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【題組】
第一篇：
Does money make people happier? Studies show that it does.when people at the poverty level are suddenly paid more. Other studies also show that people who lose the money they are used to having become very unhappy. But the most important thing seems to be that people are happiest when they make more than other people. Perhaps one secret of happiness is just to think about people who don’t have as much money as you. Sadly, however, the opposite is also true. When you compare yourself to friends and neighbors who have greater incomes, you may become unhappy.
People in poverty need enough food to be healthy but what happens when people suddenly become prosperous? This is the case in China right now where people have become wealthy, but can only have one child. The result is an army of “little emperors”: fat, spoiled children. A child measures happiness in love, not food, and there’s nothing good about over-feeding a child.
Richard Layard, director of the London School of Economics, says, “The six key factors now scientifically established to affect happiness most are: mental health, satisfying and secure work, a secure and loving private life, a safe community, freedom, and moral values.” It is quite interesting that only one of these has to do with making money. People who realize this think that it is better to be paid in something other than money, for example: time.
Many people are now starting to take time off in different ways. Rather than saving up their vacations for a rushed trip once a year, people are taking a day or so here and there to have smaller, quieter vacations. In some cases, people are going in the other direction and taking vacations of several months or even a year. On these vacations, they might volunteer in another country or learn a new skill like a foreign language__________. (from Read and Think: A reading Strategies Course)
【題組】42.According to Layard’s study, which one of the following is NOT included in the six key factors to affect happiness most?
(A) mental health
(B) freedom
(C) having a lot of money
(D) satisfying and secure work
mental 精神的，心理的；智力的，腦力的 secure 安全的，無危險的[（+from/against）]；安心的，無憂慮的[（+about）] ========== 42.【題組】42.According to Layard’s study, which one of the following is NOT included in the six key factors to affect happiness most? (A) mental health (B) freedom (C) having a lot of money (D) satisfying and secure work 答案：C 42。 【題組】42。根據萊亞德的研究，以下哪一項不包括在影響幸福的六個關鍵因素中? (A)心理健康 (B)自由 (C)having a lot of money有很多錢 (D)令人滿意和安全的工作 答案:C
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