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1、2022-2023年江西省抚州市大学英语6级大学英语六级重点汇总（含答案）学校:_ 班级:_ 姓名:_ 考号:_一、2.Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)(20题)1.Major depressions seem to occur only to people who have a family history of depression.A.Y B.N C.NG2.The Science of Lasting HappinessThe day I meet Sonja Lyubomirsky, she keeps getting cal
2、ls from her Toyota Prius dealer. When she finally picks up, she is excited by the news: she can buy the car she wants in two days. Lyubomirsky wonders if her enthusiasm might come across as materialism, but I understand that she is buying an experience as much as a possession. Two weeks later, in la
3、te January, the 40-year-old Lyubomirsky, who smiles often and seems to approach life with zest and good humor, reports that she is totally loving the Prius. But will the feeling wear off soon after the new-car smell, or will it last, making a naturally happy person even more so?The Possibility of La
4、sting HappinessAn experimental psychologist investigating the possibility of lasting happiness, Lyubomirsky understands far better than most of us the folly of pinning our hopes on a new caror on any good fortune that comes our way. We tend to adapt, quickly returning to our usual level of happiness
5、. The classic example of such hedonic adaptation(享乐适应) comes from a 1970s study of lottery winners, who a year after their windfall(意外横财)ended up no happier than nonwinners. Hedonic adaptation helps to explain why even changes in major life circumstancessuch as income, marriage, physical health and
6、where we livedo so little to boost our overall happiness. Not only that, but studies of twins and adoptees have shown that about 50 percent of each persons happiness is determined from birth. This genetic set point alone makes the happiness glass look half empty, because any upward swing in happines
7、s seems doomed to fall back to near your baseline. Theres been a tension in the field, explains Lyubomirskys main collaborator, psychologist Kennon M. Sheldon of the University of Missouri-Columbia. Some people were assuming you can affect happiness if, for example, you picked the right goals, but t
8、here was all this literature that suggested it was impossible, that what goes up must come down.The Happiness PieLyubomirsky, Sheldon and another psychologist, David A. Schkade of the University of California, San Diego, put the existing findings together into a simple pie chart showing what determi
9、nes happiness. Half the pie is the genetic set point. The smallest slice is circumstances, which explain only about 10 percent of peoples differences in happiness. So what is the remaining 40 percent? Because nobody had put it together before, thats unexplained, Lyubomirsky says. But she believes th
10、at when you take away genes and circumstances, what is left besides error must be intentional activity, mental and behavioral strategies to counteract adaptations downward pull.Lyubomirsky has been studying these activities in hopes of finding out whether and how people can stay above their set poin
11、t. In theory, that is possible in much the same way regular diet and exercise can keep athletes weight below their genetic set points. But before Lyubomirsky began, there was a huge vacuum of research on how to increase happiness, she says. The lottery study in particular made people shy away from i
12、nterventions, explains eminent University of Pennsylvania psychologist Martin E. P. Seligman, the father of positive psychology and a mentor to Lyubomirsky. When science had scrutinized(细察) happiness at all, it was mainly through correlational studies, which cannot tell what came firstthe happiness
13、or what it is linked tolet alone determine the cause and effect. Finding out that individuals with strong social ties are more satisfied with their lives than loners, for example, begs the question of whether friends make us happier or whether happy people are simply likelier to seek and attract fri
14、ends.Lyubomirskys ResearchLyubomirsky began studying happiness as a graduate student in 1989 after an intriguing conversation with her adviser, Stanford University psychologist Lee D. Ross,A.Y B.N C.NG3.In year _, there were many dead tube worms found in the East Pacific Rise according to the inform
15、ation from the expeditions.4. Consumers are encouraged to buy low-fat milk rather than _.5. Which of the following provides dinner cruises now?A.The Potomac RiverB.Boston HarborC.The Chicago RiverD.The Mississippi River6.Robert Woodruff and his business partners made the Coca-Cola Co. become a widel
16、y recognized leader in advertising.A.Y B.N C.NG7.Since taughened glass can replace shutters in downtown stores, it provides the store with_.8.The death rate from cigarette smoking in Asia will someday _.9. What can a life insurance do to a child?A.It can provide protection for their health.B.It offers money on the
