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1、选修6 Unit3 Ahealthylife一、阅读理解Agingbringswrinkles,saggingbodiesandfrustratingforgetfulness.Butgettingolderisnotallbadformanypeople.Mountingevidencesuggestsagingmaybeakeytohappiness.Thereisconflictingresearchonthesubject,however,andexpertssayitmayallboildowntothis:Attit
2、udeiseverything.Olderadultstendtobemoreoptimisticandhaveamorepositiveoutlookonlifethantheiryoungerandstressedopposites.Thebigquestioniswhyseniorsarehappier.Arecentstudysuggestsonereason:Olderadultsrememberthepastthroughhappymemories.Agingcanbringmorecheeraspeoplebeem
3、orefortablewiththemselvesandtheirrolesinsociety.Theolderadultssaidtheywereenjoyingmoretimewiththeirfamily,spendingmoretimeonhobbiesandhavinggreaterfinancialsecurityanddidnothavetowork.Butothersaredoubtfulaboutthelinkbetweenhappinessandgrowingolder."Thenotionthatthose
4、inoldagearehappiestismisleading,"saidRichardEasterlin,aprofessorofeconomicsattheUniversityofSouthernCalifornia."Itisbasedonparingpeopleofdifferentageswhoarethesameintermsofine,health,familylife."Easterlinadded,"Whenyoutakeaccountofthefactthatolderpeoplehavelowerineth
5、anyounger,arelesshealthy,andmorelikelytobelivingalone,thenyouwillfindithardtoacceptthattheyarehappier.Infact,scientistshavefoundthataspeopleage,theirhealthdeclinesandsocialnetworksdisappearastheirfriendsdie,whichcanmaketheelderlylesshappy.Evenifonedoesgiveintoage'sda
6、rkside,healthandhappinessdon'talwaysgohand-in-hand.It'sallaboutattitude.ResearchbytheUniversityofChicago’sYangsuggeststhatattitudeaboutlifeandhappiness,ispartlyshapedbytheerainwhichapersonwasborn.Itturnsoutthatindividualswhoadaptthebesttochangesalsohavethehighestexpe
7、ctedlevelsofhappiness.Despitetheconflictingfindingsaboutagingandhappiness,thegoodnewsisthattheredoesn’tappeartobealimittohowmuchhappinessonecanachieveinone’slife.“Mostpeopledesirehappiness,”Easterlinsaid.“Tomyknowledge,noonehasidentifiedalimittoattainablehappiness.”1
8、.Whatdoesthelastparagraphmainlytellus?A.Thekeyfactortoolderadults’happinessB.ThereisaconflictbetweenagingandhappinessC.Noonecandefi