8．When asked about happiness，we usually think of something extraordinary，an absolute delight，which seems to get rarer the older we get．
For kids，happiness has a magical quality．Their delight at winning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved．
In the teenage years，the concept of happiness changes．Suddenly it's conditional on such things as excitement，love and popularity．I can still recall the excitement of being invited to dance with the most attractive boy at the school party．
In adulthood the things that bring deep joy-love，marriage，birth-also bring responsibility and the risk of loss．For adults，happiness is complicated．
My definition for happiness is"the capacity for enjoyment"．The more we can enjoy what we have，the happier we are．It's easy to overlook the pleasure we get from the company of friends，the freedom to live where we please，and even good health．
I experienced my little moments of pleasure yesterday．First I was overjoyed when I shut the last lunch-box and had the house to myself．Then I spent an uninterrupted morning writing，which I love．When the kids and my husband came home，I enjoyed their noise after the quiet of the day．
Psychologists tell us that to be happy we need a mix of enjoyable leisure time and satisfying work．I don't think that my grandmother，who raised 14children，had much of either．She did have a network of close friends and family，and maybe this is what satisfied her．
We，however，with so many choices and such pressure to succeed in every area，have turned happiness into one more thing we've got to have．We're so self-conscious about our"right"to it that it's making us miserable．So we chase it and equal it with wealth and success，without noticing that the people who have those things aren't necessarily happier
Happiness isn't about what happens to us-it's about how we see what happens to us．It's the skillful way of finding a positive for every negative．It's not wishing for what we don't have，but enjoying what we do possess．
63．As people grow older，theyB．
A．a(chǎn)ssociate their happiness less with others
B．feel it harder to experience happiness
C．will take fewer risks in pursuing happiness
D．tend to believe responsibility means happiness
64．What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 5and 6？D
A．She cares little about her own health．
B．She enjoys the freedom of traveling．
C．She prefers getting pleasure from housework．
D．She is easily pleased by things in daily life．
65．People who equal happiness with wealth and successC．
A．consider pressure something blocking their way
B．a(chǎn)re at a loss to make correct choices
C．stress the right to happiness too much
D．a(chǎn)re more likely to be happy
66．What can be concluded from the passage？A
A．Happy is he who is content．
B．Each man is the master of his own fate．
C．Success leads to happiness
D．Happiness lies between the positive and the negative．
分析 本文是一篇科教類(lèi)閱讀，文章主要介紹了什么是幸福以及如何獲得幸福．文章最后一段提出了獲得幸福的方法，即知足者常樂(lè)．
解答 BDCA
63．B理解判斷題．根據(jù)文中第一段的"…which seems to get rarer the older we get．"可知"隨著年齡的增大，幸福越來(lái)越少"，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，只能填B．A錯(cuò)在less with others，是自己；C錯(cuò)在文中沒(méi)有提及fewer risks；D項(xiàng)中的意思，第一段根本沒(méi)有表達(dá)．故選B．
64．D細(xì)節(jié)判斷題．第五段介紹了幸福的定義，第六段作者舉了一個(gè)有幸福感的例子：作者那天一個(gè)人在家里靜靜地寫(xiě)作，她感到很幸福，孩子回來(lái)之后的吵鬧聲她也很喜歡（First I was overjoyed when I shut the last lunch-box and had the house to myself．Then I spent an uninterrupted morning writing，which I love．When the kids and my husband came home，I enjoyed their noise after the quiet of the day．）只有D概括了作者在文中所表達(dá)的意思．故選D．
65．C理解判斷題．根據(jù)第八段We're so self-conscious about our"right"to it that it's making us miserable．So we chase it and equal it with wealth and success，without noticing that the people who have those things aren't necessarily happier．可知對(duì)財(cái)富和成功的幸福感等同的人過(guò)分強(qiáng)調(diào)幸福的權(quán)利．故選C．
66．A推理判斷題．最后一段就闡述了如何獲得幸福：在逆境中找到積極的因素（It's the skillful way of finding a positive for every negative．）以及知足常樂(lè)（enjoying what we do possess）．符合這個(gè)意思的只有A：知足者常樂(lè)，這是倒裝句．B的意思是每個(gè)人都是自己命運(yùn)的主人，不正確．故選A．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文考察學(xué)生的理解推斷能力以及細(xì)心程度，只要抓住文章的關(guān)鍵詞，采用尋讀的方法查找細(xì)節(jié)，就能找到正確答案．
