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根据短文内容，完成文后任务。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。 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   【小题1】           The elements of the survey Time: 2008 Place: in the United States Researcher: Arthur Stone and his 【小题2】 Targets: 340,000 adults The 【小题3】of the survey Generally people become happier and feel小题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       【小题5】stress. The kids and those in their early 【小题6】feel the happiest. Men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women feel sadder, more 【小题7】and worried than men do. Conclusion Happiness 【小题8】with age. That’s because people become more thankful for what they have and control their emotions 【小题9】as they get older. It also      小题2:them less time to think about bad experiences.

题型：阅读理解  难度：中档

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

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。 小题1:根据第一段及下文描述，可知本文主要谈论的是年龄和幸福的关系，故填happiness，幸福。 小题2:根据短文第三段描述，可知调查者是阿瑟斯通和他的团队，故填单数名词team，团队。 小题3:根据右栏内容，可知此处指的是调查结果，故填findings/results，调查结果。 小题4:根据第一段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。 小题5:根据第三段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。 小题6:根据Levels of happiness were the highest among the kids and those in their early seventies.描述，可知填seventies，七十多岁。 小题7:根据倒数第二段However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men did.描述，可知填stressed感到有压力的。 小题8:根据最后一段So why would happiness increase with age?描述，可知填increases，增加。 小题9:根据最后一段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。 小题10:根据最后一段They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.描述，可知填takes，花费。 点评：本题中个别小题不能直接从文中找到答案，需要自己根据相关内容分析总结。一定要弄懂全文后再动手解答问题。书写答案时，注意首字母大写。为避免不必要的错误，只要能使用原文的就尽量使用原文回答问题，自己总结的答案注意人称和数的变化，要符合语法规则。

据专家权威分析，试题“根据短文内容，完成文后任务。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。Are p..”主要考查你对  历史文化类阅读  等考点的理解。关于这些考点的“档案”如下：

历史文化类阅读

考点名称：历史文化类阅读

• 历史文化类阅读：
  本类题型常用的方式是夹叙夹议。叙述的目的是为了议，所以要把握其议才是主要方面。
  阅读这类文章，先弄清其引入的话题，再弄清里面人物对其不同的看法，然后理解作者本身对话题的观点看法或思考。

• 初中英语阅读理解的解题技巧：
  一、要注意养成良好的阅读心理，阅读时要去掉杂念，心绪要安定，精神要专一，要形成一种惬意的顺向心理。
  切不可一遇到几个生词难句，就心烦意乱，失去自控能力。心理学家告诉我们，任何恐慌，过分紧张的情绪都会形成一种消极因素妨碍大脑的正常思维功能。
  因此，遇到困难一定要从容不迫，心无旁骛。这样才能对所读的文章印象清晰，理解深刻。
  
  二、要提高视读的速度，考阅读理解，从另一个方面来说，考的是考试速度。因此做阅读理解时，要注意培养自己快速阅读的习惯。
  切不可在个别难懂的词句上磨蹭，只要全篇理解了，个别难懂的词句可以根据上下文和构词法去猜测，去推断。
  
  三、对文章的评价分析，一定要坚持“词不离句，句不离篇”，要理解文章作者的原意，而不能按你自己的意愿去想当然。