—Can I buy a Friday’s air ticket for Washingt...

—Can I buy a Friday’s air ticket for Washington?

—I hate to say this, but there are no tickets ______ for Friday’s flight.

A. precious　　 B. vacant

C. available　　 D. accessible

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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 (随机地) 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.

1.

Dune’s experiment on 630 Americans was to ________.

A. help people make careful plans for their money                 B. encourage people to be generous to others

C. see how to spend money is important to happiness               D. test whether $5 is enough to buy happiness

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.

3.

How many different ways are used by the researchers to test their theory?

A. Two.               B. Three.             C. Four.            D. Five.

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

D. great increase of income contributes to keeping happiness level stable

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We regret to inform you that there are no tickets ________ for Friday’s performance.

A. available          B. useful             C. convenient         D. affordable

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We regret to inform you that there are no tickets ______ for Friday’s performance.

A．available          B．spare             C．convenient        D．affordable

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There were no tickets _________ for Friday’s performance so we went to the cinema instead.

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What will the woman have to do?

A. Buy a ticket for the 10 o’clock flight.

B. Change the ticket to a different flight.

C. Go to the airport immediately.

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An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for him to go back home. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell. When dinnertime came, he didn't go to dinning room, saying that he was not feeling very well.

The next morning he still didn't have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. But at dinnertime he was so hungry that he went to the dinning room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. He got ready for the quarrel (争执).

"Bring me the bill," he said. "The bill, sir?" said the waiter in surprise. "There isn't any bill. On our ship meals are included (包括) in the money for the ticket," said the waiter.

1.The story happened _____.

A.in England

B. on a ship from Norway to England

C. in Norway

D. on a ship from England to Norway

2.The traveler didn't go to the dinning room first because _____.

A.he had no money

B. he didn't feel very well

C. he didn't want to eat anything

D. he didn't hear the sound of the bell

3.The traveler went to the dinning room to eat something because _____。

A. his friend had given him some money

B. the waiter had asked him to change his mind

C. he learned that there was no bill on the ship

D. he was too hungry.

4.After the traveler finished eating, _____.

A.he had a quarrel with waiter over the bill

B. he drank a lot

C. he asked the waiter to bring him the change (零钱)

D. he came to know that travelers on the ship had free meals

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I regret that I waited in the queue for a long time to buy the ticket this morning. I ______ it online.

A.could buy B.must buy

C.could have bought D.must have bought

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—Tom, help me buy two tickets for this weekend’s concert online.

—Sorry, there is no ticket _______ online now.

A. acceptable      B. convenient     C. accessible      D. available

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—Can I help you?

—I want to buy a blue tie to　　  my shirt.

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