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  3. Living standards have soared during the 21st century, and economists expect them to continue rising in the decades ahead. Does t

Living standards have soared during the 21st century, and economists expect them to continue rising in the decades ahead. Does t

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问题     Living standards have soared during the 21st century, and economists expect them to continue rising in the decades ahead. Does that mean that we humans can look forward to【B1】______happiness? Not necessarily, Richard, an economist at the University of Southern California, in his new book says that richer people are more likely to【B2】______ themselves as being happy than poorer people are. But steady【B3】______ in the American economy have not been【B4】______by steady and continuous increases in most people’s【B5】______ of their own happiness. There has been not progress in average happiness in the United States over almost a half century.
    The explanation for this【B6】______may be that more and more people become less【B7】______over time with a given level of income. As incomes rise, the【B8】______level does too, and【B9】______. "Money can buy happiness," Richard says, "People can feel happier only if one’s amounts get bigger and other people aren’t getting more." We might paraphrase his words as follows:【B10】______
    The future, then, to which the epoch of modern economic growth is leading, is one of never ending economic growth, a world in which ever growing abundance is matched by ever rising aspirations. In the end,【B11】______
【B6】
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答案paradox
解析 语义推断题。空格前是指示代词this，空格处应填入名词。上文指出，幸福感的增加和财富的增长并不是成正比的，而这是一种有悖常理的现象，因此推测空格处单词应该具有“悖论”之意。结合录音，不难填入paradox。
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