Are people less happy or more happy the older they get? If you answered more happy, then you were right, based on a study published two years ago. It found that people generally bee happier and experience less worry after age fifty. In fact, it found that by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were at eighteen.
The findings came from a Gallup survey of more than three hundred forty thousand adults in the United States in 2008. At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five.
Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of 22 and 25. Stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.
Happiness was highest among the youngest adults and those in their early seventies. But the people least likely to report negative emotions were those in their seventies and eighties.
The survey also found 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 did.
The researchers also considered possible influence like having young children, being unemployed or being single. But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to age.
So why would happiness increase with age? One theory is that, as people get older, they bee more thankful for all that they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.
Happiness is not the only thing that apparently improves with age. In a study published this year, people in their eighties reported the fewest problems with the quality of their sleep.
Researchers surveyed more than 150,000 American adults. The study, led by Michael Grander at the University of Pennsylvania, appeared in the journal Sleep.
The original goal was to confirm the popular belief that aging is connected with increased sleep problems. The survey did find an increase during middle age, especially in women. But except for that, people reported that they felt their sleep quality improved as they got older.
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The older you get, the 【小题1】 you are!
【小题2】 of a Gallup survey
People are happier with their life when they are at 85 than they are at 18. Happiness is highest among the youngest adults and those in their early seventies.
People in their seventies and eighties are 【小题3】 likely to report negative emotions.
Men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older, 【小题4】 that women always report more sadness, stress and worry.
【小题5】 for this phenomenon
People bee more thankful for 【小题6】 they have.
People can 【小题7】 their emotions better.
People spend less time thinking about bad experiences.
Effects of aging 【小题8】 sleep
On the one hand, sleep problems 【小题9】 during middle age.
On the other 【小题10】 , sleep quality improves as people get older.
happier
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(答案→)happier
解析：文章主要讲述的是关于年龄的一些调查研究。研究发现，人的年龄越大，幸福感就越强。文章也分析了这种情况的原因。
【小题1】根据“Are people less happy or more happy the older they get? If you answered more happy, then you were right,”可知，当一个人年龄越大，他就会感到越幸福。The older you get, the 71. you are!使用的是固定句型：the+比较级，the+比较级。故填happier。
【小题2】根据第二段的“The findings came from a Gallup survey...”可知，这些发现来自一项盖洛普调查。右边是对调查结果的总结。故填Findings/Results。
【小题3】根据第四段“But the people least likely to report ...seventies and eighties”可知，七八十岁的人最不可能出现消极情绪。故填least。
【小题4】根据第五段“However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men did.”可知，随着年龄增大，男人和女人有着相似的情绪类型，但例外的是，女人会有更多的悲伤、压力和担忧等负面情绪。except that...除了......。故填except。
【小题5】根据第六段“So why would happiness increase with age?”中的why可知，接下来讲的是原因，故填Reasons。
【小题6】根据第七段“as people get older, they bee more thankful for all that they have”可知，all 是先行词，that引导定语从句，all that相当于what，定语从句中that作宾语可省略，故填what/all。
【小题7】根据第七段“have better control of their emotions”可知，这里考查词形转换，需填动词control。故填control。
【小题8】根据第八段“Happiness is not the only thing that apparently improves with age...people in their eighties reported the fewest problems with the quality of their sleep”可知，幸福感不是唯一随着年龄增长而改善的问题，睡眠也是另一个。have effects on...对......有影响，故填on。
【小题9】根据最后一段“The survey did find an increase during middle age”可知，人到中年，睡眠问题会增加，这里需要填动词，故填increase。
【小题10】根据On the one hand可知，这里说的是另一方面，即on the other hand。故填hand。