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1、2012年高考英语阅读理解冲刺练习15Vacationsareachancetotakeabreakfromwork,seetheworldandenjoytimewithfamily.Butdotheymakeyouhappier?ResearchersfromtheNetherlandssetouttomeasuretheeffectthatvacationshaveonoverallhappinessandhowlongitlasts.Theystudiedhappinesslevelsamong1,530
2、Dutchadults,974ofwhomtookavacationduringthe32-weekstudyperiod.Thestudyshowedthatthelargestliftinhappinesscomesfromthesimpleactofplanningavacation.Inthestudy,theeffectofvacationanticipationliftedhappinessforeightweeks.Afterthevacation,happinessquicklydroppedba
3、cktobaselinelevelsformostpeople.Howmuchstressorrelaxationatravelerexperiencedonthetripappearedtoinfluencepost-vacationhappiness.Therewasnopost-triphappinessbenefitfortravelerswhosaidthevacationwas“neutral”orstressful.”Surprisingly,eventhosetravelerswhodescrib
4、edthetripas“relaxing”showednoadditionaljumpinhappinessafterthetrip.“Theywerenohappierthanpeoplewhohadnotbeenonholiday,”saidtheleadauthor,JeroenNawijn,tourismresearchlectureratBredaUniversity.Theonlyvacationerswhoexperiencedanincreaseinhappinessafterthetripwer
5、ethosewhoreportedfeeling“veryrelaxed”ontheirvacation.Amongthosepeople,thevacationhappinesseffectlastedforjusttwoweeksafterthetripbeforereturningtobaselinelevels.Onereasonvacationsdon’tincreasehappinessafterthetripmayhavetodowiththestressofreturningtowork.Andf
6、orsometravelers,theholidayitselfwasstressful.“Incommentsfrompeople,thethingtheymentionedmostreferredtodisagreementswithatravelpartnerorbeingill,”Mr.Nawijnsaid.Thestudydidn’tfindanyrelationshipbetweenthelengthofthevacationandoverallhappiness.Sincemostofthehapp
7、inessboostcomesfromplanningandanticipatingavacation,thestudysuggeststhatpeoplemaygetmoreoutofseveralsmalltripsayearthanonebigvacation,Mr.Nawijnsaid.51.What’sthebesttitleforthispassage?A.Post-vacationhappinessB.Pre-vacationplanning-2-用心爱心专心C.Influencetovacatio
8、nsD.Researchonvacations52.Thestudyimpliesthat_________.A.Thelongerthevacationis,thehappierthetravelerswillbe.B.Thebetteryougetyourvacationplanned,themorehappinessyouwillget.C.Itwillmakeyo