10.Old age may not sound (61)exciting (excite).But recent findings provide good news for older people and for people (62)worried (worry) about getting older.
The findings came from (63)a survey of more than 340,000adults in he United States.The Gallup Organization questioned( 64)them 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,(65)sadness(sad) and worry.They also asked about mental or emotional stress.The research team found that levels of stress were (66)highest (high) among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five.Stress levels dropped (67 )sharply (sharp) after people reached their fifties.
Happiness (68)was highest among the youngest adults and those (69)in their early seventies.The study also showed that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older.(70 )However,woman at al ages reported more sadness,stress and worry than men.