A)improves B)salesgirl C)rush D)regularly E)damage F) quarter G) contains H) never I) protect J) claims K) period L) search M) contacting N) findings O) thought //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// My mother would never allow me to eat sweets and chocolates. She said that chocolates were bad for me and that they would 1 my teeth. What would she say about the new research which says that chocolate is good for you? Over the last couple of years a number of surprising 2 have been made about chocolate. Chocolate 3 memory and helps children to pass exams. Can these claims be true? Researchers have found that men who eat sweets and chocolates regularly live for almost a year longer than those who 4 , or only occasionally eat them. This evidence comes from a study of approximately eight thousand American men a 5 of eight years. The longest living men were those who ate chocolate between once and three times a month. They cut their risk of death by a third. Men who ate chocolate and sweets once or twice a week cut their risk by a 6 . Even those men who ate chocolate more than three times a week live longer than those who never or rarely ate sweets or chocolate. It is believed that the answer to these 7 lies in the antioxidant effect of phenols which are found in chocolate. A small piece of chocolate 8 the same number of phenols as a glass of red wine. Phenols have found to help to reduce cholesterol and may help to 9 against forms of cancer. However, before we all 10 off to the sweet shop and eat all the chocolate we can buy, doctors advice against over-indulgence5. Research is still continuing. As with all things, the best advice is to eat all the chocolate you want to — but in moderation6. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// A)improves B)salesgirl C)rush D)regularly E)damage F) quarter G) contains H) never I) protect J) claims K) period L) search M) contacting N) findings O) thought