英语四级 2022年12月·第2套 Part III Section A 完形填空（选词填空）试卷排版
英语四级2022年12月·第2套 Part III Section A 完形填空（选词填空）：共 10 题、占整卷 5%（710 分制折算约 36 分）、卷面选文共 244 个英文单词。本页按真题原卷版式还原该模块卷面（不含解析）；逐题解析在「题目解析」页，全文逐句精读在「原文精读」页；本模块真题可免费下载 PDF/Word，入口见上方本题行。
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真题卷第2套(2022-12) • 四级
Part III Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Parenting brings fathers more joy than it does mothers, according to a new study. The research examined three studies 26 more than 18,000 participants. Across all three, parenthood was 27 with more positive wellbeing outcomes for dads than for mums.
So why are fathers happier than mothers? "Fathers may fare better than mothers in part due to how they spend time with their children," said lead author Katherine Nelson-Coffey. In one study, the authors 28 that dads were more likely to take "playing" as an 29 activity both when caring for their kids and spending time with their kids. "Playing with their children likely offers parents opportunities to experience positive feelings and 30 closeness with their children," they say.
Fathers also did better than men without kids, reporting greater happiness, life satisfaction, and fewer 31 symptoms. They also reported greater connectedness and autonomy(自主). For mums, 32 , compared to women without children, the results weren't quite as positive. Mums reported greater autonomy, but also "greater trouble" and fewer positive 33 .
Mums reported happier moods while interacting with their kids, compared to other experiences, but not while engaging 34 in childcare. "This difference suggests that how mothers and fathers spend time with their children might have important 35 for their wellbeing," the authors write. They suspect that mums may be less happy than dads because they're more likely to have higher expectations about parenthood. As such, they're more likely to be "let down" by the experience.
A)additional
B)associated
C)composing
D)cultivate
E)depressive
F)directly
G)emotions
H)however
I)implications
J)interfered
K)involving
L)note
M)precisely
N)superficial
O)therefore
选文出处：本文选自2019年1月31日发表在 ww.universityofcalifornia.edu 网站上一篇标题为“Fathers Are Happier Parents Than Mothers,New Study Shows”(《新研究表明:父亲比母亲更快乐》)的文章。