英语四级 2022年12月·第1套 Part III Section A 完形填空（选词填空）试卷排版
英语四级2022年12月·第1套 Part III Section A 完形填空（选词填空）：共 10 题、占整卷 5%（710 分制折算约 36 分）、卷面选文共 221 个英文单词。本页按真题原卷版式还原该模块卷面（不含解析）；逐题解析在「题目解析」页，全文逐句精读在「原文精读」页；本模块真题可免费下载 PDF/Word，入口见上方本题行。
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真题卷第1套(2022-12) • 四级
Part III Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Researchers, writing in the journal Heart, pooled data from 23 studies and found that social isolation or feelings of loneliness were tied to an increased risk of coronary heart disease(冠心病) and strokes.
The studies included data from 181,006 men and women ages 18 and over. There were 4,628 coronary events and 3,002 strokes in follow-up periods 26 from three to 21 years. Three of the papers 27 loneliness, 18 looked at social isolation and two included both. Social isolation and loneliness were determined with questionnaires; the researchers depended on medical records and death 28 for determining coronary events and strokes.
The scientists found that loneliness and social isolation increased the 29 risk of having a heart attack or a death from heart disease by 29 percent, and the risk of stroke by 32 percent. There were no 30 between men and women.
"People have tended to focus from a policy point of view on 31 lonely people to make them more 32 ," said the lead author, Nicole K. Valtorta, a research fellow at the University of York in England. "Our study 33 that if this is a risk factor, then we should be trying to prevent the risk factor in the first place."
The authors 34 that this was a review of observational studies and did not 35 cause and effect.
A)acknowledge
B)certificates
C)connected
D)demonstrates
E)differences
F)establish
G)formats
H)measured
I)narrow
J)permanent
K)produces
L)ranging
M)relative
N)submitting
O)targeting
选文出处：本文选自2016年4月19日发表在 archive.nytimes.com 网站上一篇标题为“Loneliness May Be Bad for Your Heart”(《孤独可能对心脏不利》)的文章。