19.When we think about happiness,we usually think of something extraordinary,a top great delight.
For a child,happiness has a magic quality.I remember playing police and robbers in the woods,getting a speaking part in the school play.Of course,kids also experience lows,but their delight at tops of pleasure is easily seen,such as winning a race or getting a new bike.
For teenagers,or people under 20the concept of happiness changes.Suddenly it's conditional on such things as excitement,love,and popularity.I can still feel the pain of not being invited to a party that almost everyone else was going to.I also recall the great happiness of being invited at another event to dance with a very handsome young man.
In adulthood the things that bring great joy-birth,love,marriage-also bring responsibility and the risk of loss.Love may not last; loved ones die.For adults,happiness is complex.
My dictionary explains"happy"as"lucky"or"fortunate",but I think a better explanation of happiness is"the ability to enjoy something".The more we can enjoy what we have,the happier we are.It's easy for us not to notice the pleasure we get from loving and being loved,the company of friends,the freedom to love where we please,and even good health.Nowadays,with so many choices and much pleasure,we have turned happiness into one more thing we have.We think we own the right to have it,which makes us extremely unhappy.So we try hard to get it and consider it to be the same as wealth and success,without noticing that the people who have those things aren't necessarily happier.
While happiness may be more complex for us,the answer is the same as ever.Happiness isn't about what happens to us.It's the ability to find a positive for every negative,and view a difficulty as a challenge.Don't be sad for what we don't have,but enjoy what we do possess.
60.According to the passage,happiness lies in the ability toD.
A.think of something extraordinary
B.experience delight at an old age
C.feel the magic quality of pleasure
D.enjoy what one has at the moment
61.In paragraph 3,a teenager looks at happiness mainly in terms ofC.
A.material gains B.social honor
C.spiritual satisfaction D.a(chǎn)cademic achievement
62.The author implies that when one dreams wealth and finally gets it heB.
A.can realize what happiness is
B.may not end up with happiness
C.may consider it extreme happiness
D.should not feel content with himself
63.The passage aims to tellB.
A.the great importance of happiness
B.the real meaning of happiness
C.the constant dream of happiness
D.the changing concept of happiness.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了作者通過自己的經(jīng)歷告訴我們什么是真正的幸福,我們應(yīng)該如何獲得自己想要的幸福.
解答 60.D.推力判斷題.根據(jù)最后一段:Don't be sad for what we don't have,but enjoy what we do possess可知幸福是一種享受自己此刻擁有的能力;故選D.
61.C.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第三段:Suddenly it's conditional on such things as excitement,love,and popularity.I can still feel the pain of not being invited to a party that almost everyone else was going to可知一個十幾歲的青少年主要看幸福感是精神上的滿足;故選C.
62.B.推理判斷題.根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段:So we try hard to get it and consider it to be the same as wealth and success,without noticing that the people who have those things aren't necessarily happier可知當一個人夢想財富并最終獲得財富時可能最終并不幸福;故選B.
63.B.主旨大意題.從作者對于幸福的論述我們可以看出,幸福就是對于自己已經(jīng)擁有的感到滿足,而過分追求財富和成功只能給自己更大的壓力,故選B.
點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.