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根据短文内容及首字母提示,填写所缺单词,使其意思完整。
Many people around the world control how many steps they walk every day. This is because of studies that suggest 10,000 steps a day is enough to help us stay 1. h and live longer. A new study says just 4,000 steps a day could be the magic number for us to live well into old age.

Researchers 2. f the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine analysed 17 studies that looked at how far people walked during the week. The 3. s decided that 4,000 steps a day cut down the risk of dying of heart diseases and 4. o serious diseases. Study author Dr Seth Shay Martin said 4,000 steps is about a 30-minute to 45-minute walk, or about three to four 5. k.
The study came out in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. The research looked at health and exercise 6. i from nearly 227,000 people worldwide. They had an average age of 64. Some people 7. w in good health, while others suffered from heart problems.
Dr Martin 8. s his conclusion that 4,000 steps was helpful was a minimum. He said, "I don't want people to 9. t that such a magic number is enough. More is better." He added that if people walk an additional 1,000 steps a day, the 10. r of early death would be cut down by about 15 per cent. So remember that walking more is good for our health.

很多人都控制自己每天走多少步,这是因为研究表明每天一万步足以使我们更健康、更长寿。但一项新的研究表明,每天走四千步可能就可以使人们保持健康。
1. healthier 由下文的 longer 可知,对应填入比较级 healthier。
2. from 来自约翰斯·霍普金斯大学医学院的研究人员分析了17项研究。
3. scientists 定冠词 The 后填入名词作主语,由提示字母 s 可知,填入 scientists,与上一句的 Researchers 保持对应。
4. other 每天走4000步可以降低死于心脏病和其他严重疾病的风险。
5. kilometres 4000步相当于步行30到45分钟,或者大约3到4千米。
6. information 这项研究调查了全球近22.7万人的健康和锻炼信息。
7. were 一些人身体健康。people 与 in good health 之间缺少谓语,由提示字母 w 可知,填入系动词 were。
8. said 马丁博士说,他得出的4000步有帮助的结论是最低限度的。上下文均为一般过去时,本句对应用一般过去时,故填 said。
9. think 句意:我不希望人们认为这样一个神奇的数字就足够了。
10. risk 如果人们每天多走1000步,早死的风险将降低约15%。