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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] 【C9】
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答案 N
解析 名词辨析题。空格位于a 2018之后，因此空格处需要填入可数名词单数形式。本句意为：在2018年的一项________中，美国和英国超过五分之一的成年人表示，他们经常或总是感到孤独。由句意可知，空格处应填入含有“研究，调查”意义的名词，故本题答案为N)survey。
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