imbalance，diagnosed(诊断)with clinical depression，and had to take medicine.It took months for me to feel the effects of th
3、e medicine.When I began to feel happy again is when I realized that I had to take the responsibility for getting better myself，rather than relying on medicine.Aristotle said，“To live happily is an inward power of the soul，” and I believe that this quote describes what I had to do to achieve happines
4、s.Happiness is a journey.Everyone seems to need different things to be happy.“The essentials(要素) to happiness are something to love，something to do，and something to hope for，”a quote from William Blake sums up what I believe people need to realize to be truly happy in life.People need love.I feel th
5、ey need their family and their friends more than anything else in the world.People need work to do，something to make them feel they are making a difference in the world.People need to know that more good is to come in the future，so they continue to live for “now” instead of constantly worrying about
6、 the bad that could come.Love and hope are happiness.【解题导语】作者根据自己克服抑郁症的经历总结出了幸福生活的要素。1What do we know about the author in Paragraph 2?AHe hated going to sleep because he couldnt sleep well.BHe spent months recovering from the clinical depression.CHe was diagnosed with clinical depression in Grade Se
7、ven.DHe suffered a great deal from clinical depression.D解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“I began withdrawing from.take medicine.”可知，在中学时，作者受到临床抑郁症的折磨。故选D项。2Who helped the author to be happy again?AThe authors friends.BAristotle.CThe author himself. DWilliam.C解析：细节理解题。根据文章第三段第一句“When I began to feel happy again is w
8、hen I realized that I had to take the responsibility for getting better myself，rather than relying on medicine.”可知，作者并不是依赖药物而是靠自己克服病症，重新快乐起来。故选C项。3What may be the best title for the text?AThe Essentials to HappinessBWays to Overcome ShortcomingsCEveryone Needs to Be HappyDHappiness Is LoveA解析：标题归纳题。
9、通读文章，作者根据自己克服抑郁症的经历，总结出幸福生活的要素，文章最后一段具体阐述了要素的内容，由此可知A项契合文章主旨。BSome pigs tend to be optimistic while others are pessimistic，according to a new research that is meaningful to animal welfare. The study，published in the journal Biology Letters，is the first to show that mood and personality interact in a
10、n animal，influencing judgment.Asher，a researcher at the University of Newcastles Institute of Neuroscience，and her team housed groups of pigs in two types of environment. One reflected standard commercial conditions and the other was cushier with more space and plenty of soft，deep straw. After the p
11、igs got accustomed to these new homes over a few weeks，the researchers picked 18 pigs from each type to train and test their judgment. “To do this，we trained each pig. In one corner of a training room there would be a bowl with chocolate sweetspigs love themand at the opposite side of the room there
12、 would be a bowl containing coffee beans，which pigs find bittertasting，”a researcher said.Over a number of training trials，pigs learned to go to the bowl reliably when it was in the corner where they had figured out to expect chocolate sweets. On the contrary，they quickly learned to avoid the bowl w
13、hen it was in the corner where they would expect to find the coffee beans.The researchers next placed an unfamiliar bowl in different locations，to see how the pigs would react. Some gaily dashed to the bowl no matter what was inside，showing optimism that it would contain their favorite sweets. Other
14、s，however，behaved as though they expected it to contain coffee beans，displaying pessimism.The findings suggest that a onesizefitsall answer to animal welfare issues does not exist. Even if pigs are just equal to bacon or other meat for some people，there is still cause for concern. Studies have sugge
15、sted that how an animal is treated during its lifetime can directly affect meat quality and taste.【解题导语】本文是一篇研究报告，讲述情绪和性格在动物中的相互作用。4What was the study trying to figure out?AHow to make pigs happier.BThe similarities between humans and pigs.CHow living environment affected pigs mood.DHow pigs mood an
16、d personality affected their judgment.D解析：细节理解题。根据文章第一段第二句“The study，published in the journal Biology Letters，is the first to show that mood and personality interact in an animal，influencing judgment.”可知，选项D的概括符合题意。所以选项D正确。5What does the underlined word “cushier” in Paragraph 2 mean?ASimple. BMore comfortable.CUnpractical. DLess free.B解析：词义猜测题。根据画线词后的
