Marriage brings as much happiness as an additional U. S. $ 100 000 in income , two researchers reported last week in a study called “Well-Being in Britain and the U.S. ”.

  Dartmouth College economist David Blanch flower and colleague, Andrew Oswald from Warwick University in Britain, studied 100 000 people over a 25-year period.

  They found that the overall level of happiness among Americans has declined in the last 25 years while the level for Britons has remained “relatively flat”, Blanch flower said in a telephone interview .

  “Women are happier than men, but the gap is closing. Women have more equality now but they are less happy than they were, ”Blanch flower said, attributing the drop to increased pressures and opportunities. “You are more equal, but life is tougher.”

  Money does buy happiness, but less than is generally thought, Blanch flower noted, saying, “You have to have a lot of money to compensate for a family breakdown. ”

  When the amount of happiness generated by a lasting marriage was compared to the happiness produced by financial circumstances, the author's statistical calculations showed that a lasting marriage brought as much happiness as an additional U.S. $ 100 000 in annual income .

  And, the chance of subsequent marriages making people happy were slimmer.

  “Most people said they were less happy in their second marriage than in their first and being separated is worse than being divorced," he said.

(1) The researchers found that ________.

[  ]

A.Marriage brings an additional U.S. $ 100 000 in income every year.

B.Americans are as happy as the Britons in the last 25 years .

C.Americans are much happier than the Britons .

D.Americans are less happy than the Britons in the last 25 years .

(2)“Women are happier than men, but the gap is closing .”It means“________.”

[  ]

A.Women don't have more freedom and equality now.

B.Women are no longer as happy as they used to be .

C.They are more happy than they were .

D.They have less pressures and opportunities .

(3) According to the passage, a lasting marriage compared to the happiness produced by financial circumstances ________.

[  ]

A.brought U.S. $ 100 000 in all .

B.brought an additional U.S.$ 100 000 in income .

C.is worth U.S.$ 100 000 every year.

D.brought as much happiness as a second marriage did .

(4) Most people said that ________.

[  ]

A.They were less happy now.

B.They were less happy in their first marriage .

C.Being alone is worse than being divorced.

D.Marriage can't bring them happiness.

(5)The passage intends to tell us that ________

[  ]

A.Money can buy happiness .

B.Lasting marriage can be more valuable.

C.An ever lasting marriage can bring people more happiness.

D.Marriage can always bring as much happiness as it is.

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