jealousy。
2.解析:选G 空格后的"For instance, you may also be affected by fear, anger, sorrow, etc."举例说明了G项中的other emotions。
3.解析:选F 该项与"...you can begin to take positive steps to manage the feelings constructively."形成因果关系。
4.解析:选C 该项中的a similar experience指的是前一句中的"a painful breakup"。
5.解析:选E 该项总结了段落大意:向朋友解释(你为什么会嫉妒)。
II.完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Loving Kindness Is Twice Blessed
I felt gloomy (沮丧的) the other day.The weather had been dark and rainy, and I just didn't feel so __1__.
As I was sitting at my desk, I _2___ it was the birthday of a dear longtime friend - a single, middleaged woman who has devoted the past 30 years to nursing and loves her __3__.
Knowing that she doesn't have family in town, I __4__ to give her a call.Sure enough, she was on Bshift, __5__ to work late into the evening, and wouldn't have __6__ of a birthday this year.As always, __7__, she sounded cheerful and was happy that I __8__.
After I hung up, I couldn't __9__ the feeling that she would really appreciate a little attention on her special day.__10__ feeling a little gloomy myself, I tried to put it out of my mind, but as the day passed I couldn't shake the thought.I __11__ gave in, and that evening set off for the hospital with a card, a cheese cake, and some balloons.My friend's grateful smile and joyful surprise __12__ me I'd done the right thing and were a generous __13__ for the little effort it had taken.
When I got home, I realized that not only had I cheered up a __14__ friend on her birthday, but my own gloomy feelings had also disappeared.Making her day had __15__ my own!
Isn't that the way it is __16__ we take the time and make the __17__ to do something for someone else? It's like the little saying,"Loving kindness is twice blessed; it blesses him who gives, and him who __18__."
Cheering up people on their birthdays isn't the only thing we can do to make their day. Life constantly presents us with __19__ to take an extra step or do a kind deed that will make a difference to __20__.And the wonderful thing is that as we do, it changes things for the better for us too.
语篇解读:送人玫瑰, 手有余香;帮助别人, 快乐自己!帮助别人, 使我们得到最美好