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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.
