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The strategy in detail reading comprehension: integrated information (综合信息).
Read the passages below, and answer the questions about the text.
1. Does owning the latest iPhone, designer purse or luxury car really make you happy? It’s an age - old question, but one psychologist thinks he might have the answer. Dr Thomas Gilovich at Cornell University, has studied the topic for over 20 years. According to Dr Gilovich, “We buy things to make us happy, and we succeed, but only for a while. New things are exciting to us at first, but then we adapt to them.” In other words, once we get used to the newest things, we begin looking for something else to buy to make us happy. Dr Gilovich found that satisfaction with possessions disappears over time. Yet our happiness over things we’ve experienced increases.
Why does Dr Gilovich say that the satisfaction with possessions disappears over time?
2. Why do people listen to music? The answer may seem simple: Music is pleasant to make and to hear. But music touches our lives in many other ways, too. My brother doesn’t choose music based on what he wants to hear. Instead, he decides what he wants to feel and picks music with that mood in mind. Bright sounding music generally makes people feel happy. But some people enjoy listening to sad music, too. It can be like talking with a friend who understands your suffering. But for some people, sad music can make them feel even sadder.
How does music affect people’s lives according to the writer?
Read the passages below, and answer the questions about the text.
1. Does owning the latest iPhone, designer purse or luxury car really make you happy? It’s an age - old question, but one psychologist thinks he might have the answer. Dr Thomas Gilovich at Cornell University, has studied the topic for over 20 years. According to Dr Gilovich, “We buy things to make us happy, and we succeed, but only for a while. New things are exciting to us at first, but then we adapt to them.” In other words, once we get used to the newest things, we begin looking for something else to buy to make us happy. Dr Gilovich found that satisfaction with possessions disappears over time. Yet our happiness over things we’ve experienced increases.
Why does Dr Gilovich say that the satisfaction with possessions disappears over time?
Because new things are exciting to us at first, but then we adapt to them. Once we get used to the newest things, we begin looking for something else to buy to make us happy.
2. Why do people listen to music? The answer may seem simple: Music is pleasant to make and to hear. But music touches our lives in many other ways, too. My brother doesn’t choose music based on what he wants to hear. Instead, he decides what he wants to feel and picks music with that mood in mind. Bright sounding music generally makes people feel happy. But some people enjoy listening to sad music, too. It can be like talking with a friend who understands your suffering. But for some people, sad music can make them feel even sadder.
How does music affect people’s lives according to the writer?
Music is pleasant to make and to hear. It can also affect people's feelings. For example, bright sounding music generally makes people feel happy, and some people enjoy listening to sad music which can be like talking with a friend who understands their suffering, but for some people, sad music can make them feel even sadder.
答案
1. Because new things are exciting to us at first, but then we adapt to them. Once we get used to the newest things, we begin looking for something else to buy to make us happy.
2. Music is pleasant to make and to hear. It can also affect people's feelings. For example, bright sounding music generally makes people feel happy, and some people enjoy listening to sad music which can be like talking with a friend who understands their suffering, but for some people, sad music can make them feel even sadder.
2. Music is pleasant to make and to hear. It can also affect people's feelings. For example, bright sounding music generally makes people feel happy, and some people enjoy listening to sad music which can be like talking with a friend who understands their suffering, but for some people, sad music can make them feel even sadder.
