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Like many teenagers, I was once troubled by anxiety and dissatisfaction-feelings that my parents often met with puzzlement rather than sympathy. They were already in their 50s, and having grown up in postwar Britain, they struggled to understand the sources of my discontentment.

“The problem with your generation is that you always desire to be happy.” my mother once said. I was puzzled. Surely happiness was the purpose of living, and we should spare no efforts to achieve it at every opportunity. I simply wasn’t prepared to accept my unhappiness as something that was beyond my control.

But I have noticed a shift in thinking, and I am now coming to the conclusion that my mother’s judgement was spot on. Over the past 10 years, numerous studies have shown that our obsession (痴迷) with happiness and high personal confidence may be making us less content with our lives, and less effective at reaching our actual goals. Indeed, we may often be happy when we stop focusing on happiness altogether.

While greater contentment is achievable, don’t expect miracle, and accept that no matter how hard you try, feeling of frustration and unhappiness will appear from time to time. In reality, certain negative feelings can serve a useful purpose.

When we feel sad, it’s often because we have learned something painful but important, while stress can motivate you to make some changes to your life. The last thing you should do is to blame yourselves for occasionally feeling bad when plans don’t work out.

Eventually, you might adopt the old saying “Prepare for the worst, hope for the best and be unsurprised by everything in between.” As my mother tried to teach me all those years ago, ease the pressure off yourself. and you may find that contentment arrives when you’re least expecting it.

1．Which of the following best explain “spot on” underlined in Paragraph 3?

A．Confusing.

B．Correct.

C．Ridiculous.

D．Controversial.

2．According to the passage, which of the following mainly leads to teenager’ unhappiness?

A．High expectations.

B．Low living-purposes.

C．Inadequate efforts.

D．Improper preparations.

3．Which of the following statements is the author most likely lo agree with?

A．Stress in your life will probably ruin your happiness and life.

B．Higher personal confidence makes us more satisfied with our life.

C．You needn’t be guilty of feeling awful since you may learn a lot from it.

D．If we try hard, feelings of frustration and unhappiness will disappear from our life.

4．Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Can we benefit from negative feelings?

B．Why it’s time to stop fighting for happiness?

C．How can we overcome our unhappiness?

D．Can we generation be happier than our parents?