题文
Last year, CCTV journalists approached pedestrians with their cameras, held a microphone to their mouth and asked a simple question, “Are you happy?”The question has caught many interviewees off guard. Even Mo Yan, who just won a Nobel Prize, responded by saying, “I don’t know”.
While the question has become a buzz phrase and the Internet plays host to heated discussions, we ask: What exactly is happiness? And how do you measure it?
In the 1776 US Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson set in writing the people’s unalienable right to “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”. 235 years on, Wen Jiabao told the nation, “Everything we do is aimed at letting people live more happily.” At National People’s Congress, officials agreed that increasing happiness would be a top target for the 12th five-year plan.
US psychologist Ed Diener, author of Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth, describes happiness as “ a combination of life satisfaction and having more positive than negative emotions”, according to US broadcasting network PBS. This may sound straightforward enough, but it still doesn’t explain what determines people’s happiness.
Many argue that happiness is elusive and that there is no single source. It also means different things to different people. For some, happiness can be as simple as having enough cash.
Researchers believe happiness can be separated into two types: daily experiences of hedonic (享乐的) well-being; and evaluative well-being, the way people think about their lives as a whole. The former refers to the quality of living, whereas the latter is about overall happiness, including life goals and achievements. Happiness can cross both dimensions.
Li Jun, a psychologist and mental therapy practitioner at a Beijing clinic, says, “Happiness can mean both the most basic human satisfaction or the highest level of spiritual pursuit. It’s a simple yet profound topic.”
Chen Shangyuan, 21, a junior English major at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, said his idea of happiness always evolves. “At present it relates to how productive I am in a day,” he said. “It might be linked to job security or leisure time after I graduate.”
Then there is the question of measuring happiness. Does it depend on how many friends we have, or whether we own the latest smart phone? Is it even quantifiable?
Economists are trying to measure happiness in people’s lives. Since 1972, Bhutan’s GDP measurement has been replaced by a Gross National Happiness index. It is calculated according to the peoples’ sense of being well-governed, their relationship with the environment, their satisfaction with economic development, and their sense of national belonging.
In 2009, US economist Joseph Stiglitz proposed “to shift emphasis from measuring economic production to measuring people’s well-being”. But is well-being more easily measured?
小题1: In the second paragraph, the writer gave an example to ________.A．support his idea that being famous is the reason to be happyB．introduce his topic to be discussedC．tell people winning a Nobel Prize is a great honorD．show that the question was quite difficult小题2:From what Thomas Jefferson and Wen Jiabao mentioned in the passage, we know ________.A．people’s happiness is determined by great peopleB．people’s happiness is an important target for the development of a countryC．people in all countries have the right to ask the government for a happy lifeD．people both in China and America are living a happy life小题3:According to the passage, the writer may most likely agree that ________.A．CCTV journalists are concerned about people’s happiness out of sympathyB．the question has led to heated discussions about who are the happiest people in ChinaC．Bhutan’s new index shows that people there are the happiest in the worldD．it is not easy for us to decide what determines people’s happiness小题4:What does the underlined word “elusive” in the sixth paragraph mean?A．available.B．easy to get.C．hard to describe.D．unimaginable.小题5:The best title of the passage is ________.A．Are you happy?B．The Measurement of HappinessC．GDP and HappinessD．The Secret of Happiness 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:A
解析
“你幸福吗？”这一问题已经成为热门语句并引发网络热议。我们不禁要问：“到底什么是幸福？你又怎样衡量幸福呢?”幸福难以捉摸，幸福源自许多方面。 研究人员认为，幸福可以分成两类：一是日常的享乐主义幸福，二是可评估的幸福，即人们整体思考生活的方式。前者强调生活质量，而后者则注重整体幸福感，包括人生目标和成就。幸福则可以令二者产生交叉。而幸福真的可以量化吗？经济学家们一直试图衡量人们生活的幸福感。从1972年开始，不丹放弃国内生产总值的测算，取而代之的是“国民幸福指数”。这一数值根据人们对政府以及经济发展的满意度、与环境的关系、以及国民归属感。
小题1:推理判断题。根据第二段可知，甚至就连刚刚获得诺贝尔奖的莫言也回答说：“我不知道。”与B项（引出话题。）意思一致。
小题2:推理判断题。根据托马斯•杰弗逊写下的：人们拥有不可剥夺的“生存权、自由权以及追求幸福的权利”。和温家宝总理所说的“我们做的每件事都是为了让人民过得更幸福。” 可知与B项（人民的幸福是一个国家发展的重要目标。）一致。
小题3:推理判断题。根据很多人认为，幸福难以捉摸，幸福源自许多方面。与D项（我们要确定什么决定着人的幸福并不容易。）意思一致。
小题4:词义推测题。根据后一句（幸福源自许多方面。）可知，与C项（ 难以形容。）意思一致。
小题5:主旨大意题。文章的核心句是：你幸福吗？围绕这一话题，不同的人有不同的回答和理解。所以最佳题目应该是A。
考点: 生活百态类阅读。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Last year, CCTV jour.....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。日常生活类阅读
日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
