Reading. Read the article and choose the correct answer a - c to complete the sentences.
1. Some experts think that millionaires have ...
a. the same amount of happiness and unhappiness as ordinary people.
b. more happiness than ordinary people.
c. less happiness than ordinary people.
2. The article says these things are important: family, health and ...
a. entertainment.
b. friends.
c. work.
3. A new survey shows that money and happiness ...
a. are not connected.
b. are connected.
c. are the same thing.
4. The survey says that in South America people are ...
a. unhappy and poor.
b. happy but not rich.
c. unhappy and rich.
5. Another survey says that people in China are ...
a. very happy now.
b. interested in Europe.
c. confident about the future.
Reading.
Is it possible to be rich and happy? Some people say that money can't buy happiness. Experts usually say that millionaries are as happy or unhappy as ordinary people. They agree that family, employment and health are as important as a big salary.
But new research says that cash can make people happy. One survey asked people to say how happy they are by giving points between zero and ten: zero is unhappy and then is very happy. The results show a connection between money and happiness. In all the rich places (America, Europe, Japan, Saudi Arabia), most people say they are happy. In all the poor ones (mainly in Africa), people say they are not. Some countries have different ideas. In Georgia and Armenia, people say they are unhappy but they are not on the list of very poor countries.
Where money seems to talk
In South America, many people say that they are happy but they are not on the list of rich countries.
Another survey asks questions about people's confidence in the future. People in some countries, such as India and Russia, are confident about the future. But in some rich countries, such as France, Germany and Italy, people are not confident. In some countries, for example China, people say that they are not happy at the moment, but they expect good things in the future.
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