Question

Happiness is short, determined by every-thing from the weather to the size of your bank account. We’re not suggesting that you can reach a lasting state called “happiness” and remain there. But there are many ways to be far away from the paths of anxiety, anger frustration, and sadness once or even several times throughout the day.

1. Go to sleep. We have become a nation of sleep-deprived citizens. Taking a daily nap or getting into bed at 8 p.m. one night with a good book and turning the light out an hour later can have a better effect on your mood than any number of bubble baths or massages.

2. Hum along. Studies find that music makes parts of the brain active that produce happiness. It’s also relaxing. In one study, older adults who listened to their choice of music during the eye surgery had significantly lower heart rates, blood pressure, etc.

3. Volunteer. Helping others provides social interaction. While happy people are more likely to help others, helping others increases your happiness. One study found that volunteer work improved the aspects of well-being: happiness, life satisfaction, self-esteem(自尊), sense of control over life, and physical health.

4. Develop close relationships. People who have a lot of supportive friends are much more likely to have healthier blood pressure and stress hormone levels than those with two or fewer close friends. Women and a few men also seem to benefit from good relationships with their parents and spouses(配偶). People who feel lonely and depressed are three to five times more likely to get sick and die too early than those who have feelings of love, connection, and community.

5. Take care of the soul. Studies find that actively religious people are happier and cope better with crises, according to David Myers, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. For many people, faith provides a sense of life’s meaning, feelings of acceptance, a reason to focus beyond yourself, and a new view on life’s sadness. Even if you’re not religious, strong faith may offer similar benefits.

Ways to be happy
Introduction	Happiness is short and 1._______ on different kinds of things, but many ways can help us achieve it throughout the day.
Go to sleep	It is more2._______ in affecting your mood than any number of bubble baths or massages.
Hum along	Music can help people 3.________ happiness.
According to a 4._____, older adults would feel relaxed with their choice of music in the eye surgery.
5.______ others	It provides social interaction and 6.________ your happiness if you are a happy person.
Volunteer work would bring you 7._______ in some aspects of well-being.
Develop close relation-ships	It may 8._________ women and a few men if they develop good relationships with their parents and spouses.
People with many supportive friends will live a(n) 9.______ and longer life than those with fewer close friends.
Take care of the soul	10.________ you are religious or not, strong faith may offer a sense of life’s meaning, feelings of acceptance, a reason to focus beyond yourself, and a new view on life’s sadness.

 

Answer 1

1.depends/relies

2.effective

3.produce

4.study

5.Help

6.increases

7.improvement(s)

8.benefit

9.healthier

10.Whether

【解析】

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1.determined by every-thing from the weather to...”可知，開心是由各種各樣的事情決定的，be determined by...由......決定，取決于......，depend/rely on...依靠/依賴......，故填depends/relies。

2.have a better effect on your mood than any number of bubble baths or massages”可知，睡眠比其它事情更能影響你的情緒，文中用的名詞effect，這里需要用形容詞的比較級(jí)，故填effective。

3.music makes parts of the brain active that produce happiness”可知，音樂能使大腦中負(fù)責(zé)產(chǎn)生愉快情緒的部位得到激活，help sb do sth幫助某人做某事，故填produce。

4.In one study, older adults...”可知，一項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，音樂能讓手術(shù)中的老人放松，故填study。

5.helping others increases your happiness”可知，幫助他人能帶給人快樂，注意使用動(dòng)詞原形，并注意大寫，故填Help。

6.helping others increases your happiness”可知，幫助他人能夠增加人的快樂，主語是第三人稱單數(shù)，故填increases。

7.volunteer work improved the aspects of well-being”可知，樂于助人能提高人的自我完善感，文中用的動(dòng)詞improve，bring sb sth帶給某人某物，這里需要填其名稱形式，故填improvement(s)。

8.Women and a few men also seem to benefit from good relationships with their parents and spouses”可知，女性和少數(shù)男性能從與父母和配偶的良好關(guān)系中受益，情態(tài)動(dòng)詞may后用動(dòng)詞原形，故填benefit。

9.People who feel lonely and depressed...get sick and die too early than those who have feelings of love, connection, and community”可知，感到孤獨(dú)和沮喪的人容易生病，壽命也不會(huì)很長，由此可知，有許多親密的朋友和和睦的家庭的人會(huì)更健康，他們的壽命也較長，根據(jù)and后的longer可知填比較級(jí)，故填healthier。

10.Even if you’re not religious, strong faith may offer similar benefits.”可知，即使沒有宗教信仰，強(qiáng)烈的信念也能讓人獲益，且根據(jù)空白處后面的or not可知應(yīng)該填whether，意為“無論”，注意大寫，故填Whether。

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