For thousands of years,people have been debating the meaning of happiness and how to find it. From

the 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 ability

3. 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 people

4. 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 succeed

5. 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

答案

1-5 BBADC

考点名称：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。

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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。