Old age may not sound exciting. But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older. Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of fifty. In fact, they say by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were when they were eighteen years old.

The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, sadness and worry. They also asked about mental or emotional stress. They also found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five.The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.

The study also showed that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.

Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older. One theory is that, as people grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.

1.When will people become happier and experience less worry?

A. 18 years old     B. 80 years old     C. 50 years old    D. 25 years old

2.What does the underlined word“emotions”mean in Paragragh Two?

A. 体力           B. 情感          C. 智力         D. 目标

3.Who has the most sadness, stress and worry?

A. a fifty-year-old man             B. a fifty-year-old woman

C. a twenty-five-year-old woman       D. a twenty-five-year-old man

4.According to the last paragraph, why may people be happier at an older age?

A. They are more thankful for what they have

B. They have better control of their emotions

C. They spend less time thinking about their bad experiences

D. All of the above.

Knowing about yourself means not only you find what you are good at and what you like，it 1  means you find what you are not good at and what you don’t like．Both help you to  2  your aim（目标）in life．

Although most students would be  3  if they found they always failed a maths exam，they have learned a lot about  4  ．They know they should not become engineers  5  physical scientists，and they should not be good at  6  work．So failure（失败）can help a student have a much happier life if he or she draws the  7  conclusion（结论）from the failure．They may then make a decision  8  their aims and choose the kind of work they would like to do．

It is impossible to decide  9  or not you like something until you have tried it If you decide that you would like to play  10  ，you need to take  11   one lesson before you know whether you have any interest or ability．  12  is not enough to want to be a violinist．You also have to like the hard and long training  13  you become one．If you enjoy being a great violinist but  14   the work，forget it，please．It’s a good plan to try more when you are still young．And then you will come to a clever  15  ．

（    ）1．A．also         B．too                      C．either                     D．ever

（    ）2．A．look         B．see                      C．seem                     D．watch

（    ）3．A．excited       B．happy                  C．sad                        D．interested

（    ）4．A．himself      B．themselves           C．yourself                  D．herself

（    ）5．A．and         B．with                    C．or                          D．but

（    ）6．A．draw       B．drawing               C．count                     D．counting

（    ）7．A．right        B．wrong                 C．properly               D．bad

（    ）8．A．in            B．with                    C．on                         D．to

（    ）9．A．what        B．if                         C．where                    D．whether

（    ）10．A．basketball    B．the basketball   C．violin                     D．the violin

（    ）11．A．more than    B．less than       C．many more            D．no more than

（    ）12．A．These     B．Those                  C．It                          D．One

（    ）13．A．after      B．before                  C．when                     D．while

（    ）14．A．like        B．hate                     C．enjoy                     D．unlike

（    ）15．A．way      B．idea                     C．hope                      D．decision