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What would you do with $ 590m? This is now a question for Gloria MacKenzie, an 84-year-old widow who recently emerged from her small, tin-roofed house in Florida to collect the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in history. If she hopes her new-found fortune will yield lasting feelings of fulfilment, she could do worse than read Happy Money by Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton. These two academics use an array of behavioral research to show that the most rewarding ways to spend money can be counterintuitive. Fantasies of great wealth often involve visions of fancy cars and extravagant homes. Yet satisfaction with these material purchases wears off fairly quickly. What was once exciting and new becomes old-hat: regret creeps in. It is far better to spend money on experiences, say Ms. Dunn and Mr. Norton, like interesting trips, unique meals or even going to the cinema. These purchases often become more valuable with time—as stories or memories— particularly if they involve feeling more connected to others. This slim volume is packed with tips to help wage slaves as well as lottery winners get the most "happiness bang for your buck". It seems most people would be better off if they could shorten their commutes to work, spend more time with friends and family and less of it watching television (something the average American spends a whopping two months a year doing, and is hardly jollier for it). Buying gifts or giving to charity is often more pleasurable than purchasing things for oneself, and luxuries are most enjoyable when they are consumed sparingly. This is apparently the reason McDonald's restricts the availability of its popular McRib—a marketing trick that has turned the pork sandwich into an object of obsession. Readers of Happy Money are clearly a privileged lot, anxious about fulfilment, not hunger. Money may not quite buy happiness, but people in wealthier countries are generally happier than those in poor ones. Yet the link between feeling good and spending money on others can be seen among rich and poor people around the world, and scarcity enhances the pleasure of most things for most people. Not everyone will agree with the authors' policy ideas, which range from mandating more holiday time to reducing tax incentives for American homebuyers. But most people will come away from this book believing it was money well spent.
单选题
According to Dunn and Norton, which of the following is the most rewarding purchase?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】细节题。根据关键词“Dunn and Norton，the most rewarding purchase”定位到原文第一、二段。第二段第一句提到“the most rewarding ways to spend money can be counterintuitive(回报率最高的花钱方式可能是我们不曾留意的)”。接下来指出fancy cars，extravagant homes都不会使人持久的满足，真正使人满足并感到快乐的是“It is far better to spend money on experiences…like interesting trips，unique meals or even going to the cinema(钱应该花在一些有意义的经历上，比如愉快的旅行、别致的聚餐，甚至是看场电影)”。由此可见B项“一次特殊的旅行”为正确答案。迷惑性较强的是D项a rich meal(大餐)，但原文提到的是unique meal，给你带来独特体验的meal不一定是rich meal，因此排除该项。
单选题
The author's attitude towards Americans' watching TV is______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】态度题。根据关键词“Americans’watching TV”定位到原文第三段。第二句“It seems most people would be better off if they could shorten their commutes to work，spend more time with friends and family and less of it watching television(something the average American spends a whopping two months a year doing，and is hardly jollier for it)(对于大多数人来说，快乐的秘诀就是能缩短上下班时间，多陪陪家人和朋友，少看电视。美国民众每年要花至少两个月的时间在电视上，但他们照样过得不快乐)”。可见作者对通过看电视来获取快乐持否定态度，因此A项“批评的”为正确答案。supportive“支持的”，sympathetic“同情的，赞同的”，ambiguous“含糊的”，都不符合原文意思。
单选题
McRib is mentioned in Paragraph 3 to show that______.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】细节题。根据关键词“McRid”定位到第三段。最后一句提到McRib是麦当劳推出的一款烤汁猪排堡，“This is apparently the reason McDonald’s restricts the availability of its popular McRib(这明显就是麦当劳限量供应其广受欢迎的烤汁猪排堡的禅机所在)”，那么这个例子想要说明的论点就往前找。上句提到“luxuries are most enjoyable when they are consumed sparingly(奢侈品只有偶然的买一回才能让你感到真正的快乐)”，可见这就是McRib的例子要说明的论点，因此D项“稀罕的东西能增加快乐感”为正确答案。A项“消费者有时不理性”，B项“流行源于质量”，C项“营销技巧通常是有效的”，均与题意无关。
单选题
According to the last paragraph, Happy Money______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】细节题。根据关键词“Happy Money”定位到最后一段。Happy Money是一本书。最后一句提到“most people will come away from this book believing it was money well spent(相信很多看过这本书的人会因它而学会把钱花的更有价值)”，由此可见B项“可以证明(本书)是值得购买的”为正确答案。A项“给读者留下了很大批评的空间”，C项“预测了美国不断扩大的收入差距”，原文均没有提及。D项“可能会给读者带来成就感”，believing it was money well spent不等于a sense of achievement，因此，D项排除。