11. Although television can help people escape from the difficulties in the real world, unhappy people
watch more TV than happy people, according to new research on American life. The study compares
daily free-time activities with personal sense of happiness. The researchers found that happy people
spend more free hours socializing, reading and participating in religious activities, _______________ In
the short term, people could enjoy watching TV, but in the long term, that could lead to something more
negative.
(A) whether this produces additional unhappiness.
(B) if the link between happiness and TV viewing is not understood.
(C) when they describe themselves as “not too happy.”
(D) while unhappy people watch 30 percent more television.