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1、訓(xùn)練7 閱讀理解＋完形填空＋語法填空＋短文改錯(cuò)(建議用時(shí)45分鐘)Ⅰ.閱讀理解Ifyourparentsweretosurpriseyouwithapresentonyourbirthday，whichonewouldyouprefer，atriptotheamusementparkoranewpairofshoes?AccordingtoScienceDaily，aboutonethirdofthepeoplearelikelytoprefershoestoafuntrip.Thesepeoplearecalled“materialists”，namely，thosewho
2、valuematerialgoodsmorethanexperiences.Butwhichofthetwochoicesmakespeoplehappier?Backin2009，RyanHowell，aprofessoratSanFranciscoStateUniversity，foundthatinthelongrun，experiencesmakepeoplehappierthanpossessions.Thisisbecausethejoyofreceivinganewobjectfadesovertimeasyougetusedtoseeingiteveryday
3、.Experiences，ontheotherhand，cancontinuetobringyoujoyinthefuturethroughhappymemories.Butmaterialistsshouldatleastbehappywhentheyfirstbuysomething，shouldn’tthey?Tofigureitout，Howelldidanotherstudy.Heclassifiedagroupofadultsaccordingtotheirpersonalitytypes，rangingfromlessmaterialistictomoremat
4、erialistic.Eachpersonwasaskeddifferentquestionstoseehowtheyfeltaboutspendingmoneyonmaterialgoodsversusspendingmoneyonexperiences.Asexpected，themorematerialisticparticipantsgotlesshappinessfrompurchasesthanthelessmaterialistic，becausesuchpurchasesdidn’tfitwiththeirpersonalitiesandvalues.Butt
5、oHowell’ssurprise，hefoundthatmaterialistsweren’tanyhappiereveniftheyspentmoneyonmaterialitems.Thisisbecausematerialistsworrythatothersmaycriticizeorlookdownontheirchoices.“Therearecertainvaluesystemsthatarerejectedbysociety，”saidHowell.“Whenwefindoutsomeoneismaterialistic，wethinklessofthem，
6、andthatdrivestheirhappinessdown.”Anotherreasonisthatmaterialisticpeoplealwaysfocusonwhattheydon’thaveinsteadofwhattheyhavenow.Thismakesthemfeellesssatisfiedandgrateful.Ifyouhappentobeamaterialisticperson，there’ssomethingyoucantry.“Ifmaterialistsmakemoreaccuratepurchases，ratherthantryingtoim
7、pressothers，theywillbehappier，”Howellsaid.YoushouldalsorememberwhatanancientGreekphilosopheroncesaid，“Donotspoilwhatyouhavebydesiringwhatyouhavenot;rememberwhatyounowhavewasonceamongthethingsyouonlyhopedfor.”1．WhatdidRyanHowellfindinhisstudies?A．Material
