What is the meaning?
Happiness is a concept that many social scientists want to study.
A) A physical object.
B) An abstract idea or principle.
C) A person who conducts a study.
B) An abstract idea or principle.
The word bold can describe a choice that is brave, but what is its other meaning?
A) Speaking very quietly.
B) Foolish or acting without thinking.
C) Being very physically weak.
B) Foolish or acting without thinking.
Both active and lively relate to energy. If a person is "physically busy," which word is more accurate?
A) Active.
B) Lively.
A) Active.
Research on genetics and happiness suggests that if we want to make people happier, we must realize that everyone is different. What does everyone refer to?
A) A specific group of doctors.
B) A complete quantity of people
C) An absence of things.
B) A complete quantity of people.
Scientists are often looking for a cure for diseases. In the context of the king's story, what is a cure?
A) Something that makes a sick person well again.
B) A small, simple building.
C) A type of gold coin.
A) Something that makes a sick person well again.
The environment in which a person lives and works impacts his or her happiness.
A) A person’s financial income.
B) A specific type of happiness survey.
C) The surroundings or conditions in which a person lives.
C) The surroundings or conditions in which a person lives.
In the sentence "The king will be well again," the word well means healthy. What is another way well is used in the sources?
A) As a place to get water.
B) To describe something done in a good or satisfactory way.
C) To describe a person who is sick.
B) To describe something done in a good or satisfactory way.
If you are "angrily telling someone their behavior is bad," are you scolding them or criticizing them?
Scold: to angrily reprimand someone (often a child or subordinate) for doing something wrong.
Criticize: indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way.
Scold
In the story "The King and the Shirt," the royal messengers looked everywhere for a happy man. What does the word everywhere refer to?
A) A specific person.
B) All places or an indefinite quantity of places.
C) A specific thing.
D) No place at all.
B) All places or an indefinite quantity of places.
After staying up late, the student could barely get up in the morning.
A) Easily and quickly.
B) Almost not.
C) Frequently.
B) Almost not.
An important factor for many people’s happiness is having supportive friends.
A) A part of a machine.
B) A circumstance or fact that contributes to a result.
C) A feeling of sadness.
B) A circumstance or fact that contributes to a result.
The son had been running the kingdom during his father's illness. What does running mean in this specific context?
A) Moving quickly on foot.
B) Being in charge of or managing something.
C) Feeling very happy
B) Being in charge of or managing something.
While both refer to things getting larger, growth is specifically defined as a "natural increase in size or maturity". Which of these shows growth rather than just an increase in number?
A) Population.
B) The human body.
C) Earnings.
D) Numbers.
B) The human body.
The royal physician and magician tried many treatments, but the sources note that nothing they tried could cure the king. What does the pronoun nothing describe?
◦ A) A specific medicine.
◦ B) A person who is happy.
◦ C) An absence or lack of things.
◦ D) Every place in the kingdom.
C) An absence or lack of things.
The best teams are rewarded with trophies at the end of the tournament.
A) To be given something good for an achievement or service.
B) To be punished for a mistake.
C) To be ignored by the manager.
A) To be given something good for an achievement or service.
A teacher needs to possess a lot of patience and intelligence.
A) To give away.
B) To want something very badly.
C) To have or to own something.
C) To have or to own something.
The word clear is used to describe voices that can be heard easily. But also...
A) Expensive.
B) Transparent.
C) Gratitude.
◦ D) A person who is hardwired to be happy.
B) Transparent.
When planning a picnic, "sandwiches" are a component of the plan, while the "weather" is a factor. Based on this, what is a component?
A) A fact to be considered.
B) A part of a whole.
C) A feeling of joy.
B) A part of a whole.
Which of these sentences is grammatically correct?
A) Everyone wants to be happy in life.
B) Everyone want to be happy in life.
C) Everyone were happy in life.
A) Everyone wants to be happy in life.
Ideas of happiness can differ from country to country.
A) To stay exactly the same.
B) To be different or vary.
C) To agree with someone else's opinion.
B) To be different or vary.
An academic advisor helps university students decide what classes to take. What is the role of an advisor?
A) To give recommendations or guidance.
B) To grade exams.
C) To build small huts for students.
A) To give recommendations or guidance.
A server might get a customer's order wrong. What is the other meaning of ordered used when a coach speaks to players?
A) To request food in a restaurant.
B) To give a command or instruction.
C) To feel trouble or sadness.
B) To give a command or instruction.
You can use a phone to record a graduation, but you capture a feeling. What is the specific shade of meaning for capture?
A) To use electronic equipment to save data.
B) To preserve the qualities or essence of something.
C) To be physically busy.
B) To preserve the qualities or essence of something.
When discussing happiness, a person might say, "I want to go somewhere warm for vacation this year". The word somewhere is used to describe:
A) A specific, named city.
B) A specific person.
C) An indefinite quantity of places.
D) A lack of any place to go.
C) An indefinite quantity of places.
The speaker received tremendous applause after his talk about how to stop global warming.
A) Quiet and short.
B) Huge, great, or very large.
C) Negative.
B) Huge, great, or very large.