题目内容
When asked about happiness,we usually think of something ex?traordinary,an absolute delight,which seems to get rarer the older we get.
For kids,happiness has a magical quality. Their delight at win?ning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved (毫无掩饰的) .
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 (复杂的) .
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 lunchbox and had the house to myself. Then I spent an unin?terrupted morning writing,which I love. When the kids and my husband came home,1 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 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 selfcon?scious 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 hap?pens to us. It's the skilful way of finding a positive for every negative. It's not wish?ing 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 travelling.
C. She is easily pleased by little 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
[文章大意]本文是一篇议论文。幸福是什么？不同年龄段的人对这个问题有着不同的回答。作者提出了自己的幸福观，即幸福来自于享受我们所拥有的一切，而不是来自我们所渴望获得的那些东西。
1. A推理判断题。通过第二、三、四段的描述可知，儿时的幸福很简单，青少年时幸福的概念就变了，而成年时幸福就变得更k杂了。由此可见，随着年齡的增长，人们发现体会幸福越来越难了。故选A。
2. C推理判断题。根据第五段的内容可知，作者认为幸福来自于我们所拥有的东西；第六段中作者叙述了自己所经历的小小的幸福。因此可从第五、六段知道，作者很容易因生活中的一些小事而感到幸福。故选C。
3. D细节理解题。第七段说奶奶没有快乐的休闲时间，也没有令人满意的工作，但奶奶却有来自家人和朋友的问候和关心，因此奶奶也很幸福。由此可知，奶奶的幸福来自于对生活最朴素的期盼。故选D.
4. B推理判断题。根据第八段的内容可知，我们太过看重我们拥有并追求幸福的权利了.，所以我们才会不断追求财富和成功，也就是说，我们将财富和成功与幸福等同起来了。故选B.
