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(2019·安庆模拟)As a child，I was generally happy，singing and dancing to my favorite songs，smiling and laughing with my friends and family.But as far back as second grade，I noticed a “darkness” about me.I didn’t enjoy participating in many things.
In middle school，things in my life began to get even worse.I began withdrawing from everything I once enjoyed.I was always tired.Everything was horrible.Finally，midway through eighth grade，I was told I had a chemical imbalance，diagnosed(诊断)with clinical depression，and had to take medicine.It took months for me to feel the effects of the medicine.
When I began to feel happy again is when I realized that I had to take the responsibility for getting better myself，rather than relying on medicine.Aristotle said，“To live happily is an inward power of the soul，” and I believe that this quote describes what I had to do to achieve happiness.Happiness is a journey.Everyone seems to need different things to be happy.
“The essentials(要素) to happiness are something to love，something to do，and something to hope for，”a quote from William Blake sums up what I believe people need to realize to be truly happy in life.People need love.I feel they need their family and their friends more than anything else in the world.People need work to do，something to make them feel they are making a difference in the world.People need to know that more good is to come in the future，so they continue to live for “now” instead of constantly worrying about the bad that could come.Love and hope are happiness.
【解题导语】 作者根据自己克服抑郁症的经历总结出了幸福生活的要素。
1．What do we know about the author in Paragraph 2?
A．He hated going to sleep because he couldn’t sleep well.
B．He spent months recovering from the clinical depression.
C．He was diagnosed with clinical depression in Grade Seven.
D．He suffered a great deal from clinical depression.
D 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“I began withdrawing from...take medicine.”可知，在中学时，作者受到临床抑郁症的折磨。故选D项。
2．Who helped the author to be happy again?
A．The author’s friends.
B．Aristotle.
C．The author himself.
D．William.
C 解析：细节理解题。根据文章第三段第一句“When I began to feel happy again is when I realized that I had to take the responsibility for getting better myself，rather than relying on medicine.”可知，作者并不是依赖药物而是靠自己克服病症，重新快乐起来。故选C项。
3．Which of the following about being truly happy is unnecessary in the author’s opinion?
A．Love. B．Ambition.
C．Hope. D．Work.
B 解析：细节理解题。根据文章最后一段第一句可知，作者认为幸福的要素包括爱、希望和工作。故选B项。
4．What may be the best title for the text?
A．The Essentials to Happiness
B．Ways to Overcome Shortcomings
C．Everyone Needs to Be Happy
D．Happiness Is Love
A 解析：标题归纳题。通读文章，作者根据自己克服抑郁症的经历，总结出幸福生活的要素，文章最后一段具体阐述了要素的内容，由此可知A项契合文章主旨。
