嘉兴市中考英语试卷分类汇编英语阅读理解(附答案).docxVIP

嘉兴市中考英语试卷分类汇编英语阅读理解（附答案） 一、英语阅读理解专项练习试卷 ?阅读理解 Old age may not sound excit ing. BUt rece nt findings Offer good n ews for older people and for people WOrried about getting older. ReSearCherS found that people become happier and experie nce less worry after they reach the age of 50.ln fact, they Say by the age of 85, people are happier With their life tha n they Were Whe n they Were 18 years old. The findings Came from a SUrVey of more than 340, OOO adults in the United States. The Gallup OrganiZation questiOned them by telephone. At that time, the people Were between the ages of 18 and 85.The researchers asked questi OnS about emoti on s, like happ in ess, Sad ness and worry. They also asked about mental (气质) Or emotiOnal stress. ArthUr Stonein the DePartme nt of PSyChiatry and BehaVioral SCienCe at Stony Brook Uni VerSity in NeW York led the study. HiS team found that levels of StreSS Were highest among adults between the ages of 24 and 25.The findings ShOWed that StreSS levels dropped SharPIy after people reached their fifties. The StUdy also ShOWed that men and women have SimiIar feeling Patterns as they grow older. However, wome n at all ages reported more Sad ness, StreSS and worry tha n men. ReSearCherS Say they do not know Why happ in ess in CreaSeS as people get older. One theory is that, as people grow older, they grow more tha nkful for What they have and have better Con trol of their feelings. So they SPend less time thinking about bad experiences. PrOfeSSOr Stone SayS the emoti Onal Patter ns could be Conn ected With Cha nges in how people See the world, or maybe even Cha nges in brain ChemiStry. The researchers also Con Sidered POSSibIe in flue nces like havi ng young ChiIdre n, being Un employed (被解雇) Or being sin gle. BUt they found that in flue nces like these did not affect (影响) the levels of happ in ess. Who would PrObabIy show the greatest interest in the passage? Those who are WOrried about getting old. Those who are Sin gle and Un employed. Those