Directions: After
reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and
grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank
with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that
best fits each blank.
To Be
Joyful, To Be Young
What
really works to make sustainable changes in diet and lifestyle? It's probably
not what you think. In the past 30 years of conducting clinical research, I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(learn) that real keys are pleasure,
joy and freedom. Joy of living is sustainable; fear of dying is not.
Why?
Because life is to be enjoyed. There's no point {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(abandon) something you enjoy unless
you get something back that's even better, and quickly. When people eat more
healthfully, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(quit) smoking, and manage stress
better, they find they feel so much better, so quickly. It reconstructs the
reason for making these changes from fear of dying to joy of living.
When
you exercise and eat right, your brain receives more blood flow and oxygen, so
you become smarter, have more energy, and need less sleep. Two studies showed
just walking for three hours per week for only three months caused so many
neurons(神经细胞) {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(grow) that it actually increased the
size of people's brains!
Your
face receives more blood flow, so your skin glows more and wrinkles less. You
look younger and more attractive. In contrast, an unhealthy diet, lasting
emotional stress and smoking reduce blood flow to your face {#blank#}5{#/blank#}you age more quickly. Smoking speeds up
aging because nicotine contributes to your blood vessel becoming narrower, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}decreases blood flow to your face and
makes it wrinkle prematurely. This is why smokers look years older than they
really are.
One
of the most interesting findings was that the mothers' awareness of stress was
more important than {#blank#}7{#/blank#}was objectively occurring in their
lives. {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(give) a questionnaire, the women were
asked to rate on a three-point scale how stressed they felt each day. The women
who realized they were under heavy stress had significantly shortened and
damaged telomeres(染色体端粒) compared with {#blank#}9{#/blank#}who felt more relaxed. Contrarily, some
of the women who felt relaxed {#blank#}10{#/blank#}raising a disabled child had more
normal-appearing telomeres.
In other words, if
you feel stressed, you are stressed.
