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  3. 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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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.
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选项 A、however
B、while
C、if
D、because
答案B
解析 语篇衔接题。根据这句话的意思，可判断前半句和后半句是转折关系。[B]while作连词时既可表示“当……的时候”，也可表示“然而，虽然”，故入选。[A]however表示“但是，不管怎样”时，词性为副词，而此处应选择连词；however也可作连词，表示“不管用什么方法”，例如：Dress however you like．(你想怎么穿就怎么穿。)[C]if和[D]because引导从句，与原文中逻辑关系不符，故排除。
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