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Old And Active It is well-known that life expectancy is longer in Japan than in most other countries. A____1____report also shows that Japan has the longest health expectancy in the world. A healthy long life is the result of the____2____in social environment1. Scientists are trying to work____3____exactly what keeps elderly Japanese people so healthy, and whether there is a lesson to be____4____from their lifestyles for the rest of us. Should we____5____any changes to our eating habits, for instance, or go jogging each day before breakfast? Is there some secret____6____in the Japanese diet that is particularly____7____to the human body? Another factor____8____to the rapid population aging in Japan is a decline in birthrate. Although longer life should be celebrated, it is_____9___considered a social problem. The number of older people had____10____in the last half century and that has increased pension and medical costs. The country could soon be____11____an economic problem, if there are so many old people to be looked_____12___,and relatively few younger people working and paying taxes to support them. _____13___the retirement age from 65 to 70 could be one solution to the problem2. Work can give the elderly a_____14___of responsibility and mission in life. Its important that the elderly play active____15____in the society and live in harmony with all generations. | 
