11．The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled，pain-free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness．If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness．But in fact，the opposite is true：more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain．
As a result，many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness．They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage，raising children，professional achievement，religious commitment，self improvement．
Ask a bachelor （单身汉）why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying．If he is 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，excitement．Marriage has such moments，but they are not its most distinguishing features．
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．But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild．
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations．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 pointless．And it liberates us from envy：we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all．
71．According to the author，a bachelor resists marriage chiefly becauseC．
A．he finds more fun in dating than in marriage
B．he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single
C．he is reluctant to take on family responsibilities
D．he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement
72．Raising children，in the author's opinion，isD．
A．a moral duty B．a thankless job
C．a source of inevitable pain D．a rewarding task
73．From the last paragraph，we learn that envy sometimes stems fromB．
A．hatred B．misunderstanding C．prejudice D．ignorance
74．To understand what true happiness is one mustA．
A．be able to distinguish happiness from fun
B．make every effort to liberate oneself from pain
C．put up with pain under all circumstances
D．have as much run as possible during one's lifetime
75．What is the author trying to tell us？C
A．It is important to make commitments．
B．One must know how to attain happiness．
C．Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain
D．It is pain that leads to happiness．
分析 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章向我们叙述了他对于幸福的理解，乐趣和快乐并不等于幸福，事实上，更多的往往比没有东西，导致幸福涉及一些痛苦，是痛苦带我们通往幸福．告诉我们要学会享受痛苦，不要去逃避害怕痛苦．
解答 71．C．细节理解题．根据文章第三段"If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment"如果他诚实的话，他会告诉你他害怕做出承诺，可知真正的原因是他不愿意承担家庭责任，故选C．
72．D．推理判断题．根据文章第四段"But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild"是那些决定不生孩子永远都不会知道快乐的看着一个孩子成长含饴弄孙，可推测养孩子是快乐的，是有回报的，故选D．
73．B．细节理解题．根据文章第五段"And it liberates us from envy：we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all"它把我们从嫉妒中解放出来：我们现在知道那些总有很多快乐的人也许根本就不幸福，可知嫉妒有时来源于对幸福的错误理解，故选B．
74．A．细节理解题．根据文章第五段"Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations"理解并接受真正的幸福与乐趣无关是最解放的实现，故选B．
75．C．主旨大意题．通过通读全文我们可以知道整篇文章都在告诉我们真正的幸福来源于痛苦，幸福与乐趣无关，反而，是痛苦，通往了幸福，故选C．
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．
