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请老师帮忙看一下阅读，我做的不好，四个题都有问题，谢谢 Over the last 70 years, researchers have been studying happy and unhappy peopke and finally found out ten factors that make a difference. Our feelings of well-being at any moment are determined to a certain degree by genes. However, of all the factors, wealth and age are the top two. Money can buy a degree of happiness. But once you can afford to feed, clothe and house yourself, each extra dollar makes less and less difference. Researchers find that, on average, wealthier people are happier. But the link between money and happiness is complex. In the past half-century, average income has sharply inereased in developed countries, yet happiness levels have remained almost the same. Once your basic needs are met, money only seems to increase happiness if you have more than your friends, neighbors and colleagues. “Dollars buy status, and status makes people feel better,” conclude some experts, which helps explain why people who can seek status in other ways-scientists or actors, for example-may happily accept relatively poorly-paid jobs. In a research, Professor Alex Michalos found that the people whose desires-not just for money, but for friends, family, job, health-rose furthest beyond what they already had, tended to be less happy than those who felt a smaller gap (差距)。Indeed, the size of the gap predicted happiness about five times better than income alone. “The gap measures just blow away the only measures of income.”says Michalos. Another factor that has to do with happiness is age. Old age may not be so bad“Given all the problems of aging, how could the elderly be more satisfied？”asks Protessor Laura Carstensen. In one survey, Carstensen in tervicwed 184 people between the ages of 18 and 94, and asked them to fill out an emotions questionnaire. She found that old people reported positive emotions just as often as young people, Some scientists suggest older people may expect life to be harder and learn to live with it, or they’re more realistic abour their time running out, older people have learned to focus on things that make them happy and let go of those that don’t. “People realize not only what they have, but also that what they have cannot last forever,” she says. “A goodbye kiss to a husband or wife at the age of 85, for example, may bring far more complex emotional responses than a similar kiss to a boy or girl friend at the age of 20.” 72.According to the passage, the feeling of happiness . A.is determined partly by genes B.increases gradually with age C.has little to do with wealth D.is measured by desires 72.Some actors would like to accept poorly-paid jobs because the jobs . A.make them feel much better B.provide chances to make friends C.improse their social position D.satisfy their professional interests 74.Aged people are more likely to feel happy because they are more . A.optimistic B.successful C.practical D.emortional 75.Professor Alex Michalos found that people feel less happy if . A.the gap between reality and desire is bigger B.they have a stronger desire for friendship C.their income is below their expectation D.the hope for good health is greater

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72.According to the passage, the feeling of happiness .
A.is determined partly by genes
B.increases gradually with age
C.has little to do with wealth
D.is measured by desires
句意为根据文章内容，幸福感部分是由于基因决定的。看原文： Our feelings of well-being at any moment are determined to a certain degree by genes.
72.Some actors would like to accept poorly-paid jobs because the jobs .
A.make them feel much better
B.provide chances to make friends
C.improve their social position
D.satisfy their professional interests
句意为：一些演员想要接受工资差的工作是因为工作能够提升他们的社会地位。看原文：Dollars buy status, and status makes people feel better, which helps explain why people who can seek status （社会地位）in other ways-scientists or actors, for example-may happily accept relatively poorly-paid jobs.
74.Aged people are more likely to feel happy because they are more .
A.optimistic 乐观的 B.successful 成功的 C.practical 实际的 D.emotional有感情的
句意为：老年人更可能感到幸福是因为他们更加实际。看原文：they’re more realistic(现实的) about their time running out, older people have learned to focus on things that make them happy and let go of those that don’t.
75.Professor Alex Michalos found that people feel less happy if .
A.the gap between reality and desire is bigger
B.they have a stronger desire for friendship
C.their income is below their expectation
D.the hope for good health is greater
句意为：教授发现人们感到幸福少些儿如果现实与需要之间的差距更大的话。看原文：Indeed, the size of the gap predicted happiness about five times better than income alone. “The gap measures just blow away the only measures of income.”实际上差距的尺度预测的幸福比单纯的收入大上五倍。差距吹走了对收入的衡量。
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