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were tested for a wide range of personality traits (特征). In terms of happiness-1______ as the ability to enjoy life-twins who were separated soon after birth were much less alike than twins raised together. But when it comes to unhappiness, the twins raised apart-some without contact for as long as 64 years-were as 2______ as those who had grown up together. Why is unhappiness less influenced by 3______? When we're happy we are more responsive to people and keep up 4______ better than when we' re feeling sad. This doesn't mean, however, that some people are born to be sad and that' s that. Unhappiness may be related to genes, but this inherited trait can be influenced by 5______ choice. You can increase your happiness through your own actions. In a whole 6______ of experiments by psychologists John Reich and Alex Zautra at Arizona State University, they asked students to select their favorite activities from a list of everyday pleasures- things like going to a movie, talking with friends and playing cards. Then the researchers 7______ some of the students in the experiment to increase the number of favorite activities they participated in for one month (the other participants in the study 8______ as controls (对照组) and did not vary their activity level). Result: Those who did more of the things they enjoyed were happier than those who didn't. The conclusion, then, is that the pleasure we get from life is 9______ ourselves to control. |
科目:高中英语 来源:2009年高考试题(广东卷)解析版 题型:语法填空
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Jane was walking round the department store. She remembered how difficult _1._ was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father. She wished that he was as easy _2._ (please)as her mother,who was always delighted with perfume.
Besides,shopping at this time of the year was not _3._ pleasant experience: people stepped on your feet or _4._ (push)you with their elbows(肘部),hurrying ahead to get to a bargain.
Jane paused in front of a counter _5._ some attractive ties were on display. “They are real silk,”the assistant tried to attract her. “Worth double the price. ”But Jane knew from past experience that her _6._ (choose)of ties hardly ever pleased her father.
Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered. She found some good quality pipes _7._ sale. She did not hesitate for long: although her father smoked a pipe only once in a while, she knew that this was a present which was bound to please _8._.
When Jane got home,with her small but well-chosen present in her bag,her parents were already _9._ table having supper. Her mother was excited. “Your father has at last decided to stop smoking,” Jane _10._ (inform).
本文讲叙Jane在圣诞节给父亲选礼物,因往年送父亲领带不能使父亲高兴,满以为这次买烟斗送父亲会让父亲高兴的,却被告知父亲终于戒烟了。
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