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1、职称英语A级习题 xx职称英语A级习题 Wealth and Discontent If your sense of well-being fluctuates with stock _rket, you might be forted to know that money cant buy you happiness anyway. In one American study conducted in 1993, level of ine was shown to have an inverse relation to happiness: the group whose ine had d
2、eclined was happier overall than the group whose ine had increased. A soon-to-be published review of the hundreds of stu _s on this subject supports the 1993 findings. In developed countries, the correlation between ine and happiness is close to zero and sometimes negative. With a correlation betwee
3、n level of ine and happiness somewhere between 0.12 and 0.18, the United States is near the bottom of the list; that, factors other than ine are overwhelmingly more important in explaining happiness. Also, as our _terial wealth increases, the gap between ine and satisfaction with life seems to be wi
4、dening. Predictably, money has its most positive effect on the poor, but on _ a person has achieved a mini _l standard of living level of ine has almost nothing to do with happiness. Close relationship, rather than money, is the key to happiness. Indeed, the number of ones personal friends is a much
5、 better indicator of overall satisfaction with life than personal wealth. One stands a better chan _ of achieving a satisfying life by spending time with friends and family than by striving for higher ine. Incidentally, in the US, as people bee richer, the probability of divor _ increases. Our need
6、for panionship is partly biological. All pri _tes respond with pleasure to demonstrations of affection and with pain to loss of panionship. Isolated monkeys will sacrifi _ food just for the glimpses of another monkey. By ignoring our biologically programmed need for each other, we risk physical and
7、mental distress. A re _nt cross-national study of mental depression in the US found that in advan _d countries, there is a rising tide of _jor depression. Teenage _s have increased in re _nt decades in almost all advan _d countries. Moreover, in the US sin _ World War II, there has been an actual de
8、cline in the proportion of people who report themselves to be “very unhappy.” You can easily test the claim that panionship ex _eds wealth as a sour _ of happiness. Ask yourself which has a greater influen _ on your satisfaction with life: your ine or the affection of your inti _te panions and the w
9、ell-being of your children? Conversely, which would _ke you more depressed: a reduction in salary or a divor _ and isolation from your friends? Capitali _ sueeds in creating _terial riches, but it is less suessful in building panionable societies and protecting family integrity. But developing count
10、ries still have much work to do in pursuing _terial wealth, where a rise in productivity still greatly increases happiness. For poorer countries, the time is not yet ripe for a shift in priorities from wealth aumulation to panionship. Can we afford to believe that the pursuit of _terial gain will le
11、ad to self-fulfillment? We should continue to enjoy our wealth in good pany, or else we _y find that it is not satisfying. 1. Aording to the 3rd paragraph, which of the following is true in developed countries? A. the more money one has, the unhappier he bees. B. ine and happiness are closely related C. the richer one is, the happier he is D. more money does not ne _ssarily _ke one happy 模板,内容仅供参考
