2021年新版 大学英语四级阅读180篇(共2册)

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Money Isn’t Everything, But Status Is! The Beatles sang that money can’t buy you love. But what about happiness? Research consistently shows that the more money people have, the more likely they are to report being satisfied with their lives. And that makes sense: money buys you things that make life easier and more satisfying; the easier your life, the happier you tend to be. That relationship isn’t entirely linear (线性的), since there’s a limit to how much wealth can please you; the happiness benefit of an increasing income is especially powerful among people who don’t have much money to start with, and diminishes as wealth increases. But studies also reveal that as average income levels have risen over time—in the U.S. and European nations, for example—residents of those countries have not reported being any happier than people were 30 or 40 years ago. It’s a contradiction that while income and happiness may be associated within a population at any given moment, overall economic growth does not appear to correspond to a boost in national satisfaction over time. To understand why, researchers at the University of Warwick and Cardiff University decided to break down how individual people evaluate their income. What does wealth mean to people? Previous work has suggested that people tend to value their own wealth more—and are happier—when it compares favorably to everyone else’s. The so-called reference-income hypothesis (假说) holds that it’s not simply how much money you make that contributes to satisfaction, but how much more money you make than, say, the national average. The higher your salary than the national average, the happier you tend to be. But the reference-income hypothesis is rather abstract. The researchers wondered whether there was a more concrete way to capture how people valued their income. They reasoned that people tend to make specific comparisons of personal wealth, not only with the average income of the larger population, but with the individual incomes of their neighbors, colleagues at work or friends from college. And the higher their rank, the greater their sense of happiness and self-worth would likely be. “For example, people might care about whether they are the second most highly paid person, or the eighth most highly paid person, in their comparison set,” write a psychologist, Chris Boyce. 大学英语四级阅读180篇 新题型，适用对象： 需要改革新题型英语四级阅读的CET4级考生；基础较差、需要大量英语四级阅读练习的考生；需要在短时间内掌握英语四级阅读常考词汇的考生；需强化英语四级语法、攻克英语四级阅读长难句的考生。 推荐理由： 1. 大学英语四级阅读180篇，两册装，解析单独成册，方便对照学习； 2. 所有训练题参照全新英语四级阅读考试改革新题型命题，备考针对性强； 3. 英语四级考试命题与阅卷中心所在地上海交大名师主编； 4. 英语四级阅读六大题源，熟记核心英语四级词汇； 5. 语法+难句，指导考生读懂英语四级阅读长难句； 6. 英语四级阅读专项强化，掌握解题技巧； 7. 英语四级阅读综合模拟，考前实战训练； 8. 赠送四级阅读新题型备考视频讲座。