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　　__5__ health picks up4 again, and eventually gets back to the high levels of our youth. "

　　The finding was 6 on the pooling of several different sources of happiness data ,including: two multi-decade happiness/satisfaction surveys (first launched in the 1970s), involving about 500,000 American and western European men and women; four rounds of the 80-nation "world Values Survey" __7 between 1981 and 2004 in North America, Eastern and western Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and central and South America; and a 2004-2008 survey 8 nearly 1 million Britons.

　　The bottom-line: For most people throughout the world, the highest probability for depression striking is around 44 years of 9

　　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 not6.

　　"That sai5, 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. "

　　词汇：

　　gender n.性别 tenable adj.守得住的

　　Nadir n.最低点 aspiration n.志向

　　Skew v. 使偏斜

　　注释：

　　1.People around the globe hit the height of their misery and depression in middle age：世界各地的人们在其中年时达到痛苦与沮丧的高峰。

　　2.apply across the board：全面适用。

　　3.bottoms out：稳定在某一低水平。

　　4.pick up：振作精神，鼓起勇气。

　　5.That said：这是一种非常口语化的表达法，意思是“尽管如此，”相当于in spite of what has been said;nevertheless。

　　6.But they also suggested that evidence of a happiness curve might simply reflect a middle choice to give up long—held but no longer tenable aspirations，followed by a senior's sense of gratitude for having successfully endured while others did not：但是他们也提示说，幸福曲线的军能反映了人到中年时做出的选择，即放弃久存的但却再也守不住的志向，但是他们也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心，随之而来的是一位年长者因为自己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。tenable是合理性，暗示年长者的自欺欺人扭曲了幸福指数。 www.gaofen123.com

　　练习：

　　l. 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

　　答案与题解：

　　1.B从短文的题目可以得知，世界各地的人们在其中年时达到痛苦与沮丧的高峰。

　　2.A短语regardless of是固定搭配，意思是“不管，不顾”。

　　3.c显然，空格处应选shape一词，“u shape”表示u形的。

　　4.c表示几十岁，应用介词in。

　　5.A短文通篇谈的是mental health，所以此处应填mental。

　　6.D本句话的意思是：调查结果是在综合了若干不同的幸福数据来源得出的。

　　7.B从上下文可以得知，空格处应填表示“进行”意思的conducted一词。

　　8.c前面一句中出现了表示“涉及”多少人的involving一词，此处仍应选这样一个词

　　9.A表示年龄应用years of age这样的短语。

　　10.B从本句的后半句可以得知，男女之间在幸福低点方面存在着“性别”差异。

　　11.B本句前面出现了cheerful people，此处应与其对应，在unhappy后面添people。

　　12.A前面曾出现过“u形”，显然此处应填表示“曲线”的curve一词

　　Is Your child's Stomach Pain All in His Head?

　　we all know there are times that kids seem toplain l a stomach ache to get out of1 chores or going to school. Don't be so sure that the pain they__2__is all in their minds2. 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 up4. 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 true, 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.

　　词汇：

　　chore n.零星活儿 gut n.下消化道，肠;胃

　　Antidepressant n.抗抑郁药 intestine n.肠

　　Serotonin n.血清素 www.gaofen123.com

　　注释：

　　1.get out of：逃避

　　2.Don’t be so sure that the pain they feel is all in their minds：不要确信无疑他们所感觉到的疼痛全部是想象出来的。题目中的in his head等同于in his mind。

　　3.makes it a point to do sth：决心(坚持)做某事

　　4.nothing’sing up：没有任何结果

　　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

　　答案与题解：

　　1.A 表示“抱怨某事”，要plain后面跟of一词。

　　2.c 显然，空格处应填“感觉”，用feel一词。

　　3.c A condition called “functional abdominal pain”的意思是：一种被称作“功能性腹部疼痛”的病。

　　4.A 短语“as soon as”是固定搭配，意思是“一……(就……)”。

　　5.D 前一句的末尾提到了a terrible stomach pain，因此，接下来谈的还应是the pain。

　　6.A 老师们不让他走，显然他们认为他是想逃课，所以应选class一词。

　　7.B 前一句提到了学校的老师，显然，作为孩子的母亲，marilyn觉得怪不着老师。

　　8.c 根据上文可以得知，即使是医生们也查不出什么毛病。

　　9.A 本句的意思是“这种情况令人困顿，因为我们得不出任何答案。

　　10.D known as是固定搭配，意思是“通常名叫”。

　　11.A even though是固定搭配，意思是“尽管”。

　　12.A前一句中出现了these kids，空格处还应指他们，所以用them一词。

　　13.c in about eight out of ten cases的意思是：在每十个病例中约有八例。

　　14.A前面多次谈到了腹部疼痛，因此这里应是stomach。

　　15.D表示“有助于做某事，”从语法的角度讲，只有help一词后面可以跟不带t0的不定式。

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