【題目】Teenagers at one German school are learning how to achieve happiness alongside subjects like maths and languages.

The class sit in a circle with their eyes shut and count from one to ten: one begins, the next voice comes from the far right, a third from the other side. The aim is to listen for an opportunity to shout the number without clashing(沖突) with another voice or leaving a pause. On the first try, most of the young Germans try to be first, while a few are too shy to join in. But by the fifth round, they develop a rhythm.

The message: giving other people space but also confidently claiming your own space is a requirement for social well-being.

While the game suggests a soft course for the less bright, the school says it is trying to make it affect even clever pupils. The Willy Hellpach School is the first in the nation to develop a happiness course, intended for 17-19-year-olds preparing for university-entrance exams. “The course isn’t there to make you happy,” Ernst Fritz-Schubert, the school principal, warned the pupils who were taking the course, “but rather to help you discover the ways to become happy.” Cooking a meal together will be one of the class exercises, along with improving body language under the guidance of two professional actresses.

“In the first period, we had to each say something positive about another member of the class and about ourselves. No laughing at people or teasing,” said Fanny, 17.

The message: self-esteem(自尊) improves happiness too.

The course is taught for three periods a week and will be graded as a part of overall assessment. Despite the happy subject, the pupils themselves insist it is no laughing matter. Max, 18, says he is happy when he finds people who share his interests. Janina, 18, says she needs to be fit to feel happy.

“We want to show how proper food or exercise can help in becoming happy,” the principal said. He hopes other schools in Germany will copy the idea. The school has attracted national interest since it announced its new course.

【1】What would be the best title of this passage?

A. Basic Things for Happiness.

B. Tips to Be Happy.

C. Learning How to Be Happy.

D. Laughing a Lot at School.

【2】Why is the happiness course compared with maths and languages?

A. It has been developed as a school subject.

B. It is more important than traditional courses.

C. It is part of the research.

D. It arouses the students’ interest.

【3】Who are expected to take the course at the school?

A. First year students.

B. All the students.

C. Students with mental problems.

D. Students who are going to graduate.

【4】Which of the following is NOT true about the happiness classes?

A. Students learn through playing games.

B. Cooking a meal together is a class activity.

C. Students are only made to be happy.

D. Students say positive things about each other.

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

試題分析：快樂是人的一種健康的心理情感。目前德國的一家學(xué)校給學(xué)生開設(shè)了一門如何去獲得快樂的課程。這門課程目的不是為了讓人們快樂，而是幫助孩子們?nèi)グl(fā)現(xiàn)如何才能獲得快樂。

【1】C 主旨大意。目前德國的一家學(xué)校給學(xué)生開設(shè)了一門如何去獲得快樂的課程。這門課程目的不是為了讓人們快樂，而是幫助孩子們?nèi)グl(fā)現(xiàn)如何才能獲得快樂，故選C項。

【2】A 推斷題。根據(jù)第一段提到Teenagers at one German school are learning how to achieve happiness alongside subjects like maths and languages.可知這已經(jīng)成為一門課程，故選A項。

【3】D 推斷題。根據(jù)第四段提到The Willy Hellpach School is the first in the nation to develop a happiness course, intended for 17-19-year-olds preparing for university-entrance exams可知The Willy Hellpach School是第一個開設(shè)這門課的，目的是為17到19的準(zhǔn)備進(jìn)行大學(xué)的孩子準(zhǔn)備的，故選D項。

【4】C 推斷題。根據(jù)第四段提到The course isn’t there to make you happy, but rather to help you discover the ways to become happy這課程不會讓你感到快樂，而是幫你找到快樂的方法，故選C項錯誤；

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