Men who exercise often are less likely to die from cancer than those who 1 , new research published in the British Journal of Cancer revealed yesterday.
A team of scientists from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden looked 2 the effect of physical activity and cancer risk in 40,708 men __ 3 _ between 45 and 79.
The seven-year study found that men 4 walked or cycled for at least 30 minutes a day had a 34 per cent lower risk of 5 from cancer than the men who did less exercise or nothing at all. 6 the period studied~, 3,714 men developed cancer and 1,153 died from the disease. The researchers suggest that half an hour's walking__7__cycling a day increased survival among these men by 33 per cent.
The researchers surveyed men from two counties in central Sweden about their lifestyle and the amount of 8 activity they were usually doing. They then scored these responses and compared the results__9 _data on cancer diagnosis and death officially recorded in a central cancer registry2over a seven-year period.
Lead author, Professor Alicja Wolk, said: "These results clearly show for the first time the effect that very simple and basic daily 10 such as walking or cycling has in reducing cancer death risk in middle-aged and elderly 11 "
Dr Lesley Walker, director of cancer information at Cancer Research UK, said: "This study gives us a clear indication that men who exercise are less 12 to die from cancer, and that they are more likely to 13__the disease if they get it. It's not entirely clear from this study
what role exercise plays in preventing 14 in men, but we do know that a healthy lifestyle can prevent up to half of all cancers3-and 15 exercise forms a key part of this. "
詞彙：
Registry n.登記簿 lead 口巧.帶頭的
註釋：
period studied：所研究的時間段內
on cancer diagnosis and death officially recorded in a central cancer registry：官方紀錄在癌症中心登記簿上的癌症診斷與死亡資料
ent up to half of all cancers：避免各類癌症不低於一半的數量
練習：
1.A don’t B didn’t C won’t D can’t
2.A on B for C at D by
3.A ranged B aged C ranked D listed
4.A which B who C whom D what
5.A recovering B turning C dying D surviving
6.A Dunng B Since C Despite D Between
7.A and B but C or D with
8.A mental B physical C psychological D artistic
9.A upon B towards C into D with
10.A exercise B life C work D style
11.A people B men C adults D couples
12.A possible B able C likely D apparent
13.A lose B miss C treat D survive
14.A disaster B cancer C mistakes D accidents
15.A random B rare C regular D rough
答案與題解：
1.A本句前面提到men who exercise omen，與他們相比較的顯然應當是“不經常鍛鍊的男人們”，即men who don’t。
2.C look at表示“觀察、研究”。
3.B between 45 and 79顯然指的是這些男人的年齡，因此應選aged。
4.B修飾前面的men一詞，因此應選限制性關係代詞who。
5.C根據上下文可以得知，經常鍛鍊的男人“死”於癌症的危險要小。
6.A此處顯然應選表示“在……期問”之意的during一詞。
7.C本段的第一句出現了walked or cycled，因此此處應選or一詞。
8.B短文的第二段曾出現過physical activity，因此此處應選physical一詞。
9.D將一件事與另一件事進行比較，應是compare…with…。
10.A根據上下文意即本句接下來給出的 as walking or cycling，不難推斷此處應選exercise一詞。
11.B短文的題目以及之前一直都在談論男人運動與否與癌症的關係，此處顯然應選men。
12.C前面多次提到，堅持經常性運動的男人死於癌症的可能性要小，possible和likely在漢語裡都可譯作“可能的”，但在英語中意思區別很大，前者側重於“存在”的客觀趨勢，後者側重於對“存在”的預期，因而可以說It is possible for them to do，而不說they are possible to do，所以應選likely。
13.D既然堅持經常性運動的男人死於癌症的可能性要小，那麼不難推斷這種男人即使得了癌症，存活下來的可能性也應更大些。
14.B短文全篇都在談論男人運動與患癌症的關係，此外，接下來又出現了prevent up to half of all cancers，因此此處應選cancer。
15.C前面提到每天運動帶給男人的好處，因此此處應選regular，表示“經常性的”
