Happiness through Honorable Actions
Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self-respect? The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized as “honor” help you create this life of good feelings.
Here is an example to show how honorable actions create happiness.
Say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item. If we keep silent, and profit from the clerk’s mistake, we would drive home with a sense of mean excitement. Later we might tell our family of friends about our good fortune. On the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty. We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul.
Then, what is it to do with our sense of happiness?
In the first case, where we don’t tell the clerk, a couple of things would happen. Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief. In the process, we would lose some peace of mind and self-respect. We would also demonstrate that we cannot be trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends. We damage our own reputations by telling others. In contrast, bringing the error to the clerk’s attention causes different things to happen. Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable. Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self-respect is increased. Whenever we take honorable action we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility.
There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions. Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. And it’s easy to think and act honorably again when we’re happy. While the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once it’s started, it’s easy to continue. Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness.
【小题1】 According to the passage, the positive action in the example contributes to our .A．self-respect B．financial rewardsC．advertising abilityD．friendly relationship【小题2】The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to .A．lyingB．stealingC．cheatingD．advertising【小题3】The underlined phrase “bringing the error to the clerk’s attention” means .A．offering advice to the clerk B．telling the truth to the clerk C．asking the clerk to be more attentiveD．reminding the clerk of the charged item【小题4】How does the positive cycle work according to the author?A
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(答案→)A
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试题分析: 本文是篇议论文，文章指出过高尚的生活，造就美好的正循环生活。高尚思想造就高尚行为，高尚行为造就幸福的存在。有了幸福感，再次思想高尚，行为得体就很容易。尽管正循环开始难，而一旦开始了，就容易持续下去。不断做好事给我们以心灵的宁静，这对幸福非常重要
【小题1】A 细节推断题。根据第五段中的Upon leaving the store,we feel honorable and our self-respect is increased.可判断出积极的行为可以增强我们的自尊心， 所以选A项。
【小题2】B细节题。根据第五段中的In the first case,when we don’t tell the clerk,a couple of things would happen.Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief.可判断出作者认为如果对没有付款的东西保持沉默，是一种盗窃行为。所以选B项。
【小题3】 B 猜测词义题。根据第五段中的Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable.可判断出bringing the error to the clerk’s attention意思是告诉售货员真相，所以选B项。
【小题4】C 细节理解题。根据最后一段提到的Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence.可知选 有Honorable thoughts再有honorable actions，再有a happier existence，再根据最后一段第一句话提到There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions.他们会形成一个良性循环，故选C项。
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