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    　　Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of fifty．In fact, they say by the age of eighty – five, people are happier with their life than they were when they were eighteen years old．

    　　The findings came from a survey of more than three hundred forty thousand adults in the United States．The Gallup(民意调查)Organization questioned them by telephone in two thousand eight．At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five．

    　　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 twenty-two and twenty-five．

    　　The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties．

    　　Happiness was highest among the youngest adults and those in their early seventies．The people least likely to report feeling negative emotions were those in their seventies and eighties．

    　　The findings appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences．

    　　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 emotions．They also 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．

    　　The study also showed that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older．However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men．

    (1)

    What is the best title of the passage?

    [　　]

    A．

    The older a person is, the happier he grows．

    B．

    The more lighthearted a person is, the happier he is．

    C．

    The older a person is, the more clever he grows．

    D．

    The older a person is, the more stressed he feels．

    (2)

    We can learn from the research that ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    only when people get older, will they feel happier

    B．

    older people usually have no worries in their life

    C．

    older people are more likely to be thankful in life

    D．

    stress levels among the youngest are the highest of all

    (3)

    According to the researchers, what is probably the reason why people grow happier when they get older?

    [　　]

    A．

    When people get older, they can’t remember bad experiences．

    B．

    When people get older, they have no young children to care about．

    C．

    When people get older, they don’t care about their feelings．

    D．

    When people get older, they learn to adjust their feelings．

    (4)

    What would the writer probably deal with in next paragraph?

    [　　]

    A．

    Advice to the young people on how to keep happy．

    B．

    Why women at all ages are more sad, stressed and worried．

    C．

    Advice to the old people on how to live longer．

    D．

    Why people will grow happier with their ages．

    (5)

    What do you think the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is?

    [　　]

    A．

    A Gallup organization．

    B．

    A University in New York．

    C．

    A popular science magazine．

    D．

    A research institution．

    答案：1．A;2．C;3．D;4．B;5．C;
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    　　When women sit together to watch a movie on TV, they usually talk simultaneously(同时的)about a variety of subjects, including children, men, careers and what's happening in their lives．When groups of men and women watch a movie together, the men usually end up telling the women to shut up．Men can either talk or watch the screen－they can't do both-and they don't understand that women can．Besides, women consider that the point of all getting together is to have a good time and develop relationships－not just to sit there like couch potatoes staring at the screen．

    　　During the ad breaks, a man often asks a woman to explain the plot and tell him where the relationship between the characters is going．He is unable, unlike women, to read the subtle body language signals that reveal how the characters are feeling emotionally．Since women originally spent their days with the other women and children in the group, they developed the ability to communicate successfully in order to maintain relationships．For a woman, speech continues to have such a clear purpose：to build relationships and make friends．For men, to talk is to relate the facts．

    　　Men see the telephone as a communication tool for sending facts and information to other people, but a woman sees it as a means of bonding．A woman can spend two weeks on vacation with her girlfriend and, when she returns home, telephone the same girlfriend and talk for another two hours．

    　　There is no convincing evidence that social conditioning, the fact that girls'mothers talked them more, is the reason why girls talk more than boys．Psychiatrist Dr Michael Lewis, author Social Behaviour and Language Acquisition, conducted experiments that found mothers talked to and looked at, baby girls more often than baby boys．Scientific evidence shows parents res the brain bias of their children．Since a girl's brain is better organized to send and receive speech, we therefore talk to them more．Consequently, mothers who try to talk to their sons are usually pointed to receive only short grunts in reply．

    (1)

    While watching TV with others, women Usually talk a lot because they ________

    [　　]

    A．

    are afraid of awkward silence with their families and friends

    B．

    can both talk and watch the screen at the Same time

    C．

    think they can have a good time and develop relationships

    D．

    have to explain the plot and body language to their husbands

    (2)

    After a vacation with her girlfriend, a woman would talk to her again on the phone for hours in order to ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    experience the happy time again

    B．

    keep a close tie with her

    C．

    recommend her a new scenic spot

    D．

    remind her of something forgotten

    (3)

    What does the author want to tell us most?

    [　　]

    A．

    Women's brains are better organized for language and communication

    B．

    Women love to talk because they are more sociable than men．

    C．

    Men do not like talking because they rely more on facts．

    D．

    Social conditioning is not the reason why women love talking．

    (4)

    Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

    [　　]

    A．

    Women Are Socially Trained to Talk

    B．

    Talking Maintains Relationships

    C．

    Women Love to Talk

    D．

    Men Talk Differently from Women

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