【三维设计】（江苏专用）2016届高考英语一轮复习 Unit 1 Getting along with others课时跟踪检测B卷（必修5）.docVIP

Getting along with others　课时跟踪检测B卷 Ⅰ.完形填空 (2015·南京三校联考)People who have children experience greater happiness and feel they derive more meaning from life than those without kids，__1__psychologists from the University of California, Riverside, the University of British Columbia and Stanford University. The research was carried out in three __2__， and in each of the parts psychologists interviewed about 190 participants and asked them to __3__how they felt during their daily activities, which included cooking, commuting, changing diapers, doing dishes, going to work and playing with the kids. The authors wanted to __4__out whether people who had children felt happier overall and __5__their lives more positively when compared to those without kids. They were also __6__whether parents experienced more positive __7__while taking care of their kids than when doing some other day-to-day chores (日常事务)． These findings __8__the common belief that children are associated with reduced well-being, researchers said.The impression many people have now __9__media and academic research is that being a parent seems to be quite a negative experience. Many __10__studies on this topic linked parenthood to unhappy marriages, lower life satisfaction and even __11__， Elizabeth Dunn, who is __12__her first child, said. In Dunn’s personal opinion，__13__is related to, but may not cause, happiness. The results revealed that age and marital (婚姻的)__14__also played a role in parental happiness. The study found that older and more __15__married couples who have higher social status and do not have __16__problems are more likely to be happier if they have kids when compared to their childless counterparts. Even single parents said that all the stresses associated with parenthood did not completely __17__out the feelings of meaning and satisfaction of caring for kids. On the other hand, young parents who were under the age of 26 years, were found to be __18__less happy than their peers who did