2、‘Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness,’ wrote Samuel Johnson，a famous British writer and lexicographer（词典编写者）of the eighteenth century．

Today, amid the large amount of worldly temptations and material sources of modem-day enjoyment, people from all walks of life are still searching for the key to happiness．The question ‘How call we be happy? ’seems to worry everyone．Indeed, in this day and age of scientific advancement and heavenly comforts．people still do not seem able to find a definite answer to the age-old problem of finding happiness．Happiness seems to be a very difficult thing．Solon’s dictum‘ count no man happy until he is dead’ seems to present both, the poor and the rich with a continual threat causing them no end of anxiety．

In Oxford，England，a noted psychology professor, Dr Michael Argyle，has succeeded in his quest for happiness．Over the past eight years, he has been researching the mysterious antithesis（对立而）of depression，and has found convincing clues which he has embodied in his books．‘The Psychology of Happiness’，and ‘The Social Psychology of Everyday Life’．

Dr Argyle explains that happiness comprises three essential elements—first，positive emotions 1ike joy；second，the absence of negative emotions like anxiety；and lastly, the non-emotional element which means a general，more profound satisfaction with life．

“The bigger source of happiness is a happy marriage,” Dr Argyle explains．“Job satisfaction．”he continues，“is another essential ingredient of happiness．”Do you feel you are doing a useful job? Do you feel you are achieving, or stand a chance of achieving your ambitions? If you honestly  have positive answers to these questions，then eventually，you will be happy；if not，then you can still be happy by reducing your ambitions and lowering your expectations in order to achieve  happiness．’The fact is, the higher your ambitions and dreams are，the more difficult it will be for you to achieve your goals and therefore it will be harder to achieve satisfaction and happiness．

Dr Argyle offers other avenues people can take to find real happiness．Music, games or sports，a drink with a friend，a simple gathering at tea，lunch or dinner with loved ones, or simply thinking of nice things, call give a person happiness, if only for a few hours．Surprisingly, television programmers, especially soap operas offers nothing but a bit of pleasurable moments． Often, television viewers are so carried away emotionally that they feel depressed or emotionally tired. Non-soap programmers，on the other hand，bore many viewers or sometimes deepen their misery．Dr Argyle further explains that wealth and worldly success do contribute to happiness．But in the ultimate analysis, Dr Argyle says, it is the person’s temperament（性情）that makes him happy or unhappy．“There are in our midst people who are naturally happy, and there are the sad ones．”

Happiness is indeed mysterious．As one wise mall put it, ‘Few are those who have never had the chance to achieve happiness，but fewer those who have never taken that chance．’

1．The writer quotes Solon’s dictum in paragraph 2 to prove that            ．

A．happiness is everyone’s business            B．the dead are happier than the living

C．man is generally hard．                          D．happiness is not easy to find

2．Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an ingredient of happiness?

A．Happy marriage．                              B．Entertainment．

C．High ambitions．                                 D．Wealth and power．

3．The writer believes that television programmers             ．

A．do more harm than good                                                                                    B．offer only limited enjoyment

C．should be avoided altogether by viewers                               

D．are a genuine source of enjoyment

4．Dr argyle believes that              ．

A．the temperament of a person is largely affected by his working environment

B．there are people who are by nature happy or unhappy

C．there are people who blame others for their low self-esteem

D．most people often feel depressed because they worry about what other people think of them．

5．In the last paragraph，the writer implies that           ．

A．happiness is false

B．people may not know it but they are, in fact ,happy

C．people should not bother seeking happiness

D．most people have been happy at least once in their life

1、随着生活节奏的加快，人们对是在家吃饭，还是上馆子吃饭各抒己见，请你就以下几方面因素,用100词左右的英文，谈谈你对此事的看法。 

1．价格

2．菜式

3．就餐氛围

注意：1．词数100左右。

2．可根据话题需要，加入其他因素上的理解。

3．可根据要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

25、Mick’s new DVD player is only 20 cm        15 cm and weighs         2 kilos.

A．with ,in         B．by, about         C．with, for           D．between, over

24、—How much do the pencils cost?

—Three pounds        pencils.

A．by two dozen of                                         B．for two dozen of

C．by two dozen                              D．for two dozen

23、Mrs. White became a teacher in 1985.She        for twenty years by next summer.

A．will teach                                                   B．would have taught

C．has been teaching                           D．will have been teaching

22、The horseman        unfortunately when he        his horse and hurt his shoulder.

A．had fallen, rode                                           B．fell, was riding

C．was fallen, was riding                     D．had been fallen, has been riding

21、The Minister of France stresses that the quality of production,        the quantity of production, is the key to improving the nation’s economy.

A．other than        B．rather than         C．more than         D．better than

20、        little children can recite        many poems, can you believe it?

A．Such, such         B．Such, so         C．So, so           D．So, such

19、Although         my plan, the old man didn’t come up with his own.

A．against           B．for         C．on        D．in