首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
专升本
If the developing-world Colombians are happy mostly because they really like to be and the developed-world Japanese are not so h
If the developing-world Colombians are happy mostly because they really like to be and the developed-world Japanese are not so h
admin
2008-01-17
65
问题
If the developing-world Colombians are happy mostly because they really like to be and the developed-world Japanese are not so happy because, for them, personal happiness isn’t part of the plan, it would seem to follow that one’s happiness has little to do with material well-being and a lot to do win attitude — at least when it comes to filling out surveys. The planet’s happiest souls, as determined by the World Happiness Database at Rotterdam’s Erasmus University, are the Danes, the Swiss and the Maltese, all of whom score 8 on a 10-point scale of happiness. Most of Asians, including the Japanese, score 6 on this measure, while troubled Pakistan is near the bottom at 4.3.
Biswas-Diener agrees that attitude counts, but also notes that highly developed nations, as a group, score consistently high, suggesting that it doesn’t hurt a country to pave its highways and disinfect its water supply. Democracy, as measurement tor most of the world, is a sure guide to happiness. And there are no superpowers when it comes to happiness. The U.S. is pretty active, but in the study of international college students, it ranked the eighth, tied with Slovenia. It would appear that merely living as if you are No.1, and running around the world shouting you are No.1, doesn’t mean that you feel like No.1 inside.
Even Biswas-Diener cautions that national-happiness rankings are crude instruments. That’s especially true when comparing West with East, cultures where the pursuit of happiness is a national obsession (迷恋) with cultures where, as the Chinese philosopher Chuang Tze put it, "happiness is the absence of the longing for happiness". Still, if you belong to one of the highest-ranking countries, you’ll enjoy gazing at the big scoreboard and thinking about the source of your collective joy. Whereas, if your motherland fares badly, you might want to consider spending more time in Denmark.
The word "counts" (Line 1, Para. 2) most probably means______.
选项
A、works
B、decides
C、matters
D、explains
答案
C
解析
本题是词义猜测题。根据第一段的主要内容,即幸福与财富无关,而和态度有很大关系,在这个特定的语句中“Biswas—Diener agrees that attitude counts”可以判断“count”应理解为“有影响”或是“举足轻重”,而选项中只有matters一词含有此意故选择c。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/1WLC777K
本试题收录于:
英语题库普高专升本分类
0
英语
普高专升本
相关试题推荐
Ifyoucannotattendthemeeting,pleasefindsomeoneto______foryou.
Theyhave______mostcarefullythetimeandthematerialsneededtocompletetheproject.
TomandJackhavereturnedbut______studentsofthegrouphaven’tcomebackyet.
InformertimesdoctorsinTaiwan,whowereconsideredsaviors,weregreatlyadmired.Thisisnotonlybecausetheywereableto
Jeandidnothavetimetogototheconcertlastnightbecauseshewasbusyforherexamination______.
Ifthewholesurgery______beforehandcarefully,therewouldhavebeenabetterresult.
Teachersaresupposedtobepatientandnottolosetheirtempernomatterwhatmistakestheirstudentsmake.
Wewerecompletely______whenwefinallyreachedthedestination.
______thegroundcoveredwithice,theroadhasbecomeveryslippery.
Itwassaidthatcomputerscouldcrashbecausetheywere______(able)tomakesenseof"00"fortheyear2000.
随机试题
论述19世纪70年代海防与塞防之争。(四川大学2017年中国通史真题)
各种党派团体、职业团体、群众社团组织、宗教组织等都属于()
在社会性质上,社会主义初级阶段同新民主主义社会的区别具体表现为二者的
A.溃疡孤立存在,表面微凹,少量黄色渗出物,周缘充血B.溃疡深达黏膜下,边缘高起,咽部及口角可见瘢痕C.溃疡与刺激物相邻,周缘白色水肿及角化D.溃疡较深,边缘不整,基底有浸润E.溃疡浅表,基底暗红色桑葚样肉芽肿,边缘鼠啮状褥疮性溃疡的溃疡特点为
患者,男,34岁。塌方事故中致骨盆骨折。接诊时首先应注意的并发症是
货币经纪公司及其分公司从事证券交易所相关业务的经纪服务,须报经()审批。
投资企业对被投资单位具有共同控制或重大影响的长期股权投资,应当采用成本法核算。()
在入住工作的准备工作中,除要作大量的资料准备外,还有其他准备工作,以下项目中的()不含在其他准备工作中。
下图为某城区分局某派出所辖区局部地图派出所巡逻车正沿解放路由西向东行驶到银行北侧(图中巡逻车的位置),突然接到指令要求立即赶到中华路区政府北门(图中五角星处)处处理警情。在不打开应急警灯正常行驶的情况下,最佳行驶路线应是()。(单选)
(2014年真题)按照宪法的分类,我国现行宪法属于
最新回复
(
0
)