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雅思(International English Language Testing System，简称IELTS，中文名为国际英语语言测试系统)是由英国文化协会(The British Council，即英国驻华大使馆/总领事馆文化教育处)、剑桥大学考试委员会(CESOL)和澳大利亚教育国际开发署(IDP Australia)共同举办的国际英语水平测试。此项考试是为申请赴英语国家(美国、英国、澳大利亚、加拿大、新西兰等)留学、移民的非英语国家学生而设，用来评定考生运用英语的能力。

考试种类：

培训类(General Training )较多适用于移民;2015年2月20日，英国政府宣布了签证类安全英语语言考试（SELT）的重要变动。雅思考试由原先的统考，一分为普通雅思(IELTS )、签证类雅思考试(IELTS for UKVI)、生活技能类雅思(IELTS Life Skills)三类。

考试认可度：

考试认可度全球135个国家超过7000所机构认可雅思成绩，包括国外大学、移民局、职业机构和雇主。截至2010年7月，在美国共有超过3000所院校认可雅思成绩，包括所有常青藤盟校和美国大学排行榜前130名的绝大多数学校。部分学校(如，杜克、麻省)更加偏爱雅思成绩。

雅思考试在英国机构的认可度超过其他任何一种英语考试，国际学生可以使用雅思成绩申请任何想去的学校，想学的专业。绝大部分的英国大学和机构都非常认可雅思考试，这对于申请学校和机构的考生来说，雅思值得信赖。

Topic: Happiness is considered very important in life. Why is it difficultto define? What factors are important in achieving happiness? Give reasons foryour answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge orexperience.

Happiness is very difficult to define, because it means so many differentthings to different people. While some people link happiness to wealth andmaterial success, others think it lies in emotions and loving personalrelationships. Yet others think that spiritual paths, rather than either thematerial world or relationships with people, are the only way to truehappiness.

Because people interpret happiness for themselves in so many diferent ways,it is difficult to give any definition that is true for everyone. however, ifthere are different kinds of happiness for different individuals then the firststep in achieving it would be to have a degree of self-knowledge. A person needsto know who he or she is before being able to know what it is that makes him orher happy.

Of course, factors such as loving relationships, good health, the skills toearn a living and a peaceful environment all contribute to our happiness too.But this does not mean that people without these conditions cannot be happy.

Overall, I think an ability to keep clear perspectives in life is a moreessential factor in achieving happiness. By that I mean an ability to have aclear sense of what is important in our lives (the welfare of our families, thequality of our relationships, maing other people happy, etc.) and what is not (a problem at work, getting annoyed about trivial things, etc.).

Life self-awareness, this is also very difficult to achieve, but I thinkthese arethe two factors that may be most important for achieving happiness.