2014职称英语卫生类B级考前每日一练

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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)。Giless 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 live B die C work D stay

　　2 A stronger B larger C newer D poorer

　　3 A which B whom C those D who

　　4 A at B to C on D by

　　5 A by B on C of D in

　　6 A is B are C was D were

　　7 A However B Once C Further D Moreover

　　8 A older B richer C some D other

　　9 A loneliness B longevity C activity D happiness

　　10 A big B long C old D ago

　　11 A doubts B questions C studies D tests

　　12 A taking B including C accepting D offering

　　13 A if B when C this D that

　　14 A less B more C very D most

　　15 A each B every C an D all

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