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  3. It is plain common sense—the more happiness you feel, the less unhappiness you experience.【C1】______ , recent research reveals t

It is plain common sense—the more happiness you feel, the less unhappiness you experience.【C1】______ , recent research reveals t

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问题      It is plain common sense—the more happiness you feel, the less unhappiness you experience.【C1】______ , recent research reveals that happiness and unhappiness are not really flip sides of the same emotion. They are two【C2】______ coexisting feelings that rise and fall【C3】______ .
     The recognition that happiness and unhappiness can coexist much【C4】______ love and hate in a close relationship may offer valuable【C5】______ on how to lead a happier life. It suggests, for example,【C6】______ changing or avoiding things that make you miserable 【C7】______ well make you less miserable but probably won’t make you any happier. That advice is【C8】______ up by an extraordinary series of studies which【C9】______ that a genetic predisposition for unhappiness may run in certain families.【C10】______ , researchers have found,happiness doesn’t appear to be anyone’s heritage. The【C11】______ for joy is a talent that you develop【C12】______ for yourself.
    Family members【C13】______ each other more in their levels of unhappiness than in their levels of happiness. And identical twins, a/ere much closer than【C14】______ twins in unhappiness,a finding that implies a genetic【C15】______ .
     Why is unhappiness less influenced by environment? When we’re happy we tend to be more【C17】______  to people and to keep【C16】______ connections better than when we’re feeling sad. This doesn’t mean, however, some people are born to be sad. Genes may predispose (预先安排)one to unhappiness, but disposition can be influenced by personal【C18】______ . You can increase your happiness through your own actions, regardless of your heritage.
    Psychologists have discovered some of the actions and attitudes that seem to bring people closer to that most desired of feelings. To begin to think about happiness may help us to understand not only what we have but possibly what we don’t have. By【C19】______ happiness we may be able to see more clearly what we really want,and we may also be able to ask ourselves【C20】______ what we want is worth getting.  
【C11】
选项 A、privilege
B、tendency
C、capacity
D、longing
答案C
解析 语义题，考查名词定义。此句本身就是对选项最好的解释。“The 72 for joy is a talent”表明这一名词有talent“才能，才干”之意，“that you develop 73 for yourself.”这一定语从句又表明这一名词有develop for yourself“自我开发”之意，因此C正确。privilege“特权，特别待遇”，tendency“趋向，倾向”，longing“渴望”，
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