stay happy for long periods, although it cannot be lasting. Martin Seligman at University of Pennsylvania argues that day-to-day happiness comes from two things: pleasures and satisfactions. Pleasures are rich experiences that simply make us feel good things like eating cake or drinking wine. While pleasures can be quite satisfying, the enjoyment we get from them is short-lived.
Satisfactions are activities that we like to do and we give all we have to them. They are often challenging, and we have to draw_on personal skills and strengths to perform them. For some people, satisfactions come with work. Doctors, for example, often become so concentrated in an operation that hours pass without them noticing the time. For others, it may be hobbies like gardening, playing tennis or stamp collecting. These satisfactory activities affect the mood in a way that appears to be lasting.
Too often, people choose pleasures over satisfactions because they are easier and the effects are more immediate. Though pleasures may work for a while, there are bad effects. Pleasurable activities become less enjoyable if overused. Always choosing pleasures over satisfactions can also prevent people from developing their personal strengths, which, if they're not put to work, will die.
15．How many aspects are mentioned that affect one's staying happy? A．Two. B．Three. C．Four. D．Five.
16．Compared with pleasures, satisfactions ________. A．have immediate effect and work quickly B．are more meaningful and last longer C．are more easily ignored by people D．depend mostly on one's genetics
17．The underlined phrase “draw on” means ________.
A．learn B．find C．improve D．use
18．What is the best title for the passage? A．How to Be a Happier Person?
B．It's Impossible to Stay Happy Long. C．Pleasures Are Different From Satisfactions. D．The Factors That Affect Our Happiness. Ⅲ.完成句子
阅读下列各小题，根据每句后的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。 19．I don't know what's wrong with me today; I __________ things. (keep) 今天不知道是怎么回事，我老是打碎东西。
20．I ____________________ a play ever since I came here. (write) 我来这儿之后一直在写一个剧本。
21．What a teacher needs to do first is __________________ the subject he teaches. (get)
老师必须做的第一件事就是让学生对他所教的科目感兴趣。 22．It was by his good attitude ____________________. (find) 正是因为他良好的态度我们才觉得他可靠。
23．____________________， nothing can change it. (make) 一旦她下了决心，没有东西能让她改变主意。
24．The manager insisted that the work ________________ by the middle of June. (finish)
经理坚持要求六月中旬前完成工作。
25．He is so stubborn that no one ______________________ anything. (persuade)
他太固执，以至于没人能说服他做任何事情。
26．A determined person always tries to finish the job, ____________________. (how)
意志坚定的人总是努力完成工作，无论它有多么难。
27．____________________ directed by the famous director, I made up my mind to become a director too. (time)
第一次看那位著名导演指导的电影时，我就下定决心也要成为一名导演。 28．He ____________________the Great Wall is not a true man. (reach) 不到长城非好汉。
答案
课时作业(三)
Ⅰ.1.D 考查名词词义辨析。句意：当你找工作时，能说一口流利的外语是一个优势。chance 机会，可能性，意外；success 成功；effort 努力；advantage 优势，优点，有利条件。
2．C 考查动词短语辨析。句意：由于地震后大部分房屋被毁，许多人不得不住在体育馆。put up 供给……住宿，举起，推举，提供，建造；put away 把……收好；put out 扑灭；put off 拖延，推迟。
3．B 考查名词词义辨析。view 指从某个位置或角度看到的景色；sight 指眼前看到的景观；scene 场景，布景，多数包括景物中的人及活动在内；scenery某地总的自然风光或景色。
4．C 考查动词短语辨析。句意：在哥本哈根气候会议上，富裕国家许诺到2020年每年设立1000亿美元的基金以帮助发展中国家。set up 建立，设立；make up 编造；put up 搭建；send up 发射。
5．C 考查名词词义辨析。句意：尽管人们的饮食态度有着很大的不同，但是毫无疑问，西方人把中国的饮食看做是某种特殊的东西。point点，意义；idea主意，念头； attitude态度，看法；sight视力。
6．A 考查动词词义辨析。句意：教授在演讲之前理顺他的想法，以便于别人能更好地理解他的意思。organize意思是“组织”，其宾语常常是“会议、活动”等；当one's idea，one's thoughts，oneself作宾语时，其意思是“使思想条理化、打腹稿”。recognize辨认，辨别；realize实现；advertise做广告。
7．C 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她很固执，得到正式道歉之前她不会让步。stubborn 顽固的，固执的；simple简单的；lucky幸运的；proper恰当的，正确的。
8．D 考查副词词义辨析。句意：你认为网上购物最终会替代商场购物吗？ especially 特别，尤其；frequently经常；merely仅仅；finally最终。
9．C 考查动词词义辨析。句意：千万不要让自己被说服去买自己不想要的东
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