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26. provide
27 abandoned
28 frequent
29 merely
30. biased
31 dependent
32 dampens
33 commitment
34 understandably
35 chances
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36.E we thought we would see
37.L of course, son and daughters
38.H an elderly person
39.M we all have our own ideas
40.N the daughter feared her mother
41.J as I was considering all this
42.F in the initial results
43.C I am about to make things
44.I such findings
45.G but when the researchers
【仔细阅读】
Passage one
46. B) It weakens in one’s later years.
47. D) Some of them begin to decline when people are still young.
48. C) They function quite well even in old age.
49. D) can put what they have learned into more effective use
50. A) find ways to slow down our mental decline.
Passage Two
51. A)to see whether people’s personality affects their life span
52. D) They are more likely to get over hardship.
53. C) Such personality characteristics as self-discipline have no effect on longevity.
54. D) Mothers’ negative personality characteristics may affect their children’s life spans..
55. B)Longevity results form a combination of mental and physical health.