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Can Money Buy Happiness？（金钱能买来幸福吗？) 1．有人认为金钱是幸福之本（source of happiness)。 2．也

Can Money Buy Happiness？

(金钱能买来幸福吗？)

1．有人认为金钱是幸福之本(source of happiness)。

2．也有人认为金钱是万恶之源(root of all evil)。

3．我的看法。

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第2题

According to the passage, which of the following statement is true？__________.

According to the passage, which of the following statement is true？ __________.

A． People can know happiness at any age.

B． A happy person lives a successful life.

C． Enjoying what you have can make you happy.

D． Parents want to pursue the study of happiness.

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第3题

The main idea of the passage is that______.A．life is not enjoyable since each age has some

The main idea of the passage is that______.

A．life is not enjoyable since each age has some pains

B．young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hard

C．childhood is the most enjoyable time in one's life

D．one is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his life

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第4题

The way people cling to the belief that a full-filled, pain-free life equals happiness act

ually diminishes their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equated with happiness, then pain must be equated with unhappiness. But, in fact, the opposite is true: more times than not, things that lead to happiness involve some pain.

As a result, many people avoid the very endeavors that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment, civic or charitable work, self-improvement.

Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he's honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.

Similarly, couples who choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness. They can dine out whenever they feel like and sleep as late as they wish. Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night's sleep or a three-day vacation. I don't know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children.

Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations we ever come to. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buy that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those rich and glamorous people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all. The moment we understand that fun does not bring happiness, we begin to live differently. The effect can be, quite literally, life-transforming.

According to the writer, people who think of happiness as fun ______.

A．are somewhat denied the chances of gaining happiness

B．will remain single although they may go dating

C．must know what true happiness is

D．should devote more time to activities

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第5题

InMoneyEverything？Idon’tthinkmoneyiseverything,butwecan’tdowithoutit.Foxexample,moneycan’t

In Money Everything？

I don’t think money is everything, but we can’t do without it. Fox example, money can’t buy us happiness and a good education. And for another example, money can’t buy us good health and a long life. But we can not live without money. We need it for our daily necessities such as food,

clothes and transportation. What’s more, we need it to live a better life. In short, we

should learn the value of money and make the most of its advantages.

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第6题

根据以下内容回答题:Happiness can be described as a positive mood and a pleasant state of m

根据以下内容回答题:

Happiness can be described as a positive mood and a pleasant state of mind． According to recent polls sixty to seventy percent of Americans consider themselves to be moderately happy and one in twenty persons feels very unhappy．Psychologists have been study-ing the factors that contribute to happiness．It is not predictable nor is a person in an apparently ideal situation necessarily happy．The ideal situation may have little to do with his actual feel-ings． A good education and income are usually considered necessary for happiness．Though both may contribute，they are only chief factors if the person is seriously under-educated or actually suffering from lack of physical needs． The rich are not likely to be happier than the middle-income group or even those with very low incomes．People with college educations are somewhat happier than those who did not gra-duate from high school，and it is believed that this is mainly because they have more opportuni-ty to control their lives．Yet people with a high income and a college education may be less happy than those with the same income and no college education． Poor health does not rule out happiness except for the severely debilitated or those in pain．Learning to cope with a health problem can contribute to happiness．Those with a good sex lifeare happier in general，but those who have a loving affectionate relationship are happier than those who rely on sex alone．Love has a higher correlation with happiness than any other factor． It should be noted that people quickly get used to what they have，and they are happiest when they feel they are increasing their level no matter where it stands at a given time． Children whose parents were happily married have happier childhoods but are not nece—ssarily happier adults． The best formula for happiness is to be able to develop the ability to tolerate frustration，to have a personal involvement and commitment，and to develop self-confidence and self-esteem．

According to the article，happiness is greatly dependent upon（）．

A.happy childhood

B.great wealth

C.a feeling that conditions are improving over what they were

D.a college degree

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第7题

The sentence“Sports were his escapes”（Line 2，Paragraph 2）can best mean that __________．A.s

The sentence“Sports were his escapes”（Line 2，Paragraph 2）can best mean that __________．

A.sporting activities were the means for him to get fullest happiness by

B.physical exercises were the only way to relieve him of his pains

C.he didn’t want to do more things than sportive activities

D.sports enabled him to Fun away from his hometown

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Happiness can be described as a positive mood and a pleasant state of mind. （69) According

Happiness can be described as a positive mood and a pleasant state of mind. (69) According to recent polls (民意测试) , sixty to seventy percent of Americans consider themselves to be moderately happy and one in twenty persons feels very unhappy. Psychologists have been studying the factors that contribute to happiness. It is not predictable nor is a person in an apparently ideal situation necessarily happy. The ideal situation may have little to do with his actual feelings.

A good education and income are usually considered necessary for happiness. Though both may contribute, they are only chief factors if the person is seriously undereducated or actually suffering from lack of physical needs.

The rich are not likely to be happier than the middle-income group or even those with very low incomes. (70) People with college educations are somewhat happier than those who did not graduate from high school, and it is believed that this is mainly because they have more opportunity to control their lives. Yet people with a high income and a college education may be less happy than those with the same income and no college education.

Poor health does not rule out happiness except for the severely disabled or those in pain. Learning to cope with a health problem can contribute to happiness. Those with a good sex life are happier in general, but those who have a loving, affectionate relationship are happier than those who rely on sex alone. Love has a higher correlation with happiness than any other factor.

It should be noted that people quickly get used to what they have, and they are happiest when they feel they are increasing their level no matter where it stands at a given time.

Children whose parents were happily married have happier childhoods yet they are not necessarily happier adults when they grow up.

The best formula for happiness is to be able to develop the ability to tolerate frustration, to have a personal involvement and commitment, and to develop self-confidence and self-esteem.

It can be inferred from the passage that______.

A．happiness is predictable

B．a person in an apparently ideal situation must be happy

C．happiness is not necessarily connected to one's situation in society

D．the rich are likely to be happier than the middle-income group

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How often one hears children wishing they were grown up, and old people wishing they were

young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.

Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child had good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. In addition, life is always presenting new things to the child things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well known. A child finds pleasure in playing in the rain, or in the snow. His first visit to the seaside is a marvelous(非凡的) adventure. But a child has his pains., he is not so free to do as he wishes as he thinks older people are; he is continually being told not to do things, or being punished for what he has done wrong. His life is therefore not perfectly happy.

When the young man starts to earn his own loving, he becomes free from the discipline (纪律) of school and parents; but at the same time he forced to accept responsibilities (责任). He can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his cloths, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing ahout in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the real happiness of seeing himself make steady(稳定的) progress in his job and of building up for himself his own position in society.

Old age has always been thought of as the worst age to be; but it is not necessary for the old to be unhappy. With old age should come wisdom and the ability to help others with ad vice wisely given. The old can have the joy of seeing their children making progress in life; they can watch their grandchildren growing up around them; and, perhaps best of all, they can, if their life has been a useful one, feeling the happiness of having come through the bat tie of life safely and of having reached. a time when they can lie back and rest, leaving others to continue the fight.

The title of the passage is______.

A．Each Age

B．Growing Pains and Happiness

C．The Best Age to Be

D．The Happiest People to Be

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Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their office

s or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.

One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper.Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent.With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one's own.

Then, in the country one can really get away from the noise and hurry of busy working lives.Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country.If one likes gardens, one can spend one's free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden.Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has got the reward together with those who have shared the secret of Nature.

Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants.Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London.An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight's two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night.

1、Which of the following statements is NOT true？_________

A.People who love Nature prefer to live outside the city

B.People who work in London prefer to live in the country

C.Some people enjoying city life prefer to work and live inside London

D.Many nature lovers, though working in London, prefer to live outside the city

2、With the same money ________, one can buy a little house with a garden in the country.

A.getting a small flat with a garden

B.having a small flat with a garden

C.renting a small flat without a garden

D.buying a small flat without a garden

3、When the garden is in blossom, it means that one ________ has been rewarded.

A.living in the country

B.having spent time working in the garden

C.having a garden of his own

D.having been digging, planting and watering

4、People who think happiness lies in the town would feel that _______ if they had to liveoutside London.

A.their life was meaningless

B.their life was invaluable

C.they didn't deserve a happy life

D.they were not worthy of their happy life

5、The underlined phrase get away from in the 3rd paragraph refers to ________.

A.deal with

B.do away with

C.escape from

D.prevent from

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Life really should be one long journey of joy for children born with a world of wealth at

their feet.

Internationally famous child doctor Robert Coles is the world's top expert on the influence of money on children. He has written a well-known book on the subject, "The Privileged Ones", and his research shows that too much money in the family can cause as many problems as too little. "Obviously there are certain advantages to being rich," says the 53-year-old doctor, "such as better health, education and future work prospects. (78) But most important is the quality of family life. Money can't buy love."

It can buy a lot of other thing, however, and that's where the trouble starts. Rich kids have so much to choose from that they often become confused. Overindulgence (娇美) by their parents can make them spoilt. They tent to travel more than other children, from home to home and country to country, which causes feelings of restlessness.

(79) "But privileged children do have a better sense of their positions in the world," adds Mr. Coles, "and they are more self-assured." The rich children inherit the property from their parents and enjoy a high income. So money will never be one of their problems. "However, they will have a sense of isolation," warns Dr. Coles, "and they could suffer from the hardship of not being able to deal with the everyday world because they will never really, be given the chance. Everything they have achieved is because of an accident of birth. There can be no tremendous inner satisfaction about that."

(80) Today's wealthy parents perhaps realize their riches can be more of a heavy load than a happiness to their children. So the first thing for them to consider is to ensure that their families are as rich in love as they are in money.

In his book "The Privileged Ones", Dr. Cotes implies that ______.

A．there are fewer problem in the rich family than the poor family

B．rich children live a life of separation from the world

C．rich children usually enjoy more love than poor children

D．the quality of rich children's family life may not be high

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