We live in a culture which continually bombards ( 轰炸) us with advertising messages suggesting that “the good life” is “the goods life”. But such messages (1) _______ a false promise, because recent psychological research has not only make clear that money can’t buy happiness, but has begun to (2) _______ that when people organize their lives around the pursuit of wealth, their happiness can (3) _______ decrease. Research on how happiness (4) _______ to material wealth by psychologists clearly indicates that people are happier if they live in wealthy rather than poor nations. However, once individuals have enough money to pay for their (5) _______ needs of food, shelter, etc., money does relatively little to improve happiness. Further, increases in either national economic growth or (6) _______ income have much effect on changes in the personal happiness of citizens. Psychological research goes further than this, however, by showing that people who “buy into” the messages of consumer (7) _______ report lower personal well-being. Individuals who say that goals for money, image, and popularity are (8) _______ important to them also report less (9) _______ in life, fewer experiences of pleasant emotions, and more depression and anxiety. In addition to these problems with personal happiness, research (10) _______ that pursuit of material wealth also hurt social relationships and promote ecologically destructive behavior. A) suggests B) personal C) relatively D) attaches E) satisfaction F) relates G) tangible H) show I) basic J) interpret K) actually L) culture M) seemingly N) bear O) priority