When asked about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, an absolute delight, which seems to get rarer the older we get.
For kids, happiness has a magical quality. Their delight at winning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved(毫不掩饰的).
In the teenage years the concept of happiness changes. Suddenly it’s conditional on such things as excitement, love and popularity. I can still recall the excitement of being invited to dance with the most attractive boy at the school party.
In adulthood the things that bring deep joy----love, marriage, birth----also bring responsibility and the risk of loss. For adults, happiness is complicated(复杂的) My definition to happiness is “the capacity for enjoyment”. The more we can enjoy what we hav e, the happier we are. It’s easy to overlook the pleasure we get from the company of friends, the freedom to live where we please, and even good health.
I experienced my little moments of pleasure yesterday. First I was overjoyed when I shut the last lunch-box and had the house to myself. Then I spent an uninterrupted morning writing, which I love. When the kids and my husband came home, I enjoyed their noise after the quiet of the day.
Psychologists tell us that to be happy we need a mix of enjoyable leisure time and satisfying work. I don’t think that my grandmother, who raised 14 children, had much of either. She did have a network of close friends and family, and maybe this is what satisfied her.
We, however, with so many choices and such pressure to succeed in every area, have turned happiness into one more thing we’ve got to have. We’ve so self-conscious about our “right” to it that it’s making us miserable. So we chase it and equal it with wealth and success, without noticing that the people who have
those things aren’t necessarily happier
Happiness isn’t about what happens to us----it’s about how we see what happens to us. It’s the skillful way of finding a positive for every negative. It’s not wishing for what we don’t have, but enjoyi ng what we do possess.
51.As people grow older, they___________
A. feel it harder to experience happiness
B. associate their happiness less with others
C. will take fewer risks in pursuing happiness
D. tend to believe responsibility means happiness
52.What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 5 and 6?
A. She cares little about her own health
B. She enjoys the freedom of traveling
C. She is easily pleased by things in daily life
D. She prefers getting pleasure from housework
53.What can b informed from Paragraph 7?
A. Psychologists think satisfying work is key to happiness
B. Psychologists’ opinion is well proved by Grandma’ s case
C. Grandma often found time for social gatherings
D. Grandma’s happiness came from modest expectations of life
54.People who equal happiness with wealth and success___________
A. consider pressure something blocking their way
B. stress then right to happiness too much
C. are at a loss to make correct choices
D. are more likely to be happy
55.What can be concluded from the passage?
A. Happiness lies between the positive and the negative
B. Each man is the master of his own fate
C. Success leads to happiness
D. Happy is he who is content
When asked about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, an absolute delight, which seems to get rarer the older we get.
For kids, happiness has a magical quality. Their delight at winning a race or
getting a new bike is unreserved(毫不掩饰的).
In the teenage years the concept of happiness changes. Suddenly it’s
conditional on such things as excitement, love and popularity. I can still recall the
excitement of being invited to dance with the most attractive boy at the school party.
In adulthood the things that bring deep joy----love, marriage, birth----also bring responsibility and the risk of loss. For adults, happiness is
complicated(复杂的)
My definition to happiness is “the capacity for enjoyment”. The more we can enjoy what we have,the happier we are. It’s easy to overlook the pleasure we get from the company of friends, the freedom to live where we please, and even good health.
I experienced my little moments of pleasure yesterday. First I was overjoyed
when I shut the last lunch-box and had the house to myself. Then I spent an uninterrupted morning writing,which I love. When the kids and my husband came home, I enjoyed their noise after the quiet of the day.
Psychologists tell us that to be happy we need a mix of enjoyable leisure time and satisfying work. I don’t think that my grandmother, who raised 14
children, had much of either. She did have a network of close friends and family, and maybe this is what satisfied her.
We, however, with so many choices and such pressure to succeed in every area, have turned happiness into one more thing we’ve got to have.We’ve so self-conscious about our “right” to it that it’s making us miserable. So we chase it and equal it with wealth and success, without noticing that the people who have those things aren’t necessarily happier
Happiness isn’t about what happens to us----it’s about how we see what happens to us. It’s the skillful way of finding a positive for every negative. It’s not wishing for what we don’t have, but enjoying what we do possess.
定语从句（Attributive Clauses）在句中做定语，修饰一个名词或代词，被修饰的名词,词组或代词即先行词。定语从句通常出现在先行词之后，由关系词（关系代词或关系副词）引出。
e.g. She is the girl who talked to me yesterday.
名词性从句（Noun Clauses）---主语从句、宾语从句、表语从句和同位语从句在句中做主语、宾语、表语和同位语的成份。
e.g. I don’t know who she is. (宾语)
This is why I came here.（表语）
区别：
第一，定语从句有先行词，且先行词可以放入后面的从句中使从句完整；
名词性从句中的主语从句、表语从句和宾语从句没有先行词，同位语从句有先行词但在从句中不做成分。
e.g. The news that they told me excited me.
（the news可以放入从句中，使句子完整，即they told me the news）
The news that our team won excited me.
(the news无法放入从句中，所以是同位语从句）
第二，在句子中起名词作用的句子叫名词从句(Noun Clauses）。名词从句的功能相当于名词词组, 它在复合句中能担任主语、宾语、表语、同位语、介词宾语等，因此根据它在句中不同的语法功能
定语从句是由关系代词和关系副词引导的从句，其作用是作定语修饰主句的某个名词性成分，定语从句分为限定性和非限定性从句两种。
第三，最关键也是最重要的区别：
1.名词性从句和定语从句的最本质的不同点在于，前者在句子中做名词，而后者相当于形容词，修饰或限制名词或代词。名词性从句由that引导时，通常不充当从句的句子成分，故that可省去。但定语从句由that引导时，如在从句中充当主语时，则that不能省去。
2.使用中最大的区别：定语从句由于在句子中只作定语，故去掉它，整个句子还完整，就像普通的句子去掉一个定语不影响原句的完整性一样。但名词性从
句由于它们充当的是句子的骨干成分（主语，宾语或表语），故去掉它们，原句就不通了。如下面的A句，去掉了主语从句That he has become a rich man ，原句变成is known to all in our town。就失去了完整性。而B句，去掉定语从句部分that is on the desk后，原句变成The pen is mine还是通的。
A：That he has become a rich man is known to all in our town .
B：The pen that is on the desk is mine .
【各个击破】
名词性从句
1．He got angry with _______she said．
A．that B．which C．what D. all what
2．Can’t you find out ______ wrong with the TV set.
A．which B．that’s C．what’s D. where is
3. ______ they will have a good harvest this year is still unknown．
A．Whether B．If C．Which D. That
4．All the books are here．You may borrow _____ you like．
A．which B．that C．what D. whichever
5．The news _____ to Mount Tai during the summer holidays delighted all of us.
A．we would go B．which we would go C．that we would go D. would go 6．We could hardly understand _____．
A．what the man was talking about B．that the man was talking about
C．what was the man talking about D．the man was talking about what 7．_____ is that I have promised to make friends with the dishonest girl.
A．The only thing what I regret B. What I regret most
C．All what I really regret most D. What that I regret most
8．______ she is living now is not known to anybody.
A．What B．When C．Where D. Why
9．This is _____ the river has been polluted．
A．what B．why C．that D. whether
10．That is ______ he was born.
A．what B．that C．where D. whether
定语从句
1．This is the factory ______ they visited the other day．
A．that B．where C．to which D．what
2．Jeanne was her old friend，_____ she borrowed a necklace．A．from who B．from whom C．to that D．to whom
3. This book is for the students _____ native language is not English．
A．that B．of whom C．whose D．who
4．Are you the man _____ bicycle was stolen?
A．who is B．whose C．his D．of which the
5. I don’t like the way ___ he spoke to me.
A. what
B. by which
C. by that
D. /
6. He makes good use of the time ______ he can spare．
A．that B．in which C．in that D．when
7．“Those _____ to see the new film write down your names，please．”
A．want B．who C．that wants D．who want
8. Xiao Huang，___ your good friend, will try her best to help you out．
A．who is B．who am C．that am D．what is
9. He has two Chinese-English dictionaries，____ were bought last week．
A．two of which B．both of which C．both of them D．all of whom
10．A saleswoman is _____ sells goods．
A．a thing that B．something that C．a woman who D．a woman what
综合练习
1. Is this the factory _____ you visited the other day?
A. that
B. where
C. in which
D. the one
2. Is this factory ____ some foreign friends visited last Friday?
A. that
B. where
C. which
D. the one
3. Is this the factory _____ he worked ten years ago?
A. that
B. where
C. which
D. the one
4. The wolves hid themselves in the places _____couldn’t be found.
A. that
B. where
C. in which
D. in that
5. The reason is ____he is unable to operate the machine.
A. because
B. why
C. that
D. whether
6. May the fourth is the day ____ we Chinese people will never forget.
A. which
B. when
C. on which
D. about which
7. We are going to spend the Spring Festival in Guangzhou, _____ live my grandparents and some relatives.
A. which
B. that
C. who
D. where
8. He has two sons, __________ work as chemists.
A. two of whom
B. both of whom
C. both of which
D. all of whom
9. Who can think of a situation ____ this idiom can be used?
A. which
B. that
C. where
D. in that
10. ____ people spend so much money on their pets ____ us a lot.
A. That; surprises
B. What; surprising
C. How; are surprised
D. That; is surprised
11. The thought____ Lao Gao would open a Sichuan restaurant in Los Angeles surprised his wife
A. that
B. what
C. whether
D. if
12. ____ we are doing has never been done before.
A. That
B. What
C. Which
D. Whether
13.____she couldn’t understand was ____fewer and fewer students showed interest in her lesson.
A. What; why
B. That; what
C. What; because
D. Why; that
14. What the doctors really doubt is ____ my mother will recover from the serious disease soon.
A. when
B. how
C. whether
D. why
15.____ leaves the room last ought to turn off the lights.
A. Anyone
B. The person
C. Whoever
D. Who
16. Go and get your coat. It’s ____y ou left it.
A. there
B. where
C. there where
D. where there
17. No one can be sure____ in a million years.
A. what man will look like
B. what will man look like
C. man will look like what
D. what look will man like