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1、英语六级阅读模拟练习题及答案-1The 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
2、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 paininevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious mitment(承当的义务), self improvement.Ask a ba
3、chelor(单身汉) 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 mitment. For mitment is in fact quitepainful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they a
4、re not its most distinguishing features.Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole nights sleep or three-day vacation. I dont know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child gro
5、w 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 ourhappiness. It liberates money: buying that new car
6、or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increaseour happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who arealways having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.1. According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because_A. he is
7、 reluctant to take on family responsibilitiesB. he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains singleC. he finds more fun in dating than in marriage2. Raising children, in the authors opinion, is_A. a moral dutyB. a rewarding taskC. a thankless jobD. a source of inevitable pain3. From the
8、 last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes stems from_A. hatredB. misunderstandingC. prejudiceD. ignorance4. To understand what true happiness is one must_A. have as much fun as possible during ones lifetimeB. make every effort to liberate oneself from painC. put up with pain under all circumstan
9、cesD. be able to distinguish happiness from fun5. What is the author trying to tell us?A. Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain.B. One must know how to attain happiness.C. It is important to make mitments.D. It is pain that leads to happiness.参考答案：2.C 原文第4段中说，虽然养孩子的过程实在不能算是“有趣”,但决定不要孩子的夫妇们永远也不
10、能理解看着孩子长大的那种欢乐以及与孙儿一起玩耍的欢乐。换言之，在作者看来，养孩子虽辛苦，但也是值得的，故答案为C。3.B 文章后一段后一句说它还让我们从嫉妒中解脱出来：我们如今理解到那些总有很多乐趣的人也许根本就不幸福。这说明我们嫉妒别人是误以为那些总有很多乐趣的人很幸福，这是一种误解，应选B。4.D 由文章第1段和后一段第1句可看出要理解真正的幸福就要把fun和happiness区分开，应选D。5.A 此题是主旨题。主旨题的答案常位于首段或结尾段。此题的答案可以在文章第1段后一句找到：通往幸福的路上多半会涉及到痛苦，因此此题选A。D中虽也提到pain,但对分强调pain对幸福的作用，故错误。第 页 共 页
