专题11 阅读理解微技能之推理判断题、主旨大意题（名校试题、模拟试题，10篇）-2024年中考英语二轮复习讲练测（浙江新中考专用）

专题11 阅读理解微技能之推理判断题、主旨大意题 综合训练（测试） 时间 ：60分钟 满分：100分 姓名__________ 得分________ 一、名校试题（共5篇，每小题2分，满分50分） （一） Suppose you are earning 30,000 yuan every month. Do you think you are rich? Does your income make you feel happy? Well, these days, not even the rich feel rich. According to a survey, only 13 percent of American millionaires considered themselves wealthy. Some of them had more than $5 million, but they still didn’t feel rich. If multimillionaires don’t feel wealthy, then who does? I decided to visit Elizabeth Dunn. She is a psychology (心理学) professor at the University of British Columbia. I asked her, “Once people have enough money to cover their basic needs, what would make them feel satisfied with what they have?” Dunn said she didn’t know of any studies that tried to directly answer this question. But she did point to some research that seemed to provide some possible answers to it. First comes social comparison. Dunn says that it plays a very important role. If a person is richer than the people he compares himself with, then he is going to feel rich. In a 2005 study in Germany, people were happier the larger their incomes were in comparison with those who were similar to them in terms of age and education. Another study found that people were less happy the more their neighbors earned. Things were worse when their neighbors won the lottery (彩票). Dunn also noted a couple of other factors (因素) that might lead people to feel richer. She brought up a 2016 study. It found people’s bank balance (账户余额) could affect their life satisfaction. Some people feel pretty good about their level of income, but it’s not because they are earning a lot. Instead, it may be because they always have at least 5,000 dollars in the bank. That number is able to shape their sense of financial security (安全). It also matters a lot what people do with their money. Spending money in certain ways can make people feel better. Generally speaking, it helps to spend more on unforgettab