[考研类试卷]考研英语二（完形填空）模拟试卷10（无答案）.doc

1、考研英语二（完形填空）模拟试卷 10（无答案）一、Section I Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D. (10 points) 0 The news about vitamins keeps getting worse. Many studies published in the last few years shows that a variety of popular supplem

2、ents dont do anything to reduce the risk of developing heart disease, stroke or a variety of cancers.But what about multivitamins? These combination pills, which【C1】_10 to 30 vitamins and【 C2】_, are the most popular supplements sold in America. A report published recently suggests they shouldnt be.T

3、he study【C3】_161,808 participants in the Womens Health Initiative, a long-term effort to【C4】_risk factors for cancer, heart disease and bone health in elderly women.【C5 】_in the nationwide study included white, black, Asian and Native American women. They were followed for an average of nearly eight

4、 years.【C6】_, 41.5% of study participants took some version of a multivitamin. Those women were more likely to be white and college-educated, live in the West, exercise and have a lower body mass index.However, women who took multivitamins werent any more likely to【C7 】_a diagnosis of breast, lung,

5、stomach, and other cancers than were women who didnt take multivitamins. Nor were multivitamins in general helpful in【C8】_heart attacks, strokes or reducing the risk of death from any【C9】_during the study period. The research team did find one【 C10】_benefit: The 3,741 women who took stress multivita

6、minsformulations【C11】_higher doses of several B vitamins along with an extra amount of vitamin Cwere 25% less likely to have a heart attack. No other correlations between vitamins and health outcomes were statistically【C12】_.The study provides【C13】_evidence that multivitamin use has little or no【C14

7、 】_on the risk of common cancers, heart disease or total mortality in elderly women.【C15 】_, researchers wondered, “Why do millions of Americans use a daily multivitamin for【C16】_disease prevention when the supporting scientific data are weak?“ Some physicians continue to【C17】_them for patients whos

8、e diets may have nutritional【C18】_. And since they dont require a prescription, many people simply【C19】_they are safe. But those assumptions may not be【C20】_, especially if people wind up overdosing on vitamins and minerals, the researchers wrote.1 【C1 】（A）generate（B） represent（C） contain（D）scrape2

9、【C2 】（A）fats（B） minerals（C） proteins（D）grains3 【C3 】（A）protected（B） assigned（C） marked（D）tracked4 【C4 】（A）accustom（B） concede（C） identify（D）overlook5 【C5 】（A）Subjects（B） Staffs（C） Designers（D）Interviewees6 【C6 】（A）Likewise（B） Overall（C） Therefore（D）Meanwhile7 【C7 】（A）live through（B） give away（C） hol

10、d back（D）ward off8 【C8 】（A）treating（B） predicting（C） surviving（D）preventing9 【C9 】（A）hurt（B） cause（C） distress（D）infection10 【C10 】（A）modest（B） prominent（C） subordinate（D）alternative11 【C11 】（A）with（B） on（C） for（D）in12 【C12 】（A）definite（B） essential（C） significant（D）glorious13 【C13 】（A）promising（B）

11、puzzling（C） convincing（D）embarrassing14 【C14 】（A）capacity（B） influence（C） connection（D）guidance15 【C15 】（A）Otherwise（B） Yet（C） Besides（D）So16 【C16 】（A）chronic（B） emotional（C） acute（D）psychological17 【C17 】（A）preserve（B） approve（C） recommend（D）administer18 【C18 】（A）needs（B） products（C） changes（D）gaps

12、19 【C19 】（A）complain（B） assume（C） anticipate（D）deny20 【C20 】（A）advanced（B） testified（C） warranted（D）regulated20 Last September, the U.S. government announced that its birthrate fell to “another record low“. Morally speaking, theres nothing wrong with this. Its【C1】_. in a way. All over the world, bir

13、thrates tend to fall a-long with economic development.The thing about an increasingly childless economy is that it has major implications for【C2 】_. It is confirmed by a new data from a Gallup survey【C3】_on the average daily spending of families. Even after you control for income, age, education, an

14、d【C4】_status, families with young kids spend more every day.What are parents spending on? Not just books, toys, and games. The Department of Agriculture【C5 】_surveys the many ways we spend on our kids, to the tune of about $14,000 a year. The【 C6】_majority of money goes to the【C7】_: housing, food, t

15、ransportation, and education. Housing is kind of funny, because young children tend not to have their housing units,【C8】_the parents are extremely well-off and the children are terribly misbehaved. The survey estimates the housing portion of spending by trying to【C9】_a few factors: the cost of an ex

16、tra bedroom, the cost of moving into safer【C10】_with better schools, and the cost of buying homes with larger yards.It is【C11 】_that on economic growth, some of the most discussed variables on editorial pages and cable news are policy choices like tax rates or international events. But buried【C12】_t

17、hese headlines is the glacier of demographics, the steady and unyielding force of human numbers to【C13】_the economy. The【C14】_in U.S. birthrates in recent years has almost certainly had a negative effect on consumer spending (and,【C15 】_, lower birthrates are probably an outcome of the recession). I

18、n particular, childless couples dont need space for more kids so theyre less【C16】_to buy homes in the suburbs,【C17】_demand for housing that badly needs to sell more homes. In other words,【C18】_families and less household formation【C19 】_the U.S. economy of housing and transportation spending, which

19、has historically accounted for half of family【C20】_.21 【C1 】（A）interesting（B） natural（C） beneficial（D）doubtful22 【C2 】（A）production（B） distribution（C） resources（D）consumption23 【C3 】（A）released（B） created（C） counted（D）informed24 【C4 】（A）marital（B） cultural（C） economic（D）healthy25 【C5 】（A）lately（B） f

20、airly（C） annually（D）hardly26 【C6 】（A）impressive（B） potential（C） absurd（D）overwhelming27 【C7 】（A）commodities（B） basics（C） equipment（D）accommodations28 【C8 】（A）until（B） since（C） unless（D）if29 【C9 】（A）account for（B） abide by（C） answer to（D）back up30 【C10 】（A）environment（B） apartments（C） communities（D）c

21、ountryside31 【C11 】（A）important（B） surprised（C） definite（D）common32 【C12 】（A）behind（B） underneath（C） around（D）between33 【C13 】（A）conquer（B） handle（C） describe（D）shape34 【C14 】（A）drop（B） tumble（C） news（D）survey35 【C15 】（A）in general（B） in brief（C） in turn（D）in consequence36 【C16 】（A）silly（B） likely（C） costly（D）lively37 【C17 】（A）increasing（B） creating（C） depressing（D）eliminating38 【C18 】（A）smaller（B） poorer（C） younger（D）smarter39 【C19 】（A）warns（B） deprives（C） reminds（D）clears40 【C20 】（A）assets（B） events（C） troubles（D）expenditures