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(人代会), 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(经济学家) 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国民幸福指数), according to the people’s sense of being well-governed(管理), their relationship with the environment, their satisfaction with economic(经济的) 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.B

2.A

3.E

4.D

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章是一篇有关“你幸福吗？”这个话题的报道，不同人对幸福有不同的标准。

1.根据句意：最近，中央电视台记者问了很多人一个简单的问题“你幸福吗”？根据后文甚至是莫言都说自己不知道如何回答这个问题。可推断出，这个问题对我们来说，真的是太难回答了。故选B.The question is really too difficult for us to answer.

2.根据句意：然而这个问题变成了一个流行的话题，网络上展开了激烈的讨论，我们问：幸福到底是什么，如何衡量幸福。故选A.What exactly is happiness and how do you measure it?

3.根据后文意思：一些人认为有足够的钱买到一辆自行车就是幸福；有人认为财富，健康以及找到一个完美的结婚对象就是幸福。可推断出，不同的人对幸福有不同的看法。故选E.It also means different things to different people.

4.大学生陈说他现在的幸福如何能学好，毕业之后，幸福可能就是找到一个好工作。可推断出，他认为幸福总是在不停的发展的。故选D.He said his idea of happiness always developed.

5.根据句意：有了一个测量幸福的问题。它可能取决于我们有多少个朋友，我们是否拥有最新的智能手机？它是量化的吗？故填C.Then there is the question of measuring happiness.

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