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To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must a...
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To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real. It is no use starting late in life to say “I will take an interest in this or that.” Such an attempt only aggravates the strain of mental effort. A man may acquire great knowledge of topics unconnected with his daily work, and yet hardly get any benefit or relief. It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do.
Broadly speaking, human beings may be divided into three classes: those who are toiled to death, those who are worried to death and those who are bored to death. It is no use offering the manual labourer, tired out with a hard week’s sweat and effort, the chance of playing a game of football or baseball on Saturday afternoon. It is no use inviting the politician or the professional or business man, who has been working or worrying about serious things for six days, to work or worry about trifling things at the weekend. As for the unfortunate people who can command everything they want, who can gratify every caprice and lay their hands on almost every object of desire — for them a new pleasure, a new excitement is only an additional satiation. In vain they rush frantically round from place to place, trying to escape from the avenging boredom by mere clatter and motion. For them discipline in one form or another is the most hopeful path.
It may also be said that rational, industrious, useful human beings are divided into two classes: first, those whose work is work and whose pleasure is pleasure; and secondly, those whose work and pleasure are one. Of these the former are the majority. They have their compensations. The long hours in the office or the factory bring with them as their reward, not only the means of sustenance, but a keen appetite for pleasure even in its simplest and most modest forms. But Fortune’s favoured children belong to the second class. Their life is a natural harmony. For them the working hours are never long enough. Each day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays when they come are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vocation. Yet to both classes the need of an alternative outlook, of a change of atmosphere, of a diversion of effort, is essential. Indeed, it may well be that those whose work is their pleasure are those who most need the means of banishing it at intervals from their mind.
1.What does “are toiled” in the 2nd paragraph mean?
A. have hobbies B. feel pleased
C. work very hard D. are busy
2.Which is NOT true based on the first two paragraphs?
A. Being late in life to attempt to cultivate hobbies adds to mental stress.
B. Great knowledge irrelevant to the daily work can’t guarantee benefit.
C. Those tired out for a week’s labour are reluctant to play football on weekends.
D. Unfortunate people need discipline to help them build up hope.
3.For those whose work is work and whose pleasure is pleasure, they ______.
A. are very willing to work long hours in the office or the factory
B. earn a large amount of money due to their hard work for a long time
C. are keen to enjoy the pleasure when they are off duty
D. usually enjoy themselves in the simplest and most modest forms
4.Which statement will the author agree with according to the 3rd paragraph?
A. The first class are lazy and the second class are bound to succeed.
B. The second class never need holidays because their life is harmonious.
C. The minority are more favoured by fortune because they never stop working.
D. One really needs alternation for a change in order to work better.
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