Recently,CCTV reporter have asked a simple question, “Are you happy?”
The question has caught many interviewees off guard. Even Mo Yan, who recently won a Nobel Prize, answered by saying “I don’t know.”
We should ask “What exactly is happiness? And how do you measure(测量) it?”. Last year, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao told the nation, “Everything we do is aimed at letting people live more happily.” At last year’s National People’s Congress(全国人民代表大会), officials agreed that increasing happiness would be a top target(目标) for the 12th five-year plan.
Many argue that happiness is elusive. It also means different things to different people. For some, happiness can be as simple as having enough money to buy a new bicycle; for others, it’s about socializing(社交活动) or finding the perfect spouse(配偶).
Chen Shangyuan, 21, a college student, said his idea of happiness always evolves(进化). “At present it relates to how productive I am in a day”, he said. “It might be linked to(联系) job security (安全) or leisure(休闲) time after I graduate.”
【小题1】What did Mo Yan say when he was asked the question “Are you happy?”

A.Yes, I am very happy.B.No, I am not happy.
C.It depends on the weather.D.I don’t know
【小题2】What’s the top target for the 12th five-year plan?
A.EconomicB.PeaceC.CultureD.Increasing happiness
【小题3】What does “elusive” mean in the passage?
A.难以理解B.难能可贵C.难以实现D.难以忘记
【小题4】What does Chen Shangyuan think happiness might be linked to when he works?
A big house.    B. An expensive car.    C. Money       D. Job security or leisure time.
【小题5】Form this passage, we can know that_________.
A.happiness can be measured
B.to be happy is very
C.different people have different ideas about happiness
D.If we have a lot of money we will feel happy

June 5 is World Environment Day.This makes us pay more attention to our environment and the need to protect it.
When Wang Baoxuan,a Beijing high school boy,finishes his exercise books,he does not throw them away.He puts them in the big box in the corner of his classroom.Other students do so.Then the exercise books are sold to a paper-factory in Beijing.The paper is collected and used again by students and teachers in the school.At the same time,the money made from selling the paper goes towards schools in Inner Mongolia  for planting trees and grass.During spring time,the sandstorms often attack here.
Wang’s school is one of the schools in the capital that take part in the “green promise”environmental protection activity.So far,nearly 210,000 students have taken part in the activity,collecting more than 174 kilograms of waste paper.
“There are some environment problems in the city,such as sandstorms.We should do our duty and encourage others to do so as well.”Said Wang.
Vice-premier Zeng Peiyan has written a letter to the teachers and students to encourage them to go on taking part in the environmental protection.
【小题1】What do Wang Baoxuan and his schoolmates do with the waste exercise books?

A.Throw them away
B.Collect and sell them
C.Cut them into pieces
D.Give them to the students in Inner Mongolia
【小题2】What is the money from selling the paper used for?
A.Buying new exercise booksB.Helping poor students
C.Planting trees and grassD.Being their pocket money
【小题3】What can we infer(推断)from the third paragraph?
A.Many years later,students will have no exercise books to use.
B.Many years later,there will be no waste paper.
C.Many years later,the sandstorms will be weaker in Beijing.
D.Many years later,Beijing will be much dirtier.

Recently, CCTV reporters asked many people a simple question, “Are you happy?”

1._________ Even Mo Yan, who recently won a Nobel Prize, responded by saying, “I don’t know.”

While the question has become a popular phrase and the Internet plays host to heated discussions, we ask, 2.__________________

Last year, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao told the nation, “We do everything to let people live more happily.” At last year’s Nation’s People’s Congress(人代会), officials agreed that increasing happiness would be a top goal for the 12th five-year- plan.

Many think that happiness is difficult to describe and that it is from many ways. 3.___________  For some, happiness can be as simple as having enough money to buy a new bicycle; for others, it’s about having wealth, keeping healthy or finding the perfect marriage.

Chen Shanguyan is a college student. 4._____________ “At present it relates to how well I study in a day, “ he said. “It might be linked to a good job after I graduate.”

5.______________  Does it depend on how many friends we have, or whether we own the latest smartphone? Is it even quantifiable(量化)?

Economists(经济学家) are trying to measure happiness in people’s lives. Since 1972, Bhutan’s GDP measurement has been taken the place of g Gross National Happiness index国民幸福指数), according to the people’s sense of being well-governed(管理), their relationship with the environment, their satisfaction with economic(经济的) development, and their sense of national belonging. But is well-being more easily measured?

A.What exactly is happiness and how do you measure it?

B.The question is really too difficult for us to answer.

C.Then there is the question of measuring happiness.

D.He said his idea of happiness always developed.

E.It also means different things to different people.

 

Recently,CCTV reporter have asked a simple question, “Are you happy?”

The question has caught many interviewees off guard. Even Mo Yan, who recently won a Nobel Prize, answered by saying “I don’t know.”

We should ask “What exactly is happiness? And how do you measure(测量) it?”. Last year, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao told the nation, “Everything we do is aimed at letting people live more happily.” At last year’s National People’s Congress(全国人民代表大会), officials agreed that increasing happiness would be a top target(目标) for the 12th five-year plan.

Many argue that happiness is elusive. It also means different things to different people. For some, happiness can be as simple as having enough money to buy a new bicycle; for others, it’s about socializing(社交活动) or finding the perfect spouse(配偶).

Chen Shangyuan, 21, a college student, said his idea of happiness always evolves(进化). “At present it relates to how productive I am in a day”, he said. “It might be linked to(联系) job security (安全) or leisure(休闲) time after I graduate.”

1.What did Mo Yan say when he was asked the question “Are you happy?”

A.Yes, I am very happy.                     B.No, I am not happy.

C.It depends on the weather.                D.I don’t know

2.What’s the top target for the 12th five-year plan?

A.Economic         B.Peace            C.Culture           D.Increasing happiness

3.What does “elusive” mean in the passage?

A.难以理解         B.难能可贵          C.难以实现         D.难以忘记

4.What does Chen Shangyuan think happiness might be linked to when he works?

A big house.    B. An expensive car.    C. Money       D. Job security or leisure time.

5.Form this passage, we can know that_________.

A.happiness can be measured

B.to be happy is very

C.different people have different ideas about happiness

D.If we have a lot of money we will feel happy

 

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