Negativity often affects happiness without even being realized .The negative words of another at the start of the day can cling to (附着)you throughout the rest of your day，which makes you feel bad and steals your happiness .Life is too short to feel negative .Stay positive and avoid negativity as much as possible .

　　【解题导语】　本文主要介绍了与心态积极和消极的两种人交流给我们的心情和生活带来的不同影响。文章最后告诉我们：生命是短暂的，我们要以一种积极的心态来面对人生。

　　 5 .The purpose of the first paragraph is to ________ .

　　A．make a comparison B．offer an evidence

　　C．introduce a topic D．describe a daily scene

　　解析：选C。写作意图题。第一段主要讲的是一个人早晨起来心情不错，认为美好的一天即将开始，可是接到了一个电话，对方心情很沮丧，和他交流之后，本来美好的心情荡然无存。作者由此来引入本文的主题。

　　6．How can negative people have effect on us?

　　A．By influencing our emotion .

　　B．By telling us the nature of life .

　　C．By changing our way of thinking .

　　D．By comparing their attitude to life with ours .

　　解析：选A。细节理解题。从文章第二段的首句以及"communicating long enough with them will make you feel depressed for a moment or a long time"可知答案。

　　7．Some negative people base their happiness on ________ .

　　A．other people's pity for them

　　B．making other people unhappy

　　C．building up a positive attitude

　　D．other people's respect for them

　　解析：选B。细节理解题。从文章第三段的第二句可知答案。

　　8．According to the passage，to reduce negative people's influence on us，we are advised ________ .

　　A．to change negative people's attitude to life

　　B．to show our dissatisfaction to negative people

　　C．to make negative people feel ashamed of themselves

　　D．to communicate with negative people as little as possible

　　解析：选D。细节理解题。从文章倒数第二段中的"In this case，say what needs to be said as little as possible ."可知答案。

　　Ⅲ .任务型读写

　　Going up to university to study for a degree means you have decided to study professionally，rather than as an amateur；so being a student is now your profession for at least the next four years .This

　　involves a change of attitude in many ways .Now，instead of taking several subjects，you have chosen one major subject because you find it interesting and worth exploring further .You also have the goal of getting a degree .The degree and the stages you have to pass through to achieve it give you motivation .You are no longer forced to stay in school all day，and apart from your class time，you organize your own time and place for studying .

Another change is in the relationship with those who teach you .You are there to study actively rather than to be taught passively .Your teachers may or may not urge you，but they do want you to share their interest in the subject and they want you to succeed .If you get work back with a poorer mark than you expected and with various criticisms，don't feel discouraged by this；if you don't understand what is wrong and how to improve，ask your teacher to explain and don't be satisfied until you do understand .