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1、You dont need millions to be happ. yIn fact, at the Happiness Training Centre in Australia, a couple of hundred dollars may be enough. The training centre opened its doors last year, and, since then, men and women of all ages have been paying A$200 an hour for lessons on how to feel grea“t. You can

2、really increase your happiness levels. That wshat we teach, ”said Timothy Sharp, beginner of the centre. Experts say that only about 15 per cent of happiness comes from income and financer （收入及財務因素 ）. As much as 85 per cent comes from things such as attitude, life control and relationships. Most of

3、us are better off financially than our parents and grandparents, but happiness levels havent chamngaetcdhtothat. Studies show that once the basic needs of housing and food are met, other wealth adds very little to happiness. Scientists now say part of the reason we are richer but not happier is that

4、 we compare ourselves to people better off. “ Thefact is that if you want to be happy, there s a very simple thing you can do: compare yourself to people who are less well off than you poorer, smaller house, etc.”said Sharp. The Happiness Training Centre hopes to show you how to overcome these unhap

5、piness factors by paying attention to“more than just your bank account”. “IfI compare myself to Bill Gates, then I malways going to be down, ”said Sharp. 65. Do people need a lot of money to be happy? 66. When did the Happiness Training Centre open? 67. Whos the beginner of the Happiness Training Ce

6、ntre in Australia? 68. What does happiness depend on according to the passage? 69. What does the last sentence mean? Happiness is U-shaped, for we are happier at the start and end of our lives but hit a slump （低潮） when we are middle-aged, scientists from England and America say. They have studied th

7、e information on the mental （心理的 ） health of two million people from 80 countries. In England, the probability of low spirits for men and women reaches the highest point at around 44 years of age. In America, though, there is a big difference between men and women. Among women, unhappiness reaches t

8、he highest point at around the age of 40, but among men, it is about 50. But the U-shape of happiness is unchanging around the world, and the mid-life sadnesshappens regardless of marital status （婚姻狀況）, changes in job or pay. It happens to men and women, to single and married people, to rich and poo

9、r, and to those with and without children. t come tr One possibility may be that people realize many of their dreams won at middle age. The researchers said another reason could be that seeing their middle-aged friends die one by one, people begin to value their own remaining years and their love of

10、 the nature and long for peaceful and free life once more. But the good news is that if people make it to aged 70 and are still physically fit, they are on average （平均） as happy as a 20-year-old person. For the average people in the modern world, the fall in mental health and happiness doesnt come o

11、n suddenly in a single year. Only in their fifties do people get out of this low period. 65. Do people feel happy at the start and end of their lives? 66. Where are the scientists in the passage from? 67. When does the unhappiness reach the highest point among men in America, at the age of 40 or about 50? 68. What is the good news for a 70-year-old healthy man? 69. How will a teenager feel in his future life according to the passage? 歸納概括性閱讀理解題常見的題干 1. The passage mainly shows us . 2. The passage is mainly about . 3. The best title of the story is . 4. The mai