19.Everybody wants to be happy.Thus,the happy-making suggestions spring up:Learn to let go!Live in the present!Don't sweat the small stuff!Never sleep on worries…The list is almost complete and perfect.(36)G
●They live in Scandinavian countries.
Okay,so your living place may not be a habit so much as a circumstance.But this is interesting.According to the United Nations General Assembly's second World Happiness Report,Denmark is the happiest country,followed by Norway,Switzerland,the Netherlands,Sweden and Canada.(37)C
●(38)B
It's no surprise that workers who are happy with their work are happy with their lives.And in fact,a Gallup poll found that workers who were happily engaged and enthusiastic about work were happiest in life,with 71percent of them describing themselves as"promising".And it's probably not that surprising that only 42percent of poll respondents who said they were disconnected from their work described themselves as promising.(39)F That's 6percent more than those with jobs.For many,being unemployed is happier than having a terrible job.
●They don't try to be …h(huán)appy?
Oops.(40)E A study shows that making happiness a personal goal will actually stand in the way of your achieving it.The researchers found that women who valued happiness more reported being less happy and more depressed than women who didn't place much importance on the goal."Wanting to be happy can make you less happy,"said study researcher Iris Mauss."If you explicitly and purposely focus on happiness,that appears to have a self-defeating quality."So if you really want to be happy,try forgetting about it.
A.They are well paid workers.
B.They have satisfying jobs.
C.Note that all of these are generally northern countries.
D.However,all of these are far from satisfaction and need to be improved.
E.Now that we've told you the secrets for happiness,we're here to ruin your dreams.
F.What's surprising is that 48percent of those unemployed see themselves as promising.
G.Instead,we offer a different list of habits employed by those who've successfully located the happiness button.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了幸福的秘密,一個不一樣的列表告訴讀者如何成功地找到幸福.
解答 36.G.推理判斷題.根據(jù)千萬The list is almost complete and perfect可知相反,我們提供了一個不同的習慣列表的那些成功地找到幸福按鈕;故選G.
37.C.推理判斷題.根據(jù)前文According to the United Nations General Assembly's second World Happiness Report,Denmark is the happiest country,followed by Norway,Switzerland,the Netherlands,Sweden and Canada可知值得注意的是所有這些都是北方國家;故選C.
38.B.推理判斷題.根據(jù)后文And in fact,a Gallup poll found that workers who were happily engaged and enthusiastic about work were happiest in life可知他們有滿意的工作;故選B.
39.F.推理判斷題.根據(jù)前文And it's probably not that surprising that only 42percent of poll respondents who said they were disconnected from their work described themselves as promising可知讓人驚奇的是,那些失業(yè)的人百分之48說看到自己的前途;故選F.
40.E.推理判斷題.根據(jù)后文If you explicitly and purposely focus on happiness,that appears to have a self-defeating quality.可知既然我們已經(jīng)告訴了你幸福的秘密,我們就在這里毀掉你的夢想;故選E.
點評 考察學生的推理判斷能力和聯(lián)系上下文的能力,在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.此類的填空題一定要聯(lián)系上下文,根據(jù)上下文的內(nèi)容加上自己的理解,再作出正確的判斷.