A.blameB.peakC.assessD.distinctE.experiencesF.burdenG.affectsH.leisureI.suggestsJ.factorThestressofreturningtoworkonaMonday

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A. blame        B. peak        C. assess        D. distinct        E. experiences 

F. burden       G. affects       H. leisure        I. suggests        J. factor

    The stress of returning to work on a Monday morning can cause a dangerous increase in blood pressure according to a study.

The Tokyo Women’s Medical University study shows blood pressure readings（读数、指数） are higher than at any other time of the week.

It may explain why deaths from heart attacks and stroke tend to   41   on a Monday morning. There are 20% more heart attacks on Mondays than on any other day.

Heart disease is Britain’s biggest killer. Around 270 000 people suffer a heart attack every year and nearly one in three die before they even reach hospital.

High blood pressure or hypertension    42   one in five people in the UK and is a major risk   43   for heart disease. The higher it climbs the greater the force exerted(施加) by blood on the walls of the arteries（动脉）when the heart beats.

To see how it changed over the course of a week researchers from Tokyo Women’s Medical University in Japan fitted 175 men and women with a device that would measure their blood pressure round-the-clock. A week later the volunteers returned the devices so that researchers could   44   how blood pressure had changed.

The results published in the American Journal of Hypertension showed a surge(振荡) in readings in those getting ready to go back to work on a Monday morning. Volunteers who stayed asleep did not experience an increase which   45   work-related stress is most likely to   46   .

“Most people are free of the mental and physical   47   of work on Sundays and experience a more stressful change from weekend   48   activities to work activities on Mondays ”said Dr. Murakami who led the research.. “But anyway there was a   49   peak on Mondays.”

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