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Which of the following statements is true? 查看材料

A.The Georgian people share the similar tastes of electric vehicles．

B.Cutting all credits may cause damage to Georgia．

C.The Senate is expected to pass another bill shortly．

D.People spend 20-30 percent of their income on gas in Georgia．

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A.Because the state can"t benefit from them．

B.Because they go against financing transport projects．

C.Because the income-tax credit is quite expensive．

D.Because they can"t save money from federal tax credit in Georgia．

What do we learn from Don Francis‘s words? 查看材料

A.Georgia"s promotion of cars like Nissan is effective．

B.Georgia"s incentives for buying electric vehicles are challenged．

C.Clean transport is dominant in Georgia at present．

D.The income-tax credit in Atlanta is lower than that in other cities．

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Olivia Pedersen thought the Nissan Leaf parked outside her favorite lunch spot near Emory University， must be hers．But she could not open the door．Nor could she open the door of the identical Leaf behind it．Cautiously， she tried the third Leaf in line and happily drove away．More than 14，000 electric vehicles are now registered in Georgia; California is the only state with more．But the juicy state incentives for buying them are coming under attack．

Residents can claim an income-tax credit for 20% of the cost of leasing or purchasing an electric vehicle， up to $ 5，000．Combined with a possible federal tax incentive worth $ 7，500， smart Georgians are driving all the way to the bank in nearly-free electric cars．Nissan sells more of its Leaf models in Atlanta than in any other city， according to Don Francis from Clean Cities——Georgia， which promotes the use of cars like these．

Such trends motivated Chuck Martin， a representative in Georgia"s House， to sponsor a bill to end state incentives for electric vehicles．He argues that the income-tax credit costs too much——about$13．6m in 2013——and that only urban types benefit from these sorts of cars．Mr．Martin"s bill was voted down in committee in February， but seems to be still breathing．Another House bill， mostly to finance transport projects， would reduce the credits; it is now before the Senate．

Fans of electric vehicles say Georgia now leads the country in clean transport．Local power companies have helped by offering off-peak prices of 1．3 cents per kilowatt hour for charging the cars at night．And the sales tax collected on this power stays in the state， whereas cash spent on petrol largely goes elsewhere， says Jeff Cohen， founder of the Atlanta Electric Vehicle Development Coalition．

Cutting the credits altogether might also harm Georgia in other ways．A study by Keybridge Public Policy Economics， says the state could lose $ 252m by 2030 if they disappear and people buy gas- guzzlers （耗油量大的汽车） instead．That is because drivers will spend $ 714m on petrol to get around（in contrast with the $ 261m they would have paid in electricity bills）， and will no longer waste their savings from the federal electric-vehicle tax credit in Georgia"s shops．But the state"s incentives may be safe in the legislature after all; the president of the Senate drives an electric car himself．

What can be inferred from the case of Olivia Pedersen? 查看材料

A.Traffic jam is common near Emory University．

B.The Georgian may prefer Nissan Leaf most．

C.Olivia"s favorite lunch spot is pretty popular．

D.There are many electric vehicles in Georgia．

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A.explain what is settling for "good enough"

B.explain how to make a quick decision

C.show that not everything is acceptable

D.show how to buy a suitable laptop

According to Schwartz， expectations________． 查看材料

A.lead to disappointment

B.cannot be shared with your peers

C.are closely related to comparison with others

D.improve along with the enhancement of surroundings

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A."Maximizers" are less happy in general than "satisficers"．

B."Maximizers" are models for physical and mental well-being．

C."Satisficers" make a decision once their standard is met．

D."Satisficers" will be better protected from clinical disease．

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Over a decade ago， psychologist Barry Schwartz published what might be the ultimate psychological book， The Paradox （悖论） of Choice: Why More Is Less．In it， Schwartz argues that the modern world"s smorgasbord （大杂烩） of options——Coke Zero or Diet? Major in sociology or psychology? makes us less happy， not more．"Choice overload"， as he calls it， makes us question our decisions， set our expectations too high， and blame ourselves for our mistakes．

One of my favorite Schwartzisms is this: If you ever aren"t sure if you attended the very best party or bought the very best computer， just settle for "good enough"．People who do this are called"satisficers"， and they"re consistently happier， he"s found， than are "maximizers" （完美主义者）， people who feel that they must choose the very best possible option．Maximizers earn more， Schwartz has found， but they"re also less satisfied with their jobs．In fact， they"re more likely to be clinically depressed in general．

The reason this happens， as Schwartz explained in a paper with his Swarthmore colleague Andrew Ward， is that as life circumstances improve， expectations rise． People begin comparing their experiences to peers who are doing better， or to past experiences they"ve personally had that were better．

As people have contact with items of high quality， they begin to suffer from "the curse of insight"．The lower quality items that used to be perfectly acceptable are no longer good enough．The cheerful zero point keeps rising， and expectations and aspirations rise with it．As a result， the rising quality of experience is met with rising expectations， and people are just running in place．As long as expectations keep pace with realizations， people may live better， but they won"t feel better about how they live．

Schwartz" solution， as he recently explained to the psychology blogger Eric Barker， is just to settle for something that"s acceptable——even if you know there"s likely something better out there．Whenever you need a new laptop， buy the laptop identical with your maximizer friends"．It is probably not the perfect laptop for you， but good enough for you．It takes you five minutes to make a decision instead of five weeks and it"s a "good enough" decision．

It can be hard， in our culture， to force yourself to settle for "good enough"．But when it comes to happiness and satisfaction， "good enough" isn"t just good——it"s perfect．

What can be inferred from Schwartz‘s book? 查看材料

A.Striving for perfection is always a bad idea．

B.It is important not to have any expectation．

C.Too many options actually cause more mental distress．

D.Choice is one not merely of quantity， but of quality．

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