单选题 A. for          B. on        C. stress        D. profits      E. made
    F. connection    G. take      H. indicating    I. benefits      J. sufficient
    K. efficient      L. habits      M. as          N. improved    O. emphasizing
    In the recent past, medical research have shown that heart disease is associated with certain factors in our day-to-day lives: with stress, with smoking, with poor nutrition, and with a lack of exercise.
    Doctors and other health experts have been     42    the fact that we can often reduce the risk of heart disease by paying more attention to these factors.
    More and more people are realizing that there is a     43    between heart disease and the way they live. As a result of this new awareness, attitudes towards health are changing. In the past, people tend to think that it was     44    for good health to have a good doctor who could be relied on to know exactly what to do when they become ill. Now they are realizing that merely receiving the best treatment     45    illness and injury is not enough. They are learning that they must     46    more responsibility for their own health.
    Today many people are changing their dietary     47    and eating food with less fat and cholesterol. Many are paying more attention to reducing     48    in their lives. The number of smokers in the US is now far below the level of a lot of years ago     49    many people succeed in breaking the habit and as fewer people take it up.
    More and more are aware of the     50    of regular exercise like walking, running or swimming, some have begun to walk or ride bicycles to work instead of driving. Millions have become members of health clubs and have     51    health club one of the fastest growing businesses in the US today.
    And now the beneficial effects of these changing attitudes and behaviors are beginning to appear: an encouraging decrease in deaths from heart disease.
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【正确答案】O
【答案解析】动词词义题。题意:“医生和其他健康专家一直在强调一个事实。”emphasize:强调,符合题意要求。
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【正确答案】F
【答案解析】名词词义题。题意:“越来越多的人意识到心脏病跟生活方式之间有某种联系。”connection:联系,关联;表示事物本质上的一种联系,符合题意要求。
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【正确答案】J
【答案解析】形容词用法题。题意:“过去人们认为,有一个好医生对健康就足够了。”sufficient:足够的,充足的,符合题意要求。
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【正确答案】A
【答案解析】介词用法题。题意:“他们意识到,仅仅得到对疾病的最好的治疗是不够的。”for:针对……;介词for在此句中表示目的,符合题意要求。
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【正确答案】G
【答案解析】动词词组搭配题。题意:“他们必须对自己的健康更加负责。”take responsibility for:对……负责,符合题意要求。
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【正确答案】L
【答案解析】名词词义题。题意:“今天,许多人在改变他们的饮食习惯。”habit:(个人的)习惯,符合题意要求。
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【正确答案】C
【答案解析】名词词义题。题意:“很多人在注意减少生活中的压力。”stress:压力,紧张;该句中提到“in their lives”,因此stress是符合上下文语境的选项。
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【正确答案】M
【答案解析】连词用法题。题意:“因为许多人成功地戒烟。”根据下文,发现相同结构用的是连词as,所以这里选as。
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【正确答案】I
【答案解析】名词词义题。题意:“越来越多的人意识到锻炼的好处。”benefit:益处,好处,符合题意要求。
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【正确答案】E
【答案解析】动词词义及用法题。题意:“许多人已成为健康俱乐部成员,并使之成为美国发展最快的产业之一。”made:意为“使,使得”,后可跟名词短语作宾语补足语,符合题意。