4 super-simple secrets to living longer,healthier and happier 

   Journalist Dan Buettner has spent over a decade studying the healthiest,longest-living people around the world,from residents of the Japanese island of Okinawa to the Greek island of Ikaria 一 so-called “Blue Zones”.

   Now,he's letting the rest of us in on their secrets in his new book,The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World's Healthiest People. Here are the most important longevity-boosting habits of 100-year-olds around the globe. 36

1. Find your group

   “Who you hang out with beats just about everything else when it comes to your health/' says Buettner. He found that the people who live longest surround themselves with people who support healthy behaviors. 37

2. Eat smart 

   The world's healthiest 100-year-olds stick with diets that are 95percent plant-based,says Buettner.38 British researchers tracked 65 ,000 people for 12 years and found that those who ate seven or more portions of vegetables and fruits every day lowered their risk of dying from cancer and cardiovascular （心腦血管的) disease by 25 percent and 31 percent.

3. Seek a purpose 

  Very old Blue Zoners share another quality: They have an activity,passion or career that motivates them and gives their lives meaning. Sense of purpose can come from a variety of sources,but volunteering is a common one. 39

4. Move it 

   40 What is unexpected: “They don't exercise,per se (本質(zhì)上) ，” says Buettner. “Instead,their lifestyles encourage physical activity.w They garden,bake bread and walk to the store or to work.

   A. “They eat a little meat,but mostly fish,” he says.

   B. They’ re still working,riding bikes,and enjoying life.

   C. For some people,a sense of purpose comes naturally.

   D. It's no surprise that physical activity also keeps Blue Zoners young.

   E. One explanation: “Health habits can spread like an infectious disease."

   F. Adopt even a few,and you’ 11 stand a better chance of living a long and healthy life.

   G. There's growing evidence that it not only keeps people healthier but helps people live longer.

話題:健康

本文是說明文。文章介紹了長壽、健康、快樂.的四個秘訣。

36. F。F項(xiàng)中的a few指的就是上句中的habits。

37. E。上一句介紹了一項(xiàng)發(fā)現(xiàn)，即長壽的人身邊都是有著健康生活習(xí)慣的人。E項(xiàng)對此進(jìn)行了解 釋——健康習(xí)慣是會傳染的，即互相影響。

38. A.本部分解釋的是飲食方面的秘訣。A項(xiàng)符 合本段主旨，They指代上文的The world's healthiest 100-year-olds .

39. G。G項(xiàng)中的it指代上句中的volunteering。研 宂發(fā)現(xiàn):從事志愿活動可以使人健康、長壽。

40. D.本部分是關(guān)于鍛煉的。D項(xiàng)(鍛煉使人年 輕) 符合本段主旨。

題目來源：2016年英語周報高三新課標(biāo) > 第51期 2015-2016高三課標(biāo)

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