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阅读理解 For thousands of years,people have been debating the meaning of happiness and how to find it. Fromthe ancient Greeks and Romans to current day writers and professors,the debate about happiness
continues. hat makes some happy? In what parts of the world are people the happiest? Why even study
happiness? The Greek philosopher Aristotle said that a person's highest happiness comes from the use of
his or her intelligence. Religious books such as the Koran and Bible discuss faith as a form of happiness.
The British scientist Charles Darwin believed that all species were formed in a way so as to enjoy
happiness. People throughout history may have had different ideas about happiness. But today,many
people are still searching for its meaning.
How do you study something like happiness? You could start with the World Database of Happiness at Erasmus University in Rotterdam,the Netherlands. This set of information includes how to define and
measure happiness. Some findings are not surprising. For example,the database suggests that married
people are happier than single people. Peoplewho like to be with other people are happier than unsocial
people. But other findings are less expected: People with children are equally happy as couples without
children. And wealthier people are only a little happier than poorer people.
Positive psychology is the new term for a method of scientific study that tries to examine the things that make life worth living instead of life's problems. Traditional psychology generally studies negative situations like mental suffering and sickness. But positive psychology aims to study the strengths that allow people
and communities to do well. Thereis also an increasing amount of medical research on the physical qualities of happiness. Doctors can now look at happiness at work in a person's brain using a method called
magnetic resonance imaging (核磁共振成像),or MRI. For example,an MRI can show how one area of a person's brain activates when he or she is shown happy pictures. A different area of the brain becomes
active when the person sees pictures of terrible subjects.1. What can be inferred from the first paragraph?A. People are searching for the meaning of happiness.
B. Happiness is an everlasting topic for discussion.
C. Current day scholars are debating about how to make people happy.
D. People have begun to realize the importance of understanding happiness.2. The Bible tells us happiness comes from ________.A. the application of one's intelligence
B. the strong belief in religion
C. a certain degree of good faith
D. the trust in one's ability3. The findings of the database imply that couples without children are ________.A. as happy as people with children
B. less happy than people with children
C. happier than unsocial people
D. a little happier than wealthier people4. As an approach of scientific study,positive psychology focuses on ________.A. mental suffering
B. psychological sickness
C. examining what makes life worth living
D. strengths that enable people to succeed5. MRI is used in the study of happiness in order to ________.A. find out the physical quantities of happiness
B. look at the images formed in people's brain
C. study the reaction of the brain to happiness
D. understand the pictures of terrible subjects 题型：未知难度：其他题型
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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。
