What is the dark side of our inborn drive to acquire?

【精析】细节辨认题。句(1)中提到，据研究，我们每个人生来就有获取的欲望。这种获取的欲望的“黑暗面”是人类被无意识地驱使着想要拥有越来越多的“东西”。因此答案为D)。

What might happen if we do not harness our inborn drive to acquire?

【精析】细节辨认题。根据句(2)可知，如果不去有意识地、深思熟虑地且有目的地控制这种与生俱来的获取欲望，我们可能就会在无意识状态下追求那些错误的东西。因此答案为C)

What does the passage say about our intentional aspirational goals?

【精析】细节辨认题。句(3)中提到，尽管在有意识的情况下所追求的目标包括获得那些能增加自己幸福感的东西，但这些目标也应该包括在自己的各种生命角色中去帮助他人。因此答案为C)。

What will you end up doing without pursuing intentional aspirational goals?

【精析】细节辨认题。句(4)中提到，如果没有想要追求的目标，你也就没有了奋斗的目标。如果没有了奋斗的目标，你就把自己置于随波逐流的危险境地，而且无法去体验并享受生活所提供的一切。因此答案为A)。

听力原文：

Humans are aspirational goal-seeking beings.（1）Each of us, according to research, has an inborn drive to acquire. The “dark side” of this drive to acquire is being mindlessly driven to possess more and more“things” and to socially compare our “stuff” with all the stuff other people have in their lives. So the question is, how do we ensure we tap into our drive to acquire in positive ways that will benefit our well-being?

One way is to become more intentionally aspirational. To be intentionally aspirational includes consciously aspiring to be the person you need to be to succeed in your professional and personal life. It also includes consciously aspiring to acquire things in your life that will positively impact your sense of well-being.（2）If you're not consciously, mindfully and intentionally harnessing this inborn drive to acquire, you might be mindlessly pursuing all the wrong things.

（3） While your intentional aspirational goals will include pursuit of acquiring things that will increase your sense of well-being, they ought to also include goals to help other people in your various life roles.Your intentional aspirational goals will also include striving to be your personal best-a person of “good”character, integrity, and trustworthiness.

Think about this from a practical, rather than theoretical viewpoint.（4）If you're not pursuing intentional aspirational goals, you have nothing to strive for. If you have nothing to strive for, you're putting yourself in the dangerous position of simply drifting through life, and you will not be able to experience, live and enjoy all that life has to offer.