Old age may not sound _1._______ (excite).But recent findings provide good news for older people and for people_2._______ (worry) about getting older.

The findings came from _____3.___ survey of more than 340,000 adults in the United States.The Gallup Organization questioned __4._____ 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, ____5.____(sad) and worry.They also asked about mental or emotional stress.The research team found that levels of stress were ____6._____ (high) among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five. Stress levels dropped ______7.__ (sharp) after people reached their fifties.

Happiness ___8._____ highest among the youngest adults and those__9.______ their early seventies.The study also showed that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. __10.______ , woman at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.

1.exciting

2.worried

3.a

4.them

5.sadness

6.highest

7.sharply

8.was

9.in

10.However

【解析】

試題分析：這是一篇對人們的幸福感的調(diào)查結(jié)果分析的文章，調(diào)查結(jié)果顯示人在少年時期或十八歲初最為開心，五十歲以后壓力最��；在22至25歲壓力最大；同時表明女人比男人更易多愁。

1.

2. be worried about 的固定搭配可知，用它的-ed形式。故填worried

3. survy of ,關(guān)于某某的調(diào)查。故填a

4. sb質(zhì)問某人；詢問某人，由上文可知，調(diào)查了340,000多人，故用復(fù)數(shù)的賓格代詞。故填them

5.

6.

7.

8.

9. sb’s +基數(shù)詞復(fù)數(shù)，表示在某人多少歲時。故填介詞in

10.

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