阅读理解 I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year-round sun. You may think people in such a glamorous, 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 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 abiding emotion. Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily 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 constant access to glamorous parties, fancy cars, expensive houses, everything that spells "happiness". But in memoir (论文集) after memoir, celebrities reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children and profound loneliness. Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he''s 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 and excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features. Similarly, couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness. They can dine out ever they want and sleep as late as they want. 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 word fun to describe raising children. Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations we can ever come to. 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 point- less. 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. The moment we understand that fun does not bring happiness we begin to lead our lives differently. The effect can be quite literally life-transforming.

单选题 Which of the following is true according to the passage?

单选题 To the author, Hollywood stars all have an important role to play, that is to______.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】事实细节题。短文的第四段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．我经常想如果好莱坞明星都有一个角色要扮演的话，那就是告诉我们幸福与快乐无关。这与选项[B]的描述是一致的，如本题中的"has nothing to do with”与选项中 [B]的“has no relation with”就是同义词组。选[C]的同学可能是只注意到了第四段中有memoir after memoir，就不管上下文，直接做出错误选择;[A]、[D]的描述在原文中没有出现。

单选题 In the author''s opinion, marriage______.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】观点态度题。作者在短文第五段对婚姻进行了阐述，并对单身汉之所以抵制婚姻作出了如下解释：If he''s honest，he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment．如果他诚实的话，他会告诉你因为他害怕作出承诺。因此，选项[B]的描述符合作者的观点。[C]认为婚姻必然导致扶养小孩，过于绝对，不选。选项[A]婚姻带来更大的快乐”和作者的意思不相符。[D]认为婚姻能带来长久的幸福感，过于绝对。不是所有的婚姻都带来幸福感。

单选题 According to the passage, couples having infant children______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】事实细节题。为了阐述快乐和幸福的关系，作者又在第六段中以夫妻是否要小孩为例进行说理。They can dine out ever they want and sleep as late as they want．Couples…他们(指不要小孩的夫妻)可以永远如自己所愿地在外面吃饭，睡得很晚。而有婴儿的夫妻却会为能有一个整夜的睡眠或三天的假期感到幸运。从中不难看出作者想表屯有婴儿的夫妻能从这种辛劳中获得幸福。这与选项[D]的描述是一致的。