I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year - round sun．You may think People ,n such an attractive, fun - filled place are happier than others．If so you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness．
Many intelligent people still think fun equals happiness．The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in mon．Fun is what we experience during an act．Happiness is what we experience after an act．It is a deep, long-lasting emotion．
Going to an amusement park or a ball game, watching a movie or television are fun activities that help us relax, temporally forget our problems and maybe even laugh．But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends．
I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun．They have constant access to exciting parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells happiness But in memoir（回忆录） after memoir, they expose Ac unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages and loneliness．
Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying．If he is honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a mitment．For mitment is in fact quite painful．The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement．Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features．
Similarly, couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness．They can dine out whenever they want and sleep as late as they want．Couples with babies are lucky to get a whole night' s sleep．I don't know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children．
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations we can ever e to．It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can truly increase our happiness．It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless．And it frees us from envy: we now understand that all those rich and famous people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all．
【小题1】What is the passage mainly about?A．Fun and happiness．B．Success and satisfaction．C．Marriage and mitment．D．Entertainment and responsibility．【小题2】The author probably agrees that ．A．fun creates long - lasting satisfactionB．long - standing fun may lead to happinessC．fun is short-lived while happiness is long-lastingD．fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happiness【小题3】What does the author think of marriage?
A．It ends in pain．
B．It means mitment．
C．It affords greater fun．
D．It leads to raising children．
【小题14If one gets the real meaning of happiness, he ．
A．will start a business
B．won' t place too much value on money
C．will seek for freedom
D．won't devote himself to his familyA
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(答案→)A
解析：文章主要从各个层面分析快乐和乐趣之间的本质区别，从而下结论乐趣永远代替不了快乐。
【小题1】主旨大意题 根据文章的第一二段可知，文章主要讲的是happyiness he fun之间的区别。
【小题2】细节理解题 根据第二段“...Fun is what we experience during an act．Happiness is what we experience after an act．It is a deep, long-lasting emotion”可知，fun 和happiness之间的区别是短期和长期持续的区别。
【小题3】细节理解题 根据第五段“Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying．If he is honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a mitment”可知，那些单身汉不想结婚的原因是他们害怕婚姻的承诺，可知作者眼中的婚姻意味着承诺。
【小题4】细节理解题 根据最后一段中“It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless”可知钱不能买来快乐，所真正快乐的人是不会太在意钱的价值的。