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【題目】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 【1】

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 【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 【5】 stress. ★The kids and those in their early 【6】 feel the happiest. ★Men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women feel sadder, more 【7】 and worried than men do.
Conclusion	Happiness 【8】 with age. That’s because people become more thankful for what they have and control their emotions 【9】 as they get older. It also 【10】 them less time to think about bad experiences.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Happiness

【2】team

【3】results\findings

【4】less

【5】most

【6】seventies

【7】stressed

【8】increases

【9】better

【10】takes

【解析】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。

【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。

【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。

【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。

【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。

【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。

【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。

【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。

【8】根據最后一段So why would happiness increase with age?描述，可知填increases，增加。

【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。

【10】根據最后一段They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.描述，可知填takes，花費。