Question

【题目】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.

Answer 1

【答案】

【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。

【1】exciting。动词sound为感官动词，系动词的一种，译为听起来；后加形容词构成系表结构；由于事物做主语故用-ing形式。故填exciting

【2】worried。Worry修饰人们，做人们的后置定语，译为担心自己正在变老的人们，由词组 be worried about 的固定搭配可知，用它的-ed形式。故填worried

【3】a。a survy of ,关于某某的调查。故填a

【4】them。Question此处用作动词，question 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

【5】sadness。由此句可知，他们询问关于情感例如，幸福happiness，的问题，故相应的该用sad的名词形式，。故填sadness

【6】highest。由句子翻译可知，调查发现在22至25岁间的年轻人压力大，看到后面的among知道是压力最大，该用最高级。故填highest

【7】sharply。Drop为实意动词，动词后面该接副词进行修饰，故该用sharp的副词形式，译为压力水平在人们到达五十岁后骤降。故填sharply

【8】was。由句意可知，在少年时期幸福感是最强烈的，缺少实意动词是，故选择be动词，由于happiness是不可数名词，且整篇为过去时态。故填was

【9】in。本空考察短语搭配，in sb’s +基数词复数，表示在某人多少岁时。故填介词in

【10】How。由句意可知，研究表明女人跟男人长大后有一样的情感模式，但是，女人在任何时期都比男人更加容易忧愁，应为转折关系。故填How