专升本英语（阅读）模拟试卷77
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The 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 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 pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment, self-improvement.
Ask a bachelor 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 commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.
Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night\’s sleep or a three-day vacation. I don\’t know any parent who would choose the fun to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow 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 our happiness. It liberates money: buying 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 who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.
1.According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because________.(A)
A. he is reluctant to take on family responsibilities
B. he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single
C. he finds more fun in dating than in marriage
D. he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement
解析：根据文中第三段第二句If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment．For commitment is in fact quite painful．可知单身汉不愿意结婚的主要原因是他不愿承担婚姻的责任，故A正确。
2.Raising children, in the author’s opinion, is________.(C)
A. a moral duty
B. a thankless job
C. a rewarding task
D. a source of inevitable pain
解析：根据文中第四段But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild．可推测出作者对抚养孩子这件事是持赞赏的态度的，故选C。
3.From the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes stems from________.(B)
A. hatred
B. misunderstanding
C. prejudice
D. ignorance
解析：根据文中最后一段And it liberates us from envy：we now understand that all those who aye always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all．可知整天很开心的人不一定幸福，我们认为他们幸福只是我们自己的误解，所以我们会妒忌，就是源于误解。故选B。
4.To understand what true happiness is one must________.(D)
A. have as much fun as possible during one’s lifetime
B. make every effort to liberate oneself from pain
C. put up with pain under all circumstances
D. be able to distinguish happiness from fun
解析：根据文中最后一段Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the m
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