The way people hold to the belief that a funfilled，painfree life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness.If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness，then pain must be equal to unhappiness.But in fact，the opposite is true.More often than not，things that lead to happiness involve some pain.
As a result，many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness.They fear the pain inevitably (不可避免地) brought by such things as marriage，raising children，professional achievement，religious mitment and selfimprovement.
Ask a bachelor (单身汉) 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.Certainly，mitment is quite painful.The single life is filled with fun，adventure，and excitement.Marriage has such moments，but they are not its most distinguishing (显著的) features.
Couples with infant (婴儿) children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a threeday vacation.I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children.But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations.It liberates time：now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely 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 liberates us from envy：we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.
【小题1】According to the author，a bachelor doesn’t want to marry mainly because .A．he is unwilling to take family responsibilitiesB．he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains singleC．he finds more fun in dating than in marriageD．he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement【小题2】Raising children，in the author’s opinion，is .A．a moral dutyB．a thankless jobC．a rewarding taskD．a source of inevitable pain【小题3】To understand what true happiness is one must .A．have as much fun as possible during one’s lifetimeB．make every effort to liberate oneself from painC．put up with pain under all circumstancesD．be able to distinguish happiness from fun【小题4】What is the main idea of the passage?A．Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain.B．One must know how to attain happiness.C．It is important to make mitments.D．It is pain that leads to happiness.A
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(答案→)A
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【小题1】 A
解析 细节理解题。第三段说明单身汉拒绝结婚的主要原因是害怕做出承诺，即害怕承担家庭责任。
【小题2】 C
解析 推理判断题。第四段最后一句指出，决定不生孩子的夫妻永远也体会不到看着孩子成长以及和孙子玩耍的那种乐趣与欣喜。这种乐趣、欣喜实际上就是对抚养孩子辛勤付出的一种回报。
【小题3】 D
解析 推理判断题。由全文特别是第一段和最后一段可知，要理解幸福的真正含义就必须把fun和happiness区分开来。因为两者绝不等同，故选项D正确。C项回答的是“怎样才能获得真正的幸福”这一问题，且作者并没在文中明确提到要获得幸福就必须在任何情况下都忍受痛苦。
【小题4】 A
解析 主旨大意题。本文主旨体现在第一段最后一句：通往幸福的路上多半会有痛苦伴随，故选项A正确。D项“痛苦导致幸福”，观点过于偏激。