Multiple choice

Old age is generally a depressing period because

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The functional declines of advancing age are depressing. The heart’s ability to pump blood drops about one per cent: blood flow to arms and legs decreases by thirty to forty per cent in old age. The amount of air a person can exhale after a deep breath lessens and the chest wall stiffens with age. However, recent studies have shown that most of these age associated declines can be delayed by exercise. Exercise lowers the resting heart - rate and increases the amount of blood pumped with each beat in older people. When stress is placed on bones through exercise, calcium content rises, with the result that resistance to fracture is improved.

  1. old people worry more than others

  2. old people tend to regret their past

  3. various organs of the body function less efficiently

  4. old people do very little work
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The functional declines of advancing age are depressing.

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