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  3. One in three employees with a commute(路程)longer than 90 minutes say they have had recurring neck or back pain in the past 12 mon

One in three employees with a commute(路程)longer than 90 minutes say they have had recurring neck or back pain in the past 12 mon

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问题     One in three employees with a commute(路程)longer than 90 minutes say they have had recurring neck or back pain in the past 12 months. Just about the same amount say they have been【C1】______with high cholesterol(胆固醇). Only 20% of employees with a commute shorter than 20 minutes report high cholesterol or back/neck pain.
    One of the most【C2】______findings of the study shows a strong【C3】______. between obesity and the length of your commute. According to a recent study,【C4】______30% of employees who commute for more than 90 minutes each day have a Body Mass Index that classifies them as obese. Less than 25% of employees with a commute shorter than 10 minutes are【C5】______as obese.
    Sadly, a long commute【C6】______your emotional wellbeing just as much as your【C7】______wellbeing. Employees with long commutes experienced lower levels of enjoyment and higher levels of【C8】______and worry than employees with short commutes. For example, 40% of employees with a commute over 90 minutes experienced worry for much of the【C9】______day. Only 29% of those with a 20 minute commute said the same.
    The average US employee spends 23 minutes getting to work each day, and one in five commutes more than 30 minutes each way. Only 3% of employees spend more than an hour commuting each way, but these numbers increase in the country’s largest metro areas.
    Your commute plays a major【C10】______in your physical and emotional wellbeing, and it could be the difference between loving and hating your job. Spending the extra money to move closer to your job and shorten your commute may very well be worth it.
A)categorized F)fatigue K)respectively
B)concealed G)physical L)roughly
C)correlation H)prediction M)stabilizes
D)diagnosed I)previous N)startling
E)factor J)reasonable O)threatens
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选项
答案O
解析 动词辨析题。空格前面有名词commute作主语，后面有名词wellbeing作宾语，故判定此处应该填入一个动词。根据句意可知，较长的通勤时间会——人的精神健康。后文介绍了长时间的通勤时间降低了人的快乐感．故推测所填空格应该表达“损害”之意。备选项中，threatens“威胁，危及”符合句意和形式上的要求。
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