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电大大学英语B阅读理解期末考试资料小抄 “Are you the happiest man in the world?”When asked this question,most people would say no.They don’t think they are the happiest of people around them. 1.??????? According to the author,most people would not think that . 2.??????? The author thinks that people quite often compare themselves with anyone we think is happier . 3.??????? What is not true about the young man the author once met with? Everything goes effortlessly right for him . 4.??????? After talking with the young man about the Internet,the author realizes that he is mistaken in thinking nothing unhappy existed in the latter’s life 5.??????? The significant conclusion the author draws about happiness is that true happiness lies in struggling to be happy . A funny thing happened on the way to the communication revolution: we stopped talking to each other. 1.????The author’s experience of walking in a park with a friend recently made him feel unhappy . 2.??????? According to the author, human contact in a park means both A and B . 3.??????? According to the author ,the more connected we get in communications technology, the more disconnected we are. 4.????What are the examples the author gives to explain his idea that every advance in communications technolo-gy is a setback to the closeness of human interaction?All of the above . 5.???What is the unintended result of commication technology,according to the author?It actually creates a distance between people instead of bringing then together . After her husband had gone to work,Mrs Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. 1.??????? The reason for Mrs Richards’ excitement that day was thatshe was to attend an evening party. 2.??????? Mrs Richards went downstairs with the costume on so as to make aure that the costume fitted her well. 3.??????? The man who was knocking at the door wasan electricity man . 4.??????? What did the man do after he knocked on the front door?He steped directly towards the stor