2021年12月大学英语四六级阅读题专项练习9

2021年12月英语四六级阅读题专项练习9

何为幸福

Thewaypeopleholdtothebeliefthatafun-filled,pain-freelife

equalshappinessactuallyreducestheirchancesofeverattainingreal

happiness.Iffunandpleasureareequaltohappinessthenpainmustbe

equaltounhappiness.Butinfact,theoppositeistrue:moreoftenthan

notthingsthatleadtohappinessinvolvesomepain.

Asaresult,manypeopleavoidtheveryattemptsthatarethesource

oftruehappiness.Theyfearthepaininevitablybroughtbysuchthings

asmarriage,raisingchildren,professionalachievement,religious

commitment（承担的义务），selfimprovement.

Askabachelor（单身汉）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.

练习题：

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句解释了单身汉为什么不愿结婚的原因,A项的reluctant

totakeonfamilyresponsibilities是对原文中afraidofmakingacommitment

的同义替换,故选Ao本题中D项的干扰性比较强，但这不是单身汉不愿结婚的直

接原因，且文中也说到Marriagehassuchmoments,所以putanend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

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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C。

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，这是一种误解，故选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