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You can’t buy happiness. However, it looks(1)______you can at least inherit it, British and Australian researchers said. A s
You can’t buy happiness. However, it looks(1)______you can at least inherit it, British and Australian researchers said. A s
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2013-10-11
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问题
You can’t buy happiness. However, it looks(1)______you can at least inherit it, British and Australian researchers said.
A study of nearly 1, 000(2)______ of identical and non-identical twins found genes(3)______ half the personality traits that make people happy(4)______ factors such as relationships, health and careers are responsible for the rest of our well-being. " We found that around half the(5)______ in happiness were genetic ," said Tim Bates, a researcher at the University of Edinburgh who led the study. " It is really quite(6)______. " The researchers asked the volunteers—(7)______in age from 25 to 75—a series of questions about their personality, how they worried and how satisfied they were (8)______ their lives. Because identical twins share the(9) ______ genes and non-identical twins do not, the researchers could identify common genes that(10)______ certain personality traits and predispose people to happiness.
People who are sociable, active, stable, hardworking and conscientious (11)______ to be happier, the researchers reported in the journal Psychological Science. " What this study showed was(12)______the identical twins in a family were very similar in personality and in well-being, and(13)______, the non-identical twins were only around half as similar," Bates said. "That strongly (14)______ genes. " The(15)______are an important piece of the puzzle for researchers(16)______ to better understand depression and(17)______makes different people happy or unhappy, Bates said. People with positive inherited personality traits may, in effect, also have a reserve of happiness to(18)______ in stressful times,he said.
"An important implication is that personality traits of being(19)______, calm and reliable provide a resource, we called it ’ affective reserve,’ that(20)______ future happiness" Bates said.
(6)
选项
A、strange
B、surprising
C、interesting
D、satisfying
答案
B
解析
形容词辨析题。根据这句话的意思可判断,对于这项研究的发现,作为项目负责人的Tim Bates也是感到非常惊讶的。故选[B]。[A]strange表示“奇怪的”,[C]interesting表示“有趣的”,[D]satisfying表示“令人满意的”,均与句意不符,排除。
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