MySpace and other Web sites have unleashed a potent new phenomenon of social networking in cyberspace ,【B1】______at the same tim

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问题     MySpace and other Web sites have unleashed a potent new phenomenon of social networking in cyberspace ,【B1】______at the same time, a growing body of evidence is suggesting that traditional social【B2】______play a surprisingly powerful and under-recognized role in influencing how people behave.
    The latest research comes from Dr. Nicholas A. Christakis, at the Harvard Medical School, and Dr. James H. Fowler, at the University of California at San Diego. The【B3】______reported last summer that obesity appeared to【B4】______from one person to another【B5】______social networks, almost like a virus or a fad. In a follow-up to that provocative research, the team has produced【B6】______findings about another major health【B7】______; smoking. In a study published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine, the team found that a person’s decision to【B8】______the habit is strongly affected by【B9】______other people in their social network quit — even people they do not know. And, surprisingly, entire networks of smokers appear to quit virtually【B10】______
    For【B11】______of their studies, they【B12】______of detailed records kept between 1971 and 2003 about 5,124 people who participated in the landmark Framingham Heart Study. Because many of the subjects had ties to the Boston suburb of Framingham, many of the participants were【B13】______somehow—through spouses, neighbors, friends, co-workers—enabling the researchers to study a network that【B14】______12,067 people.
    Taken together, these studies are【B15】______a growing recognition that many behaviors are【B16】______by social networks in【B17】______that have not been fully understood. And【B18】______may be possible, the researchers say, to harness the power of these networks for many【B19】______, such as encouraging safe sex, getting more people to exercise or even【B20】______crime.
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选项 A、pair
B、sociologists
C、spouse
D、universities

答案A

解析 本题要求考生判断空白处应填人的适当的名词。上文说,哈佛大学的Dr.NicholasA.Christakis和加州大学的Dr.James H.Fowler对社交圈落的影响做了最新的研究,空格后讲的是二者先前研究的内容。空格内需要填入名词代表两位研究者的身份,由此可见,选项[A]pair符合文义,后文再次提及两位研究者时,用team指代,再次证实了他们的合作关系。
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