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  3. Thirty years ago, anyone blaming loneliness for physical illness would have

Thirty years ago, anyone blaming loneliness for physical illness would have

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问题     Thirty years ago, anyone blaming loneliness for physical illness would have been laughed at. But as scientists studied different populations, loneliness kept emerging as a risk 【B1】______. In one study,California researchers followed 4 700 【B2】______of Alameda County for ten years, starting in 1965. At first, the 【B3】______reported their key sources of companionship and 【B4】______the time they devote to each other. During the study, the people who reported the least social 【B5】______died at nearly three times the rate of those reporting the most. The source of companionship didn’t matter, but time spent with others was 【B6】______. Since then, researchers have studied men, women, soldiers and students from countries all over the world. And the same 【B7】______keeps emerging. Women who say they feel isolated go on to die of cancer at several times the expected rate. College students who report "strained and cold" relationships with their parents suffer 【B8】______ rates of hypertension (高血压) and heart disease decades later. 【B9】______. For those of us who are still healthy, the lesson should be obvious. 【B10】______. It’s equally clear that we’re growing more isolated. 【B11】______. The proportion reached 13% in 1960, and it stands at 25% today. [br] 【B6】
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解析 前后对照题。根据空格前的was可知此处应填入一个形容词，根据本句中的but可知，此处想要表达的意思应该与上句中的didn’t matter形成对比，didn’t matter意为“不重要”，因此此处所填词应表示“重要的”。结合录音填人critical，意为“关键的”。
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