In a British study between 1991 and 2003, people were asked how satisfied they are 11 their lives.
答案：(B) with
【句型】satisfied with 固定搭配，表示「對……感到滿意」。for／at／of 都不是 satisfied 正確的搭配介系詞。
satisfied 的中文是「滿意」，中文說「對……滿意」，你很容易照中文選 for 或 at。
答對率不到五成。這一格考的是字詞搭配，沒有推理可做，只能看認不認得：be satisfied with（對……感到滿意）。填進去讀成 how satisfied they are with their lives（他們對自己的人生有多滿意）。這一型的題目值得建立一個習慣：形容詞與介系詞是成組記的，不能靠中文推——中文的一個「對」，在英文裡可能是 with、to、at、about 或 for，一組一組記下來才可靠。
for、at、of 三個都是常見介系詞，形態上都放得進去，容易被順手選走，但 satisfied 固定配 with。順帶把幾個容易混的擺在一起：be satisfied with（滿意）、be angry with somebody（對某人生氣）、be surprised at（對……感到驚訝）、be afraid of（害怕）。
be satisfied with（對……感到滿意）、be content with（滿足於）、be surprised at（對……感到驚訝）、be afraid of（害怕）、satisfaction（滿意、滿足）、a smile-shaped curve（微笑曲線）。
Recent studies show that levels of happiness for most people change throughout their lives. In a British study between 1991 and 2003, people were asked how satisfied they are 11 their lives. The resulting statistics graph shows a smile-shaped curve.
Most of the people 12 happy and become progressively less happy as they grow older. For many of them, the most miserable period in their life is their 40s. 13, their levels of happiness climb.
Furthermore, it seems that men are slightly happier on average than women in their teens, but women bounce back and overtake men 14 in life. The low point seems to last longer for women—throughout their 30s and 40s, only climbing 15 women reach 50. Men, on the other hand, have the lowest point in their 40s, going up again when they reach 50.