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I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year-round sun. You may think people in such a splendid, 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 lasting 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 homes, everything that spells“happiness”. But in memoir(回忆录)after memoir, they 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, if he’s honest, and 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 whenever they want and sleep as late as they can. 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(解放性的)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 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.
【小题1】We can learn from the passage that ________.

A.fun creates long-lasting satisfaction
B.fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happiness
C.happiness is lasting whereas fun is short-lived
D.fun that is long-standing may lead to happiness
【小题2】To the author, the role Hollywood stars play is to ________.
A.write memoir after memoir about their happiness
B.tell the public that happiness has nothing to do with fun
C.teach people how to enjoy their lives
D.bring happiness to the public instead of going to parties
【小题3】In the author’s opinion, marriage ________ .
A.affords greater funB.leads to raising children
C.indicates duty and devotionD.usually ends up in pain
【小题4】Which of the following is the best example of“painful happiness”?
A.Winning lottery by accident
B.A bachelor resisting marriage
C.Raising children
D.Buying some fancy clothes
【小题5】If one gets the true sense of happiness, he will ________.
A.stop playing games and joking with othersB.keep himself with his family
C.give a free hand to moneyD.use his time to increase happiness


【小题1】C
【小题2】B
【小题3】C
【小题4】C
【小题5】D

解析【小题1】细节题。从第二段的最后三句话“Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more abiding emotion.”可以看出,“fun”仅仅是活动时的体验,而“happiness”是一种持久的情感,所以答案为C。
【小题2】细节题。从文中第四段可以看出,那些好莱坞的明星虽然表面风光但是私下却有很多烦恼、痛苦。而作者提到明星,把明星做为例子的目的就是为了证明他的观点:“fun”不同于“happiness”,所以选B。
【小题3】细节题。从文中第五段的第1、2句话“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.”可以看出,结婚就意味着义务和忠诚,所以选C,其他选项不符合文意。
【小题4】细节题。从文中第六段中可以看出作者对于有孩子的态度是:painful痛苦的。
【小题5】细节题。结合文章最后一段It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness.可知答案。当你真正理解了“happiness”的含义,那么你可以自由支配时间、金钱,也不再嫉妒有钱人。

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