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  3. Seventy-four-year-olds are the most【C1】______people in the population, according to a new research. Fewer responsibilities, fina

Seventy-four-year-olds are the most【C1】______people in the population, according to a new research. Fewer responsibilities, fina

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问题     Seventy-four-year-olds are the most【C1】______people in the population, according to a new research. Fewer responsibilities, financial【C2】______and more time to yourself leads to contentment【C3】______unknown in earlier life.
    According to the report from the teenage years until 40 happiness declines. It【C4】______off until 46 and then starts to increase until【C5】______at 74.
    Scientists from Germany and America【C6】______questioned 21,000 men and women how happy they were with their lives providing a【C7】______from one to seven—seven indicated complete contentment.
    Teenagers in their【C8】______teens marked themselves at around 5.5 which fell to around 5 by age 40.
    At 74 happiness averaged at 5.9. The report,【C9】______in the journal Social Indicators Research, said this could be due to older people being more【C10】______.
    It concluded: "【C11】______younger individuals, older people tend to place a greater emphasis on emotional aspects of social【C12】______and are likely to remember the emotional content of their experiences."
    Bringing up a family, buying a house and creating a career added to the【C13】______exp-erienced by those in their twenties and thirties.
    The change in happiness was apparently most【C14】______amongst British【C15】______. German men and women reported【C16】______stable levels of satisfaction throughout their lives.
    Dr Carlo Strenger, from Tel Aviv University, said: "If you【C17】______fruitful use of what you【C18】______about yourself in the first half of your life, the second half can be the most【C19】______."
    "Most people can anticipate a【C20】______life, if not a second career."
【C11】
选项 A、contrasted to
B、contrasted with
C、compared to
D、compared with
答案D
解析 固定搭配题此处意思是“与更年轻的人相比”，be compared with与……相比较，例如：Tom is the best player in our class，but compared with those players in the schoolteam，he’s just a big fish in a little pond．在我们班汤姆球打得最好，可是跟校队队员相比，他不过是矮个中的高个。be compared to“比作”，例如：They all started to comparehim to Lei Feng．他们都开始把他比作雷锋。虽然be compared with也可以表示“比作”，be compared to表示“比较”的含义，但是是比较少见的用法；contrast对比，例如：His actions contrast sharply with his promises．他的行动与诺言形成鲜明的对照。
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