2014考研英語閱讀真題：考研英語（二）第1篇

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　　英語閱讀是考研英語必考的一部分內(nèi)容也是分值占比較高的一部分知識(shí)點(diǎn)。2018考研同學(xué)復(fù)習(xí)的重點(diǎn)，距離18年考研時(shí)間僅剩兩個(gè)多月的時(shí)間，各科的復(fù)習(xí)都緊張進(jìn)行著?？缈季W(wǎng)考研小編為大家整理了2014考研英語閱讀真題：考研英語（二）第1篇，希望同學(xué)們能夠?qū)τ⒄Z閱讀真題進(jìn)行研究，對真題的出題方向、考察方式有進(jìn)一步的掌握，爭取取得好成績。

　　What would you do with $590m? This is now a question for Gloria MacKenzie, an 84-year-old widow who recently emerged from her small, tin-roofed house in Florida to collect the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in history. If she hopes her new-found fortune will yield lasting feelings of fulfilment, she could do worse than read "Happy Money" by Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton.

　　These two academics use an array of behavioural research to show that the most rewarding ways to spend money can be counterintuitive. Fantasies of great wealth often involve visions of fancy cars and extravagant homes. Yet satisfaction with these material purchases wears off fairly quickly. What was once exciting and new becomes old-hat; regret creeps in. It is far better to spend money on experiences, say Ms Dunn and Mr Norton, like interesting trips, unique meals or even going to the cinema. These purchases often become more valuable with time—as stories or memories—particularly if they involve feeling more connected to others.

　　This slim volume is packed with tips to help wage slaves as well as lottery winners get the most "happiness bang for your buck". It seems most people would be better off if they could shorten their commutes to work, spend more time with friends and family and less of it watching television (something the average American spends a whopping two months a year doing, and is hardly jollier for it). Buying gifts or giving to charity is often more pleasurable than purchasing things for oneself, and luxuries are most enjoyable when they are consumed sparingly. This is apparently the reason McDonald's restricts the availability of its popular McRib—a marketing trick that has turned the pork sandwich into an object of obsession.

　　Readers of "Happy Money" are clearly a privileged lot, anxious about fulfilment, not hunger. Money may not quite buy happiness, but people in wealthier countries are generally happier than those in poor ones. Yet the link between feeling good and spending money on others can be seen among rich and poor people around the world, and scarcity enhances the pleasure of most things for most people. Not everyone will agree with the authors' policy ideas, which range from mandating more holiday time to reducing tax incentives for American homebuyers. But most people will come away from this book believing it was money well spent.

　　如果你有5.9億美元，你會(huì)想做什么?葛羅瑞亞·馬克肯澤爾正面對這個(gè)問題。她是一位84歲在弗羅里達(dá)擁有一座小房子的寡婦，最近獲得了有史以來最大的彩票頭獎(jiǎng)。博客上到處是給這位幸運(yùn)強(qiáng)力球獎(jiǎng)金領(lǐng)取者的建議。但如果她希望她新得到的財(cái)富會(huì)讓她產(chǎn)生持久的滿足感，她可能需要讀讀伊麗莎白·唐恩和邁克爾·諾頓合著的《快樂理財(cái)》。

　　這兩位學(xué)者，一位在英屬哥倫比亞大學(xué)教授心理學(xué)，一位在哈佛商學(xué)院教授市場營銷。在書中他們引用了一些列的行為學(xué)研究向讀者表明最受益的消費(fèi)方式可能具有反直覺性質(zhì)。財(cái)富給人的感覺經(jīng)常會(huì)意味著豪車和峭壁旁的富宅。不過，這些物質(zhì)采購帶來的滿足感會(huì)很快消失。曾經(jīng)讓人興奮和帶來新奇的東西到手之后不過就像是老舊的禮帽;懊惱悄然而至。遠(yuǎn)不如把錢花在生活體驗(yàn)上，唐恩和諾頓說道，比如說旅行，特別的膳食及去電影院看電影。隨著時(shí)間的流逝，這些體驗(yàn)往往會(huì)變得珍貴--成為人們的故事或記憶-如果其中包含了情感故事則更是這樣。

　　無論你是工資的奴仆，還是彩票的幸運(yùn)兒在這本薄薄的書，都能讓你獲得“金錢帶來的快樂大爆發(fā)”。如果人們能夠縮短他們的工作時(shí)間和看電視的時(shí)間而花更多的時(shí)間跟朋友和家人在一起會(huì)讓他們的生活的品質(zhì)更高。買禮物或捐助慈善機(jī)構(gòu)往往會(huì)比給自己買東西更讓人覺得開心。購買限售版奢侈品會(huì)讓消費(fèi)者更開心。這顯然是麥當(dāng)勞為什么限制受歡迎的烤汁豬排堡的出售量的原因--這個(gè)營銷手段使人們?yōu)樨i肉三明治著迷。

　　《快樂財(cái)富》的讀者顯然是生活富足的人，他們考慮的是生活的滿足感而不是饑餓。金錢可能不能買到快樂，但是在更富裕國家的人們一般比貧窮國家的人們快樂。不過，不管是在富裕的國家還是貧窮的國家，感覺良好和消費(fèi)在其他人身上的聯(lián)系隨處可見。對大多數(shù)人來說，稀缺性提升了很多事情的快樂。并不是每個(gè)人都同意筆者在從安排更多的度假時(shí)間到減少稅收刺激美國購房者的觀點(diǎn)。但是讀完這本書，大多數(shù)的人會(huì)覺得它值得購買。

　　重點(diǎn)單詞

　　unique[ju:'ni:k]adj. 獨(dú)一無二的，獨(dú)特的，稀罕的

　　lottery['l?t?ri]n. 彩票

　　shorten['??:tn]v. 弄短，變短

　　array[?'rei]n. 數(shù)組，(陳)排列，大批，一系列

　　undivided[,?ndi'vaidid]adj. 未分開的;專一的;專心的;完整的 v. 未分開

　　valuable['v?lju?bl]adj. 貴重的，有價(jià)值的

　　buck[b?k]n. (美元)塊錢 n. 錢，鹿皮，(鹿皮等)制物，小伙

　　extravagant[iks'tr?v?g?nt]adj. 奢侈的，浪費(fèi)的，過度的，大量的

　　satisfaction[.s?tis'f?k??n]n. 賠償，滿意，妥善處理，樂事，確信

　　collect[k?'lekt]v. 收集，聚集

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