1、考研英语二（完形填空）模拟试卷 52（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 Its difficult to imagine a world without antibiotics. They cure diseases that killed our ancestors in crowds, and enable any numb
2、er of medical procedures and treatments that we now take for granted. Yet in 1945, while accepting a Nobel Prize for【C1 】_penicillin, Alexander Fleming【C2】_a future in which antibiotics had been used with【C3】_and bacteria had grown resistant to them. Today, this future is approaching. Speaking to re
3、porters last fall, Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,【C4】_a similar alarm: “If were not【C5 】_, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era. In fact, for some patients and some bacteria, we are already there.“The problem【C6】_overuse. Recent research by doctors a
4、t Harvard and Womens Hospital found that the vast majority of antibiotics【C7】_for sore throats and acute bronchitisan illness almost always caused by a【C8 】_, not bacteriaare useless.Up to 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the U.S. each year,【C9 】_, are given to animals. Antibiotics are the life
5、line of the meat and poultry industries, which have used drugs to domestic animals as a means of【C10 】_growth and preventing illnesses caused by overcrowding and poor conditions.An increasing number of bacterial【C11】_have taken the opportunity to evolve【C12 】 _the reach of antibiotics. The CDCs 2013
6、 threat report listed 17 antibiotic-resistant microorganisms that directly cause at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S.【C13】_Globally, drug-resistant pneumonia is an ever-increasing threat. Reported cases have【C14】_over the past nine years, killing an estimated 170,000 people last year.Althoug
7、h anti-bacterial resistance can be slowed, it is【C15】_. As a result, medicine companies have found antibiotics to be less【C16】_investments than drugs for chronic illnesses, which can be used over the long term.If we dont【 C17】_our use of existing antibiotics and commit to developing new ones, the ri
8、sks are not just medical, but【C18】_. The CDC estimates that, in the United States, antibiotic resistance already costs $20 billion in【C19】_health-care spend and $35 billion in lost productivity【C20】 _.1 【C1 】（A）dosing（B） discovering（C） providing（D）delivering2 【C2 】（A）warned of（B） figured out（C） refe
9、rred to（D）bothered about3 【C3 】（A）consultation（B） confidence（C） agreement（D）abandon4 【C4 】（A）explained（B） sounded（C） advised（D）addressed5 【C5 】（A）successful（B） optimistic（C） careful（D）patient6 【C6 】（A）deals with（B） accounts for（C） starts with（D）answers to7 【C7 】（A）prescribed（B） produced（C） reported（
10、D）applied8 【C8 】（A）cough（B） cold（C） parasite（D）virus9 【C9 】（A）therefore（B） however（C） meanwhile（D）furthermore10 【C10 】（A）controlling（B） affecting（C） accelerating（D）compelling11 【C11 】（A）cells（B） members（C） molecules（D）strains12 【C12 】（A）beyond（B） within（C） above（D）below13 【C13 】（A）ever（B） alone（C） f
11、requently（D）utterly14 【C14 】（A）succeeded（B） corresponded（C） emerged（D）mushroomed15 【C15 】（A）desirable（B） alternative（C） essential（D）inevitable16 【C16 】（A）worthwhile（B） widespread（C） original（D）ordinary17 【C17 】（A）replace（B） advance（C） curb（D）delay18 【C18 】（A）historic（B） economic（C） physical（D）chemic
12、al19 【C19 】（A）excess（B） regular（C） effective（D）superior20 【C20 】（A）lately（B） respectively（C） yearly（D）eventually20 How do you explain economics in plain English? The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been answering the question with an even more【C1】_tool: comic books. And its been doing that for【
13、C2】_.The New York Fed has published comics about money and finance for【C3 】_readers more interested in【C4】_since 1950s, according to Edward Steinberg, a former Fed employee who【C5 】 _several of the comic books【C6 】 _online today. In the latest ten years, Steinberg supervised a small team of writers
14、and editors that produced the Feds print publications and educational【C7】_years, such as the comic books.Distributed free of charge to teachers, the comics were mostly【C8】_high school students, whom Steinberg felt werent learning enough about the economy and personal finance,【C9】_some of the more ad
15、vanced titles, such as The Story of Monetary Policy, have been taught in several college classrooms.Its no【C10】_that the comic books offer highly simplified opinions on the countrys complex financial systems, but they go out of their way to【C11 】_dumbing down the content. Most of the booklets are mo
16、re than 20 pages, and theyre packed with【C12】_and details that could【C13】_a teenager on a first read: The Story of the Federal Reserve System from 1999 starts off slow by comparing and contrasting the Fed with local neighborhood banks, but it soon【C14 】 _into specific information about monetary poli
17、cy, open market operations, government securities, and reserve requirements. With guest【C15】_from Uncle Sam and a walking, talking bank, A Penny Saved offers a crash course in saving before touching【C16】_the advantages and disadvantages of【C17】_in the stock market, real estate, and fine art.But the【
18、C18】_part of the series might be the fact that Steinberg doesnt even like comics. “【C19】_the work that I did at the Fed, I dont have an interest in comic books,“ Steinberg says over email. “It was appropriate,【C20】_, that I had a job writing comic books, because everybody can try to earn his living
19、through humor.“21 【C1 】（A）impossible（B） indispensable（C） unlikely（D）unreliable22 【C2 】（A）fortnights（B） decades（C） centuries（D）months23 【C3 】（A）richer（B） lazier（C） cleverer（D）younger24 【C4 】（A）jokes（B） stories（C） cartoons（D）fantasies25 【C5 】（A）authored（B） introduced（C） gathered（D）displayed26 【C6 】（A）
20、valuable（B） available（C） amiable（D）profitable27 【C7 】（A）materials（B） achievements（C） substances（D）programs28 【C8 】（A）abided by（B） linked to（C） aimed at（D）contented with29 【C9 】（A）since（B） unless（C） hence（D）but30 【C10 】（A）advantage（B） prejudice（C） interest（D）surprise31 【C11 】（A）favor（B） avoid（C） dela
21、y（D）resume32 【C12 】（A）documents（B） formulae（C） terms（D）items33 【C13 】（A）overwhelm（B） disgust（C） dominate（D）entertain34 【C14 】（A）bursts（B） dives（C） looks（D）turns35 【C15 】（A）appearances（B） proposals（C） services（D）registrations36 【C16 】（A）up（B） down（C） at（D）on37 【C17 】（A）succeeding（B） investing（C） indulging（D）persisting38 【C18 】（A）greatest（B） happiest（C） funniest（D）hardest39 【C19 】（A）Other than（B） In addition to（C） On Account of（D）Prior to40 【C20 】（A）so（B） while（C） then（D）though
