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阅读模拟题（1）
It's plain common sense—the more happiness you feel, the less unhappiness
you experience. It's plain common sense, but it’s not true. Recent research
reveals that happiness and unhappiness are not really two sides of the same
emotion. They are two distinct feelings that, coexisting, rise and fall
independently.
People might think that the higher a person's level of unhappiness, the
lower their level of happiness and vice versa. But when researchers measure
people's average levels of happiness and unhappiness, they often find little
relationship between the two.
The recognition that feelings of happiness and unhappiness can co-exist
much like love and hate in a close relationship may offer valuable clues on how
to lead a happier life. It suggests, for example, that changing or avoiding
things that make you miserable may well make you less miserable, but probably
won't make you any happier. That advice is backed up by an extraordinary series
of studies which indicate that a genetic predisposition for unhappiness may run
in certain families. On the other hand, researchers have found happiness doesn't
appear to be anyone's heritage. The capacity for joy is a talent you develop
largely for yourself.
Psychologists have settled on a working definition of the feeling—happiness
is a sense of subjective well-being. They have also begun to find out who's
happy, who isn't and why. To date, the research hasn't found a simple formula
for a happy life, but it has discovered some of the actions and attitudes that
seem to bring people closer to that most desired of feelings.
Why is unhappiness less influenced by environment? When we are happy, we
are more responsive to people and keep up connections better than when we are
feeling sad. This doesn't mean, however, that some people are born to be sad and
that's that. Genes may predispose one to unhappiness, but disposition can be
influenced by personal choice. You can increase your happiness through your own
actions.
1. According to the text, it is true that
[A] unhappiness is more inherited than affected by environment.
[B] happiness and unhappiness are mutually conditional.
[C] unhappiness is subject to external more than internal factors.
[D] happiness is an uncontrollable subjective feeling.
2. The author argues that one can achieve happiness by
[A] maintaining it at an average level.
[B] escaping miserable occurrences in life.
[C] pursuing it with one's painstaking effort.
[D] realizing its coexistence with unhappiness.
3. The phrase "To date" (Para. 4) can be best replaced by
[A] As a result.
[B] In addition.
[C] At present.
[D] Until now.
4. What do you think the author believes about happiness and
unhappiness?
[A] One feels unhappy owing to his miserable origin.
[B] They are independent but existing concurrently
[C] One feels happy by participating in more activities.
[D] They are actions and attitudes taken by human beings.
5. The sentence "That's that" (Para. 5) probably means: Some people are
born to be sad
[A] and the situation cannot be altered.
[B] and happiness remains inaccessible.
[C] but they don’t think much about it.
[D] but they remain unconscious of it.
参考答案：A C D B A |
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发表于 2018-8-18 14:25:36