Question

  When asked about happiness,we usually think of something ex?traordinary,an absolute delight,which seems to get rarer the older we get.

  For kids,happiness has a magical quality. Their delight at win?ning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved (毫無掩飾的) .

  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 (復(fù)雜的) .

  My definition of 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 lunchbox and had the house to myself. Then I spent an unin?terrupted morning writing,which I love. When the kids and my husband came home,1 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 14 children,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 selfcon?scious 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 hap?pens to us. It's the skilful way of finding a positive for every negative. It's not wish?ing for what we don't have,but enjoying what we do possess.

1. As people grow older,they         .

   A. feel it harder to experience happiness

   B. associate their happiness less with others

   C. will take fewer risks in pursuing happiness

   D. tend to believe responsibility means happiness

2. What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 5 and 6?

   A. She cares little about her own health.

   B. She enjoys the freedom of travelling.

   C. She is easily pleased by little things in daily life.

   D. She prefers getting pleasure from housework.

3. What can be inferred from Paragraph 7?

   A. Psychologists think satisfying work is key to happiness.

   B. Psychologists' opinion is well proved by Grandma's case.

   C. Grandma often found time for social gatherings.

   D. Grandma's happiness came from modest expectations of life.

4. People who equal happiness with wealth and success         .

   A. consider pressure something blocking their way

   B. stress their right to happiness too much

   C. are at a loss to make correct choices

   D. are more likely to be happy

Answer 1

[文章大意]本文是一篇議論文。幸福是什么？不同年齡段的人對這個問題有著不同的回答。作者提出了自己的幸福觀，即幸福來自于享受我們所擁有的一切，而不是來自我們所渴望獲得的那些東西。

1. A推理判斷題。通過第二、三、四段的描述可知，兒時的幸福很簡單，青少年時幸福的概念就變了，而成年時幸福就變得更k雜了。由此可見，隨著年齡的增長，人們發(fā)現(xiàn)體會幸福越來越難了。故選A。

2. C推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段的內(nèi)容可知，作者認為幸福來自于我們所擁有的東西；第六段中作者敘述了自己所經(jīng)歷的小小的幸福。因此可從第五、六段知道，作者很容易因生活中的一些小事而感到幸福。故選C。

3. D細節(jié)理解題。第七段說奶奶沒有快樂的休閑時間，也沒有令人滿意的工作，但奶奶卻有來自家人和朋友的問候和關(guān)心，因此奶奶也很幸福。由此可知，奶奶的幸福來自于對生活最樸素的期盼。故選D.

4. B推理判斷題。根據(jù)第八段的內(nèi)容可知，我們太過看重我們擁有并追求幸福的權(quán)利了.，所以我們才會不斷追求財富和成功，也就是說，我們將財富和成功與幸福等同起來了。故選B.