“Are you happy?” The simple question usually makespeople confused (迷惑的). Even Mo Yan, who won a Nobel Prize,replied to it by saying, “I don’t know.”

When a migrant worker (农民工)was asked, “Are you happy? (Ni Xing Fu Ma?)” by a CCTV reporter, he lookedconfused before replying, “My family name is Zeng. (Wo Xing Zeng.)” This hasbecome a joke. But his answer showed migrant workers and TV reporters live indifferent worlds and they cannot even communicate with each other.

Similarly, when asked, “Are you happy?” a 73-year-oldman, collecting used plastic bottles in a street in Zhejiang, said, “The bottlescan be sold for 0.1 yuan each.” Asked again, he said, “The government is good.”The reporter went on, “My question is ‘Are you happy?’” The old man answered,“My hearing is not good.”

The reporter probably tried to reach the same answerthat the interviewees(被采访者) including the migrant worker and the oldman are “happy”.

In fact, when the question is asked, we should learnabout people’s true situation and their true wishes and opinions but their“Yes” or “No”.

Luckily, the government has paid more attention to theimportance. Now there are many TV programs giving common people the chance togive their opinions.

“Everything we do is aimed at letting people live morehappily.” At last year’s National People’s Congress (人大), Wen Jiabao said and agreed that increasinghappiness would be a top aim for the 12th five-year plan.

1.Ten plastic bottles could be sold for ________ tothe 73-year-old.

A．0.1 yuan B．1 yuan C．10 yuan D．20 yuan

2.The government has paid more attention to theimportance of ________.

A．learningabout people’s true wishes and opinions

B．people’s different replies to “Areyou happy?”

C．improvingmigrant workers’ education

D．keeping theold people’s health

3.Which of the following is NOT true according to thepassage?

A．The reporterswanted the people to say “Yes” when asked “Are you happy?”

B．Lettingpeople live more happily is a top aim in the next five years.

C．The reporterasked the old man three different questions.

D．We can callthe migrant worker Mr. Zeng.

4.This passage is mainly about ________.

A．the questions B．the happiness

C．the popularsongs D．the education