2021年12月大學(xué)英語四六級(jí)閱讀題專項(xiàng)練習(xí)9

2021年12月英語四六級(jí)閱讀題專項(xiàng)練習(xí)9

何為幸福

Thewaypeopleholdtothebeliefthatafun-filled,pain-freelife

equalshappinessactuallyreducestheirchancesofeverattainingreal

happiness.Iffunandpleasureareequaltohappinessthenpainmustbe

equaltounhappiness.Butinfact,theoppositeistrue:moreoftenthan

notthingsthatleadtohappinessinvolvesomepain.

Asaresult,manypeopleavoidtheveryattemptsthatarethesource

oftruehappiness.Theyfearthepaininevitablybroughtbysuchthings

asmarriage,raisingchildren,professionalachievement,religious

commitment（承擔(dān)的義務(wù)），selfimprovement.

Askabachelor（單身漢）whyheresistsmarriageeventhoughhefinds

datingtobelessandlesssatisfying.Ifheishonesthewilltellyou

thatheisafraidofmakingacommitment.Forcommitmentisinfact

quitepainful.Thesinglelifeisfilledwithfun,adventure,excitement.

Marriagehassuchmoments,buttheyarenotitsmostdistinguishing

features.

Coupleswithinfantchildrenareluckytogetawholenight，ssleep

orthree-dayvacation.Idon'tknowanyparentwhowouldchoosetheword

funtodescriberaisingchildren.Butcoupleswhodecidenottohave

childrenneverknowthejoysofwatchingachildgrowuporofplaying

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withagrandchild.

Understandingandacceptingthattruehappinesshasnothingtodowith

funisoneofthemostliberatingrealizations.Itliberatestime:now

wecandevotemorehourstoactivitiesthatcangenuinelyincrease

ourhappiness.Itliberatesmoney:buyingthatnewcarorthosefancy

clothesthatwilldonothingtoincreaseourhappinessnowseemspointless.

Anditliberatesusfromenvy:wenowunderstandthatallthosewho

arealwayshavingsomuchfunactuallymaynotbehappyatall.

練習(xí)題：

Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion:

1.Accordingtotheauthor,abachelorresistsmarriagechiefly

because

A.heisreluctanttotakeonfamilyresponsibilities

B.hebelievesthatlifewillbemorecheerfulifheremainssingle

C.hefindsmorefunindatingthaninmarriage

D.hefearsitwillputanendtoallhisfunadventureandexcitement

2.Raisingchildren,intheauthor*sopinion,is

A.amoralduty

B.arewardingtask

C.athanklessjob

D.asourceofinevitablepain

3.Fromthelastparagraph,welearnthatenvysometimesstems

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from_____

A.hatred

B.misunderstanding

C.prejudice

D.ignorance

4.Tounderstandwhattruehappinessisonemust

A.haveasmuchfunaspossibleduringone'slifetime

B.makeeveryefforttoliberateoneselffrompain

C.putupwithpainunderallcircumstances

D.beabletodistinguishhappinessfromfun

5.Whatistheauthortryingtotellus?

A.Happinessoftengoeshandinhandwithpain.

B.Onemustknowhowtoattainhappiness.

C.Itisimportanttomakecommitments.

D.Itispainthatleadstohappiness.

1.[A]第3段第2句解釋了單身漢為什么不愿結(jié)婚的原因,A項(xiàng)的reluctant

totakeonfamilyresponsibilities是對(duì)原文中afraidofmakingacommitment

的同義替換,故選Ao本題中D項(xiàng)的干擾性比較強(qiáng)，但這不是單身漢不愿結(jié)婚的直

接原因，且文中也說到Marriagehassuchmoments,所以putanend的說法也

不正確，故排除。

2.[C]原文第4段中說，雖然養(yǎng)孩子的過程實(shí)在不能算是“有趣”，但決定

不要孩子的夫婦們永遠(yuǎn)也不能了解看著孩子長大的那種歡樂以及與孫兒一起玩

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耍的歡樂。換言之，在作者看來，養(yǎng)孩子雖辛苦，但也是值得的，故答案為C。

3.[B]文章最后一段最后一句說它還讓我們從嫉妒中解脫出來：我們現(xiàn)在了

解到那些總有很多樂趣的人也許根本就不幸福。這說明我們嫉妒別人是誤以為那

些總有很多樂趣的人很幸福，這是一種誤解，故選B。

4.[D]由文章第1段和最后一段第1句可看出要理解真正的幸福就要把fun