12.The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled,pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness.If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness.But in fact,the opposite is true:more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.
As a result,many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness.They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage,raising children,professional achievement,religious commitment(承擔的義務),self-improvement.
Ask a bachelor(單身漢) why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying.If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment.For commitment is in fact quite painful.The single life is filled with fun,adventure,excitement.Marriage has such moments,but they are not its most distinguishing features.
Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night's sleep or a three-day vacation.I don't know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children.But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations.It liberates time:now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness.It liberates money:buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless.And it liberates us from envy:we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.
36.According to the author,a bachelor resists marriage chiefly becauseA.
A.he is reluctant to take on family responsibilities
B.he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single
C.he finds more fun in dating than in marriage
D.he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement
37.Raising children,in the author's opinion isC.
A.a(chǎn) moral duty
B.a(chǎn) thankless job
C.a(chǎn) rewarding task
D.a(chǎn) source of inevitable pain
38.From the last paragraph,we learn that envy sometimes stems fromB.
A.hatred
B.misunderstanding
C.prejudice
D.ignorance
39.To understand what true happiness is one mustD.
A.have as much fun as possible during one's lifetime
B.make every effort to liberate oneself from pain
C.put up with pain under all circumstances
D.be able to distinguish happiness from fun
40.What is the author trying to tell us?A
A.Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain.
B.One must know how to attain happiness.
C.It is important to make commitments.
D.It is pain that leads to happiness.
分析 本文是一篇人生感悟類閱讀,文章主要闡述了幸福的獲得這一話題,試圖澄清人們在幸福問題上的一些誤解.生活中總是有如此多的樂趣的人實際上也許一點都不幸福.
解答 36-40 ACBDA
36.A.細節(jié)理解題.本題要求學生判斷單身漢拒絕結婚的主要原因.根據(jù)第三段"Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying.If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment".可知他害怕作出對義務的承諾,即不愿承擔義務.A項與之等同,故A正確.
37.C.推理判斷題.根據(jù)第四段Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night's sleep or a three-day vacation.I don't know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children.可知"帶有嬰兒的父母要是能睡上一整晚覺或度一個三天的假日,那真是太幸運了.在我認識的人中,不會有人用fun(好玩)來描述他們撫養(yǎng)孩子的感受".實際上,作者真實想法是:但是決定不生孩子的夫妻永遠也體會不到看著孩子成長以及和孫子玩耍的那種樂趣、那種欣喜.這種樂趣、欣喜實際就是一種回報.故C正確.
38.B.推理判斷題.根據(jù)最后一段"And it liberates us from envy:we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all."說明:我們現(xiàn)在的這種理解就可免除嫉妒,那么反過來,嫉妒產(chǎn)生于我們的理解不當,即misunderstanding,故B正確.
39.D.推理判斷題.根據(jù)第一段"The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled,pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness"可知人們堅持充滿趣味、毫無痛苦的生活就等于幸福這一信條實際上減少了他們獲得真正幸福的可能性.再根據(jù)文章最后一句"…all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all".可知生活中總是有如此多的fun的人實際上也許一點都不幸福.可以看出要理解真正的幸福是什么就必須把fun和happiness區(qū)分開來.因為兩者絕不等同.故D正確.
40.A.主旨大意題.作者的意圖出現(xiàn)在第一自然段最后一句:"But in fact,the opposite is true:more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain"(但事實上,導致你幸福的事情多半伴隨著痛苦),故選項A符合題意.故A正確.
點評 本文考察學生的理解推斷能力以及細心程度,只要抓住文章的關鍵詞,采用尋讀的方法查找細節(jié),就能找到正確答案.