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題干：Livingstandardssoaredduringthetwentiethcentury,andeconomistsexpectthemtocontinuerisinginthedecadesahead.Doesthatmeanthatwehumanscanlookforwardtoincreasinghappiness?Easterlinadmitsthatricherpeoplearemorelikelytoreportthemselvesasbeinghappierthanpoorerpeopleare.ButsteadyimprovementsintheAmericaneconomyhavenotbeenaccompaniedbysteadyincreasesinpeople’sself-assessmentsoftheirownhappiness.“TherehasbeennoimprovementinaveragehappinessintheUnitedStatesoveralmostahalfcentury—aperiodinwhichrealGDP(grossdomesticproduct)percapitalmorethandoubled,”Easterlinreports.Theexplanationforthisparadoxmaybethatpeoplebecomelesssatisfiedovertimewithagivenlevelofincome.InEasterlin’sword:“Asincomesrise,theaspirationleveldoestoo,andtheeffectofthisincreaseinaspirationsistoinvalidatetheexpectedgrowthinhappinessduetohigherincome.”Moneycanbuyhappiness,Easterlinseemstobesaying,butonlyifone’samountsgetbiggerandotherpeoplearen’tgettingmore.HisanalysishelpstoexplainsociologistLeeRainwater’sfindingthatAmericans’perceptionoftheincome“necessarytogetalong”rosebetween1950and1986inthesameproportionasactualpercapitalincome.Wefeelrichifwehavemorethanourneighbors,poorifwehaveless,andfeelingrelativelywelloffisequatedwithbeinghappy.Easterlin’sfindingschallengepsychologistAbrahamMaslow’s“hierarchyofwants”asareliableguidetofuturehumanmotivation.Maslowsuggestedthataspeople’sbasicmaterialwantsaresatisfiedtheyseektoachievenonmaterialorspiritualgoals.ButEasterlin’sevidencepointstothepersistenceofmaterialism.Sciencehasdevelopednocureforenvy,soourwealthboostsourhappinessonlybrieflywhileshrinkingthatofourneighbors.ThustheoutlookforthefutureisgloomyinEasterlin’sview:“Thefuture,then,towhichtheearofmoderneconomicgrowthisleadingisoneofneverendingeconomicgrowth,aworldinwhichevergrowingabundanceismatchedbyeverrisingaspirations,aworldinwhichculturaldifferenceisleveledintheconstantracetoachievethegoodlifeofmaterialplenty,itisaworldfoundedonbeliefinscienceandthepowerofrationalinquiryandintheultimatecapacityofhumanitytoshapeitsowndestiny.Theironyisthatinthislastrespectthelessonofhistoryappearstobeotherwise:thatthereisnochoice.Intheend,itisnotthetriumphofhumanityovermaterialwants;rather,itisthetriumphofmaterialwantsoverhumanity.”
題目： What can we infer from the last sentence of the text?（） - A 、People’s pursue of nonmaterial goals will achieve victory
- B 、People’s pursue of material goals outweighs that of spiritual goals
- C 、People’s pursue of material goals will lead people to the humanists
- D 、People’s pursue of nonmaterial goals is important
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參考答案【正確答案：B】
作者在文章最后對Easterlin的觀點(diǎn)進(jìn)行了總結(jié)，該句指出“經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展的結(jié)果不是人性戰(zhàn)勝物欲，而是物欲戰(zhàn)勝人性。”由此可以得出，人們對物欲的追求超過對精神的追求。
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