题目内容
Old age may not sound _1._______ (excite).But recent findings provide good news for older people and for people_2._______ (worry) about getting older.
The findings came from _____3.___ survey of more than 340,000 adults in the United States.The Gallup Organization questioned __4._____ by telephone in 2008.At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five.
The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, ____5.____(sad) and worry.They also asked about mental or emotional stress.The research team found that levels of stress were ____6._____ (high) among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five. Stress levels dropped ______7.__ (sharp) after people reached their fifties.
Happiness ___8._____ highest among the youngest adults and those__9.______ their early seventies.The study also showed that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. __10.______ , woman at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.
1.exciting
2.worried
3.a
4.them
5.sadness
6.highest
7.sharply
8.was
9.in
10.However
【解析】
试题分析：这是一篇对人们的幸福感的调查结果分析的文章，调查结果显示人在少年时期或十八岁初最为开心，五十岁以后压力最小；在22至25岁压力最大；同时表明女人比男人更易多愁。
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2. be worried about 的固定搭配可知，用它的-ed形式。故填worried
3. survy of ,关于某某的调查。故填a
4. sb质问某人；询问某人，由上文可知，调查了340,000多人，故用复数的宾格代词。故填them
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9. sb’s +基数词复数，表示在某人多少岁时。故填介词in
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