题目内容
A program developed by the Prime Minister David Cameron in Britain was run to measure the nation's well?being(幸福感)recently.
The Office for National Statistics(ONS) analysed responses from more than 2,000 people. The results showed that job security, personal health and relationships between family members were at the top three of most people's concerns.
Other key factors of a happy life were parents' sense of the security of their children's future. Parents are often concerned whether their children can have a good life and a nice place to live. People were more likely to consider having a job to be important to them than being paid a high salary.
Anastasia, a social policy analyst, said employment was central to people's sense of identity and well?being. “A job is about your life; it is not about your income，” she said, “It is about every aspect—having the motivation to get up in the morning, self?respect and being a role model for your children. Income is almost secondary to that. People's lives fall apart if they don't have a job. They are much more likely to be depressed if they are out of work, and there is a strong relationship between unemployment and family breakdown and health difficulties.”
The Prime Minister launched the program in an attempt to create a broader measure of Britain's success than the performance of the economy. Mr Cameron said governments had a role in helping people feel better and that the national well?being index should help wider society build a better life.
Paul Allin, director of the well?being project at the ONS, said the program would combine objective data, such as employment and life expectancy rates, with subjective(主观的) measures, such as job satisfaction and self?reported health, to give a more complete picture of national well?being. “We want to encourage people to tell us what matters to them，” he said, “The more responses we have to the debate, the more realistic a picture of the UK we will have.”
1.What is the purpose of David Cameron's program?
A. To help people live a happier life.
B. To tell people what is real happiness.
C. To find out people's attitude towards happiness.
D. To see if people are satisfied with the government.
2.According to the passage, the top three factors that affect most people's happiness are ________.
a．personal health
b．high salary
c．job security
d．relationships between family members
A. a，b，c B. a，c，d
C. b，c，d D. a，b，d
3.Which of the following is NOT the view of Anastasia on employment?
A. It requires people to get up in the morning.
B. It helps people keep his or her self?respect.
C. It makes people be an example to his or her children.
D. It brings enough money for people to live on.
4.What can we learn from the passage?
A. The program pushes the government to develop the economy.
B. More people are encouraged to take part in the program.
C. It's difficult to get a satisfying answer from the program.
D. Getting a high income is more important than having a job.
计算高手系列答案With more than 100,000 people aged 100 or over, Spain is the country with the greatest life expectancy after Japan. How do you live to 100? Here 4 of the country’s centenarians (百岁老人) give their advice on staying youthful.
Francisco Nunez, 112 He is from Bienvenida, Badajoz, southern Spain. Nunez lives with his daughter. He says he doesn’t like the pensioners’ (领养老金的人) daycare center because it’s full of old people, whose negative attitude towards life affects him deeply sometimes. Despite his old age. he has always maintained (保持) a youthful outlook, and that is what has kept him going on. | Pedro Rodriguez, 106 He lives in Cangas de Onis, Asturias, northern Spain. Rodriguez plays the piano every day in the living room of the flat where he lives with his wife who is nearly 20 years younger than him. Their daughters visit them often. His hobby is something that he feels has kept him young. “The nuns (修女) taught me how to play the piano as a child,” he says. |
Maximino San Miguel, 102 He lives in Leon, northern Spain. San Miguel discovered his passion (酷爱) for amateur dramatics at the age of 80 and has participated in many local productions. He didn’t go to school as a child because he was sent to work as a shepherd (牧羊人). He prefers reading books about drawing and travelling. Now this hobby, he said, has kept him full of energy. | Pilar Fernandez, 101 She lives with her daughter Pili, granddaughters Flori and Ana in Ambas, Asturias, northern Spain. Fernandez suffered hunger and hardship during the war years alongside her nine brothers and sisters. To avoid history repeating itself, she limited herself to just one child. “From pure fear, I didn’t have anymore,” says Fernandez. One of the best things for her health, she says, is tending livestock (家畜) and a vegetable garden. |
1.Why does Francisco Nunez dislike living with other old people?
A. They may depend on his help.
B. He is sensitive to his old age.
C. They may affect his attitude to life.
D. He has more kids to look after at home.
2.What does Maximino San Miguel want to do most in his life now?
A. Working as a shepherd. B. Reading books.
C. Taking up painting. D. Going travelling.
3.What benefits her health according to Pilar Fernandez?
A. Doing gardening. B. Learning history.
C. Living with kids. D. Having more children.
4.What can we infer about the four old people from the text?
A. They are fond of exercising regularly.
B. They led a hard life when they were young.
C. They have the same hobbies in their free time.
D. They have their own method of staying youthful.
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