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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 sugges

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问题                      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______(51) over a 10-year follow-up (随访) period than older people with ______(52) 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 ______(53) rely on their children and other relatives, having a large network of relatives was not associated with longer life, according______(54) Giles and her colleagues.
    "Of course, that is not to say that social networks______(55) children and other relatives are not important in many other ways," Giles said.
    Study after study has shown that elderly people who______(56) connected with lots of people tend to live longer lives. ______(57) , few studies have examined whether different types of relationships — with friends, partners, children and______(58) relatives — have different effects on longevity (长寿).
    Giles’s team set out to examine the relationship between various types of social networks and______(59) in a group of almost 1,500 Australians who were at least 70 years______(60). Volunteers answered ______(61) 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, ______(62) sex, age, health and smoking status.
    What the study showed was______(63) older people who reported better social networks of friends were______(64) 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______(65) effect on survival in the study.

选项 A、loneliness
B、longevity
C、activity
D、happiness
答案B
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