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Feeling lonely can make you sick. Doctors have long known that loneliness can cause many health problems and even death. What they didn’t know is   16  this feeling causes illness. A study in the online magazine Genome Biology  17  that loneliness actually influences the important part of our bodies—our genes. In a small population of patients, researchers   18  more than 20,000 genes to compare how the genes of lonely and non-lonely individuals (个体) express themselves in molecular processes (分子过程) and in personal health. They found that gene expression is   19  in chronically (长期地) lonely people. “We now have a new way for understanding the relationship   20   social experience and physical health,” explains the study’s lead author, Steve Cole of University of California, Los Angeles. “This study—the first to link (联系)   21  with gene changes—is special and exciting,” says Emma Adam, a professor of human development at Northwestern University. “It   22  in the black box.” According to John Cacioppo, an author of the study from the University of Chicago, the work suggests that loneliness is a warning   23 , much like physical pain. “This feeling is so bad because   24  of us wants to be forgotten; that’ s also what human means,” he says. “It makes us   25  for other people and want to be with friends when we’re lonely.” 小题1: A．when B．where C．how D．if 小题2: A．explains B．talks C．replies D．answers 小题3: A．collected B．grew C．found D．surveyed 小题4: A．important B．different C．interesting D．difficult 小题5: A．in B．between C．about D．both 小题6: A．work B．health C．life D．feelings 小题7: A．fills B．makes C．builds D．repairs 小题8: A．note B．sign C．sound D．picture 小题9: A．each B．nothing C．any D．none 小题10: A．look B．live C．care D．think

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小题1:C 小题2:A 小题3:D 小题4:B 小题5:B 小题6:D 小题7:A 小题8:B 小题9:D 小题10:C

小题1:考查疑问词：他们不知道这种感觉是怎么导致疾病的。选C 小题2:考查动词：一项研究解释了孤独会影响人体的重要部分—基因。选A 小题3:考查动词：A. collected收集B. grew成长C. found发现D. surveyed调查，研究人员调查了20,000多个基因。选D。 小题4:考查形容词：长期孤独的人的基因表达是不同的。选B 小题5:考查介词：between…and…，在…和…之间，选B 小题6:考查名词：把感受uhe基因变化联系起来，这里的feeling就是lonely，选D 小题7:考查动词：A. fills填满B. makes使得C. builds建造D. repairs修理，这里指：填满黑盒子。选A 小题8:考查名词：A. note便条B. sign 迹象C. sound 声音D. picture图画，孤单是警告的迹象。选B。 小题9:考查代词：none of us我们没有人。选D 小题10:考查词组：care for关心，选C

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