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  3. You can’t buy happiness. However, it looks(1)______you can at least inherit

You can’t buy happiness. However, it looks(1)______you can at least inherit

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问题     You can’t buy happiness. However, it looks(1)______you can at least inherit it, British and Australian researchers said.
    A study of nearly 1, 000(2)______ of identical and non-identical twins found genes(3)______ half the personality traits that make people happy(4)______ factors such as relationships, health and careers are responsible for the rest of our well-being. " We found that around half the(5)______ in happiness were genetic ," said Tim Bates, a researcher at the University of Edinburgh who led the study. " It is really quite(6)______. " The researchers asked the volunteers—(7)______in age from 25 to 75—a series of questions about their personality, how they worried and how satisfied they were (8)______ their lives. Because identical twins share the(9) ______ genes and non-identical twins do not, the researchers could identify common genes that(10)______ certain personality traits and predispose people to happiness.
    People who are sociable, active, stable, hardworking and conscientious (11)______ to be happier, the researchers reported in the journal Psychological Science. " What this study showed was(12)______the identical twins in a family were very similar in personality and in well-being, and(13)______, the non-identical twins were only around half as similar," Bates said. "That strongly (14)______ genes. " The(15)______are an important piece of the puzzle for researchers(16)______ to better understand depression and(17)______makes different people happy or unhappy, Bates said. People with positive inherited personality traits may, in effect, also have a reserve of happiness to(18)______ in stressful times,he said.
    "An important implication is that personality traits of being(19)______, calm and reliable provide a resource, we called it ’ affective reserve,’ that(20)______ future happiness" Bates said. [br] (11)
选项 A、intend
B、suppose
C、expect
D、tend
答案 D
解析 动词辨析题。[D]tend表示“倾向于，容易做某事”，例如：Paint tends toward bubbling and peeling over time．(油漆因年久而开始起泡并脱落。)根据句意，故选[D]。[A]intend表示“想要做某事”，[B]suppose表示“认为可能或很可能”，[C]expect表示“期望做某事”，均可以排除。
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