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2016年职称英语考试综合类B级完形填空预测题(6)

2016-02-04 14:01

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  Friends May Be Key to Living Longer

  Looking for the secret of a long life? Look closely at your friends. New research suggests that having a strong network of friends helps people live longer.

  "Older people with better social networks of friends were less likely to _____(1)over a 10-year follow-up (随访) period than older people with _____(2) friends networks," Lynne C. Giles of Flinders University in Australia told Reuters Health.

  But in what may come as a surprising finding to older people _____(3) rely on their children and other relatives, having a large network of relatives was not associated with longer life, according _____(4) Giles and her colleagues."

  Of course, that is not to say that social networks _____(5) children and other relatives are not important in many other ways," Giles said.

  Study after study has shown that elderly people who _____(6) connected with lots of people tend to live longer lives. _____(7), few studies have examined whether different types of relationships - with friends, partners, children and _____(8) relatives - have different effects on longevity (长寿).

  Giles's team set out to examine the relationship between various types of social networks and _____(9) in a group of almost 1,500 Australians who were at least 70 years _____(10). Volunteers answered _____(11) about their social networks and then were followed for 10 years.

  The researchers took into account several factors that could have influenced how long a person lived,_____(12) sex, age, health and smoking status.

  What the study showed was _____(13) older people who reported better social networks of friends were _____(14) likely to be alive at the end of the study than people with fewer friends.

  But relationships with children and other relatives did not have _____(15) effect on survival in the study.

  1 A die B live C work D stay

  2 A stronger B larger C poorer D newer

  3 A which B whom C who D those

  4 A to B at C on D by

  5 A by B on C in D of

  6 A are B is C was D were

  7 A However B Once C Further D Moreover

  8 A older B richer C other D some

  9 A longevity B loneliness C activity D happiness

  10 A big B long C ago D old

  11 A questions B doubts C studies D tests

  12 A including B taking C accepting D offering

  13 A if B when C that D this

  14 A more B less C very D most

  15 A each B every C all D an

  答案:

  1. A 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. D

  6. A 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. D

  11. A 12. A 13. C 14. A 15. D

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