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Social isolation poses more health risks than obesity or smoking 15 cigarett

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问题     Social isolation poses more health risks than obesity or smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to research published by Brigham Young University. The【C1】________is that loneliness is a huge, if silent, risk factor.
    Loneliness affects physical health in two ways. First, it produces stress hormones that can lead to many health problems. Second, people who live alone are less likely to go to the doctor【C2】________, to exercise or to eat a healthy diet.
    Public health experts in many countries are【C3】________how to address widespread loneliness in our society. Last year Britain even appointed a minister for loneliness. "Loneliness 【C4】________almost every one of us at some point," its minister for loneliness Baroness Barran said. "It can lead to very serious health【C5】________for individuals who become isolated and disconnected. "
    Barran started a "Let’s Talk Loneliness" campaign that【C6】________difficult conversations across Britain. He is now supporting "【C7】________benches," which are public seating areas where people are encouraged to go and chat with one another. The minister is also【C8】________to stop public transportation from being cut in ways that leave people isolated.
    More than one-fifth of adults in both the United States and Britain said in a 2018【C9】________that they often or always feel lonely. More than half of American adults are unmarried, and researchers have found that even among those who are married, 30% of relationships are【C10】________strained. A quarter of Americans now live alone. and as the song says. one is the loneliest number.
A)  abruptly           I)   implication
B)  appointments       J)  pushing
C)  consequences       K) severely
D)  debating           L) sparked
E)  dimensions         M) splitting
F)  friendly           N) survey
G)  hindered           O) touches
H) idiom [br] 【C3】
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答案 D
解析 动词辨析题。分析句子结构可知，空格位于are之后，空格后面为“how+不定式”结构，相当于名词性从句，因此空格处需要填入动词的分词形式，与are共同构成句子的谓语。本句意为：许多国家的公共卫生专家正在________如何解决社会中普遍存在的孤独问题。由前两段可知，孤独带来很多危害，那么专家们需要研究如何解决这一问题，因此空格处应填入含有或接近“研究”意义的动词。备选词中只有D)debating“讨论”词义最接近，故为本题答案。
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