To be a good friend, you have to give of yourself, nonetheless not so much that you lose yourself. This is a pretty predictable recipe for happiness. Giving to others—a reliable way of fostering friendships—makes us happier than taking things for ourselves. In the light of research led by Dr. Elizabeth Dunn at the University of British Columbia, money can purchase happiness...on the prerequisite that you utilize it on other people.
Researchers administered three studies consecutively. First, they surveyed more than 600 Americans and found that spending money on gifts and charities led to greater happiness than spending money on oneself.
Subsequently they probed into workers who had just received bonuses and observed that their happiness did not hinge on the size of their bonus but on the decision they made about what to do with whatever amount of money they received. Those who spent more of their bonus on others were happier than those who spent the money on themselves.
Finally, the researchers simply distributed money to a good many subjects, instructing some to spend the money on themselves and others to spend the money on others. At the end of the day, the ones who spent money on others were a good deal happier.
As a consequence, having friends and treating them generously is clearly a winning strategy in life. But what about in business
If you watch even a single episode of any reality TV show based on a competition, such as The Apprentice, you’ll hear a single phrase crop up more often than any other: "I’m not here to make friends!" Is that true Are we better off being cutthroat than collaborative
Once you’re on the job, having a best friend at work is a p predictor of ensuing success. People might define "best" loosely (think of this as kindergarten where you can have more than one "best" friend), but according to a Gallup Organization study of more than 5 million workers over 35, 56% of the people who say they have a best friend at work are engaged, productive, and successful while only 8% of the ones who don’t are.
Another remarkable study, spanning decades, revealed that friendships in high school were an effective predictor of increased wages in adulthood—to the tune of 2% per person who considered you a close friend. To put it otherwise, if in high school three people regarded you as one of their closest same-sex friends, your earnings in adulthood work would be 6% higher.
The happy truth is that the competitors who say they’re not here to make friends don’t win eventually. That’s true for reality TV, for business, and for life as well.
Which of the following is true of the three consecutive studies ？（）
A.Money doesn’t matter when it comes to cultivating friendship.
B.The size of one’s bonus makes no difference to the one concerned.
C.Giving money to strangers can bring us happiness.
D.Money spent on others can bring us much happiness.
参考答案：D
解析：
[试题类型] 推理引申题。
[解题思路] 文章第二至四段分别介绍了研究人员进行的三项研究，并得出相同的结论，即把钱花在别人身上，如为别人购买礼物或者用于慈善等，能比为自己花钱获得更多的快乐，由此可见，乐于奉献可以为我们带来更多的快乐，因此选项[D]正确。
[干扰排除] 选项[A]“金钱对于培养友谊并不重要”，原文没有这样的表述，原文说的是乐于奉献、多为朋友花钱是能够增进友谊的，该项明显和原文意思不符，故排除。选项[B]“一个人获得的奖金多少对他来说无关紧要”是对文中第三段内容的曲解。第三段指出职员的幸福程度更多取决于奖金用来做什么而不是奖金本身有多少，这并不是说奖金多少对于职员来说无关紧要，故排除。选项[C]提到“把钱给陌生人(giving money to strangers)可以让我们快乐”，但原文是说为别人花钱(spend the money on others)可以使我们更快乐，显然该选项缩小了概念的范围并且“直接给钱”(giving money)与“为别人花钱(spend the money)也是两个不同的概念，故排除该选项。