Question

【題目】

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(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 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 enjoy-able leisure time and satisfying work. I don't think that my grand-mother, 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 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.

【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 traveling.

C. She is easily pleased by 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

【5】 What can be concluded from the passage?

A. Happiness lies between the positive and the negative.

B. Each man is the master of his own fate.

C. Success leads to happiness.

D. Happy is he who is content.

Answer 1

【答案】【1】A

【2】C

【3】D

【4】B

【5】D

【解析】【1】 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段的…，which seems to get rarer the older we get. 可知，我們年齡越大，快樂就會越少。故選A項。

【2】推理判斷題。第五段主要講了作者對快樂的理解：我們越享受我們所擁有的，我們就會越快樂。第六段主要講了作者的一次經(jīng)歷，孩子和丈夫的吵鬧聲也讓作者感受到了快樂。所以從這兩段我們可以得知作者很容易從日常生活中感到快樂。故選C項。

【3】推理判斷題。本段心理學(xué)家認(rèn)為快樂的來源是有可以享受的休閑時間和令人滿意的工作。而作者的奶奶對于心理學(xué)家認(rèn)為的快樂來源都沒有，但是有自己的朋友和親人，這或許是讓奶奶滿意也是快樂的事情。故選D項（奶奶的快樂來自于對生活適度的期盼。)。

【4】推理判斷題。第八段告訴我們：在每個領(lǐng)域我們有太多的選擇和追求成功的壓力，我們已經(jīng)把快樂變成了另外一個東西，甚至把它等同于財富和成功，但是我們沒有注意到其實擁有財富和成功的人不一定更快樂。故選B項。

【5】推理判斷題。本篇文章的中心段是最后一段。在最后一段作者指出我們的快樂不是去期望我們沒有得到的東西，而是要享受我們所擁有的。故選D項。