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1、2014届高考英语一轮复习限时阅读训练52I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year-round sun. You may think people in such a splendid, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is
2、that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more lasting emotion网Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, tempora
3、rily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful individuals have c
4、onstant access to glamorous parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells “happiness”. But in memoir（回忆录）after memoir, they reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children and profound loneliness.Ask a ba
5、chelor why he resists marriage, if hes honest, and 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.Similarly,
6、 couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness. They can dine out whenever they want and sleep as late as they can. Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole nights sleep or a three-day vacation. I dont know any parent who would cho
7、ose the word fun to describe raising children.Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating（解放性的）realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buyin
8、g 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 rich and glamorous people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.5.
9、 We can learn from the passage that_.A. fun creates long-lasting satisfactionB. fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happinessC. happiness is lasting whereas fun is short-livedD. fun that is long-standing may lead to happiness6. To the author, the role Hollywood stars will play is to _.A. writ
10、e memoir after memoir about their happinessB. tell the public that happiness has nothing to do with funC. teach people how to enjoy their livesD. bring happiness to the public instead of going to parties7. In the authors opinion, marriage_.A. affords greater fun B. leads to raising childrenC. indica
11、tes duty and devotionD. usually ends up in pain8. Which of the following is the best example of “painful happiness”?A. Winning lottery by accident.B. A bachelor resisting marriage.C. Raising children. D. Buying some fancy clothes.9. If one gets the meaning of the true sense of happiness, he will_.A.
12、 stop playing games and joking with othersB. keep himself with his familyC. give a free hand to moneyD. use his time to increase happiness参考答案 5-9 CBCCD*结束阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 AMatt Scott, who was born with spina bifida (脊柱裂)，grew up in Detroit, Michigan, where he participated in a va
13、riety of sports alongside his healthy friends. Now as a member of University of Wisconsin -Whitewater wheelchair basketball team, Scott has won four national championships, and has recently been selected to the Paralympic team for the second time. The 23- year-old college senior owes his achievement
14、s to his hard work and the support of his friends and family, who never allowed him to use his disability as an excuse. My mother was always great. Whenever I felt giving up, she had no sympathy. She really helped me build my independence by not babying me the way other mothers would have. Scott say
15、s.It was Scott s independent nature and strong will, along with his on - the - court skills, that attracted the attention of Americas most influential sports apparel (衣服)company, Nike. Nike was searching for an athlete with a disability to represent its Just Do It trademark. A handful of superstar athletes with disabilities came to audition for the role, but the company picked Scott to star in the 30-second commercial.I think that they were looking for the prettiest face in America, and found me, Scott jokes about the selection proces
