Chapter 4 Review—Who Lives Longer?

Name: Phan Thi Ngoc Anh

Date:30/12/2000

TASK 1

Focus: Information Recall Read the questions first. Then read the passages on
Student Book pages 77–79 and 88–89 again. Close your book and answer the
questions without looking at the passages.

1. Who typically lives longer—men or women? By how many years?

Women lives longer than men—at birth, their life expectancy is about seven
to eight years more.

2. Name three health practices that can improve your longevity.

a. Don’t smoke.

b. Eat breakfast regularly.

c. Sleep about eight hours a night.

3. According to Dr. Byung Yu, what is the most important thing you can do to
increase your longevity?

According to Dr. Byung Yu, the most important thing we can do to increase
our longevity is cutting calories. ‘’Eating less has a more profound and diversified
effect on the aging process than does any other lifestyle change’’, says Byung P.
Yu, Ph.D.

4. Is all stress bad for you? Explain.

Not all stress is bad because some kinds of stress enhance immune
function by 20 to 30 percent.

TASK 2

Focus: Vocabulary Cloze Read the passage below. Choose the best word for
each blank from the box. Use each word once.
birth changeable demands declining
expectancy heredity landmark longevity
population profound

What is the secret of living longer? A (1) landmark study shows that there are
seven health habits that can improve your (2) longevity. Some genetic factors are
fixed by (3) heredity, but by contrast, the seven habits are (4) changeable. If you
adopt these habits, they are likely to have a (5) profound impact on your life span.
In Taiwan, sociologists are studying important changes in the (6) population. The
(7) birth rate, the number of new births per thousand people, is (8) declining every
year. At the same time, life (9) expectancy is rising, resulting in a growing
proportion of elderly people. Social scientists predict this trend will put new (10)
demands on society.