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8.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.
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.
My definition for 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 enjoyable leisure time and satisfying work.I don't think that my grandmother,who raised 14children,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.
63.As people grow older,theyB.
A.associate their happiness less with others
B.feel it harder to experience happiness
C.will take fewer risks in pursuing happiness
D.tend to believe responsibility means happiness
64.What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 5and 6?D
A.She cares little about her own health.
B.She enjoys the freedom of traveling.
C.She prefers getting pleasure from housework.
D.She is easily pleased by things in daily life.
65.People who equal happiness with wealth and successC.
A.consider pressure something blocking their way   
B.are at a loss to make correct choices
C.stress the right to happiness too much           
D.are more likely to be happy
66.What can be concluded from the passage?A
A.Happy is he who is content.
B.Each man is the master of his own fate.
C.Success leads to happiness       
D.Happiness lies between the positive and the negative.

分析 本文是一篇科教类阅读,文章主要介绍了什么是幸福以及如何获得幸福.文章最后一段提出了获得幸福的方法,即知足者常乐.

解答 BDCA
63.B理解判断题.根据文中第一段的"…which seems to get rarer the older we get."可知"随着年龄的增大,幸福越来越少",结合选项,只能填B.A错在less with others,是自己;C错在文中没有提及fewer risks;D项中的意思,第一段根本没有表达.故选B.
64.D细节判断题.第五段介绍了幸福的定义,第六段作者举了一个有幸福感的例子:作者那天一个人在家里静静地写作,她感到很幸福,孩子回来之后的吵闹声她也很喜欢(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.)只有D概括了作者在文中所表达的意思.故选D.
65.C理解判断题.根据第八段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.可知对财富和成功的幸福感等同的人过分强调幸福的权利.故选C.
66.A推理判断题.最后一段就阐述了如何获得幸福:在逆境中找到积极的因素(It's the skillful way of finding a positive for every negative.)以及知足常乐(enjoying what we do possess).符合这个意思的只有A:知足者常乐,这是倒装句.B的意思是每个人都是自己命运的主人,不正确.故选A.

点评 本文考察学生的理解推断能力以及细心程度,只要抓住文章的关键词,采用寻读的方法查找细节,就能找到正确答案.

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