题文
Spending as little as $5 a day on someone else could significantly boost happiness, the team at the University of British Columbia found.Their experiments on more than 630 Americans showed they were measurably happier when they spent money on others even if they thought spending the money on themselves would make them happier.
“We wanted to test our theory that how people spend their money is at least as important as how much money they earn,” said Elizabeth Dunn, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia. They asked their 600 volunteers first to rate their general happiness, report their annual income and detail their monthly spending including bills, gifts for themselves, gifts for others and donations to charity.
“No matter how much income each person made, those who spent money on others reported greater happiness, while those who spent more on themselves did not,” Dunn said in a statement.
Dunn’s team also surveyed 16 employees at a company in Boston before and after they received an annual profit-sharing bonus of between $3,000 and $8,000. “Employees who devoted more of their bonus to prosocial spending experienced greater happiness after receiving the bonus, and the manner in which they spent that bonus was a more important predictor of their happiness than the size of the bonus itself,” they wrote in their report, published in the journal Science.
They gave their volunteers $5 or $20 and half got clear instructions on how to spend it. Those who spent the money on someone or something else reported feeling happier about it.
“These findings suggest that very minor changes in spending allocations-as little as $5 may be enough to produce real gains in happiness on a given day,” Dunn said.
小题1:What is the general idea of the passage? A．The more you earn, the greater happiness you will get. B．Spending more money on yourself will make you happier. C．Money can buy happiness, but only if you spend it on someone else. D．You can spend only $5 a day on someone else to get happiness.小题2:The underlined work “boost” in the first paragraph probably means .A．help to findB．help to increaseC．help to bringD．help to get小题3:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? A．Those who spend more money on others can get much more bonus. B．People usually think spending money on themselves will make them happier. C．Very small changes in spending your money may be enough to gain happiness. D．Researchers think that how people spend their money is at least as important as how much money they earn.小题4:Dunn is .A．a reporter in a journalB．a volunteer in the experiment C．an employee in a companyD．a psychologist at a university小题5:It can be inferred from the 6th paragraph that .A．the volunteers not given $5 or $20 spent their own money on themselves B．those who spent the money on someone or something else felt happier about it C．the volunteers were given $5 or $20 as a reward for the experiment D．half of the volunteers could spend the money as they liked 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:D
解析
本文讲述了在别人身上花钱要比花钱在自己身上更让人感觉到幸福。并且用多个实验来证明这个理论。
小题1:C 主旨大意题。根据文章的主题段第一段Spending as little as $5 a day on someone else could significantly boost happiness, the team at the University of British Columbia found.说明在别人身上花钱会让我们感觉更幸福，故C项正确。
小题2:B 根据文章第一段Spending as little as $5 a day on someone else could significantly boost happiness和第二段Their experiments on more than 630 Americans showed they were measurably happier when they spent money on others even if they thought spending the money on themselves would make them happier. 都说明在别人身上花钱会让我们更快乐，那么这个词就应该是指增加的意思。故B正确。
小题3:A 推理题。根据文章第五段Employees who devoted more of their bonus to prosocial spending experienced greater happiness after receiving the bonus, and the manner in which they spent that bonus was a more important predictor of their happiness than the size of the bonus itself说明把花分红的不同方式也决定了我们快乐与否。但是文章并没有在别人身上都花钱的人就能得到分红。故A项说法是错误的。
小题4:D 细节题。根据第三段2,3行said Elizabeth Dunn, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia.说明Dunn是一个心理学家，故D项正确。
小题5:D 推断题。根据本段1,2行They gave their volunteers $5 or $20 and half got clear instructions on how to spend it.说明有一半的人如何花钱是有明确的要求的，剩下的另外一半人怎么花钱是没有要求的，可以随便花。故D项说法正确。
点评：本文讲述了在别人身上花钱要比花钱在自己身上更让人感觉到幸福。并且用多个实验来证明这个理论。以推理题和细节题的考查为主，要求考生能够紧密连接上下文，根据题目的要求，仔细阅读选项，进行适当的推理判断，做出准确的判断。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Spending as little a.....”主要考查你对 [新闻报道类阅读 ]考点的理解。新闻报道类阅读
新闻报道类阅读的概念：
阅读理解的选材明显地呈现出关注实际生活的趋势，这种趋势与当前基础教育改革的目标是一致的，而中学生学习语言的根本目标与基础教育学会求知，学会做事，学会合作，学会做人的目标是一致的，真实新颖的选材对基础英语教学课程改革具有重要的反作用。
新闻报道类阅读理解技巧点拨：
新闻报道类类文章有一共同特点，即都是由标题（Headline）、导语（Lead）、主体（Mainbody）、背景（Background）和结尾（End）五部分构成。标题是新闻报道中心思想高度而又精辟的概括；导语位于新闻报道的首段，高度概括新闻事实；主体则对导语概括的新闻事实进行详细叙述；新闻背景是指新闻事实之外，对新闻事实或新闻事实的某个部分进行解释或补充的材料；结尾往往是新闻事件的结果或动态展望，也是中心思想的概括并常常与新闻导语相呼应。
新闻报道中的导语非常重要，它位于文章的第一段，通过它点出新闻的主题，五个W和一个H(When,Where,Who,What,Why和How)通常是构成一则完整消息不可缺少的要素。文章往往呈现出“倒金字塔”的特征，因此读懂首句或首段至关重要。
另外，从句的使用也是此类文章的一大语言特色，因为从句信息量大，适合新闻报道的要求。此外，大量的副词和插入语的使用也是此类文章的特点。为使文章更客观、更具信服力，常用The study said…, Scientists believe that…Experts said…, It's reported that…, According to the survey…等语言。同事在阅读过程中，我们要对材料所提供信息如when, where, who, how, why等进行提问，将信息迅速提炼出来。
新闻报道类阅读应试策略：
【命题趋势】
阅读理解的选材明显地呈现出关注实际生活的趋势，这种趋势与当前基础教育改革的目标是一致的，而中学生学习语言的根本目标与基础教育学会求知，学会做事，学会合作，学会做人的目标是一致的，真实新颖的选材对基础英语教学课程改革具有重要的反作用。时文报道就在文章中体现了这一要求。主要表现在以下几个方面：
1、反映海内外事件，文章结构严谨，内容贴近生活，用现代英语反映现代生活。
2、如果是新闻报道，都有比较固定的写作格式，如文首通常有报道的地点或时间，第一句话常常是文章的导语，有助于了解文章的大致内容和主题。
3、如果是新闻报道则是记叙文，有地点、时间、人物、事物等要素。
4、有许多大量反映当代社会变化的新词汇和表达方式。
5、命题既重细节，又重推理和主旨。
6、大背景中的小事件，大事件中的小插曲往往是选材的热点。
【应试对策】
1、在平时学习中，关注生活，阅读新闻报道和广告类文章、把阅读时事文章作为学习英语的重要途径。
2、了解新的词汇和表达方式。如：tsunami海啸，MP3players(MP3)播放器，well_offsociety小康社会等。
3、抓住文章主题，准确捕捉细节和内涵，进行合理的推理。
4、品味新闻的标题，联系平时所积累的知识，为了解材料大意作铺垫。
5、了解新闻报道的特殊规律，其内容和多含何人、何地、何事、何时等，阅读时要抓住新闻的这一主要特点去理解判断。
6、要注意文中以黑体、大写、下划线等方式加以提示的文字，因为这很有可能是材料的核心或至少是一部分内容的概括。
