Recently,CCTV reporter have asked a simple question, “Are you happy?”
The question has caught many interviewees off guard. Even Mo Yan, who recently won a Nobel Prize, answered by saying “I don’t know.”
We should ask “What exactly is happiness? And how do you measure(测量) it？”. Last year, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao told the nation, “Everything we do is aimed at letting people live more happily.” At last year’s National People’s Congress(全国人民代表大会)， officials agreed that increasing happiness would be a top target(目标) for the 12^th five-year plan.
Many argue that happiness is elusive. It also means different things to different people. For some, happiness can be as simple as having enough money to buy a new bicycle; for others, it’s about socializing(社交活动) or finding the perfect spouse(配偶).
Chen Shangyuan, 21, a college student, said his idea of happiness always evolves(进化). “At present it relates to how productive I am in a day”, he said. “It might be linked to(联系) job security (安全) or leisure(休闲) time after I graduate.”

1. 1.

   What did Mo Yan say when he was asked the question “Are you happy?”

   1. A.
      Yes, I am very happy
   2. B.
      No, I am not happy
   3. C.
      It depends on the weather
   4. D.
      I don’t know
2. 2.

   What’s the top target for the 12^th five-year plan?

   1. A.
      Economic
   2. B.
      Peace
   3. C.
      Culture
   4. D.
      Increasing happiness
3. 3.

   What does “elusive” mean in the passage?

   1. A.
      难以理解
   2. B.
      难能可贵
   3. C.
      难以实现
   4. D.
      难以忘记
4. 4.

   What does Chen Shangyuan think happiness might be linked to when he works?

   1. A.
      big house
   2. B.
      An expensive car
   3. C.
      Money
   4. D.
      Job security or leisure time
5. 5.

   Form this passage, we can know that_________

   1. A.
      happiness can be measured
   2. B.
      to be happy is very
   3. C.
      different people have different ideas about happiness
   4. D.
      If we have a lot of money we will feel happy

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Dear Sir,
I have to travel every day from Souk Road to the airport. Two buses travel along the line: the number 49 and number 16. But by the time the number 16 bus gets to Souk Road, it is always full, so I can’t get on it. I have to wait for the number 49, because sometimes there are empty seats on it.
The timetable says that there are buses from Souk Road to the airport every ten minutes. If this is so, why do I have to wait half an hour for a bus every day?
The regulations（规章）say that if there are empty seats on a bus, the bus must stop at every stop where people are waiting. Why do the half-empty buses go straight past me when I am standing at the bus stop?
The regulations say that no bus may carry more than 40 seated passengers（乘客）and 20 standing passengers. Yesterday I was the first to get off the bus when it reached the airport. I counted（数）the other passengers as they got off. There were 129 of them.
It is clear that our bus companies break the regulations and think little of their passengers. Can nothing be done to make your service（服务）better?
A. a message        B. a talk       C. a story      D. a letter
【小题1】The writer has to take Bus No. 49 because _________.