单选题 Vacations are a chance to take a break from work, see the world and enjoy time with family. But do they make you happier?
Researchers from the Netherlands set out to measure the effect that vacations have on overall happiness and how long it lasts. They studied happiness levels among 1,530 Dutch adults, 974 of whom took a vacation during the 32-week study period.
The study, published in the journal Applied Research in Quality of Life, showed that the largest boost in happiness comes from the simple act of planning a vacation. In the study, the effect of vacation anticipation boosted happiness for eight weeks.
After the vacation, happiness quickly dropped back to baseline levels for most people. How much stress or relaxation a traveler experienced on the trip appeared to influence post-vacation happiness. There was no post- trip happiness benefit for travelers who said the vacation was "neutral" or "stressful. "
Surprisingly, even those travelers who described the trip as "relaxing" showed no additional jump in happiness after the trip. "They were no happier than people who had not been on holiday," said the lead author, Jeroen Nawijn, tourism research lecturer at Breda University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands.
The only vacationers who experienced an increase in happiness after the trip were those who reported feeling "very relaxed" on their vacation. Among those people, the vacation happiness effect lasted for just two weeks after the trip before returning to baseline levels.
"Vacations do make people happy," Mr. Nawijn said. "But we found people who are anticipating holiday trips show signs of increased happiness, and afterward there is hardly an effect. "
One reason vacations don't boost happiness after the trip may have to do with the/stress of returning to work. And for some travelers, the holiday itself was stressful. "In comments from people, the thing they mentioned most referred to disagreements with a travel partner or being ill," Mr. Nawijn said.
The research controlled for differences among the vacationers and those who hadn't taken a trip, including income level, stress and education. However, Mr. Nawijn noted that questions remain about whether the time of year, type of trip and other factors may influence post-vacation happiness.

单选题 According to the study done by the Dutch researchers, people will enjoy greatest happiness if ______.
A. they are spending the vacations with their families
B. they are going to have a simple vacation
C. they are making a plan for the coming vacations
D. they are taking a vacation of eight weeks

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 根据题干关键词people will enjoy greatest happiness定位到原文第三段首句：The study, published in the journal Applied Research in Quality of Lire, showed that the largest boost in happiness comes from the simple act of planning a vacation. 可知幸福感最大的源泉来自于计划假期这样一个简单的行为，C)项符合文意。
[避错指导] A)项“他们将和家人一起度过假期”虽然在文中有所提及，但不是幸福感最大的源泉；B)项“他们将度过一个简单的假期”文中未提及；D)项“他们将度过长达八周的假期”也与原文不符，第三段最后一句提到期盼假期的效果可以激发幸福感达八个星期之久。

单选题 The vacationers who benefited from the post-vocation happiness were those ______.
A. who took extremely relaxing vacations
B. who planned the vacations well in advance
C. who had never been on vacations before
D. who shorten their vacations from eight to two weeks

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 根据题干关键词vacationers who benefited from the post-vocation happiness定位到原文第六段第一句：The only vacationers who experienced an increase in happiness after the trip were those who reported feeling“very relaxed”on their vacation. 可知只有那些说感觉他们的假期“非常放松”的人会在旅行之后体验到幸福感的增加，A)项符合文意。
[避错指导] B)项“提前计划他们的假期”和D)项“将他们的假期从八周缩短到两周”文中未提及；C)项“以前从来没有度过假”也与原文不符，第五段第二句提到旅游学研究讲师Jeroen Nawijn说：“他们不如那些还没有度假的人快乐”，此句意在说明旅行者没有在旅行之后表现出更多的幸福感，并不是说没有度过假的人度假后更快乐。

单选题 According to Mr. Nawijn, one important finding of the study is that ______.
A. vacations can boost people's happiness all the time
B. people tend to be much happier before the vacation
C. anticipation, rather than vacation, has greater effect on happiness
D. vacations have no effect on people's happiness afterward

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 根据题干关键词one important finding of the study定位到原文第七段："Vacations do make people happy, " Mr. Nawijn said. "But we found people who are anticipating holiday trips show signs of increased happiness, and afterward there is hardly an effect." 可知据Nawijn先生所说，假期的确使人们感到高兴、期待假期的人们显现出幸福感的增加，随后几乎就没有什么效果了；C)项“期待，而并非假期本身，能给人带来极大的快乐”，符合文意。
[避错指导] A)项“假期能够一直提升人们的幸福感”中的“一直”与原文不符；B)项“人们倾向于在假期之前更快乐”对于“之前”时间的界定较模糊，与原文不符；D)项“假期对于随后的人们的幸福感没有任何作用”表述过于绝对。

单选题 Vacations leave people with no more happiness because ______.
A. people have expected too much for their vacations
B. people will no longer feel relaxed afterward
C. people feel disappointed with their vacations
D. people are likely to have stressful vacations

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 根据题干关键词leave people with no more happiness定位到原文倒数第二段首句：One reason vacations don't boost happiness after the trip may have to do with the stress of returning to work. 可知旅行之后幸福感不增加的一个原因可能和重返工作的压力有关，B)项“因为人们随后不再感到放松”符合文意。
[避错指导] A)项“人们对于假期期待得太多”和C)项“人们对于假期很失望”，文中未提及；D)项“人们很有可能过有压力的假期”与原文不符，原文倒数第二段第二句提到对于一些旅行者来说，假期本身就是有压力的，这只是一些人假期后不快乐的部分原因，不能以偏概全。

单选题 What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?
A. Most vacationers have to settle for stressful vacations.
B. Some people are not easy to get along with while traveling.
C. Vacationers who feel stressed are easy to feel sick.
D. Factors that influence the post-trip happiness are complicated.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 根据题干关键词the last two paragraphs定位到原文最后一段最后一句：However, Mr. Nawijn noted that questions remain about whether the time of year, type of trip and other factors may influence post-vacation happiness. 可知Nawijn指出，关于旅行的季节、旅行的种类和其他因素是否对度假之后的幸福感会产生影响还是一个尚未解答的问题，D)项“影响假期之后幸福感的因素是复杂的”符合原文。
[避错指导] A)项“大多数度假者不得不接受有压力的假期”原文没有提及；B)项“旅行时，有的人很难相处”和C)项“感到压力的旅行者很容易生病”也是对原文倒数第二段最后一句“在人们的议论中，提到最多的就是关于和旅伴的意见不合或是生病”的曲解。