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1、2009考研阅读解析2009Directions:Readthefollowingfourtexts.AnswerthequestionsbeloweachtextbychoosingA,B,CorD.MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEET1.(40points)Text1 It’splaincommonsense—themorehappinessyoufeel,thelessunhappinessyouexperience.It’splaincommonsense,butit’snot
2、true.Recentresearchrevealsthathappinessandunhappinessarenotreallytwosidesofthesameemotion.Theyaretwodistinctfeelingsthat,coexisting,riseandfallindependently. Peoplemightthinkthatthehigheraperson’slevelofunhappiness,thelowertheirlevelofhappinessandvicevers
3、a.Butwhenresearchersmeasurepeople’saveragelevelsofhappinessandunhappiness,theyoftenfindlittlerelationshipbetweenthetwo. Therecognitionthatfeelingsofhappinessandunhappinesscanco-existmuchlikeloveandhateinacloserelationshipmayoffervaluablecluesonhowtoleadah
4、appierlife.Itsuggests,forexample,thatchangingoravoidingthingsthatmakeyoumiserablemaywellmakeyoulessmiserable,butprobablywon’tmakeyouanyhappier.Thatadviceisbackedupbyanextraordinaryseriesofstudieswhichindicatethatageneticpredispositionforunhappinessmayrunin
5、certainfamilies.Ontheotherhand,researchershavefoundhappinessdoesn’tappeartobeanyone’sheritage.Thecapacityforjoyisatalentyoudeveloplargelyforyourself. Psychologistshavesettledonaworkingdefinitionofthefeeling—happinessisasenseofsubjectivewell-being.Theyhave
6、alsobeguntofindoutwho’shappy,whoisn’tandwhy.Todate,theresearchhasn’tfoundasimpleformulaforahappylife,butithasdiscoveredsomeoftheactionsandattitudesthatseemtobringpeopleclosertothatmostdesiredoffeelings. Whyisunhappinesslessinfluencedbyenvironment?Whenwear
7、ehappy,wearemoreresponsivetopeopleandkeepupconnectionsbetterthanwhenwearefeelingsad.Thisdoesn’tmean,however,thatsomepeopleareborntobesadandthat’sthat.Genesmaypredisposeonetounhappiness,butdispositioncanbeinfluencedbypersonalchoice.Youcanincreaseyourhappine
8、ssthroughyourownactions.1.Accordingtothetext,itistruethat[A]unhappinessismoreinheritedthanaffectedbyenvironment.[B]happinessandunhappinessaremutuallyconditional.[C]unhappinessissubjecttoexternalmorethanintern