Years ago, a cigarette commercial asked if you were smoking more, but enjoying it less. That describes the way many of us live today. We are doing more, but enjoying it less. And when that doesn’t work, we compound the problem. In our frantic search for satisfaction, we try stuffing still more into our days, never realizing that we are taking the wrong approach.
The truth is simple; so simple it is hard to believe. Satisfaction lies with less, not with more. Yet, we pursue the myth that this thing, or that activity, will somehow provide the satisfaction we so desperately seek.
Arthur Lindman, in his devastating book, “The Harried Leisure Class,” described the futility of pursuing more. His research focused on what people did with their leisure time. He found that as income rose, people bought more things to occupy their leisure time. But, ironically, the more things they bought, the less they valued any one of them. Carried to an extreme, he predicted massive boredom in the midst of tremendous variety. That was more than twenty years ago, and his prediction seems more accurate every year.
Lindman, of course, is not the first to discover this. The writer of Ecclesiastes expressed the same thought thousands of years ago. It is better, he wrote, to have less, but enjoy it more.
If you would like to enjoy life more, I challenge you to experiment with me. How could you simplify your life? What could you drop? What could you do without? What could you stop pursuing? What few things could you concentrate on?
The more I learn, the more I realize that fullness of life does not depend on things. The more I give up, the more I seem to gain. But words will never convince you. You must try it for yourself.
1．Arthur Lindman predicted twenty years ago that ______.
A. more things brought more value   B. the more people had, the less they valued them
C. people didn’t like to pursue more  D. massive boredom came from less variety
2．What does the article suggest to make our life happier?
A. To enjoy more things.            B. To buy more things.
C. To sell things we do not need.     D. To get rid of useless things.
3．The passage is probably written to ___________.
A. introduce Arthur Lindman and his book       B. tell the readers what is satisfaction
C. introduce how to simplify people’s life       D. persuade people to simplify their life

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:D
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　　●  Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way.   52   .
　　●  When something goes wrong, try to figure out a solution instead of being absorbed in self pity. Truly happy people don't allow setbacks to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the circumstances back to their favor.
　　●    53   These few minutes will give you opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continuous happiness.
　　●    54   .Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance, you will be subconsciously（下意識地）putting yourself in a better mood.
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