no one treats them with more than the most common politeness and respect. This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them into arguments. If they aim at obtaining some advantage in social position or fortune, nobody wishes them success. Nor will anyone start a step or speak a word to favor their hopes. If they bring on themselves public disapproval, no one will defend or excuse them, and many will join to criticize their misconduct. These people should change this bad habit and be pleased with what is pleasing, without worrying needlessly about themselves and others. If they do not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact with them. Otherwise, it can be disagreeable and sometimes very inconvenient, especially when one becomes mixed up in their quarrels.

41.People who are unhappy A. always consider things differently from others.

B. usually are affected by the results of certain things

C. usually misunderstand what others think or say

D. always discover the unpleasant side of certain things

42.The phrase ―sour the pleasure of society‖ most nearly means:___________.

A. have a good taste with social life

B. make others unhappy

C. tend to scold others openly

D. enjoy the pleasure of life

43.We can conclude from the passage that_______.

A. we should pity all such unhappy people.

B. such unhappy people are dangerous to social life

C. people can get rid of the habit of unhappiness.

D. unhappy people can not understand happy persons.

44.If such unhappy persons insist on keeping the habit, the author suggests that people

should________.

A. prevent any communication with them

B. show no respect and politeness to them

C. persuade them to recognize the bad effects

D. quarrel with them until they realize the mistakes

45.In this passage, the writer mainly________.

A. describes two types of people

B. laughs at the unhappy people

C. suggests the unhappy people should get rid of the habits of unhappiness.

D. tells people how to be happy in life.

B

The Peales were a famous family of American artists. Charles Willson Peale is best

remembered for his portraits of leading figures of the American Revolution. He painted portraits of Franklin and Jefferson and over a dozen of George Washington. His life-size portrait of his sons Raphaelle and Titian was so realistic that George Washington reportedly once tipped his hat to the figures in the picture.

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