学位英语

Middle Age: A Low Point for Most

People around the globe hit the height of their misery and depression in middle (51)　　, a new international study suggests. The finding by British and American researchers was based on an analysis of well-being among approximately 2 million people in 80 nations. With few exceptions, the observation appears to apply across the board, regardless 　　(52)　　 gender (性别), culture, geography, wealth, job history, education, and marriage or parental status.

"The scientific fact seems to be that happiness and positive mental health follow a giant 'U'　　(53)　　through life," said study author Andrew J. Oswald, a professor of economics at Warwick University in Warwickshire, England. "For the average person, it's high when you're 20, and then it slowly　　(54)　　and bottoms out in your 40s. But the good news is that your　　(55)　　health picks up again, and eventually gets back to the high levels of your youth."www.ExamW.CoM

The finding was　　(56)　　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"　　(57)　　between 1981 and 2004 in North America, Eastern and Western Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Central and South America; and a 2004-2007 survey　　(58)　　nearly 1 million Britons.

The bottom-line: For most people throughout the world, the highest probability for　　(59)　　striking is around 44 years of age.

In the United States, however, some as-yet unexplained　　(60)　　differences were observed, with happiness among men dipping the most in their early 50s, whereas women hit their nadir (最低点) around the age of 40.

The researchers cautioned that cheerful people tend to live longer than unhappy

(61)　　- a fact that might have skewed (使偏斜) the overall finding. But they also suggested that evidence of a happiness　　(62)　　might simply reflect a midlife choice to give up long-held but no longer tenable (守得住的) aspirations (志向), followed by a senior's sense of gratitude for having successfully endured 　　(63)　　others did not.

"That said, some might find it helpful simply to understand the general　　(64)　of mental health as they go through their own life," said Oswald. "It might

be useful for people to realize that if they are　　(65)　　in their 40s this is normal. It is not exceptional. And just knowing this might help."

51　A age B place C height D degree

52　A of B for C to D by

53　A color B size C shape D letter

54　A improves B moves C rises D falls

55　A mental B personal C general D physical

56　A focused B concluded C decided D based

57　A measured B conducted C checked D inspected

58　A calling B counting C involving D passing

59　A cancer B depression C accident D injury

60　A race B gender C education D income

61　A men B people C women D couples

62　A curve B line C axis D table

63　A unless B because C while D if

64　A moods B figures C views D trends

65　A weird B low C old D weak

答案：AACDADBCBBBACDB

报考条件：综合类，理工类，卫生类考试原则上没有严格的界限。职称英语考试报名可在单位报，评职称与户口无关，主要看你的工作单位，所以你可以直接咨询单位的人事部门，如果他们说可以就行，每个省规定不大一样。【查看详情】

报考选择：职称英语报考科目|级别选择|报名条件及相关问题解答

免考规定：取得外语(从事翻译工作人员及外语教师第二外语)专业专科及以上学历的人员申报中、高级职称评审……。【查看详情】

（责任编辑：hbz）

共2页,当前第1页  第一页  前一页  下一页