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1、Unit3Ahealthylife**阅读理解Agingbringswrinkles,saggingbodiesandfrustratingforgetfulness.Butgettingolderisnotallbadformanypeople.Mountingevidencesuggestsagingmaybeakeytohappiness.Thereisconflictingresearchonthesubject,however,andexpertssayitmayallboildowntothis:Attitudeisevery
2、thing.Olderadultstendtobemoreoptimisticandhaveamorepositiveoutlookonlifethantheiryoungerandstressedopposites.Thebigquestioniswhyseniorsarehappier.Arecentstudysuggestsonereason:Olderadultsrememberthepastthroughhappymemories.Agingcanbringmorecheeraspeoplebecomemorecomfortab
3、lewiththemselvesandtheirrolesinsociety.Theolderadultssaidtheywereenjoyingmoretimewiththeirfamily,spendingmoretimeonhobbiesandhavinggreaterfinancialsecurityanddidnothavetowork.Butothersaredoubtfulaboutthelinkbetweenhappinessandgrowingolder."Thenotionthatthoseinoldagearehap
4、piestismisleading,"saidRichardEasterlin,aprofessorofeconomicsattheUniversityofSouthernCalifornia."Itisbasedoncomparingpeopleofdifferentageswhoarethesameintermsofincome,health,familylife."Easterlinadded,"Whenyoutakeaccountofthefactthatolderpeoplehavelowerincomethanyounger,
5、arelesshealthy,andmorelikelytobelivingalone,thenyouwillfindithardtoacceptthattheyarehappier.Infact,scientistshavefoundthataspeopleage,theirhealthdeclinesandsocialnetworksdisappearastheirfriendsdie,whichcanmaketheelderlylesshappy.Evenifonedoesgiveintoage'sdarkside,healthan
6、dhappinessdon'talwaysgohand-in-hand.It'sallaboutattitude.ResearchbytheUniversityofChicago’sYangsuggeststhatattitudeaboutlifeandhappiness,ispartlyshapedbytheerainwhichapersonwasborn.Itturnsoutthatindividualswhoadaptthebesttochangesalsohavethehighestexpectedlevelsofhappines
7、s.Despitetheconflictingfindingsaboutagingandhappiness,thegoodnewsisthattheredoesn’tappeartobealimittohowmuchhappinessonecanachieveinone’slife.“Mostpeopledesirehappiness,”Easterlinsaid.“Tomyknowledge,noonehasidentifiedalimittoattainablehappiness.”1.Whatdoesthelastparagraph
8、mainlytellus?A.Thekeyfactortoolderadults’happinessB.ThereisaconflictbetweenagingandhappinessC.No
