Complete the paragraph by circling the correct words. How old are you? (1) ___ you in your twenties or thirties? If your answer is 'yes', then you probably (2) ___ stressed and maybe a little depressed about many things in (3) ___ life. However, researchers studying happiness found out something quite interesting. (4) ___ researchers recently interviewed 1,546 people between the ages of twenty and one hundred. (5) ___ learned that older people are much happier (6) ___ younger people. This information surprised the researchers (7) ___ older people have many health problems. The researchers are now (8) ___ themselves. "Why are older people happier with (9) ___ lives?" There is no one, clear answer to this question. The answer may be, however, that older people have learned how to (10) ___ differently. For example, a younger person might (11) ___ a problem as a very big and very serious one. A person who is fifty or sixty, however, might view that same problem as a small problem. As Professor Jeste, at the University of California, says, "a lot (12) ___ big things become little" for older people. So, if you are young and a little unhappy now, don't worry. You will probably feel happier when you are older.

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