8.I live in the land of Disney,Hollywood and year-round sun.You may think People in such an attractive,fun-filled place are happier than others.If so you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.
Many intelligent people still think fun equals happiness.The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common.Fun is what we experience during an act.Happiness is what we experience after an act.It is a deep,long-lasting emotion.
Going to an amusement park or a ball game,watching a movie or television are fun activities that help us relax,temporally forget our problems and maybe even laugh.But they do not bring happiness,because their positive effects end when the fun ends.
I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play,it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun.They have constant access to exciting parties,fancy cars,expensive homes,everything that spells"happiness"But in memoir(回憶錄) after memoir,they expose the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun:depression,alcoholism,drug addiction,broken marriages and loneliness.
Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying.If he is honest,he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment(承諾).For commitment is in fact quite painful.The single life is filled with fun,adventure and excitement.Marriage has such moments,but they are not its most distinguishing features.
Similarly,couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness.They can dine out whenever they want and sleep as late as they want.Couples with babies are lucky to get a whole night's sleep.I don't know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children.
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations we can ever come to.It liberates time:now we can devote more hours to activities that can truly increase our happiness.It liberates money:buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless.And it frees us from envy:we now understand that all those rich and famous people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.
63.What is the passage mainly about?C
A.Marriage and commitment.       
B.Success and satisfaction.
C.Fun and happiness.             
D.Entertainment and responsibility.
64.The author probably agrees thatD.
A.fun creates long-lasting satisfaction
B.long-standing fun may lead to happiness
C.fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happiness
D.fun is short-lived while happiness is long-lasting
65.What does the author think of marriage?B
A.It ends in pain.               
B.It means commitment.
C.It affords greater fun.                          
D.It leads to raising children.
66.If one gets the real meaning of happiness,heA.
A.won't place too much value on money 
B.will start a business
C.will seek for freedom              
D.won't devote himself to his family.

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了幸福與樂趣的不同,樂趣是短暫的,幸福是持久的,理解并接受真正的幸福與樂趣無關(guān)是我們能達(dá)到的最解放.

解答 63.C.主旨大意題.通讀全文,可知文章主要向我們描述了幸福與樂趣的不同,樂趣是短暫的,幸福是持久的,理解并接受真正的幸福與樂趣無關(guān)是我們能達(dá)到的最解放,因此主要內(nèi)容是幸福與樂趣;故選C.
64.D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第四段"I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play,it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun."可知作者認(rèn)同樂趣是短暫的,幸福是持久的,故選D.
65.B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第五段:Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying.If he is honest,he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment(承諾)可知作者認(rèn)為婚姻就意味著承諾,故選B.
66.A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章最后一段"It liberates money:buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless"可知如果一個人得到真正意義上的幸福,他不會太在意金錢;故選A.

點(diǎn)評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.

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