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根據短文內容，完成文后任務。注意：每個空格只填一個單詞。
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.
Title: Relationship Between Age and   【小題1】          

The elements of the survey	Time: 2008 Place: in the United States Researcher: Arthur Stone and his 【小題2】 Targets: 340,000 adults
The 【小題3】of the survey	Generally people become happier and feel小題1: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       【小題5】stress. The kids and those in their early 【小題6】feel the happiest. Men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women feel sadder, more 【小題7】and worried than men do.
Conclusion	Happiness 【小題8】with age. That’s because people become more thankful for what they have and control their emotions 【小題9】as they get older. It also      小題2:them less time to think about bad experiences.

 

Answer 1

小題1:happiness
小題2:team
小題3:findings/results
小題4:less
小題5:most
小題6:seventies
小題7:stressed
小題8:increases
小題9:better
小題10:takes

試題分析：這篇短文主要通過一個調查介紹了年齡和幸福感的關系。
小題1:根據第一段及下文描述，可知本文主要談論的是年齡和幸福的關系，故填happiness，幸福。
小題2:根據短文第三段描述，可知調查者是阿瑟斯通和他的團隊，故填單數名詞team，團隊。
小題3:根據右欄內容，可知此處指的是調查結果，故填findings/results，調查結果。
小題4:根據第一段It found that people generally become happier and experience less worry after age fifty.描述，可知填less，更小的，更少的。
小題5:根據第三段His team found that levels of stress were the highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five.描述，可知填most最多的。
小題6:根據Levels of happiness were the highest among the kids and those in their early seventies.描述，可知填seventies，七十多歲。
小題7:根據倒數第二段However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men did.描述，可知填stressed感到有壓力的。
小題8:根據最后一段So why would happiness increase with age?描述，可知填increases，增加。
小題9:根據最后一段One theory is that, as people get older, they become more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. 描述，可知填better，更好的。
小題10:根據最后一段They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.描述，可知填takes，花費。
點評：本題中個別小題不能直接從文中找到答案，需要自己根據相關內容分析總結。一定要弄懂全文后再動手解答問題。書寫答案時，注意首字母大寫。為避免不必要的錯誤，只要能使用原文的就盡量使用原文回答問題，自己總結的答案注意人稱和數的變化，要符合語法規則。