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1、高中英语外刊阅读语法填空October 161最孤独的人是谁？答案出乎你的意料The loneliest people are not the ones you thinkOlder people are often thought of as 1_(be) lonely. Maybe their partner has passed away and they live alone, and their age means they cant get around like they 2_(use) to.Research has shown how 3_(lonely) is bad fo

2、r our health.For example, one study looked at how being lonely can increase the levels of stress hormones in our bodies, 4_ have been linked to heart disease, diabetes, and dementia（痴呆）. Another showed how lonely people have a 50 percent increased risk of early death.But while we think of older peop

3、le being more solitary, and thus more lonely, this might not actually be true.According 5_ the work of Julianne Holt-Lunstad, a psychology professor at Brigham Young University in Utah, loneliness is actually at its peak among teenagers and young adults.Holt-Lunstad and her colleagues analysed 70 st

4、udies, and found that there were 6_(strong) risks of loneliness-related illness for under- 65s than over-65s.Also, the US National Social Life, Health and Ageing Project states that just 30 percent of older adults feel lonely 7_(fair) often.Older adults should not be the sole focus of the effects of

5、 loneliness and social isolation. We need 8_(address) this for all ages, Holt-Lunstad toldThe New York Times, which summed up the health impacts of loneliness in a recent article.If we recognise social connections as a fundamental human need, then we cant discount (低估)the risks of being socially iso

6、lated even if people dont feel lonely, she added.Being lonely and being alone are two different things. While older people might be alone much of the time, this doesnt mean they are 9_(happy) about it.In fact, people can feel lonely when theyre surrounded by others. Many lonely people are also marri

7、ed.Being unmarried is a significant risk, Holt-Lunstad told theNew York Times, but not all marriages are happy ones. We have to consider the quality of relationships, not simply their 10_(exist) or quantity.But its important not to overlook loneliness as something that can be detrimental(危害的) to bot

8、h our psychological and physical well-being too.Keys:1 being 2 used 3 loneliness 4 which 5 to6 stronger 7 fairly 8 to address 9 unhappy 10 existence 2 气候变化惹的祸：白毛动物恐将灭绝White-furred animals could die out because of climate change, study suggestsWhite-furred animals are in danger of 1_(die) out because

9、 climate change is causing a fall in snow cover, leaving them 2_(expose) and vulnerable（受攻击）, a new study suggests.Scientists in Poland have been following the worrying case of the white-coated weasel(白鼬), which sheds its tawny (黄褐色) covering in the winter for a milky coat allowing it to blend 3_(ef

10、fortless) into its icy environment.But researchers have discovered that between 1997 and 2007 the number of days with permanent snow cover in Biaowiea Forest, Poland, halved(缩短), from 80 to 40.4_ means that the little creatures are being caught out in a completely unsuitable environment, 5_ they are

11、 easy prey for predators (捕食者) like foxes and crows.The team at the Polish Academy of Sciences found that on days when there was little winter snow cover, the number of white-coated weasels they managed 6_( capture) fell to as low as 20 percent of the total, suggesting the rest had been killed.Previ

12、ously they would have been dominant, because their coats would have given them a 7_(survive) advantage. The problem is likely to affect other white-furred mammals and birds living in areas vulnerable to climate change such as the Arctic fox as the snow cover increasingly 8_(give) way to a landscape

13、of greens and browns.Scientists have recorded 21 mammal and bird species which turn white in the winter to hide 9_(they) in snowy landscapes including the mountain hare, the Siberian hamster(西伯利亚仓鼠), the collared lemming(环颈旅鼠), the white-tailed jackrabbit（白尾长耳大野兔） and the willow ptarmigan bird（柳雷鸟）.

14、Author Dr Karol Zub, toldThe Telegraph: “Definitely the same rules apply to all seasonally moulting(换毛) mammals and birds. “It is very probable that in the near future white weasels and stoats will disappear completely from many areas of Northern Europe and North America.They will either be replaced

15、 by brown morphs or they will evolve and moult later in the season, being only partly white for a relatively short period.”Dr Zub added: “We should not underestimate （低估）the power of natural selection. We hope that along with future climate warming, autumn temperatures will also increase, 10_(provid

16、e) an additional signal to the weasels to delay their moult.Keys:1 dying 2 exposed 3 effortlessly 4 It 5 where6 to capture 7 survival 8 gives 9 themselves 10 providing3 到2045年，全球1/4的人将患肥胖症，1/8的人将患2型糖尿病One in eight people set to have type 2 diabetes by 2045, says studyLast year, 14% of the global pop

17、ulation 1_(be) obese(肥胖) and 9% had type 2 diabetes. By 2045, 22% will be obese and 14% will be suffering from type 2 diabetes, estimates presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Vienna suggest.The implications（可能的影响） of the expanding numbers are severe for health systems in every country. D

18、iabetes UK estimates that the NHS spends 14 billiona year on the disease already, 2_ is about 10% of its budget. People with diabetes need monitoring, 3_(treat) and care for the serious potential complications(并发症) which can include amputations(截肢) and blindness.The study was carried out by scientis

19、ts 4_(fund) by the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, which makes diabetes treatments, together with the Steno Diabetes Centre in Gentofte, Denmark, and University College London. They say that 5_(prevent) type 2 diabetes rates rising above 10%, obesity levels must come down by a quarter. “The glo

20、bal prevalence of obesity and diabetes is projected to increase 6_(dramatic) unless prevention of obesity is significantly intensified. Developing 7_(effect) global programs to reduce obesity offer the best opportunity to slow or stabilize the unsustainable prevalence of diabetes. The first step mus

21、t be the recognition of the challenge that obesity presents and the mobilization(调动) of social service and disease prevention resources to slow the progression of these two conditions,” said Dr Alan Moses of Novo Nordisk Research and Development in Sborg, Denmark. “Each country is different 8_(base)

22、 on unique genetic, social and environmental conditions which is why there is no one size fits all(万能) approach that will work. Individual countries must work on the 9_(good) strategy for them,” said Moses.The tide could 10_(turn), he said, “but it will take aggressive and coordinated action to reduce obesity and individual cities should play a key role in confronting the issues around obesity.”Keys:1 was 2 which 3 treatment 4 funded 5 to prevent6 dramatically 7 effective 8 based 9 best 10 be turned