题目内容
Are people less happy or happier when they get older? If your answer is “happier”, then you are right, based on a study published five years ago. It found that people generally become happier and experience less worry after age fifty. In fact, it found that by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were at eighteen.
The findings came from a Gallup survey of more than three hundred and forty thousand adults in the United States in 2008. At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five.
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 the highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five. Stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.
Levels of happiness were the highest among the kids and those in their early seventies.
The survey also found 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 did.
So why would happiness increase with age? One theory is that, as people get older, they become more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.
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The elements of the survey | Time: 2008 Place: in the United States Researcher: Arthur Stone and his 2. Targets: 340,000 adults |
The 3. of the survey | Generally people become happier and feel 【小题4 worried after age 50. By the age of 85, people are happier with their life than they were at 18. Adults between the ages of 22 and 25 have the __4. stress. The kids and those in their early 5. feel the happiest. Men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women feel sadder, more 6. and worried than men do. |
Conclusion | Happiness 7. with age. That’s because people become more thankful for what they have and control their emotions __8. as they get older. It also 9. them less time to think about bad experiences. |
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试题分析：这篇短文主要通过一个调查介绍了年龄和幸福感的关系。
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考点：任务型阅读
假设你是David，九年级学生。你打算写一篇介绍自己近况的短文，请根据下面的要点提示，说明自己的情况，并谈谈自己的心愿。词数100词左右.
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性格 | 勤劳，从不介意为班级多做一些额外工作，乐于助人； |
喜好 | 最喜欢电影明星成龙，认为他是世界上最有天赋的演员之一，喜欢买与他有关的书籍，CD等； |
麻烦 | 无法做到既认真学习又有时间从事自己的爱好，父母不理解他，只关心考试后的分数。 |
心愿 | (1)…; (2) … |
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