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Old age may not sound exciting. But recent findings offer good news to older people and to people who are worried about     1     (get) older. Researchers have found that people become happier     2     experience less worry after they reach their fifties. In fact, they say at     3     age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were when they were eighteen years old. The finding     4     (come) from a survey of more than three hundred and forty thousand adults in the United States. It showed that stress levels drop     5     (sharp) after people reach their fifties. The people,     6     are least likely to report negative emotions, are those in their seventies and eighties. The study has also showed that men and women have similar     7     (emotion) patterns as they grow older. However, women of all ages report more sadness, stress and worry than     8     (man). Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older. Probably, one reason is that as people grow older, they grow more     9     (thankful) for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time     10     (think) about bad experiences.

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Recently, how to keep healthy has become a hot topic. Here are some easy steps in increasing your energy and giving you a     1     (great) level of health and fitness than before. Drink a glass of water     2     each meal. Then, water will help to fill your stomach so that you will     3    (natural) eat less. Eat breakfast every day. After a night of not eating, your body needs some fuel     4     (start) the day. Eat an apple a day. An apple is a quick,     5     (health) snack that fills your stomach and provides some nutrients and fiber. Do exercise. Setting a goal to walk after dinner every night is good, but     6     is all too easy to make an excuse when the time     7     (come). If you get into the habit of doing exercise, you will increase your fitness even on the days when you can’t go for a     8     (schedule) walk. One of the easiest ways to do this is to park your car as far from a store or your office building entrance     9     you can. This extra walk through the     10     (park) lot every day will, over time, increase your fitness level.

3 . We have no ________ as to where she went after she left home.
我们对她离家后去往何处毫无线索。

4 . Mr. Heath is the ________ Prime Minister of Britain.
希思先生是英国前任首相。

5 . Of these two men, the ________ is dead but the latter is still alive.
这两个人中，前者已死，而后者仍然活着。

6 . Be careful not to ________ the pavement when you’re parking the car.
你停车时，小心不要停上人行道。

7 . He ________ the horse and rode off.
他骑上马走了。

8 . ________ Jolmo Lungma is the highest mountain in the world.
珠穆朗玛峰是世界上最高的山峰。

9 . Gold is still a barbaric ________ whose value rises only when inflation is high.
黄金仍然只是未开化时代的遗物，其价值只在通涨高企时才会上升。

10 . He who does good comes to the ________ gate, he who loves reaches the shrine.
行善者站在神殿门口，博爱者步入殿堂。