2013年职称英语卫生类完型填空专项训练(11)

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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