- 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:In the last paragraph the author stresses that_____. - A 、there are some recipes for a happy life
- B 、happiness may help us understand what we have and what we don’t have
- C 、it is important to know what happiness really means
- D 、exploring happiness successfully can make us feel happier
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【正确答案:C】
主旨题。结合文章最后一段:快乐不是人类的目标。不过,开始考虑我们如何看待快乐可能不仅有助于我们了解自己拥有什么,而且有助于我们了解自己缺少什么。通过研究快乐,我们可能更清楚地明白我们真正需要什么,我们也可能自问我们需要的东西是否值得追求。这就说明:作者在最后一段强调的是-一我们应该尽力弄清楚快乐包含什么。所以C选项与原文相符。
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