[考研类试卷]考研英语二（完形填空）模拟试卷131（无答案）.doc

1、考研英语二（完形填空）模拟试卷 131（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 Going hungry is a major contributor to ill health, particularly among children, and a new report reveals how long-lasting the da

2、mage can be.Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the University of Calgary performed the first longterm study on the【C1】_of hunger on general health,【C2 】 _children from birth to 21 years. Most studies to date have【C3】_only snapshots of childhood health,【C4】_the short-term impact o

3、f hunger【C5】_a period of time.In the new analysis, the scientists found that children who went hungry at least once in their lives were 2i-times more likely to have【C6】_overall health 10 to 15 years later, compared with those who never had to【C7】_food. “Our research shows that hunger and food insecu

4、rity are really damaging【C8】_childrens life chances,“ says lead author Sharon Kirkpatrick, a visiting fellow at NCI.The study supports earlier findings that【C9】_episodes of hunger are more likely to cause ill health than an isolated experience of starvation: children in Kirkpatricks analysis who exp

5、erienced two or more periods of hunger were more than four times as likely to report ill health than those who never went hungry. The relationship, she says, remained strong even after the team accounted【C10】_other factors that could influence health, such as age, sex and household characteristics l

6、ike income.【C11 】_one experience of hunger can have lasting effects on a childs health, a fact that is especially troubling in light of the sobering rise in U.S. households that were【C12】_to do without food in 2008: 15% of American families reported some【C13】_in the amount or quality of food they co

7、nsumed,【C14 】_from 11% the previous year.15 this study did not probe into the【C16】_mechanism by which hunger affects long-term health, Kirkpatrick【C17】_that both psychological and physiological factors may be at work. Aside from the obvious negative impact that missing key nutrients and calories can

8、 have on growth and development, she says, the psychological【C18】_of food insecuritynot being able to afford a【C19】_and high-quality source of foodcan be【C20】_to youngsters as well.1 【C1 】（A）possibilities（B） reasons（C） effects（D）disadvantages2 【C2 】（A）sustaining（B） tracking（C） training（D）supervising

9、3 【C3 】（A）expressed（B） confirmed（C） inferred（D）offered4 【C4 】（A）identifying（B） requiring（C） assessing（D）illustrating5 【C5 】（A）over（B） through（C） on（D）at6 【C6 】（A）poor（B） weak（C） perfect（D）sound7 【C7 】（A）fight for（B） go without（C） live on（D）deal with8 【C8 】（A）in contrast with（B） in front of（C） in cas

10、e of（D）in terms of9 【C9 】（A）small（B） surplus（C） endless（D）multiple10 【C10 】（A）by（B） to（C） for（D）with11 【C11 】（A）Even（B） Hence（C） But（D）Only12 【C12 】（A）powered（B） exposed（C） adapted（D）forced13 【C13 】（A）complaint（B） compromise（C） complements（D）confidence14 【C14 】（A）down（B） off（C） up（D）through15 【C15 】

11、（A）Once（B） If（C） While（D）Unless16 【C16 】（A）specific（B） advanced（C） continual（D）eternal17 【C17 】（A）convinces（B） concludes（C） speculates（D）doubts18 【C18 】（A）cause（B） stress（C） crisis（D）distress19 【C19 】（A）peculiar（B） critical（C） different（D）consistent20 【C20 】（A）visible（B） aggressive（C） harmful（D）sign

12、ificant20 Australian children are visiting social media websites at an increasingly younger age, a new survey suggests, with one in five “tweens“ (children between the ages of about 10 and 14) admitting they have chatted to someone online they do not know.The report Tweens, Teens and Technology“ by

13、online security company McAfee found that children in the tweens age【C1】_of 8 to 12 were【C2】_technology faster than expected, with 67 percent using a social media website【C3 】_the age eligibility for Facebook being 13, one in four (26 percent)【C4】_using the site although 95 percent said they had the

14、ir parents【C5】_to do so.The most【C6】_site for tweens was Skype (used by 28 percent),【C7】_children were also using Instagram, according to the survey of 500 youngsters geographically【C8】_of Australias online population.【C9】_the survey found that one in five tweens (19 percent) said they chatted to so

15、meone online that they did not know,【C10】_seven percent said they had shared personal information.Australias Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said it was【C11】_that children talk to strangers online. “It shows we must remain【C12】_to online threats,“ he said. The findings suggest the age at whic

16、h children first use social media is【C13】_, given a 2012 McAfee survey of teens aged 13-17 found the average age they opened their first social network【C14 】_was 13. On average, tweens were using three or four devices that can be Internet【 C15】_, with 66 percent of them【C16】_mobile phones and/or tab

17、lets. Fifty-four percent said they used a tablet for more than an hour a day.Most tweens use their devices to【C17】_the Internet, and on average spend about 1.5 hours a day browsing the web, the survey said. “Both parents and schools are encouraged to keep a close【C18】_on their childs online behavior

18、 to ensure they have safe online【C19 】_,“ said Andrew Littleproud, president of McAfee Asia-Pacific. “By working closely with child psychologists, we have seen that online behaviors firmly set in the tween age group so active education is【C20】_within eight to 12 age bracket.“21 【C1 】（A）structure（B）

19、gap（C） category（D）limit22 【C2 】（A）adopting（B） innovating（C） adapting（D）transferring23 【C3 】（A）For（B） Despite（C） During（D）By24 【C4 】（A）opposed to（B） cared about（C） admitted to（D）failed in25 【C5 】（A）wish（B） right（C） choice（D）permission26 【C6 】（A）popular（B） convenient（C） advanced（D）authoritative27 【C7

20、】（A）since（B） or（C） but（D）so28 【C8 】（A）independent（B） representative（C） critical（D）characteristic29 【C9 】（A）While（B） Yet（C） When（D）If30 【C10 】（A）almost（B） without（C） still（D）only31 【C11 】（A）amazing（B） tiring（C） troubling（D）frightening32 【C12 】（A）unknown（B） alert（C） silent（D）careful33 【C13 】（A）falling

21、（B） extending（C） rising（D）shortening34 【C14 】（A）email（B） shop（C） security（D）account35 【C15 】（A）funded（B） touched（C） enabled（D）confined36 【C16 】（A）focusing on（B） opting for（C） keeping to（D）applying for37 【C17 】（A）access（B） share（C） assess（D）avoid38 【C18 】（A）move（B） contact（C） monitor（D）control39 【C19 】（A）games（B） transactions（C） experiences（D）friends40 【C20 】（A）elementary（B） controversial（C） adventurous（D）critical