Question

The way people hold to the belief that a fun?filled，pain?free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness.If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness，then pain must be equal to unhappiness.But in fact，the opposite is true.More often than not，things that lead to happiness involve some pain.

As a result，many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness.They fear the pain inevitably (不可避免地) brought by such things as marriage，raising children，professional achievement，religious commitment and self?improvement.

Ask a bachelor (單身漢) 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.Certainly，commitment is quite painful.The single life is filled with fun，adventure，and excitement.Marriage has such moments，but they are not its most distinguishing (顯著的) features.

Couples with infant (嬰兒) children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three?day vacation.I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children.But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.

Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations.It liberates time：now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely 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 liberates us from envy：we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.

1.According to the author，a bachelor doesn’t want to marry mainly because________.

A．he is unwilling to take family responsibilities

B．he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single

C．he finds more fun in dating than in marriage

D．he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement

2.Raising children，in the author’s opinion，is________.

A．a moral duty

B．a thankless job

C．a rewarding task

D．a source of inevitable pain

3.To understand what true happiness is one must________.

A．have as much fun as possible during one’s lifetime

B．make every effort to liberate oneself from pain

C．put up with pain under all circumstances

D．be able to distinguish happiness from fun

4.What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain.

B．One must know how to attain happiness.

C．It is important to make commitments.

D．It is pain that leads to happiness.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

1.

解析　細節理解題。第三段說明單身漢拒絕結婚的主要原因是害怕做出承諾，即害怕承擔家庭責任。

2.2】　C

解析　推理判斷題。第四段最后一句指出，決定不生孩子的夫妻永遠也體會不到看著孩子成長以及和孫子玩耍的那種樂趣與欣喜。這種樂趣、欣喜實際上就是對撫養孩子辛勤付出的一種回報。

3.3】　D

解析　推理判斷題。由全文特別是第一段和最后一段可知，要理解幸福的真正含義就必須把fun和happiness區分開來。因為兩者絕不等同，故選項D正確。C項回答的是“怎樣才能獲得真正的幸福”這一問題，且作者并沒在文中明確提到要獲得幸福就必須在任何情況下都忍受痛苦。

4.4】　A

解析　主旨大意題。本文主旨體現在第一段最后一句：通往幸福的路上多半會有痛苦伴隨，故選項A正確。D項“痛苦導致幸福”，觀點過于偏激。