Money doesn't buy happiness, and now there's a study to prove it. Australian researchers found that people in well-off Sydney are among the most miserable in the country, while those in some of the _______ 26 _______ areas are much more satisfied with their lives. "Only at very, very high levels does money actually have any impact to act as a buffer (缓冲物)," said Deakin University researcher Liz Eckerman. "Money doesn't actually buy happiness and that's what was shown very _______ 27 _______ for the nearly 23,000 people we've _______ 28 _______ so far," she told ABC Radio.The findings, collated (比较) since 2001, _______ 29 _______ that while there are no extremes of wellbeing in Australia, the happiest areas had a lower population, more people aged 55 or over, more women, more married people and _______ 30 _______ income inequality. The survey _______ 31 _______ a person's satisfaction with their standard of living, health, relationships, life achievement, safety, community connection and future _______ 32 _______ . Robert Cummins, a professor of psychology at Deakin who compiled the survey's scorecard, put the _______ 33 _______ down to the higher cost of housing and high population _______ 34 _______ in cities. "People in these rural areas often have the advantage of _______ 35 _______ disposable income since the cost of living, particularly housing, tends to be reduced outside the cities," he told The Australian Newspaper.Of the 150 national electorates (选区) surveyed, one of the nation's poorest, Wide Bay in rural Queensland, was among the happiest.
Money doesn't buy happiness, and now there's a study to prove it. Australian researchers found that people in well-off Sydney are among the most miserable in the country, while those in some of the _______ 26 _______ areas are much more satisfied with their lives. "Only at very, very high levels does money actually have any impact to act as a buffer (缓冲物)," said Deakin University researcher Liz Eckerman. "Money doesn't actually buy happiness and that's what was shown very _______ 27 _______ for the nearly 23,000 people we've _______ 28 _______ so far," she told ABC Radio.
The findings, collated (比较) since 2001, _______ 29 _______ that while there are no extremes of wellbeing in Australia, the happiest areas had a lower population, more people aged 55 or over, more women, more married people and _______ 30 _______ income inequality. The survey _______ 31 _______ a person's satisfaction with their standard of living, health, relationships, life achievement, safety, community connection and future _______ 32 _______ . Robert Cummins, a professor of psychology at Deakin who compiled the survey's scorecard, put the _______ 33 _______ down to the higher cost of housing and high population _______ 34 _______ in cities. "People in these rural areas often have the advantage of _______ 35 _______ disposable income since the cost of living, particularly housing, tends to be reduced outside the cities," he told The Australian Newspaper.
Of the 150 national electorates (选区) surveyed, one of the nation's poorest, Wide Bay in rural Queensland, was among the happiest.
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本题主要考查词汇在语境中的运用，解题关键在于结合上下文的逻辑关系、语义以及固定搭配来选择合适的词汇。
- 第26题：
- 文中提到“well - off Sydney”（富裕的悉尼）和“the most miserable”（最痛苦的），形成对比。根据逻辑，这里需要一个与“富裕”相反的词来描述地区，即“最贫困的地区”。“poorest”是“poor”的最高级，符合语境。
- 第27题：
- “shown”是动词，需要一个副词来修饰，以说明“展示”的程度。“clearly”是副词，意为“清楚地”，“shown very clearly”表示“非常清楚地展示”，符合句子表达需要。
- 第28题：
- “people”是研究的对象，“interviewed”有“采访”的意思，“interview people”是常见的搭配，这里表示对近23000人进行了采访，符合文意。
- 第29题：
- 前面提到“findings”（研究结果），这里需要一个动词来表示这些结果所呈现的内容。“show”有“显示、表明”的意思，“The findings show that...”是常用的表达结构，符合句子逻辑。
- 第30题：
- “income inequality”（收入不平等），结合语境，幸福的地区应该是收入不平等情况较少的。“less”是“little”的比较级，可修饰不可数名词“income inequality”，表示“更少的收入不平等”。
- 第31题：
- “a person's satisfaction”（一个人的满意度），需要一个动词来描述对满意度的操作。“assessed”是“assess”的过去式，意为“评估”，“assess a person's satisfaction”表示“评估一个人的满意度”，符合语义。
- 第32题：
- “future”（未来），结合前面提到的生活各方面的满意度，这里需要一个与未来相关且能体现保障意义的词。“security”意为“保障、安全”，“future security”表示“未来保障”，符合语境。
- 第33题：
- 前文对比了幸福地区和富裕地区的不同情况，这里需要一个词来概括这种差异。“difference”意为“差异、不同”，“put the difference down to”表示“把差异归因于”，符合句子逻辑。
- 第34题：
- “population”（人口），结合城市的特点，“population density”是固定短语，意为“人口密度”，符合城市与农村对比的语境。
- 第35题：
- “disposable income”（可支配收入），根据“the cost of living, particularly housing, tends to be reduced outside the cities”（城市外的生活成本，尤其是住房成本往往会降低），可知农村地区的人会有额外的可支配收入。“additional”意为“额外的”，符合文意。