19.Teenagers at one German school are learning how to achieve happiness alongside other traditional subjects such as math and languages.The class sit in a circle with their eyes shut and they count from one to ten:someone starts,the next voice comes from the far right,a third from the other side.
The aim of the game is to listen for an opportunity to shout out the number without clashing (冲突) with another voice or leaving a pause.On the first try,most of the young Germans try to be first,while a few are too shy to join in,but by the fifth time round,they develop a rhythm (节奏).The message:give other people space but also confidently claim your own.This is a requirement for social well-being.
The Willy Hellpach School in Heidelberg is the first in the nation to develop a happiness course.
It is intended for students preparing for university entrance exams.
"The course isn't there to make you happy,"Ernst Fritz-Schubert,the school principal,warned pupils,"but rather to help you discover the ways to become happy."
Cooking a meal together is one of the class exercises.Improving body language under the guidance of two professional actresses is another.
The course is taught for three periods a week.Although it's the happy subject,the pupils themselves insist it is no laughing matter.
"In the first period,we had to each say something positive about another member of the class and about ourselves.No laughing at people,"said Fanny,17.
Research by the school shows it is not the first to start happiness classes:they also exist at some US universities,mainly based on positive thinking,using findings from studies of depression.
33.What's the writing purpose of this passage?B
A.To describe all the traditional courses.
B.To introduce the happiness course.
C.To develop the readers'interest in happiness.
D.To help students struggle against being sad.
34.According to the passage,the happiness course isD.
A.created by the Willy Hellpach School
B.to make all the students happy all the time
C.required to be taken by the first year students
D.to help students discover the way to happiness
35.It can be inferred from the passage thatA.
A.the students'self-respect can also improve happiness
B.the students just took the course as a laughing matter
C.the students can certainly become happy after the course
D.the students waste time learning something without value.
分析 本文讲述了在德国一家学校孩子们学习如何获得快乐的方法,包括增强自信心,使用肢体语言等.
解答 33.B.推理判断题.文章开头提出在德国一家学校孩子们学习如何获得快乐,然后在下文对此进行详细介绍,可知文章主要目的是介绍这门课程,故选B.
34.D.细节理解题.由文章第五段The course isn't there to make you happy,"Ernst Fritz-Schubert,the school principal,warned pupils,"but rather to help you discover the ways to become happy,可知这种课程是为了让学生学习如何获得快乐的方法,故选D.
35.A.推理判断题.由倒数第二段"In the first period,we had to each say something positive about another member of the class and about ourselves,可知对自己说一些积极鼓励的话也是课程的一部分,可推知自信会提高他们的快乐,故需A.
点评 本篇文章难点在推理判断题上.推理判断题要以表面文字为前提,以具体事实为依据进行推理,做出判断.这种推理方式比较直接,考生只要弄清事实,即可结合上下文推断出合理的结论.