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1、2019年高考英语阅读理解一轮练(3)李仕才AAgingbringswrinkles,saggingbodiesandfrustratingforgetfulness.Butgettingolderisnotallbadformanypeople.Mountingevidencesuggestsagingmaybeakeytohappiness.Thereisconflictingresearchonthesubject,however,andexpertssayitmayallboildowntothis:Attit
2、udeiseverything.Olderadultstendtobemoreoptimisticandhaveamorepositiveoutlookonlifethantheiryoungerandstressedopposites.Thebigquestioniswhyseniorsarehappier.Arecentstudysuggestsonereason:Olderadultsrememberthepastthroughhappymemories.Agingcanbringmorecheeraspeopl
3、ebecomemorecomfortablewiththemselvesandtheirrolesinsociety.Theolderadultssaidtheywereenjoyingmoretimewiththeirfamily,spendingmoretimeonhobbiesandhavinggreaterfinancialsecurityanddidnothavetowork.Butothersaredoubtfulaboutthelinkbetweenhappinessandgrowingolder."Th
4、enotionthatthoseinoldagearehappiestismisleading,"saidRichardEasterlin,aprofessorofeconomicsattheUniversityofSouthernCalifornia."Itisbasedoncomparingpeopleofdifferentageswhoarethesameintermsofincome,health,familylife."Easterlinadded,"Whenyoutakeaccountofthefactth
5、atolderpeoplehavelowerincomethanyounger,arelesshealthy,andmorelikelytobelivingalone,thenyouwillfindithardtoacceptthattheyarehappier.Infact,scientistshavefoundthataspeopleage,theirhealthdeclinesandsocialnetworksdisappearastheirfriendsdie,whichcanmaketheelderlyles
6、shappy.Evenifonedoesgiveintoage'sdarkside,healthandhappinessdon'talwaysgohand-in-hand.It'sallaboutattitude.ResearchbytheUniversityofChicago’sYangsuggeststhatattitudeaboutlifeandhappiness,ispartlyshapedbytheerainwhichapersonwasborn.Itturnsoutthatindividualswhoada
7、ptthebesttochangesalsohavethehighestexpectedlevelsofhappiness.Despitetheconflictingfindingsaboutagingandhappiness,thegoodnewsisthattheredoesn’tappeartobealimittohowmuchhappinessonecanachieveinone’s11life.“Mostpeopledesirehappiness,”Easterlinsaid.“Tomyknowledge,n
8、oonehasidentifiedalimittoattainablehappiness.”1.Whatdoesthelastparagraphmainlytellus?A.Thekeyfactortoolderadults’happinessB.ThereisaconflictbetweenagingandhappinessC.