库课专升本英语试卷答案.pdf

库课专升本英语试卷答案

PartIReadingComprehension(2*20points)

Passage3

Thewaypeopleholdtothebeliefthatafun-illed,painfreelife

equalshappinessactuallyreducestheirchancesofeverattainingreal

happiness.Iffunandpleasureareequaltohappinessthenpainmustbe

equaltounhappiness.Butinfact,theoppositeistrue:moreoftenthan

notthingsthatleadtohappinessinvolvesomepain.

Asaresult,manypeopleavoidtheveryattemptsthatarethesource

oftruehappiness.Theyfearthepaininevitablybroughtbysuchthingsas

marriage,raisingchildren,professionalachievement,religious

commitment,self-improvement.

Askabachelorwhyheresistsmarriageeventhoughhefindsdating

tobelessandlesssatisfying.

Ifheishonesthewilltellyouthatheisafraidofmakinga

commitment.Forcommitmentisinfactquitepainful.Thesinglelifeis

illedlwithfun,adventure,excitement.Marriagehassuchmoments,but

theyarenotitsmostdistinguishingfeatures.

Coupleswithinfantchildrenareluckytogetawholenightssleepor

three-dayvacation.Idontknowanyparentwhowouldchoosetheword

funtodescriberaisingchildren.Butcoupleswhodecidenottohave

childreneverknowthejoysofwatchingachildgrowuporofplaying

withagrandchild.

Understandingandacceptingthattruehappinesshasnothingtodo

withfunisoneofthemostliberatingrealizations.Itliberatestime:now

wecandevotemorehourstoactivitiesthatcangenuinelyincreaseour

happiness.Itliberatesmoney:buyingthatnewcarorthosefancyclothes

thatwilldonothingtoincreaseourhappinessnowseemspointless.And

itliberatesusfromenvy:wenowunderstandthatallthosewhoare

alwayshavingsomuchfunactuallymaynotbehappyatall.

1.Accordingtotheauthor,abachelorresistsmarriagechiefly

because.

A.heisreluctanttotakeonfami