Question

Money can buy happiness, but only when you spend it on other people, researchers said.

1.______. The results showed that people feel happier when they spend money on others. They asked the following questions: what made them happy, what was their salary(薪水), and how they spent money, including bills(帐单), gifts for themselves, gifts for others and money for charity. “2._____,” the research team leader Dunn said.

Dunn’s team also talked with 16 people at a company before and after they received a reward(奖金). Their reward was between $3,000 and 48,000. “If a person gave more of their money to the charity, he or she would experience greater happiness. 3._________,” the researcher said in their report.

Finally, the researchers did an experiment. They gave $ 5 and $ 20 bills to each of the 630 people and told half of them to buy something for someone else. Those people felt happier after spending the money on others. Dunn said, “4._____.”

阅读短文，完成下列任务。

任务一：将下列句子填入文中恰当的空白处。

A. No matter how much money each person made, those who spent more money on others seemed to be happier, but those who spent more on themselves did not

B. How they spent the money was more important for their happiness than how much money they got

C. Researchers from American university did experiments on more than 630 Americans

D. Spending as little as $ 5 on others can give people happiness

任务二：

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. How to Spend Your MoneyB. Money Can Bring Happiness

C. Research on MoneyD. Research on Happiness

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了一项调查，无论一个人赚多少钱似乎只有花费钱在别人身上才会感到更幸福。

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4.的试验内容，故选D

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考点：社会现象类短文阅读。