Part Ⅰ Fast Reading
In this section，you are going to read two passageswith ten statements attached to each one.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter.
[A]Contrary to popular belief，money can buy you happiness—if you spend it on the right things.That's the skinny from the New York Times business section，which lastweek took a close look at spending habits and happiness.
[B]Stephanie Rosenbloom writes that increased spending on leisure，travel，and hobbies tends tomake peoplemore satisfied with their lives，whereas buying stuff does not.You don't have to spend a lot to be happy.In fact，simple living often leads to a richer life.
[C]The article opens and closes with a profile of Tammy Strobel，who gave up a solid professional life with all the cars，furniture，and stuff that her boring-but-lucrative job could buy.She's a freelancewriter now，living simply with her husband in Portland，Oregon.Like a lot of people who've shifted away from a consumer lifestyle，Tammy now hasmore money to spend on what she loves because her needs are few.She's not buying stuff or keeping up a big apartment.She and her husband swapped their cars(and car payments)for bicycles.
Experiences，Not Stuff
[D]More and more people are moving away from conspicuous consumption（炫耀性消费）toward a life of conscious consumption and saving.A recent research is looking atways to squeeze themost happiness from your dollar.What they're finding won't surprisemany get rich slowly readers.
[E]Spending money on experiences brings you more lasting happiness than spending money on stuff.For example，a vacation will improve your life，over time，more than a new couch will.It's okay to think small.Spending on several small treats—like amassage，a good book，or dinner at your favorite restaurant—will bring youmore happiness than buying one bigticket item，like a sports car，will.
[F] Leisure activities like games，sports，hobbies，and entertainment have more happiness value than material goods.
[G]What really makes people happy is connection.When we're engaged in a leisure activity，we're more likely to be socializing with others，forming and strengthening our relationships.It's these strong relationships，not the stuffwe accumulate，that bring us lasting joy throughout our lives.
[H]Experiences also pay off better than stuff because we tend to color our memories happy.Let's say you spring for that new couch.The day you bring it home，it's perfect.It's the exact shade，texture，and firmness you wanted.You're in bliss sitting on it for the first time.Fast-forward ten years.Now the couch is tattered and stained，and the cushions are lumpy.Remembering how perfect itwas doesn'tmake you happier now；itmakes you sad that you're sitting on a bumpy relic of your couch's former greatness.
[I]Let's say instead that you'd put thatmoney into an experience.A vacation where you were bitten bymosquitoes，almostmissed your flight，and lost your hiking boots at the resort.Ten years later，your mosquito bites are gone，the shoes are long forgotten，and the photographs of the beautiful waterfall you visited still hang on your bedroom wall.The vacation actually gets better with time，as you hold on to the happy memories and forget the hassles.
[J]Finally，experiences pay off on the happiness meter because of their novelty.We grow bored with stuff and then wantmore newer，bigger，better stuff.But it's not the stuffwe wantmore of，really.We're looking to replace the happiness kick we got from the stuffwhen it was new.This is why so many of us can be staring at a closet full of expensive clothes and think we have nothing towear，or restlessly scrolling（滚动）through thousands of songs on our iPods and find nothing we want to hear.
The Psychology of Spending
[K]The fancy psychological term for this is“hedonic（享乐的）adaptation”.We adapt to stuff faster than we adapt to new experiences.A vacation，a cooking class，seeing a good play—these experiences are all complex.They take time to digest，mentally and emotionally.When we do them with friends or loved ones，they become partof our relationshipswith those people，adding yetmore layers to the experience and thememories that come out of it.
[L]Frugal（节俭的）happiness seekers can use these principles to their advantage.It doesn't take a lot ofmoney to seek out new experiences.Just going for a walk down the beach with a friend can provide plenty of happiness，with no price tag attached.
[M]Remember that idea of stringing small luxuries together that Imentioned above？Splurging（挥霍）on a series of small indulgences is worth more happiness than one large splurge.This kind of spending on frivolous（琐碎的）luxuries pushes against the grain ofmy own non-consumer heart，but it's another way to thwart hedonic adaptation.Buying one large item gives you a burst of happiness that quickly dissipates.While over time you'll also adapt to the flavors at that restaurant you love or to the joy of having flowers on your desk at work，a variety of small indulgenceswill give you many little happymoments.
[N]On the other hand，we can getmore happiness out of large purchases by saving for them in advance，rather than buying them on credit.It's not simply that being debt free is a happy way to be；you'll also get pleasure from anticipating the purchase while you're saving up for it.Once you have your new couch or dream vacation，you'll enjoy itmore，knowing it's the fruit of your hard work as a saver.
[O]Ultimately，it's our experiences in life and the relationshipswe have with those who share our journey thatmake us happy.Money can be a great tool for getting themost out of our adventures and our timewith loved ones，ifwe know how to spend it right.Thatmeans putting ourmoney where our hearts are:spending on the activities and people we love，not the stuff we're told we have to have.
( )1.People start to get serious about the basic needs of life when they live an easy and simple life.
( )2.It is possible for people to getmore joyous to spend on the get-togethers than that of a car.
( )3.An unforgettablememory would bring usmuch happiness.
( )4.People all want to get new stuff to stimulate them.
( )5.The articles about the relationship between money and happiness hold the opposite view to the common conception.
( )6.People have deeper memories about the experience with the family members or friends.
( )7.Pre-expenditure of credit card satisfied people's desire to own something but shortof money.
( )8.Stephanie suggests thatpeople should purchasemore personal experiences thanmaterial goods.
( )9.Shopped out，saving-less，and debt-burdened consumers enjoy less happiness.
( )10.Rational shopping is vital in chasing the ultimate happiness.
[A]Does happinessmatter？People react to this question in surprisingly different ways.Some suggest that there are farmore significant things to worry about；others see happiness as vitally important and something thatevery human being ultimately wants in life.To explore this conundrum（难题），we need to start by looking atwhat happiness actuallymeans.
[B]Happiness relates to how we feel，but it ismore than just a passing mood.We are emotional beings and experience awide range of feelings on a daily basis.Negative emotions—such as fear and anger—help us to get away from danger or defend ourselves.And positive emotions—such as enjoyment and hope—help us to connectwith others and build our capacity to cope when things go wrong.
[C]Trying to live a happy life is not about denying negative emotions or pretending to feel joyful all the time.We all encounter adversity and it's completely natural for us to feel anger，sadness，frustration and other negative emotions as a result.To suggestotherwisewould be to deny part of the human condition
[D]Happiness is about being able tomake themost of the good times—but also to cope effectively with the inevitable bad times，in order to experience the best possible life overall.Or，in the words of the biochemist turned Buddhistmonk Matthieu Ricard:“Happiness is a deep sense of flourishing，not a mere pleasurable feeling or fleeting emotion but an optimal state of being.”
[E]One popularmisconception about happiness is that happy people are somehow more likely to be lazy or ineffective.In fact research shows the opposite is true:happiness doesn't just feel good，it actually leads to a wide range of benefits for our performance，health，relationships and more.
[F]For example，economists atWarwick University showed different groups of people，and then asked them to carry out standard workplace tasks under paid conditions.The people who were primed to feel happy were 11% more productive than their peers，even after controlling for age，IQ and other factors.Similarly，researchers at Wharton Business School found that companies with happy employees outperform the stock market year on year and a team at UCL has discovered that people who are happy as young adults go on to earnmore than their peers later in life.
[G]In healthcare，doctors who are happy have been found to make faster and more accurate diagnoses，even when this happinesswas induced simply by giving them the small gift of a sugary sweet.In education，schools that focus on children's social and emotionalwellbeing experience significant gains in academic attainment aswell as improvements in pupil behavior.Happiness has also been linked to better decision-making and improved creativity.
[H]So，rather than success being the key to happiness，research shows that happiness could in fact be the key to success.But it doesn't just help us function better：happiness also brings substantial benefits for society as a whole.For example，a review of more than 160 studies found“clear and compelling evidence”that happier people have better overall health and live longer than their less happy peers.They are around half as likely to catch the cold virus and have a 50%lower risk of experiencing a cardiovascular（心血管的）event such as a heart attack or stroke.
[I]Happier people are also less likely to engage in risky behavior—for example，they are more likely to wear seat belts and less likely to be involved in road accidents.Happier people are even more financially responsible，tending to save more and have more control over their expenditures.But perhapsmost importantly of all，people who are happier are more likely to make a positive contribution to society.In particular，they aremore likely to vote，do voluntary work and participate in public activities.They also have a greater respect for law and order and offermore help to others.
[J]There is even evident that happiness is contagious，so that happier people help others around them to become happier too.An extensive study in the British Medical Journal followed people over 20 years and found that their happiness affected others in their networks across“three degrees of separation”.In other words，how happy we are has ameasurable impact on themood of our friend's friend's friend.
[K]When it comes to the happiness of society as awhole，however，the sad truth is that in recent decadeswe have become substantially richer but no happier.The positive benefits of higher incomes have been undermined by rising inequality and falling levels of trust and social cohesion（凝聚）.We've also reached the point where mental ill health is one of our greatest social challenges—causing more of the suffering in our society than either unemployment or poverty.
[L]This is why increasing numbers of policymakers and leaders are now calling for measures of progress to be based on human wellbeing and happiness，not just economic factors such as growth in GDP.Here in the UK，the government has introduced a programme to measure national wellbeing，and influential figures—including former cabinet secretary Gus O’Donnell—are calling forwellbeing to become the overallmeasure of prosperity and themain guide to public policy.
[M]This shift towards prioritizing happiness is important because this also reflects what themajority of people want.In a YouGov poll commissioned by Action for Happiness，a majority(87%)of UK adults said they would prefer a society with the“greatest overall happiness and wellbeing”，rather than the“greatestoverallwealth”(8%).The findingswere consistent across all regions，age groups and social classes.
[N]So happiness does matter—the scientific evidence is compelling.The pursuit of happiness is not some fluffy nice-to-have ormiddle-class luxury；it's about helping people to live better lives and creating a society that is more productive，healthy and cohesive.As
Aristotle said:“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life，the whole aim and end of human existence.”
[O]Of course，being happy is not somemagical cure-all.Happy people still get sick and lose loved ones and not all happy people are efficient，creative or generous.But，other things being equal，happiness brings substantial advantages.
[P]Perhaps themost powerful insight of all comes，not from the research，but from the responses I've heard from many hundreds of parentswhen asking them what they wantabove all for their children.Nearly all say something like:“I really just want them to be happy.”Happiness is the thing we wantmost for the people we love themost.That'swhy itmatters so much.
( )11.Concerningwith the phenomenon of getting happiness，people have differentopinions.
( )12.It is possible to see that common people have two different aspects of emotions.
( )13.It's natural for us to experience happiness and sadness in one day.
( )14.The author implies that being happy brings lots of benefits to many parts of our lives.
( )15.The survey showed that happiness produces energy and vitality.
( )16.Happier people usually have a long life span.
( )17.People who are happy are usually willing to devote their time and energy to social activities.
( )18.The findings of the research that lasted for two decades revealed that happiness is infectious.
( )19.National happiness and mental health are essential basis formaking the important policies.
( )20.Happy people still exposure to sufferings and miseries.