三、閱讀測驗【請依照段落上下文意，選出最適當的答案】In one of the world’s longest studies of adult life, researchers at Harvard University have collected a largeamount of data from nearly 2000 adults on their physical and mental health. Over the years, researchers havestudied the participants’ health trajectories and their broader lives, including their triumphs and failures in careersand marriage, and the findings have produced startling lessons, and not only for the researchers. “The surprisingfinding is that our relationships and how happy we are in our relationships has a powerful influence on our health,”said Robert Waldinger, director of the study. Close relationships, more than money or fame, are what keep peoplehappy throughout their lives, the study revealed. Those ties protect people from life’s discontents, help to delaymental and physical decline, and are better predictors of long and happy lives than social class, IQ, or even genes.Researchers who have pored through data, including vast medical records and hundreds of in-personinterviews and questionnaires, found a strong correlation between men’s flourishing lives and their relationshipswith family, friends, and community. Several studies found that people’s level of satisfaction with their relationshipsat age 50 was a better predictor of physical health than their cholesterol levels were.The researchers also found that marital satisfaction has a protective effect on people’s mental health.They found that people who had happy marriages in their 80s reported that their moods didn’t suffer even on thedays when they had more physical pain. Those who had unhappy marriages felt both more emotional and physicalpain.Those who kept warm relationships tended to live longer and happier, said Waldinger, and the loners often diedearlier. “Loneliness kills,” he said. “It’s as powerful as smoking or alcoholism.” According to the study, those wholived longer and enjoyed sound health avoided smoking and alcohol in excess. Researchers also found that thosewith strong social support experienced less mental deterioration as they aged.
11. What is the study mentioned in the passage mainly about?
(A) Level of education and achievement
(B) Health and other aspects of life
(C) Income and social status
(D) Marriage and happiness