科目：初中英语 来源：2013届浙江省杭州市启正中学九年级中考二模（5月）英语试卷（带解析） 题型：阅读理解
Old age may not sound exciting. But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older. Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of 50. In fact, they say by the age of 85, people are happier with their life than they were when they were 18 years old.
The findings came from a survey of more than 340,000 adults in the United States. The Gallup Organization questioned them by telephone in 2008. At that time, the people were between the ages of 18 and 85. The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, sadness and worry. They also asked about mental or emotional stress.
Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of 24 and 25. The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.
The study also showed that men and women have similar feeling patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.
Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older. One theory is that, as people grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their feelings. They so spend less time thinking about bad experiences.
Professor Stone says the emotional patterns could be linked to changes in how people see the world, or maybe even changes in brain chemistry.
The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children, being unemployed or being single. But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to age.
【小题1】According to the survey of the Gallup Organization people are most likely to become happier .
| A．when they are between the ages of 18 and 85 | B．when they come to their old age |
| C．when they are in their twenties | D．when they are 18 years old |
| A．20 | B．25 | C．35 | D．40 |
| A．have a positive attitude towards their life | B．know how to spend money wisely |
| C．dream about good things every day | D．control their behaviors better |
| A．Those who are worried about getting old | B．Those who are single and unemployed |
| C．Those who feel unhappy all the time | D．Those who suffer from mental stress |
| A．Getting Older Means Getting Happier | B．The Young Are Happier Than the Old |
| C．Women Are Easier to Be Happy in Life | D．The Younger, the Happier |
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科目：初中英语 来源：2012-2013学年浙江省杭州市九年级中考二模（5月）英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Old age may not sound exciting. But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older. Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of 50. In fact, they say by the age of 85, people are happier with their life than they were when they were 18 years old.
The findings came from a survey of more than 340,000 adults in the United States. The Gallup Organization questioned them by telephone in 2008. At that time, the people were between the ages of 18 and 85. The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, sadness and worry. They also asked about mental or emotional stress.
Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of 24 and 25. The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.
The study also showed that men and women have similar feeling patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.
Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older. One theory is that, as people grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their feelings. They so spend less time thinking about bad experiences.
Professor Stone says the emotional patterns could be linked to changes in how people see the world, or maybe even changes in brain chemistry.
The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children, being unemployed or being single. But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to age.
1.According to the survey of the Gallup Organization people are most likely to become happier .
A．when they are between the ages of 18 and 85 B．when they come to their old age
C．when they are in their twenties D．when they are 18 years old
2.You may have the highest level of stress when you are at the age of .
A．20 B．25 C．35 D．40
3.According to Arthur Stone, old people may .
A．have a positive attitude towards their life B．know how to spend money wisely
C．dream about good things every day D．control their behaviors better
4.Who would probably show the greatest interest in the passage?
A．Those who are worried about getting old B．Those who are single and unemployed
C．Those who feel unhappy all the time D．Those who suffer from mental stress
5.What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Getting Older Means Getting Happier B．The Young Are Happier Than the Old
C．Women Are Easier to Be Happy in Life D．The Younger, the Happier
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科目：初中英语 来源：甘肃省中考真题 题型：填空题
| 任务型完形填空：用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每个单词限用一次，使短文通顺正确连贯，将答案填写在题后的横线上。 | |
Life used to be fun for "teenagers". They used to have money to spend, and free time to while away (消磨). They used to wear teenage clothes, and meet in teenage coffee bars and discos. Some of them still do. But for many young people, life is harder now. 1. are difficult to find. There's not so much money around. Things are 2. , and it's hard to find a place to live in. Teachers say that students work harder than they used to. They are less 3. in politics, and more interested in 4. exams. They know that good exam results may bring them better jobs. Most young people worry more about money than their parents did twenty years ago. They try 5. less and save more. They want to be able to get homes of their own one day. For some, the answer to unemployment (失业) is to leave home and look for jobs in one of Britain's big 6. . Every day hundreds of young people arrive in London from other parts of Britain, looking for jobs. Some find jobs and stay. 7. don't, and go home again, or join the unemployed (失业者) in London. When you read the newspapers and watch the news on television, it's 8. to get the idea that British young people are all unemployed, angry and in trouble. But that's not true. Three quarters of them do more or less what their parents did. They do their best at school, find some kinds of jobs in the end, and get 9. in their early twenties. They get on well with their parents, and enjoy their family life. After all, if they don't, they 10. be British, will they? |
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科目：初中英语 来源：同步题 题型：填空题
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| Young Peoplc in Britain Life used to be fun for "teenagers". They used to have money to spend, and free time to while away (消磨). They used to wear teenage clothes, and meet in teenage coffee bars and discos. Some of them still do. But for many young people , life is harder now. 1 are difficult to find. There's not so much money around. Things are 2 ,and it's hard to find a place to live in. Teachers say that students work harder than they used to. They are less 3 in politics , and more interested in 4 exams. They know that good exam results may bring them better jobs. Most young people worry more about money than their parents did twenty years ago. They try 5 less and save more. They want to be able to get homes of their own one day. For some , the answer to unemployment (失业 ) is to leave home and look for jobs in one of Britain's big 6 . Every day hundreds of young people arrive in London from other parts of Britain, looking for jobs. Some find jobs and stay. 7 don't, and go home again,or join the unemployed (失业者) in London. When you read the newspapers and watch the news on television, it's 8 to get the idea that British young people are all unemployed, angry and in trouble. But that's not true. Three quarters of them do more or less what their parents did. They do their best at school, find some kinds of jobs in the end , and get 9 in their early twenties. They get on well with their parents, and enjoy their family life. After all , if they don't , they 10 be British, will they? |
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科目：初中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每个单词限用一次，使短文通顺正确连贯。
Young People in Britain
Life used to be fun for “teenagers”. They used to have money to spend, and free time to while away（消磨）. They used to wear teenage clothes, and meet in teenage coffee bars and discos. Some of them still do. But for many young people, life is harder now. 1 are difficult to find. There’s not so much money around. Things are 2 , and it’s hard to find a place to live in. Teachers say that students work harder than they used to. They are less 3 in politics, and more interested in 4 exams. They know that good exam results may bring them better jobs.
Most young people worry more about money than their parents did twenty years ago. They try 5 less and save more. They want to be able to get homes of their own one day.
For some, the answer to unemployment（失业） is to leave home and look for jobs in one of Britain’s big 6 . Every day hundreds of young people arrive in London from other parts of Britain, looking for jobs. Some find jobs and stay. 7 don’t, and go home again, or join the unemployed（失业者） in London.
When you read the newspapers and watch the news on television, it’s 8 to get the idea that British young people are all unemployed, angry and in trouble. But that’s not true. Three quarters of them do more or less what their parents did. They do their best at school, find some kinds of jobs in the end, and get 9 in their early twenties. They get on well with their parents, and enjoy their family life. After all, if they don’t, they 10 be British, will they?
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