In the united States, however, some as-yet unexplained __ 10 ___ differences were observed, with happiness among men dipping the most in their early 50s, whereas women hit their nadir around the age of 40.
The researchers cautioned that cheerful people tend to live longer than unhappy __ 11 __ -- a fact that might have skewed the overall finding. But they also suggested that evidence of a happiness ___ 12 __ might simply reflect a midlife choice to give up long-held but no longer tenable aspirations, followed by a senior's sense of gratitude for having successfully endured 13 others did not.
"That said, some might find it helpful simply to understand the general __ 14 __ of mental health as they go through their own life," said oswald. "It might be useful for people to realize that if they are __ 15 __ in their 40s, this is normal. It is not exceptional. And just knowing this might help."
练习：
1. A old B middle c right D young
2. A of B for c to D by
3. A color B size c shape D letter
4. A with B on c in D upon
5. A mental B good c general D physical
6. A focused B concluded c decided D based
7. A measured B conducted c checked D inspected
8. A taking B counting c involving D accepting
9. A age B marriage c experience D work
10. A race B gender c education D ie
11. A men B people c women D families
12. A curve B line c axis D table
13. A unless B because c while D since
14. A moods B figures c views D trends
15. A poor B low c old D weak
中年：多数人的低潮期
一项新的国际研究表明，世界各地的人们在其中年时达到痛苦与沮丧的高峰。
这一发现是英国和美国的研究人员通过对80个国家近二千万人详尽分析后得出的。观察显示，这个发现不受性别、文化、地理位置、贫富、工作经历、教育、婚姻和父母状况的影响，适用度很广，且鲜有例外。
这项研究的作者安德鲁奥•斯瓦尔德是英国沃里克郡沃里克大学的经济学教授。他说：“科学似乎说明人的幸福感和积极的精神健康在人的一生中经历的是一个巨大的u型曲线。对于平常人来说，20岁的时候位于高点，之后就慢慢的下降并且在四十多岁的时候稳定在u型的最低点。但是好消息是人的精神健康状况会再次回升，最后回到年轻时的高度。”
这项发现的基础是几个不同的幸福感数据库资源，其中包括：两项持续几十年对美国和欧洲50万人的幸福感和满足感的调查(此调查开始于20世纪70年代);1981年至2004年间的四次对包括北美洲、东西欧洲、亚洲、非洲、大洋洲以及中南美洲在内的80个国家进行的关于“世界价值观”的调查;以及一项2004至2008年对近一百万英国人进行的调查。
最低点：对于世界上大部分的人来说，他们最有可能在44岁左右感到抑郁。
然而在美国，研究人员发现了一些尚未找到解释的性别方面的差异，即大部分男人的幸福感在50岁的前几年开始滑落，而女人的低潮出现在40岁左右。
研究人员告诫说，开朗的人比郁郁寡欢的人寿命长——这一事实可能影响了整个研究结果。但是他们也提示说，幸福曲线可能只是反映了人到中年时的一种选择，即放弃那些虽然坚持已久却再也站不住脚的雄心壮志，随之而来的是一位年长者因为成功地忍耐了下来但其他人未能做到此点而产生的沾沾自喜。
“尽管如此，一些人也许还是会认为它(幸福曲线)对于他们在一生中理解精神状况是有帮助的，”奥斯瓦尔德说。“让人们认识到如果他们在40多岁的时候感到情绪低落是正常现象，这也许是有用的。这是非常好的，并且知道这些也许会有所帮助。”
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第六篇 Is Your child's Stomach Pain All in His Head? (A)
we all know there are times that kids seem toplain ___ 1 __ a stomach ache to get out of chores or going to school. Don't be so sure that the pain they 2 is all in their minds. we're learning more now about a condition 3 "functional abdominal pain" that is experienced by millions of kids every day.
Like many teenagers, Kyle Brust makes it a point to do his homework as 4 as he gets home. unlike most, Kyle often did his with a terrible stomach ache. In fact, the 5 often started while he was at school, but getting help there was getting harder.
"Some of my teachers wouldn't let me go, because I'd asked so many times before and they thought I was trying to get out of __ 6 __ ," says Kyle.
Kyle's mom marilyn says she couldn't blame the __ 7 ___ After all, she'd taken him to the
doctor several times herself, and even they couldn't find anything __ 8 __ "You know, you're running the tests and nothing'sing up. So, is it in his head, is he just an extremely stressful child? It's just frustrating 9 we're not finding any answers," says marilyn.
It turns out Kyle was suffering from a condition known __ 10 __ functional abdominal pain, that affects as many as one out of every ten kids in this country. Even __ 11 __ the cause of the pain may not be obvious, there are real consequences.
"It really does hurt, and these kids really do suffer," says Dr. campo, mD at Nationwide children's Hospital. To help __ 12 ___, campo is looking into a new approach. He's conducting clinical trials of an antidepressant that changes the way the body handles a chemical called serotonin. In a preliminary study, Dr. campo found that in about eight out of ten __ 13 __, the drug normally used to treat emotional pain worked to ease the pain in the __ 14 __
"we think about it as being important in anxiety and depression and that's all quite tree, but what's really interesting is that 95% of our body's serotonin is in our gut," says campo.
campo believes these kids have extremely sensitive intestines, and controlling the effects of serotonin may __ 15 __ ease the pain. It seemed to work for Kyle, who is nowpletely pain free for the first time in years.
练习：
1. A of B on c at D by
2. A take B forget c feel D make
3. A stopped B created c called D mentioned
4. A soon B early c late D timely
5. A work B play c program D pain
6. A class B punishment c treatment D home
7. A doctors B teachers c parents D classmates
8. A good B useful c wrong D handy
9. A because B although c unless D so
10. A to B at c in D as
11. A though B whether c thus D how
12. A them B him c us D you
13. A numbers B studies c cases D parts
14. A stomach B head c heart D mind
15. A support B aid c assist D help
你的孩子肚疼是他想象出来的吗?
我们都知道小孩经常嚷嚷自己肚子疼以逃避干家务或上学。不要太肯定他们所感到的疼痛都是他们编出来的。我们现在对每天有成百上千万小孩所经历的这种“功能性腹痛”有了更多的了解。
像很多小孩一样，凯尔•布鲁斯特一回家就决定做作业。但和大多数孩子不同的是，凯尔经常是疼着肚子做作业。事实上，这种疼痛常常是在学校时就开始了，但是在学校获得帮助越来越难。
“有些老师不让我走，因为我以前请假的次数太多了，他们以为我想逃课。”凯尔说。
凯尔的母亲玛丽莲说她不能怪老师。毕竟，她已经带凯尔看过好几次医生了，就是医生也查不出有什么问题。
“你知道，做了这么多检测，什么结果也没有。那这究竟是他编出来的还是他就是个压力特别大的小孩?我们查不出任何原因，这真让人沮丧。”玛丽莲说。
结果是凯尔得了功能性腹痛，全国有十分之一的孩子都受此病影响。即使导致疼痛的原因不明确，腹痛确实存在。
“它确实很疼，而且小孩确实很痛苦。”国家儿童医院的医学博士坎普医生说。为了帮助这些小孩，他正在研究一种新方法。他在对能改变身体控制血清素方式的抗抑郁药进行临床试验。在初步研究中，坎普医生发现在80%的病例中通常被用于治疗情感痛苦的药物可以缓解腹痛。
“我们认为这种病在焦虑和抑郁症中很重要，它确实存在。而且非常有趣的是人体中95%的血清素在肠胃中。”坎普医生说。
坎普认为这些孩子的肠子特别敏感，而控制血清素的影响可以缓解疼痛。这对凯尔似乎是奏效的，这么多年他头一次不再受这种肚疼的折磨了。
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Diet, Alcohol Linked to Nearly one Third of cancers
Diet is second only to tobacco as a leading 1 of cancer and, along with alcohol, is responsible for nearly one third of cases of the disease 2 developed countries, a leading researcher said on Tuesday.
Dr. Tim Key, of the university of oxford, told a cancer conference that scientists are still discovering how certain foods contribute to 3 ,but they know that diet, alcohol and obesity 4 a major role.
“Five percent of cancers could be avoided 5 nobody was obese,” he said.
while tobacco is blinked to about 30 6 of cancer cases, diet is involved in an estimated 25 percent and alcohol 7 about six percent.
obesity raises the 8 of breast, womb, bowel and kidney cancer, while alcohol is known to cause cancers of the mouth, throat and liver, Its dangerous impact is 9 whenbined with smoking.
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