Everyone agrees that all the creatures want happiness and are afraid of pain and grief. The question, however, is “What is real happiness?” The desire for happiness has no meaning without understanding the real nature of happiness.
Generally, ordinary beings consider sensual（感覺的） pleasures as happiness, and their actions are directed toward gaining these. According to them, searching for happiness means searching for pleasures of the senses. The question, “What is happiness?”, does not arise（出現(xiàn)） in their hearts, because in their hearts they think of a life full of sensual joys as a happy life.
Some thinkers say, “Happiness does not lie in the objects of enjoyment; happiness or unhappiness lies in the imagination.” To prove their belief they give examples like the following one. A man has a two-storey house. When he thinks of those who have a house with three storeys or more, he feels unhappy. When he thinks of those who have just a cottage, he feels happy. Such happiness does not lie in possessions（占有物）, but in the imagination. They advise people to take inspiration from those who have few possessions but are quite happy. If you only consider people wealthier than yourself, you will always be unhappy.
If you want to be happy, they say, look at the poor. But it is unreasonable to hold that happiness lies in the imagination. And it is inappropriate to think that someone is happy if he only imagines himself better than the poor and the unhappy. This attitude also satisfies the sense of pride of possession. This can never be called happiness. Unless we find out where happiness lies, we cannot really become happy.
Some ask people to do this or that, and say, “This way your desires will be satisfied. That way you will get what you want and become happy.” People holding these views regard happiness as satisfaction of desires and unhappiness as denial(否定) of such satisfaction.
小題1:What kind of life can make common people feel happy?
A．Life without pain and grief.
B．Life full of sensual pleasures.
C．Life with desire for possessions.
D．Life full of imagination.
小題2:The underlined word “cottage” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to ________.
A．a(chǎn) house in one’s imaginationB．a(chǎn) modern building
C．a(chǎn) desired objectD．a(chǎn) small house
小題3:The author may agree that ________.
A．by comparing themselves with the poor, people will feel happy
B．people won’t feel happy without a desire for happiness
C．possessing wealth may lead to a sense of pride
D．people have to experience pain and grief before finding happiness
小題4:The best title for this passage would be “________”.
A．What Is Happiness?B．How to Get Happiness
C．Happiness and DesireD．Happiness and Imagination

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:A
本文告訴我們怎樣才算是幸福？有錢不一定意味著幸福。
小題1:B 考查細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)Generally, ordinary beings consider sensual（感覺的） pleasures as happiness,可知答案為B。
小題2:D 考查猜測詞義題。根據(jù)When he thinks of those who have a house with three storeys or more, he feels unhappy. When he thinks of those who have just a cottage, he feels happy.可知，cottage，是“小屋”的意思。
小題3:C考查推斷題。根據(jù)And it is inappropriate to think that someone is happy if he only imagines himself better than the poor and the unhappy. This attitude also satisfies the sense of pride of possession.可知答案為C。
小題4:A 考查主旨大意題。根據(jù)地一段可知，本文圍繞“什么是幸福”展開論述的。故答案為A。
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a. Betty won the international Feminine Aerobatic Championship.
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c. Betty made her first flight alone.
d. Betty began her aerobatic performance.
e. Betty became the first female test driver.
A．a(chǎn)→b→c→d→eB．a(chǎn)→e→b→c→d
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