1、考研英语二（完形填空）模拟试卷 142（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 If this weekend is yawning ahead of you, offering nothing but the same old routines and household duties, then dont despair: bor
2、edom is good for you, a new study claims.Far from【C1】_the mind and leading to a lack of productivity, boredom can【C2】_people to seek out ways of being selfless and to engage in prosocial tasks,【C3 】_uneasy ones such as giving blood. “Bored people feel that their actions are【C4】_and so they are motiv
3、ated to engage in meaningful behavior,“ said Wjjnand van Tilburg, co-author of the paper, A Pragmatic MeaningRegulation Hypothesis on Boredom and Prosocial Behavior. If prosocial behavior【C5】_this requirement, boredom promotes prosocial behavior.“ Investigating the link between boredom and prosocial
4、 behavior is not only highly【C6 】_but also counter-intuitive,“ said Van Tilburg, “Past research has【C7】_boredom almost exclusively with disgusting correlates,【C8】_closer inspection suggests a much richer【C9】_of potential consequences that may well go beyond merely negative outcomes, such as prosocia
5、l behavior. Boredom makes people【C10】_different and purposeful activities, and as a result they turn towards more challenging and meaningful activities, turning towards what they【C11】_to be really meaningful in life. Of course, this does not mean that boredom is necessary for prosocial behavior. It
6、is one positive【C12】_of an utterly negative experience, demonstrating the【C13】_character of how people attempt to re-establish a【C14】_of meaningfulness.“The paper has been【C15 】_by Adrian Savage, an editor at the online life coach site. “Being bored turns your mind【C16】_and encourages reflection. Wh
7、en youre rushing【C17】_theres no time to think. When youre bored, theres nothing else to do but think,“ he said. “Boredom is nearly always【C18】_to creativity. It isnt true that creativity is mostly【C19】 _by having a specific problem to be solved. Its far more likely to arise because the person is bor
8、ed with the way something has been done a thousand times before and wants to try something new. Boredom stimulates the search for better【C20】_to things like nothing else does.“1 【C1 】（A）dulling（B） frustrating（C） hurting（D）lowering2 【C2 】（A）require（B） demand（C） inspire（D）compel3 【C3 】（A）distinctively
9、B） particularly（C） specially（D）specifically4 【C4 】（A）boring（B） ridiculous（C） meaningless（D）useless5 【C5 】（A）coincides（B） fulfills（C） arrives（D）equals6 【C6 】（A）normal（B） traditional（C） natural（D）novel7 【C7 】（A）combined（B） tangled（C） associated（D）corresponded8 【C8 】（A）because（B） yet（C） or（D）as9 【C9 】
10、A）ray（B） group（C） suit（D）array10 【C10 】（A）long for（B） long to（C） agree in（D）agree with11 【C11 】（A）reveal（B） perceive（C） spot（D）confirm12 【C12 】（A）action（B） effect（C） feeling（D）feedback13 【C13 】（A）comic（B） epidemic（C） romantic（D）dynamic14 【C14 】（A）flavor（B） mood（C） sense（D）mode15 【C15 】（A）welcomed（B
11、 opposed（C） doubted（D）noticed16 【C16 】（A）inward（B） downward（C） forward（D）outward17 【C17 】（A）off（B） out（C） about（D）through18 【C18 】（A）perfect（B） essential（C） spiritual（D）typical19 【C19 】（A）glittered（B） flared（C） flashed（D）sparked20 【C20 】（A）thoughts（B） ways（C） tools（D）activities20 【C1 】_the way it f
12、eels, loneliness often has nothing to do with being alone. For some people, feelings of【C2】_are sharpest during times that are in fact defined by togethernesscelebrations or the holidays, for instance.【C3 】_a bustling shopping mall or a buzzing holiday party, and even within a crowdor perhaps especi
13、ally in a crowdits possible to feel unbearably alone.New research from experts in neuroscience and social science may give us some【C4】_as to why. Although we tend to think of it as a self-contained emotional statea condition that【C5】_people individually, either by circumstance or by means of an anti
14、social personalityresearchers now say that loneliness is more far-reaching than that. John Cacioppo, a psychologist at the University of Chicago, believes it is a social【C6 】_that exists within a society and can【C7】_through it like a disease. And while everyone feels lonely once in a while, for some
15、 it becomes a(n)【C8】_condition, one that has been【C9】_with more serious psychological ills like【C10】_, sleep disfunction, high blood pressure and even a(n)【C11】 _risk of dementia in older age.Cacioppo and his team【C12】_on the children in Framingham. The results were【C13】_: If one person reported fee
16、ling lonely at one【C14】_, his closest connections (either family or close friends) were 52% more【C15】_to also report feeling lonely two years later. The effect was strongest among those in close relationships, declining【C16】_the connections became more distant, but remained【C17】_up to three degrees
17、of separation 【C18 】_one lonely person could influence whether his friends friends friend felt lonely. “Loneliness has been【C19】_in the past as depression, introversion, shyness or poor social skills,“ says Cacioppo. “Those turn out not to be right. Research we and others have done suggests that it
18、really is a fundamental human motivational state very much like hunger, thirst or pain.“【C20】_simply reflecting the emotional state of one person, Cacioppo says, loneliness is more like an indicator of the social health of our species on the wholea temperature reading.21 【C1 】（A）As（B） Concerning（C）
19、Although（D）Despite22 【C2 】（A）division（B） isolation（C） independence（D）separation23 【C3 】（A）Talk about（B） Look at（C） Idle about（D）Walk into24 【C4 】（A）clues（B） facts（C） conclusions（D）methods25 【C5 】（A）irritates（B） annoys（C） hurts（D）affects26 【C6 】（A）behavior（B） practice（C） phenomenon（D）work27 【C7 】（A）e
20、xtend（B） spread（C） distribute（D）diffuse28 【C8 】（A）persistent（B） insistent（C） resistant（D）consistent29 【C9 】（A）attached（B） connected（C） combined（D）associated30 【C10 】（A）impression（B） depression（C） expression（D）repression31 【C11 】（A）additional（B） increased（C） decreased（D）extra32 【C12 】（A）imposed（B） le
21、aned（C） focused（D）insisted33 【C13 】（A）fascinating（B） exciting（C） illuminating（D）frustrating34 【C14 】（A）vote（B） quiz（C） poll（D）questionnaire35 【C15 】（A）sensible（B） accustomed（C） likely（D）responsible36 【C16 】（A）as（B） though（C） since（D）whereas37 【C17 】（A）serious（B） significant（C） limited（D）normal38 【C18 】（A）in a word（B） in other words（C） beyond words（D）word for word39 【C19 】（A）confirmed（B） doubted（C） received（D）conceived40 【C20 】（A）If only（B） Even if（C） Rather than（D）Less than
