阅读下面短文,并根据题目要求用英语回答问题（请注意问题后的字数要求）。 The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, pain-free l
英语试题 03-09
阅读下面短文,并根据题目要求用英语回答问题（请注意问题后的字数要求）。
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 brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment and self- improvement.
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. 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. It more involves devotion and promises.
Couples with infant 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 they will also attain 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 will do something to increase our happiness but they are temporary and far less effective than nourishing our dreams and hopes. 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.
55 What is the author’s opinion of true happiness? (no more than 10 words)
56. According to the author, why does a bachelor resist marriage? (no more than 10 words)
57. Please explain the underlined word “commitment” in English in Paragraph 3. (no more than 3 words)
58. What is the author’s opinion on raising children? (no more than 10 words)
【答案】
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 brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment and self- improvement.
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. 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. It more involves devotion and promises.
Couples with infant 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 they will also attain 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 will do something to increase our happiness but they are temporary and far less effective than nourishing our dreams and hopes. 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.
55 What is the author’s opinion of true happiness? (no more than 10 words)
56. According to the author, why does a bachelor resist marriage? (no more than 10 words)
57. Please explain the underlined word “commitment” in English in Paragraph 3. (no more than 3 words)
58. What is the author’s opinion on raising children? (no more than 10 words)
【答案】
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