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1、0分钟；命题人：xxx学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_题号一二三四五六七总分得分注意事项1答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息2请将答案正确填写在答题卡上第I卷（选择题）评卷人一、阅读理解（题型注释）Most parents and teachers want children to be happy. To that end, parents find themselves doing things for kids to make them happy, like buying gifts, taking them for ice cream, playing games togeth

2、er, or helping with homework.Teachers are constantly doing things for children, too, like bringing treats to class, planning fun trips, and supporting students in other immeasurable ways.Do acts of kindness toward children make us happier parents and teachers? Of course they do.Unfortunately, we don

3、t make children happy by simply enabling them to be receivers of kindness. We increase their feelings of happiness and well-being by teaching them to be givers of kindness.The truth is that children are born to be altruistic. But somewhere between birth and 4th grade, they are socialized to think mo

4、re about themselves than others.How do we change this and improve childrens well-being?A recent study, Kindness Counts, conducted by researchers from the University of British Columbia and the University of California, broke new ground by showing the benefits gained by teens when they were taught ha

5、ppiness-increasing skills.For a month, several hundred 9-11-year-olds performed and recorded three acts of kindness each week for anyone they wished. Another several hundred kept track of three pleasant places they visited during the week.Not surprisingly, the results were consistent with adult stud

6、ies. When kids performed acts of kindness or took notice of the pleasant places they visited during the week, they significantly increased feelings of happiness and satisfaction.But hose who performed acts of kindness received an additional benefit. Measuring how well children were liked or accepted

7、 by their peers（同伴）, the study showed those who performed acts of kindness gained an average of 1.5 friends during the four-week period - good support for the idea that “nice guys finish first.”1、What do most parents and teachers do to make children happy?ADo good deeds for them.BTake them to see fu

8、nny things.CTeach them the secret of happiness.DDevelop their happiness-increasing skills.2、The underlined word “altruistic” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to “”.AoptimisticBenergeticCcuriousDgenerous3、What can be concluded from the study?AChildren can change their attitude easily.BHappy peopl

9、e are likely to do good deeds.CActs of kindness are the key to happiness.DVisits to places lead to much more happiness.4、What does the underlined part “additional benefit” in the last paragraph refer to?AWinning support from teachers.BBroadening their social circle.CShowing respect for others.DGetti

10、ng higher test scores.All American dollar bills（纸币）weigh the same, theyre the same size, and theyre made of the same material. “There are no physical marks for those with vision（视力）loss, who need an effective means of knowing how much it is, a $1 or a $100?” explains Vencer Cotton, director of techn

11、ology and training at the Columbia Lighthouse for the Bind in Washington D.C.NOW there is something that comes pretty close. Meet the iBill, a piece of plastic about the size of a large cigarette lighter. Equipped with one AAA battery, a couple of buttons and a speaker, the iBill is designed to be s

12、imple. A narrow opening allows for a U.S. Bill to be placed inside and upon scanning, it will say the amount the bill is worth. However, even though the iBill can do that job for you, it doesnt mean itll tell you if a bill is real or even how much you have.Created by Orbit Research, it will be the f

13、irst money reader distributed by the U.S.Bureau of engraving and Printing （BEP）. THE BUREAU WILL SOON BE SHIPPING iBills, free of charge, across the country. “It is my No. 1 choice,” Cotton says of the iBill, especially when it comes to sorting money as fast as possible.”There are actually a bunch o

14、f apps（应用程序）that can do what the iBill ca, made convenient by the iPhones voiceover functions. In particular, EyeNote was also developed by the U.S. BEP to help distinguish bills. Another app, called LookTel, offers recognition for a large number of countries bills and VisionHunt distinguishes diffe

15、rent kinds of bills and offers many tools to the blind. “But a lot of blind people cant afford an iPhone,” says Shawn Callaway, president of the National Federation of the Blind of Washington D.C.5、The iBill was invented to .Apay for things at certain shopsBhelp children sort out their moneyChelp the blind recognize