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【Spendingaslittleas$5adayonsomeoneelsecouldsignificantlyboosthappinesstheteamattheUniversityofBritishColumbiaandHarvardBusinessSchoolfoundonThursday.Theirexperimentsonmorethan630Americansshowedthey】

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Spendingaslittleas$5adayonsomeoneelsecouldsignificantlyboosthappinesstheteamattheUniversityofBritishColumbiaandHarvardBusinessSchoolfoundonThursday.

Theirexperimentsonmorethan630Americansshowedtheyweremeasurablyhappierwhentheyspentmoneyonothers—eveniftheythoughtspendingthemoneyonthemselveswouldmakethemhappier.

“Wewantedtotestourtheorythathowpeoplespendtheirmoneyisatleastasimportantashowmuchmoneytheyearn”saidElizabethDunnapsychologistattheUniversityofBritishColumbia.Theyaskedtheir600volunteersfirsttoratetheirgeneralhappinessreporttheirannual(yearly)incomeanddetailtheirmonthlyspendingincludingbillsgiftsforthemselvesgirlsforothersanddonationstocharity.

“Regardlessofhowmuchincomeeachpersonmadethosewhospentmoneyonothersreportedgreaterhappinesswhilethosewhospentmoreonthemselvesdidnot”Dunnsaidinastatement.

Dunn’steamalsosurveyed16employeesatacompanyinBostonbeforeandaftertheyreceivedanannualprofit-sharingbonusofbetween$3000and$8000.“Employeeswhodevotedmoreoftheirbonustopro-socialspendingexperiencedgreaterhappinessafterreceivingthebonusandthemannerinwhichtheyspentthatbonuswasamoreimportantpredictoroftheirhappinessthanthesizeofthebonusitself”theywroteintheirreportpublishedinthejournalScience.

Theygavetheirvolunteers$5or$20andhalfgotclearinstructionsonhowtospendit.Thosewhospentthemoneyonsomeoneorsomethingelsereportedfeelinghappieraboutit.

“Thesefindingssuggestthatveryminoralterations(changes)inspendingallocations(shares)—aslittleas$5—maybeenoughtoproducerealgainsinhappinessonagivenday，”Dunnsaid.

1.Whatisthegeneralideaofthepassage?

A.Themoreyouearnthegreaterhappinessyouwillget.

B.Spendingmoremoneyonyourselfwillmakeyouhappier.

C.Moneycanbuyhappinessbutonlyifyouspenditonsomeoneelse.

D.Youcanspendonly5$adaytogethappiness.

2.Theunderlinedword“boost”inthefirstparagraphprobablymeans_______.

A.helptofind B.helptobring C.helptoincrease D.helptoget

解大回答：

　　1.C 　　2.C 　　3.A 　　4.D 　　分析：　　本文主要讲了研究结果表明，每天只需稍稍改变支出分配——哪怕为别人花5美元，就能得到更多快乐。　　1.这篇文章主要讲了研究人员日前称，金钱可以买到快乐，但前提是你得把钱花在别人身上，故选C。　　2.根据Spendingaslittleas$5adayonsomeoneelsecouldsignificantlyboosthappinesstheteamattheUniversityofBritishColumbiaandHarvardBusinessSchoolfoundonThursday.Theirexperimentsonmorethan630Americansshowedtheyweremeasurablyhappierwhentheyspentmoneyonothers—eveniftheythoughtspendingthemoneyonthemselveswouldmakethemhappier.可猜出“boost”意思是增加，故选C。　　3.文中指出他们为别人花钱时其实更加快乐，而没有说为别人花钱会得到更多的奖金，可知答案为A。　　4.根据Theygavetheirvolunteers$5or$20andhalfgotclearinstructionsonhowtospendit.Thosewhospentthemoneyonsomeoneorsomethingelsereportedfeelinghappieraboutit.可知答案为D。　　考点：　　新闻报道类短文阅读理解　　点评：　　先阅读问题，然后带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读。这篇文章非常容易，根据问题找到相关问题的段落或句子，便可选出答案。

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