Question

Recently, CCTV reporters asked many people a simple question, “Are you happy?”

1._________ Even Mo Yan, who recently won a Nobel Prize, responded by saying, “I don’t know.”

While the question has become a popular phrase and the Internet plays host to heated discussions, we ask, 2.__________________

Last year, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao told the nation, “We do everything to let people live more happily.” At last year’s Nation’s People’s Congress(人代會), officials agreed that increasing happiness would be a top goal for the 12^th five-year- plan.

Many think that happiness is difficult to describe and that it is from many ways. 3.___________  For some, happiness can be as simple as having enough money to buy a new bicycle; for others, it’s about having wealth, keeping healthy or finding the perfect marriage.

Chen Shanguyan is a college student. 4._____________ “At present it relates to how well I study in a day, “ he said. “It might be linked to a good job after I graduate.”

5.______________  Does it depend on how many friends we have, or whether we own the latest smartphone? Is it even quantifiable(量化)?

Economists(經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家) are trying to measure happiness in people’s lives. Since 1972, Bhutan’s GDP measurement has been taken the place of g Gross National Happiness index國民幸福指數(shù)), according to the people’s sense of being well-governed(管理), their relationship with the environment, their satisfaction with economic(經(jīng)濟(jì)的) development, and their sense of national belonging. But is well-being more easily measured?

A．What exactly is happiness and how do you measure it?

B．The question is really too difficult for us to answer.

C．Then there is the question of measuring happiness.

D．He said his idea of happiness always developed.

E.It also means different things to different people.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.E

4.D

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章是一篇有關(guān)“你幸福嗎？”這個話題的報道，不同人對幸福有不同的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。

1.根據(jù)句意：最近，中央電視臺記者問了很多人一個簡單的問題“你幸福嗎”？根據(jù)后文甚至是莫言都說自己不知道如何回答這個問題。可推斷出，這個問題對我們來說，真的是太難回答了。故選B.The question is really too difficult for us to answer.

2.根據(jù)句意：然而這個問題變成了一個流行的話題，網(wǎng)絡(luò)上展開了激烈的討論，我們問：幸福到底是什么，如何衡量幸福。故選A.What exactly is happiness and how do you measure it?

3.根據(jù)后文意思：一些人認(rèn)為有足夠的錢買到一輛自行車就是幸福；有人認(rèn)為財(cái)富，健康以及找到一個完美的結(jié)婚對象就是幸福。可推斷出，不同的人對幸福有不同的看法。故選E.It also means different things to different people.

4.大學(xué)生陳說他現(xiàn)在的幸福如何能學(xué)好，畢業(yè)之后，幸福可能就是找到一個好工作。可推斷出，他認(rèn)為幸福總是在不停的發(fā)展的。故選D.He said his idea of happiness always developed.

5.根據(jù)句意：有了一個測量幸福的問題。它可能取決于我們有多少個朋友，我們是否擁有最新的智能手機(jī)？它是量化的嗎？故填C.Then there is the question of measuring happiness.

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