A.Some people don't want to take it because it's too time-consuming.
B.The results might not be objective enough.
C.The survey aims to measure Americans' happiness.
D.The survey has been conducted for three months.
听前预测
一根据题干中出现Professor Kimball’s survey、happiness、the strong dip in people,s happiness after the earthquake inPakistan:和his book on h印piIless可以大概判断对话谈论TProfessorKimball对幸福指数的调查。
对话摘要
对话是主持人对密歇根州立大学的经济学家ProfessorKimball做的专访。采访tProfessorKimball介绍了他所做的关于幸福指数的调查内容,以及此次调查的原因和结果。
试题解析
C。本题的出题点在主持人对嘉宾的介绍处。题干问关于Kimball教授的调查,哪项是正确的,听音重点在Kimball’s survey处。对话中主持人介绍说,近一年来,密歇根州立大学的经济学家一直在调查美国人的幸福程度,故CJE确,排除D。A和B项对话并未提及。
A.The English word "happenstance" is about luck that happens by chance.
B.Happiness means good luck in many languages.
C.Happiness as a kind of feeling is relatively long-lasting.
D.People's feeling of happiness goes back to normal quickly.
A.shows that people all over the world care about Pakistan
B.demonstrates earthquake's great influence
C.doesn't make any sense because the survey results aren't justified
D.makes sense because everyone cares about other human beings
A.Positive.
B.Negative.
C.Indifferent.
D.Ambiguous.