- 阅读理解A
题干：Itisplaincommonsense-themorehappinessyoufeel,thelessunhappinessyouexperience,butit’snottrue.Recentresearchrevealsthathappinessandunhappinessarenotreallyflipsidesofthesameemotion.Theyaretwodistinctfeelingsthat,coexisting,riseandfallindependently.Therecognitionthatfeelingsofhappinessandunhappinesscancoexistmuchlikeloveandhateinacloserelationshipmayoffervaluablecluesonhowtoleadahappierlife.Itsuggests,forexample,thatchangingoravoidingthingsthatmakeyoumiserablemaywellmakeyoulessmiserablebutprobablywon'tmakeanyhappier.Thatadviceisbackedupbyanextraordinaryseriesofstudieswhichindicatethatageneticpredispositionforunhappinessmayrunincertainfamilies.Ontheotherhand,researchershavefound，happinessdoesn'tappeartobeanyone'sheritage.Thecapacityforjoyisatalentyoudeveloplargelyforyourself.Familymembersresembleeachothermoreintheirlevelsofunhappinessthanintheirlevelsofhappiness.InastudyconductedattheUniversityofMinnesota,twinsweretestedforawiderangeofpersonalitytraits.Intermsofhappiness,identicaltwinswhowereseparatedsoonafterbirthwereconsiderablylessalikethantwinsraisedtogether.Butwhenitcametounhappiness，thetwinsraisedapart-somewithoutcontactforaslongas64years-wereassimilarasthosewhohadgrownuptogether.Whyisunhappinesslessinfluencedbyenvironment?Whenwearehappy,wearemoreresponsivetopeopleandkeepupconnectionsbetterthanwearefeelingsad.Thisdoesn'tmean,however,thatsomepeopleareborntobesadandthat’sthat.Genesmaypredisposeonetounhappiness，butdispositioncanbeinfluencedbypersonalchoice.Youcanincreaseyourhappinessthroughyourownactions.Psychologistshavebeguntofindoutwho'shappy，whoisnotandwhy.Todate，theresearchhasn’tfoundasimplerecipeforahappylife，butithasdiscoveredsomeoftheactionsandattitudesthatseemtobringpeopleclosertothemostdesiredfeelings.Happinessisnotthegoalofhumanity.However,tobegintothinkabouthowwethinkabouthappinessmayhelpustounderstandnotonlywhatwehavebutpossiblywhatwedon’thave.Byexploringhappiness，wemayclearlyknowwhatwereallywantandaskourselveswhetherwhatwewantisworthgetting.Tobeginwith，weshouldtrytounderstandalittleofwhathappinessconsistsofinourselvesandinourrelationshipwithsociety.
题目：According to the passage，some people are born to be sad_____. - A 、and there is nothing they can do to change the situation
- B 、but they can change their disposition through their own actions
- C 、so they feel unhappy most of the time in their lives
- D 、and they are less responsive to people than happy people
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推断题。A选项与文章意思相反;C选项属无中生有；文中只是说“我们高兴时，我们更可能对人做出反应，同外界的联系比我们忧愁时更密切”，并没有说忧愁的人对外界的反应并没有快乐的人多，故可排除D选项。文章第四段指出，我们高兴时, 更可能对别人做出反应，而且同外界的联系比我们忧愁时更密切。然而，这并不意味着一些人天生就忧愁。基因可能使一个人容易忧愁, 但是性情可能受个人选择的影响, 你能够通过自己的劳动增加自己的快乐。故B选项正确。
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