2014高考英语完形填空十一月抓分练习（16）及答案
完形填空（议论文）The secret to happiness is keeping busy, research has found.
Keeping the mind 1 with tasks—no matter how meaningless— 2 negative emotions. However, the bad news is that humans seem born to be 3 in order to save energy, according to Professor Christopher Hsee, a behavioral scientist at Chicago University.
In a study 98 students were asked to 4 two surveys. After they had completed the first they were made to wait 15 minutes to 5 the next one. They were given a choice of 6 handing in the first survey nearby or at a more distant 7 they had to walk to. 8 option they chose, they received a chocolate bar. Two-thirds (68 per cent) chose the 9 option. Those who had taken the walk reported 10 happier than those who had 11 put. Prof Hsee 12 keeping busy helped keep people happy.
He said the findings, 13 in the journal Psychological Science, had policy implications. “Governments may increase the happiness of idle citizens by having them build bridges that are actually 14 ”, he proposed.
At the individual level, he advised: “Get up and do something. 15 . 16 there really is no
