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What surprises scientists is that the female heart sees very little loss of these cells. A healthy 70-year-old woman’s heart could perform almost as well as a 20-year-old one’s. “This gender difference might just explain why women live longer than men, ” said Goldspink. They studied more than 250 healthy men and women between the ages of 18 and 80, focusing on healthy persons to remove the confusing influence of disease. “The team has yet to find why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart, ” said Goldspink. The good news is that men can improve the health of their heart with regular exercise. Goldspink stressed that women also need regular exercise to prevent their leg muscles becoming smaller and weaker as they age. 56. The underlined word “longevity” in the second paragraph probably refers to “________”. A. health B. long life C. ageing D. effect 【解析】选B。词义猜测题。根据文章第一段的第一句 Why do men die earlier than women 及全文内容可猜出，本题的正确答案选 B。 57. The text mainly talks about ______. A. men’s heart cells B. women’s ageing process C. the gender difference D. hearts and long life 【解析】选D。 主旨大意题。根据文章第一段的第二句. . . the reason could be that men’s hearts go into rapid decline when they reach middle age. 和第二段中的 women’s longevity may be linked to the fact that their hearts do not lose their pumping power with age. 及全文内容可知，本题的正确答案选 D。 58. According to the text, the UK scientists have known that _______. A. women have more cells than men when they are born B. women can replace the cells that enable the heart to beat C. the female heart loses few of the cells with age D. women never lose their pumping power with age 【解析】选C。 细节理解题。根据文章第五段的第一句 What surprises scientists is that the female heart sees very little loss of these cells. 可知，本题的正确答案选 C。 59. If you want to live longer, you should________ . A. enable your heart to beat much faster B. find out the reason for ageing C. exercise regularly to keep your heart healthy D. prevent your cells