According to researchers．money can buy happiness, but only if you spend it on someone else．
Spending as little as $5 a day on someone else could significantly bring you happiness, the team at the University of British Columbia and Harvard Business School found．
Their experiments on more than 630 Americans showed they were measurably（適度地） happier when they spent money on others--even if they thought spending the money on themselves would make them happier．
"We wanted to test our theory that how people spend their money is at least as important as how much money they earn," said Elizabeth Dunn, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia．
They asked their 600 volunteers first to rate their general happiness, report their annual income and detail their monthly spending including bills, gifts for themselves, gifts for others and donations to charity．
"Regardless of how much income each person made, those who spent money on others reported greater happiness, while those who spent more on themselves did not," Dunn said in a statement．
Dunn's team also surveyed 16 employees at a company in Boston before and after they received an annual profit-sharing bonus（獎(jiǎng)金） of between $3,000 and $8,000．
"Employees who devoted more of their bonus to pro-social spending experienced greater happiness after receiving the bonus, and the manner in which they spent that bonus was a more important predictor of their happiness than the size of the bonus itself," they wrote in their report, published in the journal Science．
They gave their volunteers $5 or $20 and half got clear instructions on how to spend it．Those who spent the money on someone or something else reported feeling happier about it．
"These findings suggest that very minor alterations（改動(dòng)） in spending allocations（分配） - as little as $5 - may be enough to produce real gains in happiness on a given day," Dunn said．
小題1:According to the passage,_____________．
A．the more money you spend on others, the happier you are
B．spending money on others can bring you happiness
C．Elizabeth Dunn is a psychologist from Harvest Business School
D．six hundred volunteers took part in the experiment
小題2:The 16 employees mentioned in the passage _________．
A．were given clear instructions on how to spend the bonus
B．had more happiness than the size of the bonus itself
C．experienced greater happiness after receiving their bonus
D．felt happier after they contributed much of the bonus of charities
小題3:Dunn’s statement suggested that ______________．
A．those who spent money on others felt happier no matter how much they earned
B．those who spent more money on themselves felt happier
C．people thought spending money could make themselves happier
D．the money spent was as important as the money earned
小題4:The best title of this passage is ___________．
A．Experiment on Money Spending
B．Spending Money on Others Makes One Happier
C．Devoting Your Money to Charities
D．Bonus and Pro-social Spending

小題1:B
小題1:D
小題1:A
小題1:B
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That message came through when China joined Russia in blocking action on Syria.
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A．China often uses its veto power on international issues.
B．China never uses its veto power on international issues.
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D．China should not have veto power in the U.N.
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London, Reuters---What could annoy teenagers enough to make them stop hanging out with friends and go home？
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It’s high-frequency noise. The UK police recently agreed to use a device (裝置) called the Sonic Teenager Deterrent. It sends out a sound that makes teenagers become so impatient and angry that they have to cover their ears tightly and walk away.
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C．help mothers control their teenage children
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A．Scandinavians are the happiest people in the world
B．the research is carried out by Oxford University
C．the people of the northern countries are much happier
D．Italians expressed their trust in politics and institutions
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A．senseB．lifeC．reportD．range
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A. Subjunctive.          B. Objective.    C. Pessimistic.    D: Optimistic.
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Unlike Shenzhou-V, a little more than a year ago (in October, 2003), the next flight will see two astronauts fly in space for five days. Their capsule (太空艙) is designed to be capable（能夠）of orbiting（繞軌道運(yùn)行） for a whole week, the spokesperson said. “For the first time, astronauts will enter and live in the orbital module（艙） of the spacecraft to do scientific experiments,” said a statement from CAST. CAST did not say what those experiments will be.
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　　		B．It is capable of orbiting for two weeks.
　　		C．It will be sent into orbit atop a Long March 2F rocket.
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A．Shenzhou-VI’s being sent into space.
　　		B．A model of the Chang’e-1 satellite will be sent to orbit the moon.
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The chief said, "If cameras had been in those cars．we wouldn't have had to pay one cent． We're always pulling over drunks or drug users who try to fight the police or shoot them．Then they always claim （聲稱） that the police start beating them first or start shooting at them first．"
The cost of installing cameras will be about $500 each．The city council （委員會(huì)） will vote on the proposal （提議） next Monday．Ten of the 13 council members said that they like the idea． One member said that it makes good sense．
The police officers enthusiastically support camera use．One officer said that too many people think the police often lie; cameras would show citizens that police tell the truth．"The money that we've been spending on lawsuits will be better spent on more cameras," said one officer．
Citizen opinions to the idea of police car cameras are mixed．One person, said that the police should have started doing this years ago when video cameras were invented．But an elderly man strongly objected．'These police are trying to stick their nose into everything," he said．He was going to attend the council meeting to condemn the proposal．He hoped that other citizens would join him.
小題1:We can learn from what the chief said that with cameras on ___．
A．the police will not be treated unjustly
B．the police will be free from any lawsuits
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D．the police can monitor everything around
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A．To pay less money on lawsuits．
B．To cut the number of lawsuits．
C．To prevent lawsuits from happening．
D．To stop being beaten by law-breakers．
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（Reuters）--- A Michigan man credited his dog with saving his life by chewing off his diseased big toe as he lay passed out in a drunken stupor(昏迷)
Jerry Douthett, 48, who woke up on a Saturday night in late July in his Rockford, Michigan home to find his Jack Russell Terrier, Kiko, had gnawed off his right big toe.
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C．Douthett never got that drunkD．Douthett had seen a doctor for his disease
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A．is in top physical conditionB．was trained at an early age
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A．It is hard for the couple to explain the dog’s behaviour
B．Jerry Douthett went to see a doctor because of Kiko’s chewing his big toe..
C．The couple shouldn’t have to pay the co-pay because Kiko did half the job.
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WASHINGTON — Money can buy happiness, but only if you spend it on someone else, according to researchers.
Spending as little as $5 a day on someone else could significantly boost happiness, the team at the University of British Columbia and Harvard Business School found on Thursday.
Their experiments on more than 630 Americans showed they were measurably happier when they spent money on others --- even if they thought spending the money on themselves would make them happier.
“We wanted to test our theory that how people spend their money is at least as important as how much money they earn,” said Elizabeth Dunn, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia.
They asked their 600 volunteers first to rate their general happiness, report their annual income and detail their monthly spending including bills, gifts for themselves, gifts for others and donations to charity.
“Regardless of how much income each person made, those who spent money on others reported greater happiness, while those who spent more on themselves did not,” Dunn said in a statement.
Dunn’s team also surveyed 16 employees at a company in Boston before and after they received an annual profit-sharing bonus of between $3,000 and $8,000.
“Employees who devoted more of their bonus to pro-social spending experienced greater happiness after receiving the bonus, and the manner in which they spent that bonus was a more important predictor of their happiness than the size of the bonus itself,” they wrote in their report, published in the journal Science.
“Finally, participants who were randomly (隨機(jī)地) required to spend money on others experienced greater happiness than those required to spend money on themselves,” they said.
They gave their volunteers $5 or $20 and half got clear instructions on how to spend it. Those who spent the money on someone or something else reported feeling happier about it.
“These findings suggest that very minor adjustment in spending allocations (分配) --- as little as $5 --- may be enough to produce real gains in happiness on a given day,” Dunn said.
This could also explain why people are no happier even though US society is richer.
“Indeed, although real incomes have increased dramatically in recent decades, happiness levels have remained largely flat within developed countries across time,” they wrote.
小題1:
Dune’s experiment on 630 Americans was to ________.
A．help people make careful plans for their moneyB．encourage people to be generous to others
C．see how to spend money is important to happinessD．test whether $5 is enough to buy happiness
小題2:
What can we conclude according to the experiment?
A．Happiness largely depends on the size of your bonus money.
B．Happiness, as a matter of fact, has nothing to do with money.
C．The more money you give away, the happier person you will be.
D．Spending money for the good of society will make you happier.
小題3:
How many different ways are used by the researchers to test their theory?
A．Two.B．Three.C．Four.D．Five.
小題4:
The last sentence of the passage means _______.
A．happiness does not necessary increase as money grows
B．people in richer countries actually have more problems
C．fast economic growth has a bad effect on people’s life
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NEW YORK (AP) — In a report, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said 47 percent of U.S. adult Internet users have looked for information about themselves through Google or another search engine.
That is more than twice the 22 percent of users who did in 2002, but Pew senior research specialist Mary Madden was surprised that the growth wasn’t higher than it had been expected.
　　“Yes it’s doubled, but it’s still the case that there’s a big chunk of Internet users who have never done this simple act of connecting their names with search engines,” she said. “Certainly more and more people have become aware of this, but I don’t know it’s necessarily kept pace with the amount of content we post about ourselves or what others post about us.”
About 60 percent of Internet users said they aren’t worried about the extent of information about themselves online, although they are increasingly concerned over how that data can be used.
Americans under 50 and those with more education and income were more likely to self-Google---in some cases because their jobs demand a certain online persona(形象).
Meanwhile, Pew found that 53 percent of adult Internet users admit to looking up information about someone else, famous people not included.
　　Often, it’s to find someone they’ve lost touch with. But looking up information about friends, relatives, colleagues and neighbors also was common.
Although men and women equally searched for online information about themselves, women were slightly more likely to look up information about someone they are dating.
　　In many cases, the search is not harmful, done to find someone’s contact information. But a third of those who have conducted searches on others have looked for public records, such as bankruptcies(破產(chǎn)) and divorce proceedings. A similar number have searched for someone else’s photo.
　　Pew also found that teens were more likely than adults to limit the range of people who can see their information at an online hangout like Facebook or News Corp.’s MySpace, contrary to conventional wisdom.
　　“Teens are more comfortable with the applications in some ways, (but) I also think they have their parents and teachers telling them to be very careful about what they post and who they share it with,” Madden said.
小題1: Mary Madden was surprised at the result that ______.
A．fewer and fewer adult Internet users are looking for information about themselves
B．the number of adult Internet users looking for information about themselves has doubled
C．more adult Internet users should have looked for information about themselves
D．so many people don’t know how to connect their names with search engines
小題2:According to the report some people haven’t looked for information about themselves because ______.
A．they are not rich enough to get a computer
B．they are not well educated
C．they don’t know they can look for their own information on the Internet
D．they think it unnecessary to look for their own information on the Internet
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A．Teens.B．Women.C．The old.D．The educated.
小題4:People look for others’ information on the Internet mainly to ______.
A．see what they are doingB．find someone they have lost touch with
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