VIII. Read the passage below and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. Write your answer in the numbered space given. (10pts)
Be happy – Live longer
Do happy people live longer? New evidence supports the idea that if you think positively, you are (1) _____ likely to live to a good age than a pessimist coming from a similar social background. (2) _____ is still not clear how happiness actually causes longevity. One possible explanation is that people probably (3) _____ better care of themselves if they see life as a positive experience, and of course, (4) _____ people feel healthy, they are more likely to be happy. Scientists tracked a group of people who had been interviewed in 1975 about their attitudes to ageing. They found that if people viewed getting older as a positive experience, they lived, (5) _____ average, seven and a half years longer than those who were more pessimistic. Ways of (6) _____ risk factors are well known: if you smoke or don’t exercise, you cut your life (7) _____ by one to three years, and doctors can advise their patients to change their lifestyles accordingly. But what, if (8) _____, can unhappy people do about improving their attitude? Personality may not be something (9) _____ we can change even if we want to, and scientists have (10) ______ to answer the question of how we can make ourselves happy.
1. A. much B. better C. more D. well
2. A. It B. There C. What D. Which
3. A. get B. bring C. spend D. take
4. A. when B. unless C. even D. although
5. A. in B. on C. at D. about
6. A. increasing B. lessening C. reducing D. accelerating
7. A. expectancy B. expectation C. expecting D. unexpected
8. A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything
9. A. what B. that C. while D. whereas
10. A. even B. likely C. yet D. therefore
VIII. Read the passage below and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. Write your answer in the numbered space given. (10pts)
Be happy – Live longer
Do happy people live longer? New evidence supports the idea that if you think positively, you are (1) _____ likely to live to a good age than a pessimist coming from a similar social background. (2) _____ is still not clear how happiness actually causes longevity. One possible explanation is that people probably (3) _____ better care of themselves if they see life as a positive experience, and of course, (4) _____ people feel healthy, they are more likely to be happy. Scientists tracked a group of people who had been interviewed in 1975 about their attitudes to ageing. They found that if people viewed getting older as a positive experience, they lived, (5) _____ average, seven and a half years longer than those who were more pessimistic. Ways of (6) _____ risk factors are well known: if you smoke or don’t exercise, you cut your life (7) _____ by one to three years, and doctors can advise their patients to change their lifestyles accordingly. But what, if (8) _____, can unhappy people do about improving their attitude? Personality may not be something (9) _____ we can change even if we want to, and scientists have (10) ______ to answer the question of how we can make ourselves happy.
1. A. much B. better C. more D. well
2. A. It B. There C. What D. Which
3. A. get B. bring C. spend D. take
4. A. when B. unless C. even D. although
5. A. in B. on C. at D. about
6. A. increasing B. lessening C. reducing D. accelerating
7. A. expectancy B. expectation C. expecting D. unexpected
8. A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything
9. A. what B. that C. while D. whereas
10. A. even B. likely C. yet D. therefore
