大学英语CET4阅读理解训练题及答案

1、CET4The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled,pain-free life equals happiness actually reduces theirchances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun andpleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal tounhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more oftenthan not things that l

2、ead to happiness involve some pain.As a result, many people avoid the very attempts thatare the source of true happiness. They fear thepaininevitably brought by such things as marriage, raisingchildren, professional achievement, religious 的义务), self improvement.Ask a bachelor(单身汉) why he resists mar

3、riage eventhough he finds dating to be less and less satisfying.If heis honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making amitment. For mitment is in fact quitepainful. The singlelife is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriagehas such moments, but they are not its most distinguishingfeatu

4、res.Couples with infant children are lucky to get a wholenights sleep or three-day vacation. I dont know anyparent who would choose the word fun to describe raisingchildren. But couples who decide not to have children neverknow the joys of watching a child grow up or of playingwith a grandchild.Unde

5、rstanding and aepting that true happiness hasnothing to do with fun is one of the most liberatingrealizations. It liberates time: now we can devote morehours to activities that can genuinely increaseourhappiness. It liberates money: buying that new car orthose fancy clothes that will do nothing to i

6、ncreaseourhappiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us fromenvy: we now understand that all those who arealways havingso much fun actually may not be happy at all.练习题：Choose correct answers to the question:1. Aording to the author, a bachelor resists marriagechiefly becauseA. he is reluctant t

7、o take on family responsibilitiesB. he believes that life will be more cheerful if heremains singleC. he finds more fun in dating than in marriageD. he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventureand excitement2. Raising children, in the authors opinion, isA. a moral dutyB. a rewarding taskC. a

8、 thankless jobD. a source of inevitable pain3. From the last paragraph, we learn that envysometimes stems fromA. hatredB. misunderstandingC. prejudiceD. ignorance4. To understand what true happiness is one mustA. have as much fun as possible during ones lifetimeB. make every effort to liberate onese

9、lf from painC. put up with pain under all circumstancesD. be able to distinguish happiness from fun5. What is the author trying to tell us?A. Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain.B. One must know how to attain happiness.C. It is important to make mitments.D. It is pain that leads to happiness

10、.1.A第3段第2句解释了单身汉为什么不愿结婚的原因，A项的reluctant to take on family responsibilities是对原文中afraid of making a mitment的同义替换,应选A。此题中D项的干扰性比拟强，但这不是单身汉不愿结婚的直接原因，且文中也说到Marriage has such moments,所以put an end的说法也不正确，故排除。2.C原文第4段中说，虽然养孩子的过程实在不能算是“有趣”,但决定不要孩子的夫妇们永远也不能了解看着孩子长大的那种欢乐以及与孙儿一起玩耍的欢乐。换言之，在作者看来，养孩子虽辛苦，但也是值得的，故答案为3.B 文章最后一段最后一句说它还让我们从嫉妒中解脱出来：我们现在了解到那些总有很多乐趣的人也许根本就不幸福。这说明我们嫉妒别人是误以为那些总有很多乐趣的人很幸福，这是一种误