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A new economics paper has some old-fashioned advice for people navigating the stresses of life: Find a spouse who is also your best friend. Social scientists have long known that 【C1】______ people tend to be happier, but they debate whether that is because marriage causes happiness or simply because happier people are more 【C2】______ to get married. The new paper, 【C3】______ by the National Bureau of Economic Research, controlled for pre-marriage happiness levels. It 【C4】______ that being married makes people happier and more satisfied 【C5】______ their lives than those who remain single—particularly during the most stressful periods, like 【C6】______ crises. Even as fewer people are marrying, the disadvantages of remaining single have broad 【C7】______. It's important 【C8】______ marriage is increasingly a force behind inequality. 【C9】______ marriages are more common among educated, high-income people, and increasingly out of reach for those who are not. That divide appears to【C10】______not just people's income and family stability, but also their happiness and stress levels. A quarter of today's young adults will have never married by 2030, which would be the highest【C11】______in modern history, according to Pew Research Center.【C12】______both remaining unmarried and divorcing are more common among less-educated, lower-income people.【C13】______, high-income people still marry at high rates and are less likely to divorce. Those whose lives are most difficult could【C14】______most from marriage, according to the economists who wrote the new paper, John Helliwell and Shawn Grover. "Marriage may be most important when there is that stress in life and when things are going【C15】______," Mr. Grover said. 【C16】______marital happiness long outlasted the honeymoon period.【C17】______some social scientists have argued that happiness levels are innate, so people return to their natural level of well-being【C18】______joyful or upsetting events, the researchers found that the benefits of marriage persist. One【C19】______for that might be the role of friendship within marriage. Those who【C20】______their spouse or partner to be their best friend get about twice as much life satisfaction from marriage as others, the study found.
单选题1.【C1】
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】此处意为“社会科学家向来知道,______人士往往更幸福”。空格后面的because marriage causes happiness暗示此处应为“已婚人士”。故C.married符合题意.为正确答案。single“单身的”,engaged“订婚的”,divorced“离婚的”均不符合题意,故排除。
单选题2.【C2】
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】此处意为“但对于这是因为婚姻带来了幸福,还是越幸福的人越______走进婚姻,他们意见不一”。be more likely to为固定搭配,意为“更可能”,符合题意,故B.likely为正确答案。be more eager to“更盼望,渴望”;easy要构成比较级前面不加more,直接用easier就可以;be more excited to“更兴奋”均不符合题意,故排除。
【答案解析】此处意为“……特别是在压力最大的时期,如______危机”。联系上下文,可知,本文主要围绕“婚姻与幸福”展开论述,再结合本段具体内容,可推知the most stressful periods应指“人生阶段中压力最大的时期”,中年时期,人不仅要赡养老人,还要照顾妻儿,是公认的压力最大的时期,故B.midlife“中年”为正确答案。financial“财政的,金融的”,academic“学术的”,quarterlife“四分之一人生,青年”不符合题意,故排除。
【答案解析】此处意为“______的婚姻在受过教育的高收人人群中更普遍,而情况与之相反的人则越来越难获得稳定的婚姻”。联系末句的income and family stability和四个选项可知,stable“稳定的;稳固不变的”符合题意,为正确答案。normal“正常的”,constant“不断的,持续的”,poor“糟糕的”,均不符合题意,排除。