首页
登录
职称英语
Whether work should be placed among the causes of happiness or among the ca
Whether work should be placed among the causes of happiness or among the ca
游客
2023-11-08
14
管理
问题
Whether work should be placed among the causes of happiness or among the causes of unhappiness may perhaps be regarded as a doubtful question. There is certainly much work that is exceedingly weary and an excess of work is always very painful. I think, however, that provided work is not excessive in amount, even the dullest work is to most people less painful than idleness. There are in work all grades, from mere relief of tedium up to the profoundest delights, according to the nature of the work and the abilities of the workers.
Most of the work that most people have to do is not in itself interesting, but even such work has certain great advantages. To begin with, it fills a good many hours of the day without the need of deciding what one shall do. Most people, when they are left free to fill their own time according to their choice, are at a loss to think of anything sufficiently pleasant to be worth doing. And whatever they decide on, they are troubled by the feeling that something else would have been pleasanter. To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level. Moreover the exercise of choice is in itself tiresome. Except to people with unusual initiative it is positively agreeable to be told what to do at each hour of the day, provided the orders are not too much unpleasant. Most of idle rich men suffer unutterable boredom as the price of their freedom from toil. At times, they may find relief by hunting big game in Africa, or by flying round the world, but number of such sensation is limited, especially after youth is past. Accordingly the more intelligent rich men work nearly as hard as if they were poor, while rich women for the most part keep themselves busy with innumerable trifles of whose earthshaking importance they are firmly persuaded①.
Work therefore is desirable, first and foremost, as a preventive of boredom, for the boredom that a man feels when he is doing necessary though uninteresting work is as nothing in comparison with the boredom that he feels when he has nothing to do with his days②. With this advantage of work another is associated, namely that it makes holidays much more precious when they come. Provided a man does not have to work so hard as to impair his vigor, he is likely to find far more zest in his free time than an idle man could possibly find.
The second advantage of most paid work and of some unpaid work is that it gives chances of success and opportunities for ambition. In most work success is measured by income, and while our capitalistic society continues, this is inevitable. It is only where the best work is concerned that this measure ceased to be the natural one to apply. The desire that men feel to increase their income is quite as much a desire for success as for the extra comforts that a higher income can acquire. However dull work may be, it becomes bear able if it is means of building up a reputation, whether in the world at large or only in one’s own circle. [br] What is the most important reward from work?
选项
A、Success.
B、High income.
C、Reputation.
D、Mental satisfaction.
答案
D
解析
推理判断题。作者给出工作的两大优点:relief of tedium“排解无聊感”和gives chances of success and opportunities for ambitions“获得成功,实现抱负”,这两点都是精神方面的满足感。当然,成功本身就包含了收入等物质的获得。选项A 、B 和C 不够全面,故排除。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3168492.html
相关试题推荐
Idon’tdoubt______theplanwillbewell-conceived.A、thatB、whyC、whetherD、wh
Thepolicesaidthatthisdriverwasat______—heshouldhavesloweddownatthe
Whateverhisformerconduct______,hiscircumstanceshouldexempthimfromrebu
Whetherworkshouldbeplacedamongthecausesofhappinessoramongtheca
Whetherworkshouldbeplacedamongthecausesofhappinessoramongtheca
Whetherworkshouldbeplacedamongthecausesofhappinessoramongtheca
______Itodothisjob,Ishouldneedyouradvice.A、BeB、AmC、WasD、WereD本题所出现
Modern______perhapscausesmoreproblemsthanitsolves.A、techniqueB、technolo
WhenshouldthemancheckwithStudentServicestoensurethechangeofregistra
Inordertolivealongerlife,whatshouldpeopledo?[br][originaltext]M:He
随机试题
AnewpollshowsthatpeoplebelievethatcomputersandtheInternethavema
What’sMr.Holloway’sfirstname?[br][originaltext]M:Hello?BeechgroveSchoo
春秋战国时期的成语故事与故事中的主人公对应有误的一项是:A.一字千金——吕不韦
最不可能出现在溶血性贫血的检查结果是A.血清结合珠蛋白增高 B.血浆游离血红蛋
尊重病人自主性或决定,在病人坚持己见时,可能要求医生A.无需具体分析 B.放弃
A.硫酸亚铁 B.丙酸皋酮 C.阿糖胞苷 D.甲泼尼龙 E.维生素K特发
20世纪六七十年代,我国在核技术、人造卫星和运载火箭等尖端科学技术领域取得的重要
下列关于商用房贷款不良贷款管理的说法,正确的是()。 A.银行应按照贷款风险
纳税人超过应纳税额缴纳的税款,税务机关发现后,应当自发现之日起一定期限内办理退还
关于投标人资格预审的说法,正确的是()。A.依法必须进行招标的项目的资格预审公告
最新回复
(
0
)