（）some people regard as a drawback is seen as a plus by many others.

A.because

B.then

C.nevertheless

D.while

feel happier at work and less happy at home, according to studies by Mike Carson, professor of psychology at the University of Chicago.For men it was the 21.

In fact, the happiness lines on charts for men and women cross at about 5 p.m.when people 22 home.But by 8 p.m., women's happiness comes back after they have finished cooking and doing whatever they have to do, Carson says.

“For women, going to work is like an 23.Women think that nothing bad can happen at work.For the husband, work is where his 24 is on the line and home is like play,”Carson says.

What leads to happiness？ Part of it is handed 25 from birth.But a significant part of happiness 26 factors that you can influence: how much control you have over your life, if you have enough money to live on, if you have close personal 27 if you are doing something that challenges your mind and your skills.

Activities that make people happy are love or being loved, spare time activities and eating, 28 Carson.

Busy people are often eager to have some free time.But free time 29 won't make you happy.

“Generally when people have nothing to do, they don't feel happy.Free time is less happy-making than work.You have to 30 energy into making yourself happy.You have to make it happen.It doesn't happen on its own.”

21.A.same

B.opposite

C.similar

D.alike

22.A.leave

B.go

C.visit

D.are

23.A.emotion

B.animation

C.application

D.escape

24.A.intention

B.industry

C.identity

D.imagination

25.A.down

B.up

C.over

D.for

26.A.involves

B.interacts

C.interests

D.interferes

27.A.achievements

B.agreements

C.relationships

D.occupations

28.A.in spite of

B.according to

C.in regard to

D.opposite to

29.A.alone

B.lonely

C.alike

D.simple

30.A.involve

B.insist

C.invest

D.inspire

ho have retired are【C1】______ glad to exchange the routines of work【C2】______ the satisfaction that a more leisured life may bring. Many other workers are 【C3】______ to give up their jobs. The desire to continue working often【C4】______ harsh economic reality, for retirement usually brings a sharp drop in income. Some workers fear the loss of social identity that can result from 【C5】______ a job. They may be left with "nothing to do" ,and may find that they are【C6】______ a life with significant meaning and fulfillment. Those old people who would like to continue working are too often victims of【C7】______ is perhaps the most striking example of age discrimination, the practice of mandatory retirement,【C8】______ people are forced to give up their jobs【C9】______ when they reach a certain age. Until recently the precise age for mandatory retirement【C10】______ from job to job. The usual mandatory retirement age in the U. S. A. , however, was sixty-five.

The objection to mandatory retirement is that it throws people out of their jobs at a【C11】______ arbitrary age, with out any regard to their individual abilities. There is no【C12】______ to suggest that most people over the age of sixty-five or seventy are【C13】______ working; at the turn of the century, in fact,70 percent of men over sixty-five were 【C14】______ in the labour force. Mandatory retirement【C15】______ implies that people are capable of productive labour【C16】______ the day before their seventieth birthday, then【C17】______ become physically or mentally incapable of【C18】______ their jobs. It also implies that we treat all members of the same age group 【C19】______ they had identical competence or incompetence at their jobs when, in fact, the mental and the physical abilities of any group of people【C20】______ at the same time become more dissimilar, not more similar, as they grow older.

【C1】

A．only too

B．too

C．very too

D．not

A.Christians / Jews

B.Jews / Christian

C.oppressors / oppressed

D.people / Jews

A.remit

B.reply

C.regard

D.refuse

People usually _______ spring with sunshine and flowers.

A、regard

B、imagine

C、welcome

D、connect

A) due to

B) with regard to

C) regardless of

D) but for