2016英语专四完型填空集训附答案解析（7）

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2016英语专四完型填空集训附答案解析（7）

　　Does happiness favor those of a ____1____ age, sex, or income level? Does happiness come with satisfying close ____2____?

　　Social scientists have exploded some ____3____ about who’s happy and who’s not by identifying predictors of happiness and life satisfaction. Many people believe there are unhappy times of life—typically the ____4____ fi lled teen years, the “mid-life crisis” years, or the ____5____ years’ of old age. But interviews with people of all ages reveal that ____6____ time of life is notably happier or unhappier. ____7____ do change with age: Satisfaction with social relations and health becomes more important in ____8____ life. And teens, ____9____ adults, typically rebound ____10____ either gloom or joy within an hour’s time.

　　Yet knowing someone’s age gives no ____11____ to the person’s lasting sense of well-being.

　　Does happiness have a ____12____ sex? Are men happier because of their greater incomes and social ____13____? Are women happier because of their supposedly greater capacity ____14____ intimacy and social connection? Like age, gender gives no clue to subjective well-being. There are gender ____ 15____ in misery: When troubled, men more often become alcoholic, while women more often think deeply and get ____16____. Yet men and women are equally likely to declare themselves “very happy” and “satisfi ed” with life. This conclusion is ____17____ in scores of studies around the world.

　　Living standards have soared during the twentieth century and are expected to continue ____18____ in the decades ahead. Does that mean that we humans can look forward ____19____ increasing happiness? Not necessarily. Steady improvements in the economy are not ____20____ by a steady increase in people’s assessments of their own happiness.

　　1. A. special B. specific C. peculiar D. particular

　　2. A. connections B. friendship C. relations D. relationships

　　3. A. stories . myths C. legends D. rumors

　　4. A. stress B. pressure C. strain D. tension

　　5. A. reducing B. declining C. degenerating D. deteriorating

　　6. A. all B. one C. either D. no

　　7. A. Sentiments B. Emotions C. Passions D. Moods

　　8. A. earlier B. later C. former D. latter

　　9. A. like B. unlike C. with D. as

　　10. A. from B. around C. between D. within

　　11. A. hint B. truth C. fact D. clue

　　12. A. favorable B. favorite C. preferable D. popular

　　13. A. capacity B. scope C. strength D. power

　　14. A. in B. at C. for D. with

　　15. A. gaps B. distances C. interval D. disagreement

　　16. A. depress B. depressing C. depressed D. depression

　　17. A. based B. proven C. found D. grounded

　　18. A. to rise B. rising C. to raise D. raising

　　19. A. in B. at C. on D. to

　　20. A. driven B. dominated C. accompanied D. determined

　　文章大意

　　本文为人们通常对 “哪些人更快乐”的错误认识一一做出了解释与说明。研究证明，人 的幸福感与年龄、性别和生活水平并不存在必然的联系。

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