Question

【題目】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.

Answer 1

【答案】

【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：本文是一篇調(diào)查研究類的文章，變老可能聽上去不那么令人興奮，但是最近的研究給老年人帶來了一些好消息。研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，老年人的生活壓力比年輕人小很多，幸福感也很高。

【1】exciting 考查形容詞。系動(dòng)詞Sound后面接形容詞，主語為old age用exciting。

【2】worried考查形容詞。Be worried about doing sth 為固定搭配，為...感到擔(dān)憂，人們擔(dān)憂自己會(huì)變老，用worried。

【3】a考查冠詞。Survey是單數(shù)，用冠詞a。

【4】them考查代詞。代 340,000 adults 的實(shí)驗(yàn)對(duì)象，是復(fù)數(shù)，用them。

【5】sadness考查名詞。與 happiness, worry并列，詞性相同，用名詞sadness。

【6】highest考查最高級(jí)。后面沒有than之類的用比較級(jí)的提示詞，并且根據(jù) among adults可知是在許多的成年人中，應(yīng)該用最高級(jí)，用highest。

【7】sharply考查副詞。修飾動(dòng)詞drop，故用副詞sharply。

【8】was考查時(shí)態(tài)。全文都是過去時(shí)，用過去時(shí)態(tài)was。

【9】in考查介詞。In one’s seventies 為固定搭配，在某人七十多歲時(shí)，用in。

【10】However考查連詞。前面提到男人和女人的感情發(fā)展是一樣的，但是女人普遍比男人憂慮的更多，中間是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，用However。