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1、高考英语阅读表达预测题14HappinessisU-shaped,forwearehappieratthestartandendofourlivesbuthitaslumpwhenwearemiddle-aged,BritishandUSresearcherssay.EconomistsfromtheUniversityofWarwick,centralEngland,andfromDartmouthCollege,NewHampshire,lookedatdataonthementalhealthoftwomillionpeop
2、lefrom80countries.InBritain,theprobabilityofdepressionformenandwomenpeaksataround44yearsofage,WarwickUniversitysaidinapressrelease.IntheUnitedStates,though,________________________betweenmenandwomen.Amongwomen,unhappinesspeakedataroundtheageof40,whereasamongmen,itwasa
3、bout50.ButtheU-shapeofhappinessisconstantaroundtheworld,andmid-lifedepressionoccursregardlessofmaritalstatus(婚姻状况),changesinjoborincome.ThestudyappearsinSocialScience&Medicine,publishedbytheDutchpublishinghouseElsevier."Ithappenstomenandwomen,tosingleandmarriedpeople,
4、torichandpoor,andtothosewithandwithoutchildren."saidco-authorAndrewOswald.Onepossibilitymaybethatpeoplerealizetheywon'tachievemanyoftheirambitionsatmiddleage.Theresearcherssaid.Anotherreasoncouldbethatafterseeingtheirfellowmiddle-agedpeersbegintodie,peoplebegintovalue
5、theirownremainingyearsandembracelifeoncemore.Butthegoodnewsisthatifpeoplemakeittoaged70andarestillphysicallyfit,theyareonaverageashappyandmentallyhealthyasaearold."Fortheaveragepersonsinthemodernworld,thedipinmentalhealthandhappinesscomesonslowly,notsuddenlyinasingley
6、ear,"Oswaldsaid."Onlyintheirfiftiesdopeopleemergefromthislowperiod." 1.Whichsentenceinthepassageistheclosestinmeaningtothefollowingone? Therearechancesthatthemiddle-agedpeoplewillrealizetheiridealislikelytobeunattainable. ______________________________________________
7、___________________________2.FillintheblankinParagraph3withapropersentence．(within10words) 3.Howdoyouunderstandthesentencethat“HappinessisU-shaped”?(withinords)_________________________________________________________________________4.Ismid-lifedepressionacommonPhenom
8、enonintheworld?Howdoyouknow?(within15words)_________________________________________________________________________5.Transl
