Question

Peer pressure can be a powerful force, and sometimes a positive one. For example, hanging out with active peers may lead kids to   36   more, making a child’s social network a vehicle for promoting healthy habits and   37   obesity unconsciously.

       The scientists studied networks of a group of students aged 5 to 12 and   38  how the youngsters’ made and dropped friends, and    39  effect these changing relationships had on their physical activity level.

In fact, children   40   their exercise level little by little to better  41  those in their circle; children who 42  with more active students were more   43  to increase their physical activity levels,   44   those who befriended more sedentary(久坐不动的) children became   45   active. The children were mirroring, following or adjusting to be   46   to their friends before they knew it.

The encouraging   47   suggest a potentially effective way to change children’s behavior.   48   relying only on organized exercise programs to get moving, perhaps introducing sedentary kids to more active ones — might help more kids   49   the couch.

It’s believed that this is a possible novel approach to obesity   50  . The social environment does carry more power than we have given it   51   for, so we should make use of that intentionally to influence kids.

  52  that children are increasingly connected to one another,   53   through face-to-face interactions or virtual ones, their   54   networks can clearly have a deep effect   55  many aspects of their behavior-help kids in the long run by turning them into healthier adults.

36. A. sleep                B. move               C. exercise           D. eat

37. A. developing B. increasing C. introducing      D. reducing

38. A. tracked             B. informed          C. sorted              D. concluded

39. A. whose               B. what                 C. that                  D. which

40. A. adjusted           B. insisted            C. appealed         D. devoted

41. A. equal                B. compete          C. match              D. compare

42. A. left out              B. hung out          C. made out         D. figured out

43. A. likely                 B. possible           C. bound              D. due

44. A. while                 B. though             C. since               D. because

45. A. more                 B. permanent       C. less                 D. temporary

46. A. familiar              B. similar              C. popular            D. regular

47. A. causes              B. results             C. reasons           D. experiments

48. A More than          B. Less than        C. Other than       D. Rather than

49. A. get down           B. get off              C. get on              D. get over

50. A. prevention        B. introduction     C. discussion       D. information

51. A. honor                B. approval          C. agreement       D. credit

52. A. Considered       B. Given        C. Realized          D. Supposed

53. A. whatever           B. if               C. however          D. whether

54. A. social                B. natural             C. mental             D. physical

55. A. with                   B. for                    C. at                     D. on

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