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A. primarily   B. similar   C. considerately   D. connections   E. instructed
F. series   G. personal   H. served   I. defined   J. environment
     In a study of the University of Minnesota, twins (some raised together and others who had grown up apart)
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.
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阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31~40的相应位置上。

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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