Successful aging is a psychological feat. Fear for__1__
death, for example, may sometimes oppress you.
even when this is successfully overcome, there is still
something for you to deal with-loneliness. Lonelinesscan
speed your demise no matter conscientiously __2__
you care for your body. “We go through lifesurrounded
by protective convoys of others,” says Robert Kahn, a psychologist of the Universityof Michigan
who studied the health effects of companionship. “People __3__
who manage to maintain a network of social support do best.” One study of elderlyheart-attack patients
found that those with two or more close associations __4__
enjoyed twice the one-year survival rate of those who
were completely alone.
Companionship aside, healthy oldsters seem to
share a knack for managing stress, poison that contributes __5__
measurably to heart disease, cancer and accidents.
Researchers have also been kinked successful aging __6__
to mental stimulation. An idle brain will deteriorate
just as sure as an unused leg, notes Dr. Gene Cohen, __7__
Head of the gerontology center at George Washington
University. But just as exercise can prevent muscle __8__
atrophy, mental challenges seem to preserve both the mind and the immune what most impresses researchers who study the oldest old is
his simple drive and resilience. “People who reach 100 __9__
are not quitters,” says Adler of the National Centenarian
Awareness Project. “They share a remarkable ability to
renegotiate life in every turn, to accept the inevitable losses __10__
And move on.”
參考答案:
1.把for改爲of
與fear搭配的介詞通常是of，表示對…的恐懼。
2.在no matter後面加上how
3.在studied前面加上has
本文的基調是一般現在時，此句的主語也是現在時，定語從句介紹Roberts做過的研究項目，所以用現在完成時比較合適。
4.把associations改爲associates
本句的意思是：一項對高齡心臟病人的研究發現，有兩個或者兩個以上親密夥伴陪同的'病人在一年危險期的倖存機率是完全無人陪伴的病人的兩倍。
5.在poison前面加上a
不定冠詞修飾不可數名詞，該名詞後面再加上定語成分對該詞進一步說明。
6.刪除been
7.把sure改爲surely
8.把but改爲and
本句與上一段最後一句在結構(just as)上相似，在意義上是遞進關係，不應該用轉折連詞銜接，用and合適。
9.把his改爲their
此處的代詞應該代替the oldest old， the oldest old 表示一類人可以用單數也可以用複數，但是下文提到這些年事極高的老人都用了複數，所以此處也要改爲複數，使上下文一致。
10.把in改爲at
詞組at every turn意思爲“ 時時，經常”。
