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It is plain common sense—the more happiness you feel, the less unhappiness

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问题      It is plain common sense—the more happiness you feel, the less unhappiness you experience.【C1】______ , recent research reveals that happiness and unhappiness are not really flip sides of the same emotion. They are two【C2】______ coexisting feelings that rise and fall【C3】______ .
     The recognition that happiness and unhappiness can coexist much【C4】______ love and hate in a close relationship may offer valuable【C5】______ on how to lead a happier life. It suggests, for example,【C6】______ changing or avoiding things that make you miserable 【C7】______ well make you less miserable but probably won’t make you any happier. That advice is【C8】______ up by an extraordinary series of studies which【C9】______ that a genetic predisposition for unhappiness may run in certain families.【C10】______ , researchers have found,happiness doesn’t appear to be anyone’s heritage. The【C11】______ for joy is a talent that you develop【C12】______ for yourself.
    Family members【C13】______ each other more in their levels of unhappiness than in their levels of happiness. And identical twins, a/ere much closer than【C14】______ twins in unhappiness,a finding that implies a genetic【C15】______ .
     Why is unhappiness less influenced by environment? When we’re happy we tend to be more【C17】______  to people and to keep【C16】______ connections better than when we’re feeling sad. This doesn’t mean, however, some people are born to be sad. Genes may predispose (预先安排)one to unhappiness, but disposition can be influenced by personal【C18】______ . You can increase your happiness through your own actions, regardless of your heritage.
    Psychologists have discovered some of the actions and attitudes that seem to bring people closer to that most desired of feelings. To begin to think about happiness may help us to understand not only what we have but possibly what we don’t have. By【C19】______ happiness we may be able to see more clearly what we really want,and we may also be able to ask ourselves【C20】______ what we want is worth getting.  [br] 【C3】
选项 A、independently
B、synchronically
C、individually
D、dependably
答案 A
解析 词义辨析。根据语义判断，第三句承接了第二句的意思，所以快乐与忧愁是截然不同的两种情感且各自有独立的起伏变化规律。因此A与C在这一层面上来讲都是合适的。但是文章强调的重点是两种情感体系互不影响且独立运作，故A更符合题意。synchronically“限于一时地”，dependably“可信任地”。
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