Question

Researchers have found that there are some basic things that you can do to become happier.
◆Self
Yourself includes your education, your health, and your sense of purpose. It is important to take care of yourself and to connect the people around you. First, find a hobby. This gives you a chance to meet people with similar interests. You can also volunteer. Volunteering takes the focus off your own problems and makes you feel grateful for what you have.
◆Home
Create a quieter, dark area where you can sit and relax. Paint your living room yellow – it can increase energy and improve mood (情绪). It also helps to own a pet. Pets can make their owners feel calm, and provide love and friendship.
◆Financial (财务的) life
According to Ed Diener, the key to greater well-being is to have money, but not to want it too much. Try to spend money on things that give you long-lasting pleasure. Buy things that will enrich your life, such as music lessons and dinners with friends and family.
◆Social life
Have friends that encourage you to eat right, to be active, to laugh, and to do your best. Meet with your friends regularly and share with them when you have more of something than you need. Support each other in difficult times.
◆Workplace
Your office should be a place that you like. Find a job with people that you enjoy being around. That includes your boss. And do something that you feel strongly about. That is more important than money.
◆Community
If possible, live near people who have about the same amount of money as you. This makes you less aware (意识到的) of what you don’t have. Live in a neighborhood where you feel safe and where you can walk a lot. Walking makes you healthier, and healthier people are happier people.
【小题1】What does yourself include according to the passage?
【小题2】How can we increase our energy and improve mood?
【小题3】What is the key to greater well-being, according to Ed Diener?
【小题4】Why should we live near people as rich as ourselves?
【小题5】What does the passage mainly talk about?

Answer 1

【小题1】Your education, health, and your sense of purpose.
【小题2】By painting your living room yellow and owning a pet.
【小题3】To have money, but not to want it too much.
【小题4】Financial quality with our neighbors makes us less aware of what we don’t have.
【小题5】Six keys to happiness and how to make us happier.

解析试题分析：这篇短文主要列举了我们感到快乐六方面，那么如何做呢。一、自己照顾好自己，并与周围的人联系，包括自己的教育，健康和你的使命感。二、家 ；三、财务生活；四、社会生活；五、工作场所；六、社区。从这几方面怎么做，才能更快乐。
【小题1】细节理解题。问句是：根据这篇短文，你自己包括哪些内容？从文中这句话“Yourself includes your education, your health, and your sense of purpose.”可知应该是：Your education, health, and your sense of purpose.
【小题2】细节理解题。问句是：如何增加我们的能量和改善我们个情绪？从文中这句话“Paint your living room yellow – it can increase energy and improve mood . It also helps to own a pet.”可知应该是：By painting your living room yellow and owning a pet.
【小题3】细节理解题。从文中这句话“According to Ed Diener, the key to greater well-being is to have money, but not to want it too much.”可知应该是：To have money, but not to want it too much.
【小题4】结构分析题。从短文最后一段“If possible, live near people who have about the same amount of money as you. This makes you less aware of what you don’t have.”可知应该是：Financial quality with our neighbors makes us less aware of what we don’t have.
【小题5】主题归纳题。根据短文内容分析，主要从六个方面介绍了如何做，我们才能更快乐，所以总结为：Six keys to happiness and how to make us happier.
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