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(2020·太原一模)New Haven, Connecticut—A surprise awaited students in Yale who showed up for Professor Laurie Santos’s class. They got slips of paper that said, “No class today.” There was only one rule for the students’ unexpected free time—They were not allowed to study, but to relax. Since exams and papers were coming up, everyone was tired and stressed. At this moment they were touched. With around applause, nine students hugged Santos, and two burst into tears.
Yet, cancelling class was not just a break. It was also a challenge, as she was asking them to stop worrying about their grades, even if it was just an hour. One student went to the Yale University Art Gallery for the first time in her four years at Yale. A group of students went to a recording studio and played a new song. More people were outside, and more were smiling. That’s why about 1，200 students were taking Santos’s class, called “Psychology and the Good Life”， the largest class in Yale’s 317year history. Even nonYale students had the chance to take Santos’s class. It was offered as an online course and she immediately became an Internet hit.
Skyler Robinson, one of her students, was at a loss for a while about what to do during his break, and then decided to take a nap. “It was a great nap，” he commented. Santos designed the class after she realized that her students kept busy through long days that seemed far more depressing and joyless than her own college years. “They feel they’re in this crazy rat race. They’re working so hard that they can’t take a single hour off. That’s awful.”
The ideas behind the class are simple. Santos said, “It is the hope that science can help students find peace among all the stresses and difficulties they face at college.” The lessons include showing more gratitude, performing acts of kindness and increasing social connections. The students really wanted to learn to lead a happy life in a sciencedriven way. Santos also noted the psychological happening of “miswanting”， which led people to work towards the wrong goals in life.
One week, Santos asked students to exercise. Another week, she wanted them to get more sleep. They worked hard to keep some new habits. Social science research led to many new understandings of how people find happiness. She thinks her class can change Yale, or rather, not just Yale.
【解题导语】 耶鲁大学心理学教授Laurie Santos取消课程，让学生去放松。她这样做是希望科学能帮助学生在大学里面对压力和困难时找到平静。
1．How did students respond to the cancelling class?
A．They expressed their concern.
B．They were at a loss what to do.
C．They showed gratitude to the teacher.
D．They were eager to study individually.
C 解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的“At this moment they were touched. With around applause, nine students hugged Santos, and two burst into tears.”可知，学生得知取消课程这一消息后，非常感动，并且对老师表达了感激之情。故选C。
2．How can we know Santos’s class was popular?
A．From the attendance in her class.
B．From the subject she taught.
C．From the long history of Yale.
D．From the release of the online course.
A 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“That’s why about 1，200 students were taking Santos’s class...the largest class in Yale’s 317year history.”可知，Santos的这门课是耶鲁大学有史以来出勤人数最多的一门课，由此可知她的课程非常受欢迎。故选A。
3．What can students learn from Santos’s class?
A．To develop good study habits.
B．To let exercise become their routine.
C．To better understand how to find happiness.
D．To do something joyful during the stressful time.
C 解析：推理判断题。根据第四段中的“The students really wanted to learn to lead a happy life in a sciencedriven way.”和第五段中的“Social science research led to many new understandings of how people find happiness.”可推知，Santos的课程可以教学生们更好地理解如何寻找快乐。故选C。
4．What can we infer from the text?
A．Santos had a more stressful time in her college.
B．Students would be in rat race after Santos’s class.
C．Santos’s influence can reach a wider range of people.
D．Santos is going to cancel more classes for better effects.
C 解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“She thinks her class can change Yale, or rather, not just Yale.”并结合全文内容可知，Santos的课程不仅仅能影响耶鲁大学，也能在其他地方产生影响。故选C。
【难句分析】 A surprise awaited students in Yale who showed up for Professor Laurie Santos’s class.
分析：本句是一个主从复合句。主语是“A surprise”，谓语是“awaited”； who引导定语从句，指代students in Yale。
译文：一个惊喜等待着参加Laurie Santos教授的课的耶鲁大学的学生们。
