Question

Researchers have found that there are some basic things that you can do to become happier.
◆Self
Yourself includes your education, your health, and your sense of purpose. It is important to take care of yourself and to connect the people around you. First, find a hobby. This gives you a chance to meet people with similar interests. You can also volunteer. Volunteering takes the focus off your own problems and makes you feel grateful for what you have.
◆Home
Create a quieter, dark area where you can sit and relax. Paint your living room yellow – it can increase energy and improve mood (情緒). It also helps to own a pet. Pets can make their owners feel calm, and provide love and friendship.
◆Financial (財務的) life
According to Ed Diener, the key to greater well-being is to have money, but not to want it too much. Try to spend money on things that give you long-lasting pleasure. Buy things that will enrich your life, such as music lessons and dinners with friends and family.
◆Social life
Have friends that encourage you to eat right, to be active, to laugh, and to do your best. Meet with your friends regularly and share with them when you have more of something than you need. Support each other in difficult times.
◆Workplace
Your office should be a place that you like. Find a job with people that you enjoy being around. That includes your boss. And do something that you feel strongly about. That is more important than money.
◆Community
If possible, live near people who have about the same amount of money as you. This makes you less aware (意識到的) of what you don’t have. Live in a neighborhood where you feel safe and where you can walk a lot. Walking makes you healthier, and healthier people are happier people.
【小題1】What does yourself include according to the passage?
【小題2】How can we increase our energy and improve mood?
【小題3】What is the key to greater well-being, according to Ed Diener?
【小題4】Why should we live near people as rich as ourselves?
【小題5】What does the passage mainly talk about?

Answer 1

【小題1】Your education, health, and your sense of purpose.
【小題2】By painting your living room yellow and owning a pet.
【小題3】To have money, but not to want it too much.
【小題4】Financial quality with our neighbors makes us less aware of what we don’t have.
【小題5】Six keys to happiness and how to make us happier.

解析試題分析：這篇短文主要列舉了我們感到快樂六方面，那么如何做呢。一、自己照顧好自己，并與周圍的人聯系，包括自己的教育，健康和你的使命感。二、家 ；三、財務生活；四、社會生活；五、工作場所；六、社區。從這幾方面怎么做，才能更快樂。
【小題1】細節理解題。問句是：根據這篇短文，你自己包括哪些內容？從文中這句話“Yourself includes your education, your health, and your sense of purpose.”可知應該是：Your education, health, and your sense of purpose.
【小題2】細節理解題。問句是：如何增加我們的能量和改善我們個情緒？從文中這句話“Paint your living room yellow – it can increase energy and improve mood . It also helps to own a pet.”可知應該是：By painting your living room yellow and owning a pet.
【小題3】細節理解題。從文中這句話“According to Ed Diener, the key to greater well-being is to have money, but not to want it too much.”可知應該是：To have money, but not to want it too much.
【小題4】結構分析題。從短文最后一段“If possible, live near people who have about the same amount of money as you. This makes you less aware of what you don’t have.”可知應該是：Financial quality with our neighbors makes us less aware of what we don’t have.
【小題5】主題歸納題。根據短文內容分析，主要從六個方面介紹了如何做，我們才能更快樂，所以總結為：Six keys to happiness and how to make us happier.
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