Old age may not sound exciting. But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older. Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of 50. In fact, they say by the age of 85, people are happier with their life than they were when they were 18 years old.
The findings came from a survey of more than 340,000 adults in the United States. The Gallup Organization questioned them by telephone in 2008. At that time, the people were between the ages of 18 and 85. The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, sadness and worry. They also asked about mental or emotional stress.
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 highest among adults between the ages of 24 and 25. The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.
The study also showed that men and women have similar feeling patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.
Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older. One theory is that, as people grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their feelings. They so spend less time thinking about bad experiences.
Professor Stone says the emotional patterns could be linked to changes in how people see the world, or maybe even changes in brain chemistry.
The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children, being unemployed or being single. But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to age.
【小題1】According to the survey of the Gallup Organization people are most likely to become happier      .

A.when they are between the ages of 18 and 85B.when they come to their old age
C.when they are in their twentiesD.when they are 18 years old
【小題2】You may have the highest level of stress when you are at the age of      .
A.20B.25C.35D.40
【小題3】According to Arthur Stone, old people may      .
A.have a positive attitude towards their lifeB.know how to spend money wisely
C.dream about good things every dayD.control their behaviors better
【小題4】Who would probably show the greatest interest in the passage?
A.Those who are worried about getting oldB.Those who are single and unemployed
C.Those who feel unhappy all the timeD.Those who suffer from mental stress
【小題5】What would be the best title for the passage?
A.Getting Older Means Getting HappierB.The Young Are Happier Than the Old
C.Women Are Easier to Be Happy in LifeD.The Younger, the Happier


【小題1】B
【小題2】B
【小題3】A
【小題4】A
【小題5】A

解析試題分析:這篇短文重點介紹的是老年人的幸福感問題,作者通過一個調(diào)查研究告訴我們隨著年齡的增長,人們的幸福感會越來越強。
【小題1】根據(jù)第一段Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of 50.描述,可知選B。
【小題2】根據(jù)第三段His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of 24 and 25.描述,可知選B。
【小題3】根據(jù)短文三四段描述,可知隨著年齡的增長,人們的幸福感越來越強,對生活的態(tài)度越來越積極。故選A。
【小題4】這篇短文重點介紹的是老年人的幸福感問題,老年人最感興趣。故選A,那些擔(dān)心變老的人。
【小題5】這篇短文的中心就是越老生活越滿足。故選A,變老意味著變得更幸福。
考點:關(guān)于幸福感問題的說明文閱讀
點評:本文淺顯易懂,層次分明,學(xué)生很容易把握文章中心內(nèi)容。答題中注意帶著問題閱讀短文,一般就能順利找出答題依據(jù)。對于不能直接找到根據(jù)的問題注意聯(lián)系上下文,根據(jù)短文中心總結(jié)出正確答案。

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