单选题
In the recent past, medical researchers have shown that heart disease is associated with certain factors in our day-to-day lives: with stress, with smoking, with poor nutrition (营养), and with a {{U}}(51) {{/U}} of exercise. Doctors and other health experts have been {{U}}(52) {{/U}} the fact that we can often reduce the {{U}}(53) {{/U}} of heart disease by paying more attention to these factors.
More and more people are realizing that there is a {{U}}(54) {{/U}} between heart disease and the way they live. As a result of this new {{U}}(55) {{/U}}, attitudes toward health are changing:In the past, people tend to think that it was sufficient for good health to have a good doctor who could be {{U}}(56) {{/U}} on to know exactly what to do when they became ill. {{U}}(57) {{/U}} they are realizing that merely receiving the best treatment {{U}}(58) {{/U}} illness or injury "is not enough. They are learning that they must {{U}}(59) {{/U}} more responsibility for their own health. Today many people are changing their dietary {{U}}(60) {{/U}} and eating food with less fat and cholesterol(胆固醇). Many are paying more attention to reducing {{U}}(61) {{/U}} in their lives. The number of smokers in the United States is now far below the level of twenty years ago because many people succeed in breaking the habit and as fewer people {{U}}(62) {{/U}} it up. More and more are aware of the {{U}}(63) {{/U}} of regular exercise like walking, running, or swimming, some have begun to walk or ride bicycles to work instead of made. Millions have become members of health clubs and have made health clubs one of the fastest growing businesses in the United States today. And now the {{U}}(64) {{/U}} effects of these changing attitudes and behaviors are beginning to appear: a(n) {{U}}(65) {{/U}} decrease in deaths from heart disease.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[同型] lack of与shortage of都可表示“缺乏、不足”。lack指东西不足或完全没有,可说a complete/distinct/total lack of sth.,例如:Lack of vitamin B can produce a variety of symptoms. shortage指东西缺乏,例如:a shortage of water/gasoline/energy etC.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[直接定位] 此句的时态为现在完成进行时。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[固定搭配] reduce the risk of…意为“减少/降低……的危险”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[词义辨析] connection意为“联系、关系”,如:a connection between …and…合句意。combination意为“联合、结合、组合”,如:a combination of two colors。conjunction意为“接合、联合、(语)连接词”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[前后呼应] awareness“意识”指代上一句内容。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[词组辨析] rely on和depend on一样,均可表示“依靠、依赖”,合句意。base on意为“以……为基础”,fall可以在fall back on的搭配中表示“求助干、转而依赖……”的概念。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[逻辑推理] 从该段第二句提到的“in the past,people tended to…”可知,作者是对比新旧两种观念,而不是表示意义上的转折或递进。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[直接定位] receive the best treatment for…意为“因……(疾病)而接受最好的治疗”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[固定搭配]take responsibility for意为“对……负责”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[词义辨析]dietary habit意为“饮食习惯”。habit指“个人习惯,习性”,合句意。而behavior表示一个人的行为举止;custom则是“社会或团体的习惯、习俗等”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[概括大意] 文章第一句提到stress是诱发心脏病的主要因素之一。文章中没有涉及减肥这一因素,故不选D项。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[词组辨析]take up意为“开始从事……”,合句意。give up意为“放弃”,put up意为“建造、搭起”,而hold up表示“耽搁、举出、举起”之意,均不合句意。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[代入] benifit意为“利益,恩惠(=favor)”,合句意。profit意为“(金钱上的)利润、(获得的)利益”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[串词] benificial为benifit之形容词,可说(sth.)be beneficial to…。例如:Swimming is beneficial to the health. influencial意为“有影响的”,不合句意。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[直接定位] encouraging意为“给人希望、令人鼓舞的”,合句意,其反义词为discouraging“令人沮丧的、气馁的”。而promising意为“有希望的,有前途的”。