Happiness is contagious (有感染力的), as researchers reported on Thursday.

People with the most social connections — spouses, friends, neighbors and relatives — were also the happiest, the data showed. “Each additional happy person makes you happier,” Christakis said.

“Imagine that I am connected to you and you are connected to others and others are connected to still others. It is this fabric of humanity, like an American patch quilt.”

Each person sits on a different colored patch. “Imagine that these patches are happy and unhappy patches. Your happiness depends on what is going on in the patch around you,” Christakis said.

“It is not just happy people connecting with happy people, which they do. Above and beyond, there is this contagious process going on.”

And happiness is more contagious than unhappiness, they discovered.

“If a social contact is happy, it increases the likelihood that you are happy by 15 percent, ” Fowler said. “A friend of a friend, or the friend of a spouse or a sibling (兄弟姐妹), if they are happy, increases your chances by 10 percent,” he added.

A happy third degree friend — the friend of a friend of a friend — increases a person’s chances of being happy by 6 percent.

“But every extra unhappy friend increases the likelihood that you’ll be unhappy by 7 percent,” Fowler said.

The finding is interesting and it is useful, too, Fowler said.

“Among other benefits, happiness has been shown to have an important effect on reduced mortality (死亡率), pain reduction, and improved cardiac (心臟的) function. So better understanding of how happiness spreads can help us learn how to develop a healthier society,” he said.

The study also fits in with other data suggested in 1984 that having $ 5,000 extra increased a person’s chances of becoming happier by about 2 percent.

“A happy friend is worth about $ 20,000,” Christakis said.

1.It can be inferred that________.

A．happiness spreads as fast and widely as unhappiness

B．unhappiness spreads faster and more widely than happiness

C．happiness spreads faster and more widely than unhappiness

D．the spread of unhappiness has not been studied by researchers

2.Which of the following will increase your chances of becoming happier most?

A．Being in a party with a happy atmosphere.

B．A happy experience of your brother or your parents.

C．A happy trip to a foreign country of your friends.

D．Happiness of your friend’s friend.

3.What does Christakis mean by saying “A happy friend is worth about $ 20,000”?

A．A happy friend can help you bring in a wealth of $ 20,000.

B．A happy friend is a wealth which is worth about $ 20,000.

C．A happy friend increases your chances of being happy by 2%.

D．A happy friend increases your chances of being happy by 8 %.

 

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.D

【解析】

試題分析：美國(guó)科學(xué)家的一項(xiàng)最新研究成果表明，快樂感可以互相傳遞。這項(xiàng)研究成果為我們構(gòu)建更為健康、和諧的社會(huì)提供了依據(jù)和方法。

1.C推理判斷題。根據(jù)第六段“And happiness is more contagious than unhappiness，they discovered.”一句可推知選C。

2.A事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第七、第八段講述的別人的快樂感對(duì)你的影響幾率可知，排在最前的是“If a social contact is happy”，故選A。

3.D 計(jì)算題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段The study also fits in with other data suggested in 1984 that having $ 5,000 extra increased a person’s chances of becoming happier by about 2 percent.可知$ 5,000增加了2 percent；那么$ 20,000就是8 percent。故D正確。

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點(diǎn)評(píng)：美國(guó)科學(xué)家的一項(xiàng)最新研究成果表明，快樂感可以互相傳遞。這項(xiàng)研究成果為我們構(gòu)建更為健康、和諧的社會(huì)提供了依據(jù)和方法。要求考生讀懂文章中的每個(gè)句子的意思還要推理它們之間的關(guān)系，結(jié)合自己的生活常識(shí)和經(jīng)驗(yàn)，再通過邏輯推理和判斷，理解文章的言外之意，從而揭示文章的深層涵義。任何一篇文章都有其特定的寫作目的，讀者應(yīng)當(dāng)知道如何去做或按照某種方式傳遞思考問題。推理判斷題的答案不可能在文章中直接找到，因此推理時(shí)我們務(wù)必要忠于原文，在文章中尋找并確定可推論的依據(jù)。

 

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