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What is happiness？Different people have different ideas.Some people are rich; they think they are happy.Other people have many friends，so they feel happy.Still others are happy because their lives are meaningful.Happiness attracts everyone.For children，happiness often suggests eating something good or playing with toys.For a stamp collector，stamps bring more delight than meals.And for a scientist，a discovery or an invention rather than anything else gives him greatest satisfaction.
There was once a beggar who was always happy.The king saw him and wondered why he was so happy though he was so poor.However，the king could have whatever he wanted; yet he himself was not happy at all.Thus we can see one's happiness doesn't depend on whether he is rich or poor.Happiness is a state of mind.As long as one thinks he's content and satisfied，he is happy.
As everything exists only because its opposite exists，happiness exists only when pain exists.Just as a person who does not know failure never knows success，a person，who has not experienced suffering or sadness，never knows what happiness means.
Happiness always promises a hope by which people go on living.When they come to the point of losing hope because they have suffered a great deal，it is often the time when happiness comes that will give them the courage and desire to live.
Cheer up and be happy.Happiness is not far from you.It's just around you.Try to grasp it and enjoy it.
【语篇解读】 本文主要阐述了什么是幸福。
1．Why are several kinds of people mentioned in Paragraph 1，according to the writer's opinion?
A．The rich people are happy because they can get what they want with money.
B．A scientist is happy because he or she has made great contributions to the world.
C．People who have many friends feel happy because they can get help when in trouble.
D．People who feel their lives are meaningful feel happy because they are happy with their lives.
D [细节理解题。根据第二段最后两句可知。]
2．Which statement is NOT correct according to the passage?
A．Happiness is a kind of feeling.
B．Happiness exists relatively.
C．Only a failure can achieve success.
D．It's not difficult to be happy.
C [细节理解题。根据第三段可知，不知道失败的人就不知道成功过的滋味，而不是只有失败的人才能获得成功。]
3．What does the passage mainly talk about?
A．What happiness is.
B．Different definitions of happiness.
C．Happiness is about you.
D．How to get happiness.
A [主旨大意题。根据全文第一句可知，本文主要阐述的是什么是幸福。]
