二、阅读理解(11-30)

Do you want to live with astrong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self-respect? Thecollection of happiness actions broadly categorized as "honor" helpyou create this life of good feelings.

Here's an example to show howhonorable actions create happiness.

Say a store clerk fails tocharge us for an item.If we keep silent, and profit from the clerk's mistake, we woulddrive home with a sense of sneaky excitement.Later wemight tell our family or friends about our good fortune.On the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item,the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty.We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we mightnever share with another soul.

Then, what is it to do with oursense of happiness?

In the first case, where wedon't tell the clerk, a couple of things would happen.Deep down inside we would knowourselves as a type of thief.In the process, we wouldlose some peace of mind and self-respect.We would alsodemonstrate that we cannot be trusted,since we advertise our dishonor bytelling our family and friends.We damage our own repu-tationsby telling others.In contrast, bringing the error tothe clerk's attention causes dif-ferent things to happen.Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable.Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self-respect isincreased.Whenever we take honorable ac-tion we gainthe deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility.

There is a beautiful positivecycle that is created by living a life of honorable ac-tions.Honorable thoughts lead tohonorable actions.Honorable actions lead us to ahappier existence.And it's easy to think and act honorablyagain when we're happy.While the posi-tive cycle canbe difficult to start, once it's started, it's easy to continue.Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which isimportant for our happiness.

11.According to the passage, the positiveaction in the example contributes to our__________.

A.self-respect

B.financial rewards

C.advertising ability

D.friendly relationship

答案：A

12.The author thinks that keepingsilent about the uncharged item is equal to __________.

A.lying

B.stealing

C.cheating

D.advertising

答案：B

13.The phrase "bringing theerror to the clerk's attention" (in Para.5) means__________.

A.telling the truth to the clerk

B.offering advice to the clerk

C.asking the clerk to be more attentive

D.reminding the clerk of the charged item

答案：A

14.How will we feel if we let theclerk know her mistake?

A.We'll be very excited.

B.We'll feel unfortunate.

C.We'll have a sense of honor.

D.We'll feel sorry for the clerk.

答案：C

15.Which of the following can be thebest title of this passage?

A.How to Live Truthfully.

B.Importance of Peacefulness.

C.Ways of Gaining Self-respect.

D.Happiness Through Honorable Actions.

答案：D

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