限时规范练(三十九) 选择性必修第四册 UNIT 3 The world meets China（Word练习）-【优化指导】2026年高考英语一轮复习高中总复习·第1轮（外研版）

限时规范练(三十九)　UNIT 3　The world meets China

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Ⅰ.阅读理解

The International Day of Happiness，March 20th，is a United Nations project which has a serious purpose.The UN thinks happiness will only be for everyone when the people of the world are equal.

On this date，the centre of the sun is directly above the Earth's equator，which is called an equinox(春分).On the equinox，day and night last for almost equal time all over the Earth.The equinox is felt by everyone on the planet，which matches perfectly with the idea behind the International Day of Happiness.Since 2013，the International Day of Happiness has been celebrated in all 193 United Nations member states.The United Nations invites each person of any age to join in celebration of the International Day of Happiness.

The idea goes back to 1972，when the King of Bhutan，Jigme Singye Wangchuck，said that they should measure a country's progress by its happiness and not just how much it produces or how much money it makes.He called it Gross National Happiness(GNH).Again，it is more than just a nice idea.Bhutan developed a system to measure happiness based on things like people's psychological health，their general health，how they spend their time，where they live，their education and their environment.People in Bhutan answer about 300 questions，and the results are compared every year to measure progress.The government uses the results and the ideas behind GNH to make decisions for the country.

In 2011，a UN adviser called Jayme Illien suggested the idea of an international day to increase happiness.His plan was accepted by Secretary­General Ban Ki­moon in 2012.Jayme was born in Calcutta，India，and he became an orphan when he was a child.He was adopted by an American nurse，Anna Belle Illien.She travelled the world to help orphans and she took Jayme with her.He saw children like him，but who were not as lucky as him because they were often escaping wars or they were very poor.He wanted to do something about it，so he worked in the areas of children's and human rights.

The UN measures and compares the happiness of different countries in the World Happiness Report.It bases its report on social，economic and environmental well­being.The UN also sets

goals for countries to achieve to increase happiness because it says happiness is a basic human right.Happiness should not be something people have because they are lucky to live in a place where they have basic things like peace，education and access to healthcare.

1．What do we know about the International Day of Happiness?

A．People all over the world celebrate it.

B．It's a day to make people equal and happy.

C.It's on the same day when the equinox happens for everyone.

D．Different countries celebrate the International Day of Happiness on different dates.

2．What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A．How happiness is measured in Bhutan.

B．What happiness means to people in Bhutan.

C.How the idea of the International Day of Happiness started.

D.When people began to celebrate the International Day of Happiness.

3．In which section of a magazine may this text appear?

A．Entertainment.     B．Culture.

C．Science.     D．Health.

【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了国际幸福日的起源以及联合国认为的衡量幸福的一些因素。

1．C　[解析]细节理解题。根据第二段中的“On this date，the centre of the sun is directly above the Earth's equator，which is called an equinox.”及“The equinox is felt by everyone on the planet，which matches perfectly with the idea behind the International Day of Happiness.”可知，春分与国际幸福日背后的理念完美契合，所以国际幸福日与春分是同一天。故选C。

2．C　[解析]主旨大意题。根据第三段内容，尤其是“The idea goes back to 1972 ...”可知，该段主要介绍国际幸福日的起源以及它是如何开始的。故选C。

3．B　[解析]推理判断题。通读全文可知，本篇文章主要介绍了国际幸福日，这属于文化范畴，所以这篇文章会出现在杂志的文化部分。故选B。

Ⅱ.完形填空

By the time I was a junior at Yale，I'd already met everyone I cared to know.I also knew those I didn't want to know，including Maxey.He and I were like planets in different __1__．