O) discouragingly （6）
Can money buy happiness Yes, 47 the authors of a new study---but only to a point.
Psychology has shown that richer people generally rank the overall quality of their lives more 48 than poorer people do. At the same time, their actual happiness seems to be 49 less by their ability to buy more than by being able to keep up with those with comparable resources in their own age group.
\findings point to the possibility that, rather than promoting overall happiness, continued income growth could 50 an ongoing consumption race where people have to consume more and more, just to maintain a 51 level of happiness,\writes Glenn Firebaugh of Pennsylvania State University.
The study was 52 at the American Sociological Association's 100th Annual Meeting. Whether the rich are happier as a whole than their less 53 fellows is becoming an increasingly hot topic for debate. Recent years have 54 many writings on the \Richer people are happier because money can help purchase goods and
services and it is the 55 of these materials that increases one's enjoyment of life and one's sense of well-being. Firebaugh and his colleagues measured the age, total family income, and general happiness of 56 aged 20 to 64, generally considered the working lifespan (工作寿命 ) for most Americans.
Regardless of such standards as physical health, education, and marital status (婚姻状况), people's happiness was affected by what others earned. The higher the income of others in one's age group, the lower one's happiness.
A) constant F) consumption K) witnessed B) wealthy G) consequently L) rejected C) claim H) implement M) individuals D) deny I) automatic N) favorably E) motivated J) presented O) challenging （7）
Kitchen duties may have traditionally been viewed as women’s work, but not at the White House. Until now: Cristeta Comerford has been named executive chef (厨师) .
After an_ 47 six-month search, first lady Laura Bush announced Sunday that Comerford was chosen from hundreds of 48 to head the executive kitchen. A naturalized U.S. citizen from the Philippines, she will be the first woman and first 49 to hold the post. The 42-year-old Comerford has been an assistant chef at the White House for 10 years. She worked under former executive chef Walter Scheib Ill, who 50 in February.
Scheib said Sunday that Comerford was 51 the best assistant he had in his 30-year career and is a wonderful choice to take over. He said she is a great cook with an artistic eye and a calm manner that can 52 the pressure cooker (高压锅) in the White House kitchen.
Comerford has a bachelor’s degree in Food Technology from the University of the Philippines. She has worked at Le Ciel in Vienna, Austria and at restaurants in two Washington hotels.
While being executive chef at the White House is honorable, the job also can be 53 Comerford will be in charge of everything from state dinners for world leaders to dessert for the commander in chief,
his family and guests. The head chef is 54 for designing and executing menus for state dinners, social events, holiday functions, receptions and official luncheons (午宴) 55 by the president and first lady. The job pays 56 $ 80,000-- $ 100,000 a year.
A) responsible F) Undoubtedly K) applicants B) minority G) identical L) exhausting C) challenge H) handle M) skillfully D) extensive I) resigned N) regained E) approximately J) convince O) hosted （8）
The more time children spend watching television the poorer they perform academically, according to three studies published on Monday. 47 television viewing has been blamed for increasing rates of childhood obesity (肥胖) and for aggressive behavior, while its 48 on schooling
have been inconclusive, researchers said.
But studies published on the topic in this month' s Archives of Pediatrics (小儿科) & Adolescent Medicine concluded television viewing 49 to have an adverse effect (副作用) on academic pursuits. For 50 , children who had televisions in their bedrooms--and 51 watched more TV--scored lower on standardized tests than those who did not have sets in their rooms. In contrast, the study found having a home computer with 52 to the Intemet resulted in comparatively higher test scores. \computer had, on average, the lowest scores and those with home computer but no bedroom television had the highest scores,\Dina Borzekowski of Johns Hopkins University. The American Academy of Pediatrics has 54 parents to limit children’s television viewing to no more than one to two hours per day--and to try to keep younger children away from TV altogether.
In two other studies published in the same journal, children who 55 watched television before the age of 3 ended up with lower test scores later on, and children and adolescents who watched more television were less 56 to go on to finish high school or earn a college degree.
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