第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
Scientists find that hard-working people live longer than average men and women. Career women are ___36___ than housewives. Evidence shows that ___37__ are in poorer health than the job-holders. A study shows ___38___ the unemployment rate increases by 1%, the death rate increases correspondingly (相应地) by 2%. All this ___39__ one point: Work is helpful to health.
Why is work good for health? It is because work keeps people busy, __40___ loneliness and solitude (孤独). Researches show that people feel __41__ and lonely when they have nothing to do. Instead, the happiest are those who are ___42___. Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard. Work serves as ___43___ between man and reality. By work, people __44_ each other. By collective  activity, they find friendship and warmth. This is helpful to health. The loss of work __45__ the loss of everything. It affects man spiritually and makes him liable to (易于)___46__.
__47__, work gives one a sense of fulfillment (充实感) and a sense of ___48_. Work makes one feel his value and status in society. When ___49__ finishes his writing or a doctor successfully __50___ a patient or a teacher sees his students ___51__, they are happy __52__.
From the above we can come to the conclusion ___53_ the more you work, __54___ you will be. Let us work hard, __55__ and live a happy and healthy life.
36. A. more healthier   B. healthier      C. weaker         D. worse
37. A. career women   B. the busy         C. the jobless   D. the hard-working
38. A. that whenever   B. whether       C. that though   D. since
39. A. comes down to  B. equals to      C. adds up to    D. amounts to
40. A. /                  B. off                 C. in touch with  D. away from
41. A. happy, interested              B. glad, joyful
C. cheerful, concerned            D.unhappy, worried
42. A. busy               B. free           C. lazy              D. empty
43. A. a river                   B. a gap         C. a channel       D. a bridge
44. A. come across                 B. come into contact with
C. look down upon               D. watch over
45. A. means              B. stands        C. equals           D. matches
46. A. success                B. death       C. victory              D. disease
47. A. Besides               B. Nevertheless C. However      D. Yet
48. A. disappointment  B. achievement  C. regret    D.apology
49. A. a worker       B. a farmer        C. a writer        D. a manager
50. A. manages       B. controls      C. operates on    D. deals with
51. A. raise              B. grow        C. rise                 D. increase
52. A. in a word       B. without a word C. at a word      D. beyond words
53. A. that                B. which            C. what            D. /
54. A. the lonelier and weaker                B. lonelier and weaker
C. happier and healthier       D. the happier and healthier
55. A. study well                     B. studying well 
C. study good                    D. studying good