距离2015考研笔试还有50天，对于英语科目的复习，无论英语一还是英语二，文都老师建议大家把大块时间放在阅读和写作上，心态上要平稳一些，稳扎稳打，认真做好每一道练习题。比如阅读题，不要急匆匆做完一篇，急匆匆对完答案就行了。这样囫囵吞枣，最后没有收获，等于白做，浪费了宝贵的时间。况且， 考研英语二阅读其实没有那么难， 文都考研英语辅导老师就以2014年的text 1为例给大家做个讲解。

　　What would you do with 590m? This is now a question for Gloria Mackenzie, an 84-year-old widow who recently emerged from her small, tin-roofed house in Florida to collect the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in history. If she hopes her new-found for tune will yield lasting feelings of fulfillment, she could do worse than read Happy Money by Elizabeth Dumn and Michael Norton.

　　These two academics use an array of behavioral research to show that the most rewarding ways to spend money can be counterintuitive. Fantasies of great wealth often involve visions of fancy cars and extravagant homes. Yet satisfaction with these material purchases wears off fairly quickly what was once exciting and new becomes old-hat; regret creeps in. It is far better to spend money on experiences, say Ms Dumn and Mr Norton, like interesting trips, unique meals or even going to the cinema. These purchases often become more valuable with time-as stories or memories-particularly if they involve feeling more connected to others.

　　This slim volume is packed with tips to help wage slaves as well as lottery winners get the most "happiness bang for your buck." It seems most people would be better off if they could shorten their commutes to work, spend more time with friends and family and less of it watching television (something the average American spends a whopping two months a year doing, and is hardly jollier for it).Buying gifts or giving to charity is often more pleasurable than purchasing things for oneself, and luxuries are most enjoyable when they are consumed sparingly. This is apparently the reason MacDonald's restricts the availability of its popular McRib - a marketing trick that has turned the pork sandwich into an object of obsession.

　　Readers of “HappyMoney” are clearly a privileged lot, anxious about fulfillment, not hunger.Money may not quite buy happiness, but people in wealthier countries are generally happier than those in poor ones. Yet the link between feeling good and spending money on others can be seen among rich and poor people around the world, and scarcity enhances the pleasure of most things for most people. Not everyone will agree with the authors’ policy ideas, which range from mandating more holiday time to reducing tax incentives for American homebuyers. But most people will come away from this book believing it was money well spent.

　　21. According to Dumn and Norton,which of the following is the most rewarding purchase?

　　[A]A big house

　　[B]A special tour

　　[C]A stylish car

　　[D]A rich meal

　　22. The author’s attitude toward Americans’ watching TV is

　　[A]critical

　　[B]supportive

　　[C]sympathetic

　　[D]ambiguous

　　23. Macrib is mentioned in paragraph 3 to show that

　　[A]consumers are sometimes irrational

　　[B]popularity usually comes after quality

　　[C]marketing tricks are after effective

　　[D]rarity generally increases pleasure

　　25. This text mainly discusses how to

　　[A]balance feeling good and spending money

　　[B]spend large sums of money won in lotteries

　　[C]obtain lasting satisfaction from money spent

　　[D]become more reasonable in spending on luxuries

　　21题是细节题，由题干中的关键词Dumn and Norton和rewarding purchase并结合四个选项，定位到第二段第四句话，这两个人说把钱花在经历上更好一些，后边举例子，是对经历的具体解释，比如interesting trips, unique meals or even going to the cinema，通过选项中的比对，AC容易排除，D虽然提到了meal，但修饰语是错误的，并不是rich，而是unique。而B是对trip的完美替换。

　　22题态度题，是说作者对于美国人看电视这一现象的态度，那由Americans’ watching TV定位到第三段括号里，一些美国人平均一年中高达两个月这么做，并且很难从中得到的快乐。因此作者是持批评态度，其他三个选项是supportive支持的;sympathetic同情的;

　　Ambiguous模棱两可的。

　　23题例证题，例证题关键并不是例子本身的内容，而是其前后的观点，要定位准确。由例子所在位置定位到第三段的最后一句，讲述的是例子，所以我们要找到之前的一句话，是说有节制地购买品能够获得更多快乐，这和D选项是完美替换。

　　25题主题题，此类题目首先把握住文章的主体词，看全文在围绕哪个或哪些词来描述，通篇来看，结合四个选项，是在说花钱与心里感觉的关系，BD只是文章中的一个小部分，而不能涵盖整个文章内容，C貌似是正确的，但仔细看表述是错误的。所以只有A是正确并完整的。

　　这篇文章涵盖的题型较全面，所以同学们要仔细揣摩，以便做题思路可以延续到后期的解题思路中去。

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