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Habitat destruction threatens many of Taiwan’s native plants and animals--including the Formosan black
bear. 41 development has caused widespread environmental degradation. To raise people’s 42 of conservation
issues, two koalas, Patrick and Harley, were brought from Australia to the Taipei Zoo. The two koalas’ role, as
explained by the zoo director Dr. Yan, is to 43 people to the Zoo, where they can learn about the importance of
preserving Taiwan’s wild life. The 44 response has been overwhelming. The koalas went on display in August last
year, attracting 1.5 million visitors in the first six weeks alone. And many locally 45 education books combining
information about koalas with related conservation issues are also selling well. The hard work of the Zoo appears to be
paying off.
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If you charted the incidence of depression since 1950, the lines suggest a growing epidemic. Depending on what
assumptions are used, clinical depression is 3 to 10 times as common today than two generations ago. A recent study
by Ronald Kessler of Harvard Medical School estimated that each year, 1 in 15 Americans experience an episode of
major depression--meaning not just a bad day but depression so debilitating that it’s hard to get out of bed. Money
jangles in our wallets and purses as never before, but we are basically no happier for it, and for many, more money
leads to depression. How can that be?
Of course, our grandmothers, many of whom lived through the Depression and the war, told us that money can’t
buy happiness. We don’t act as though we listened. Millions of us spend more time and energy pursuing the things
money can buy than engaging in activities that create real fulfillment in life, like cultivating friendships, helping others
and developing a spiritual sense.
We say we know that money can’t buy happiness. In the TIME poll, when people were asked about their major
source of happiness, money ranked 14th. Still, we behave as though happiness is one wave of a credit card away. Too
many Americans view expensive purchases as "shortcuts to well-being," says Martin Seligman, a psychologist at the
University of Pennsylvania. But people are poor predictors of where those shortcuts will take them.
To be sure, there is ample evidence that being poor causes unhappiness. For example, studies by Ruut Veenhoven,
a sociologist at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, show that the poor--those in Europe earning less than about $10,000
a year--are rendered unhappy by the relentless frustration and stress of poverty .
46 According to this passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
Money can’t buy happiness.
Money may make people get depression.
The real truth about money is easy to find.
Many Americans view expensive purchases as "shortcuts to well-being."
47 Many of our grandmothers lived through the Depression and the war and they told us that money can’t buy
happiness. What is our response to their advice?
We listen attentively.
We are convinced that money can’t buy happiness.
We engage in activities that create real fulfillment in life.
Millions of us spend more time and energy pursuing the things money can buy.
48 According to this passage, what can be inferred?
Being poor causes unhappiness.
Unhappiness is likely to result from expensive purchases.
People should engage in meaningful activities that create fulfillment in life.
People get depressed because they make less money than people of two generations ago.
49 Which of the following acts is NOT recommended by the writer?
Helping others. Trying to be rich.
Cultivating friendships. Developing a spiritual sense.
50 What does the phrase "shortcuts to well-being" mean?
A big challenge to get rich. A fast method to help people.
A quick way to live a happy life. A difficult route to real fulfillment.