Question

Have you ever had problem in your life and don't know how to be happy? If ___, you will find "Being a Happy Teenager" written by an Australian writer Andrew Matthews ___ .In his book, Matthews tells us how to have a happy life and answers the questions of teenagers.

There are many subjects, such as parents and friends, and the book says we should stop___ and forgive. The book tells us some useful skills, such as how to put what you have learned into pictures of your mind to____ your memory better.

Many teenagers think that happiness comes from a good exam result or praise from other people. You can ____ be happy when there are no ___ "good" things. Success comes from a good attitude. If you ___problems, you will have success in the future.

Some school students have problems, such as being too tall or too short. But Matthews tells us that happiness comes from thinking about things___ a positive way. If you are tall, people notice you and you can get a ___ view at the movie. If you are short, your clothes and shoes take less ____ in your bedroom! This is Matthews’ important lesson: you choose to be happy.

1.A. so    B. not    C. do    D. don’t

2.A. used    B. useless    C. use    D. useful

3.A. to be angry    B. be angry    C. being angry    D. be angry

4.A. make    B. let    C. change    D. keep

5.A. yet    B. already    C. often    D. still

6.A. such    B. so    C. such a    D. so a

7.A. hear from    B. learn from    C. come from    D. hear of

8.A. at    B. in    C. on    D. into

9.A. lower    B. worse    C. better    D. best

10.A. place    B. rooms    C. places    D. room

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.B

9.C

10.D

【解析】

本文主要介绍了Andrew Matthews的书中的方法，教给我们怎么样能保持快乐的心情。

1.句意：如果是这样的话，你会发现由澳大利亚作者Andrew Matthews写的"Being a Happy Teenager"这本书很有用。根据上文“Have you ever had problem in your life and don't know how to be happy?”及后文“Matthews tells us how to have a happy life and answers the questions of teenagers.”可知作者想表达“如果情况是这样的话”对上述情况进行肯定，所以用so,故选A。

2.句意：你会发现由澳大利亚作者Andrew Matthews写的"Being a Happy Teenager"这本书很有用。A. used是use过去式 B. useless无用的 C. use使用，v. D. useful有用的，根据句子结构分析用到句型：find sth +形容词，根据“Matthews tells us how to have a happy life and answers the questions of teenagers.”可知这本书可以告诉你怎么快乐的生活，所这本书很有用的，故选D。

3.句意：这本书告诉我们，我们应该停止生气并且原谅别人。stop doing sth 停止做某事，angry 是形容词，所以前面必须加be动词，所以是stop being angry, 故选C。

4.句意：这本书告诉我们一些有用的技巧，比如怎么把你所学的东西放入头脑，使你的记忆力更好。A. make使 B. let让 C. change改变 D. keep保持，根据语境判断“使你的记忆更好”更符合题意，所以是make, 故选A。

5.句意：你仍然可以很高兴当没有这些“好”事情的时候。A. yet然而，表转折 B. already已经 C. often经常D. still仍然，根据语境这里表示“仍然”所以用still, 故选D。

6.句意：你仍然可以很高兴当没有这些“好”事情的时候。so很跟形容词，.如此… such后跟名词，表示如此…，因为这里修饰的是good things, 是名词短语，所以前面用such, things 是复数，such后不需要加a, 故选A。

7.句意：如果你能从问题中学习，你将来就能成功。A. hear from 听说 B. learn from 从…中学习 C. come from来自 D. hear of听说，根据语境，learn from最符合题意，故选B。

8.句意：但是Matthews告诉我们，幸福来自于用积极的方式思考问题。这里是考察的介词短语in a….way, 以一种….的方式，故选B。

9.句意：如果你很高，人们很容易注意到你，并且你可以在看电影时有一个很好的视觉效果。A. lower更低的B. worse更糟糕的 C. better更好的 D. best最好的，根据生活常识可知，个子高的人在看电影时不会受视线的阻挡，所以视觉效果更好，这里是和个子矮的人相比较，所以用比较级，故选C。

10.句意：如果你矮的话，你的衣服和鞋子在房间里会占用更少的空间。“占用空间”固定短语，take…room, room做空间讲时是不可数名词，故选D。