課后練習:
1. …, whose study __________the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Mass.
A. have just been published byB. has just been published by
C. has just published byD. has just been published
2. With that data, they found which factors are associated __________greater happiness.
A. withB. inC. toD. of
3. Extra money does buy some happiness. But it is not as much as many would __________.
A. surroundB. surpriseC. succeedD. suspect
4. A 16-year-old __________has a lower level of well-being in adulthood.
A. whose parents divorcedB. who parents divorced
C. whose parent divorcedD. whose parents divorce
5. Blanchflower suspects the decline in the happiness level of Americans from the early 1970s to the late 1990s, __________rising incomes, may __________the rise in divorce.
A. despite; be attributed of
B. despite; be attributed to
C. despite; is attributed to (may+原形,因此C錯)
D. despite; be attracted to
6. Women's sense of well-being,__________.
A. though higher than that of men, but has fallen "noticeably"
B. through higher than that of men, has fallen "noticeably"
C. though higher than that of men, has fallen "noticeably"
7. Perhaps people __________their circumstances, relinquish some unfulfilled aspirations by the middle of their lives, and enjoy life more.
A. adapt to B. adopt in C. adapt inD. adopt into
溫馨提示:the +adj. 特指某類人,如the poor 窮人。本課中有those surveyed 被調查對象、the educated 受教育多的人,those less educated受教育少的人,因此再看到這樣的組合就不難理解了。