分享SAT阅读练习题:Reading Comprehension Test 14
SAT阅读练习题:Reading Comprehension Test 14
Much of what goes by the name of pleasure is simply an effort to destroy consciousness. If one started by asking, what is man? what are his needs? how can he best express himself?
one would discover that merely having the power to avoid work 5 and live ones life from birth to death in electric light and to the tune of tinned music is not a reason for doing so. Man needs warmth, society, leisure, comfort and security: he also needs solitude, creative work and the sense of wonder. If he recognized this he could use the products of science and 10 industrialism eclectically, applying always the same test: does this make me more human or less human? He would then learn that the highest happiness does not lie in relaxing, resting, playing poker, drinking and making love multaneously.
1. The author implies that the answers to the questions in sentence two would reveal that human beings
A. are less human when they seek pleasure
B. need to evaluate their purpose in life
C. are being alienated from their true nature by technology
D. have needs beyond physical comforts
E. are always seeking the meaning of life
2. The author would apparently agree that playing poker is
A. often an effort to avoid thinking
B. something that gives true pleasure
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