单选题 Everyone has suffered from headaches, but 21 recently medical researchers were not certain what caused them. Blew research is giving us more 22 about two common types of headaches: tension headaches and migraine headaches. The most painful 23 are migraines, which 24 about eight to ten percent of the time and are 25 as a very sharp, throbbing pain. Most headaches, 26 , are tension headaches. They are unpleasant, of course, but not as painful as the migraine 27 . Usually they are experienced as a 28 ache on both sides of the head or in the back or forehead. These headaches are caused by the tightening of the muscles of the head and neck, which 29 causes the blood vessels to narrow, making it difficult for the brain to receive the oxygen (water, nutrition, blood) it needs. This is what causes the pain. Migraines, 30 , result from the blood vessels in the brain enlarging, causing swelling in the brain. This swelling results in terrible pain. The headache may last for a day or two and 31 the individual sick and weak. Migraines are apparently 32 , because several individuals in the same family usually have them. Doctors believe that the brains of these individuals 33 in unusual ways to small problems, like failing a test or eating unwisely. 34 there are warning. 35 before a migraine occurs, such as spots appearing before the eyes or a sick feeling in the 36 . If the person takes medicine or caffeine as soon as he or she begins to feel the headache coming 37 , it can be 38 Caffeine and the medicine, called ergot, cause the blood vessels to narrow. Once the headache 39 , sleep and a cool 40 on the head may help.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 与not相呼应,用until。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 能与句意相配的只有information,此处意为“知识”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 与句中的are migraines相一致,此处应用复数ones。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] show up指“出席,到场”;come用来形容疾病出现不太恰当;与appear相比,occur更倾向于指偶然事件的出现。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 此处描述病人感受,用experience一词最为恰当,present是“呈现”之意。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 此处句意转折,所以用however,并用逗号与句子其他部分分开。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 此处的“疼痛”与sharp相对应,应用dull,表示“隐隐作痛”,其他词不能用来形容疼痛。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] variety意为“种类,多样性,多种多样”,此处指各种各样的偏头痛。variant意为“变量”,variation意为“变化,变种”,variance意为“变化,不一致”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 与上句相连,此处指一个原因引起的结果成为新的原因,环环相扣,所以用in turn。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] migraine headache与tension headache相对比,所以用on the other hand,而on the opposite没有这一意思。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] “leave sb.+形容词”,用来表示“使某人处于某种状态”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] inherited意为“遗传的”,下句作了解释:一个家庭的几个成员都会得这种病,natural意为“天然的,自然的”,common意为“普遍的”,inherent意为“固有的,内在的,与生俱来的”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 四个选项中,能与to相搭配的动词只有react。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 选项中never和unfortunately表示否定意义,与上下文意思不符。Coincidentally意为“巧合地”,不如sometimes更贴切。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] B、D都是单数形式,不能用于此处,而marks指有形的标志,所以signal最合适,此处指“警示信号”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] sick意为“恶心的”,只有胃里才会感到恶心。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] come on是一个词组,意思是“开始”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] can be avoided意为“可以避免”,其他的都不符合题意。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 此句意为“一旦疼痛发生”,用现在完成时较合适。另外,start要比act“行动”更符合句意,所以此处用has started。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] cloth是“布,布料”,clothe是动词“给……穿衣,覆盖”,clothes“(总称)被褥,各种衣服”,clothing意为“衣服(总称)”。