Question

Teenagers at one German school are learning how to achieve happiness alongside other traditional subjects such as math and languages.

      The class sit in a circle with their eyes shut and they count from one to ten: someone starts, the next voice comes from the far right, a third from the other side.

      The aim of the game is to listen for an opportunity to shout out the number without clashing (冲突) with another voice or leaving a pause. On the first try, most of the young Germans try to be first, while a few are too shy to join in, but by the fifth time round, they develop a rhythm. The message: give other people space but also confidently claim your own. This is a requirement for social well-being.

     The Willy Hellpach School in Heidelberg is the first in the nation to develop a happiness course. It is intended for students preparing for university entrance exams.

      "The course isn't there to make you happy," Ernst Fritz -Schubert, the school principal, warned pupils, "but rather to help you discover the ways to become happy."

      Cooking a meal together is one of the class exercises. Improving body language under the guidance of two professional actresses is another.

     The course is taught for three periods a week. Despite the happy subject, the pupils themselves insist it is no laughing matter.

      "In the first period, we had to each say something positive about another member of the class and about ourselves. No laughing at people." said Fanny, 17.

      Research by the school shows it is not the first to start happiness classes: they also exist at some U. S. universities, mainly based on positive thinking, using findings from studies of depression.

1.What's the writing purpose of this passage?

A. To help students struggle against being sad.        

B. To describe all the traditional courses.

C. To arouse the readers' interest in happiness. 

D. To introduce the happiness course.

2.The game intended for the students in the 2nd paragraph is mainly to _________.

A. try their best to get opportunities for themselves

B. practice how to speak in front of people

C. equip them with required social skills

D. confidently speak out one's opinions

3.According to the passage, the happiness course is _________.

A. to help students discover the ways to happiness

B. to make all the students happy all the time

C. required to be taken by the first year students

D. created by the Willy Hellpach School

4.It can be inferred from the passage that _________.

A. the students can certainly become happy after the course

B. the students just took the course as a laughing matter

C. the students' self'-respect can also improve happiness

D. the students waste time learning something without value

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.C

【解析】

试题分析: 快乐是人的一种健康的心理情感。目前德国的一家学校给学生开设了一门如何去获得快乐的课程。这门课程目的不是为了让人们快乐，而是帮助孩子们去发现如何才能获得快乐。其中增加自信心，使用肢体语言都是课程的内容。

1.D推理判断题。文章开头提出在德国的一家学校孩子们学习如何获得快乐的课程，然后在下文中对此进行了详细的介绍，由此判断文章的目的就是要介绍这门课程，故答案选D。

2.C推理判断题。文章第二段介绍这种获得快乐的方法，然后在第三段对此进行细致的讲解，根据This is a requirement for social well-being.可以判断游戏的目的是让孩子获得一些社交技能，故答案选C。

3. A细节理解题。根据文章第一段和第五段内容 "The course isn't there to make you happy," "but rather to help you discover the ways to become happy."可知这种课程是为了帮助学生发现快乐的方法，故答案选A。

4.】C推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段可知不嘲笑人，给自己说积极鼓励的话，也是课程的一方面，由此判断增加学生自信也会提高他们快乐的感觉，故答案选C。

考点：考查社会教育类短文阅读。