2011英语一完形填空
Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle viewed laughter as “a bodily exercise precious to health.” But among some claims to the contrary， laughing probably has little influence on physical fitness Laughter does indicate short-term changes in the function of the heart and its blood vessels， determining heart rate and oxygen consumption But because hard laughter is difficult to sustain， a good laugh is unlikely to have measurable benefits the way， say， walking or jogging does.
In addition,instead of straining muscles to build them，as exercise does，laughter apparently accomplishes the opposite，studies dating back to the 1930’s indicate that laughter relaxes muscles，decreasing muscle tone for up to 45 minutes after the laugh dies down.
Such bodily reaction might conceivably help moderate the effects of psychological stress. Anyway，the act of laughing probably does produce other types of mental feedback，that improve an individual’s emotional state. According to one classical theory of emotion,our
feelings are partially rooted in physical reactions. It was argued at the end of the 19th century that humans do not cry unless they are sad but they become sad when the tears begin to flow.
Although sadness also precedes tears， evidence suggests that emotions can flow into muscular responses. In an experiment published in 1988，social psychologist Fritz Strack of the University of würzburg in Germany asked volunteers to bite a pen either with their teeth-thereby creating an artificial smile – or with their lips， which would produce a joyful expression. Those forced to exercise their smiling adapted more enthusiastically to funny catoons than did those whose months were contracted in a frown，supposing that expressions may influence emotions rather than just the other way around.Consequently,the physical act of laughter could improve mood.
Read the text below and answer Questions 1-6 Questions 1-3 Look at the three holidays, A,B and C, on page 1. For which holiday are the following statements true? Write the correct letter,A, B or C, in boxes 1-3 on your answer sheet. HOLIDAY PLUS Need a break? Choose from these three wonderful holidays! Holiday location Price Number of nights Daily meals included in package Comments Transport to\from airport A Mountain Lodge A unique wilderness retreat on the edge of the World Heritage-listed National Park and only 5 km from the sea ＄330 1 Mountain buffet breakfast plus Free soft drinks always available Free canoeing Free talks in the evening Free open-air tennis courts Horse-riding optional extra Self-drive auto 1 hour 15 minutes or bus three times\week appro.2 hours B Pelican Resort A true coral island right on the Great Barrier Reef Swim straight from the beach ＄58 4 Hot breakfast plus Beach picnic lunch plus set 4-course dinner Refurbishment: Resort will close for May Free minibus trip around island Plane flights to Wilson Island only $50 1/2 hour by minibus C Cedar Lodge A blend of casual sophistication and rich rainforest ambience for those over 25 ＄740 4 Tropical breakfast Picnic lunch-optional extra Oldest living rainforest Free bikes and tennis courts; horse-riding extra 10 mins by taxi
考研英语二（完形填空）-试卷17 (总分：120.00，做题时间：90分钟) 一、 Use of English(总题数：3，分数：120.00) 1.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.（分数：40.00） __________________________________________________________________________________________ 解析： In interviews, famous people often say that the key to becoming both happy and successful is to "do what you love." But mastering a skill,【C1】______one that you deeply love, requires a huge 【C2】______of dull practice. Any challenging activity requires【C3】______and concentrated practice. Anyone who wants to master a skill must【C4】______through the cycle of practice, critical feedback, modification, and progressive improvement again, again, and again. Some people seem able to【C5】______practicing an activity like this for years and take【C6】______in their gradual improvement.【C7】______others find this kind of concentrated, time-intensive work to be【C8】______or boring. Why? The difference may turn on the ability to enter into a state of "flow," the feeling of being completely【C9】______what you are doing. A flow state is a special experience. Flow states can happen in the【C10】______of any activity, and they are most common when a task has well-defined goals and is at an appropriate skill level, and where the individual is able to adjust their performance【C11】______clear and immediate feedback. Flow states turn the dull practice into an autotelic activity—that is, one that can be enjoyed for its own sake, rather than as a【C12】______to an end or for attaining some external reward. That raises the question of how we can turn this to our【C13】______: How can we get into a flow state for an activity that we want to master, so that we enjoy both the process of【C14】______skills and the rewards of being a master? Psychologists suggested that those who most readily entered into flow states had an "autotelic personality". For those who aren"t necessarily【C15】______with an autotelic personality, there is evidence that flow states can be【C16】______by environmental factors. While there isn"t yet a pill that can turn dull practice into a【C17】______activity for anyone, it is encouraging that we seem, at least to some degree, to be able to push ourselves toward flow states【C18】______we are given unstructured, open-ended time,【C19】______distractions, and a task set at a【C20】______level of difficulty.（分数：40.00） (1).【C1】（分数：2.00） A.especially B.even √ C.only D.just 解析：解析：句子指出“掌握一门技能需要枯燥练习”。空格后one则指代a skill，结合one thatyou deeply love的语义，推断所需副词旨在强调任何一门技能都遵循着这样的规律。B项even“甚至，即使”可加强语气，能体现句首表转折的But和句子逻辑。 (2).【C2】（分数：2.00） A.part B.variety C.amount √ D.field 解析：解析：所需名词处于a huge…of的表达中，修饰dull practice。参照“熟能生巧”的逻辑，可以推测掌握一门技能需要大量的练习，故C项amount“大量”正确。 (3).【C3】（分数：2.00） A.focused √
2005年考研英语完形填空真题解析 The human nose is an underrated tool. Humans are often thought to be insensitive smellers compared with animals,1this is largely because,2animals, we stand upright. This means that our noses are 3 to perceiving those smells which float through the air, 4 the majority of smells which stick to surfaces. In fact, 5 , we are extremely sensitive to smells, 6 we do not generally realize it. Our noses are capable of 7 human smells even when these are 8 to far below one part in one million. Strangely, some people find that they can smell one type of flower but not another, 9 others are sensitive to the smells of both flowers. This may be because some people do not have the genes necessary to generate 10 smell receptors in the nose. These receptors are the cells which sense smells and send 11 to the brain. However, it has been found that even people insensitive to a certain smell 12 can suddenly become sensitive to it when 13 to it often enough. The explanation for insensitivity to smell seems to be that the brain finds it 14 to keep all smell receptors working all the time but can 15 new receptors if necessary. This may 16 explain why we are not usually sensitive to our own smells-we simply do not need to be. We are not 17 of the usual smell of our own house, but we 18 new smells when we visit someone else's. The brain finds it best to keep smell receptors 19 for unfamiliar and
2011-2012 八年级英语上期期末试卷 一、单项选择。 1. My little brother works very hard and hopes to go to ____ university in the USA. A. a B. an C. the D. / 2. Mum, it’s so hot and I’m so thirsty. Go and get some ______ in the fridge. A. biscuits B. chips C. ice cream D. cakes 3. Take some tomato sauce and add _______ to the bread , please. A. it B. them C. they D. one 4. The old sick lady is weak and eats __________ than before. A. better B. more C. fewer D. less 5. I _________ watch football matches because I’m not interested in them at all . A. always B. usually C. often D. hardly ever 6. I didn’t know Lisa came from Australia until she began to ________. A. say B. tell C. speak D. talk 7. The sweater is not comfortable. Please give me __________ one. A. the other B. another C. both D. every 8. Why not _________ to my house if you are free this Sunday? A. come in B. come over C. come down D. come back 9. In my class, most students go to school ______ bike and few students go to school _______ foot. A. with,on B. on, by C. on, with D. by, on 10. The movie about Mr Bean made all of us ________. A. laugh B. to laugh C. laughed D. laughing 11. Li lin ________ some foreigners to her 14th birthday party last night. A. invite B. invites C. invited D. is inviting 12. _______ are you doing for vacation? I’m visiting my uncle. A. When B. What C. Where D. Which 13. ______ help me post the letter ? I’d love to, but I’m too busy. A. Must B. Could C. Should D. Need 14. I’m going _________ with my parents. Where shall we go? Maybe Hangzhou. A. somewhere beautiful B. beautiful somewhere C. anywhere beautiful D. beautiful anywhere 15. We went to Hong Kong for shopping last month. A. That sounds wonderful B. You’re welcome C. I’m sorry to hear that. D. It doesn’t matter. 二、完形填空。 Dear editor, Both parents and children have busy days. The parents’ job is to go to 1 to make money. The children’s job is to go to school. After a day’s work, both parents and children get 2 . We have to cook the meals and wash the dishes. We 3 clothes every day and they get dirty easily. We have to wash them
考研英语二（完形填空）-试卷14 (总分：120.00，做题时间：90分钟) 一、 Use of English(总题数：3，分数：120.00) 1.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.（分数：40.00） __________________________________________________________________________________________ 解析： A candlelit dinner works wonders for romance. Now scientists say it could also be good for your heart. Breathing in candle smoke causes beneficial【C1】______in your heart rhythm, they claim. It is thought that tiny salt particles released when the candle burns are【C2】______the effect The researchers monitored the hearts of 13 men and women as they breathed in air【C3】______into a small chamber. In some【C4】______the air included smoke from candles in a second room. The volunteers didn know which type of air they were breathing, but when it included candle smoke, their heart rate variability【C5】______. Everyones heart rate varies【C6】______all the time, beating a little bit faster when we breathe in than when we breathe out This is perfectly healthy and a sign that the brain is【C7】______and able to regulate the heart But this variation【C8】______as we get older and if we【C9】______heart problems. In the study, it was increased by【C10】______candle smoke. Researcher Christina Isaxon said the concentration of smoke【C11】______during the study was similar to that created by a candlelit dinner. As the volunteers could not see the candles and weren told what they were breathing, the effect could not be explained【C12】______by the calming effect of candlelight. Dr Isaxon believed that tiny particles of the candle smoke could be responsible for the beneficial effects. These particles are【C13】______regulating the hearts rhythm and in sending messages between cells in the body. More salts are produced when a【C14】______is still. The study did not find any【C15】______health effects of the smoke—【C16】______she admitted she did not make a huge effort to find any. Soot, black powder in the smoke, from lit candles has been【C17】______health problems in the past. The American Chemical Society has warned that common wax candles release【C18】______harmful chemicals linked to cancer and other illnessea It recommends using beeswax. Dr Isaxon used candles made of a natural fat in her study. She recommended using candles that are as natural as possible and avoiding【C19】______and dyes as they may give off【C20】______chemicals when burned.（分数：40.00） (1).【C1】（分数：2.00） A.supports B.changes √ C.drives D.spirits 解析：解析：前一句说到烛光晚餐对心脏也有好处，可判断，吸人蜡烛燃烧产生的烟雾能给人们的心率带来有利的影响。B项changes“变化”代入后，搭配beneficial表明烛光晚餐可“改善”心率，呼应下文出现的“心率变异性会增高”的结论。 (2).【C2】（分数：2.00） A.behind √ B.to
2011年考研英语完形填空答案及真题解析(沪江完美版) Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark [A], [B], [C] or [D] on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle viewed laughter as ―a bodily exercise precious to health.‖ But __1___some claims to the contrary, laughing probably has little influence on physical fitness. Laughter does __2___short-term changes in the function of the heart and its blood vessels, ___3_ heart rate and oxygen consumption But because hard laughter is difficult to __4__, a good laugh is unlikely to have __5___ benefits the way, say, walking or jogging does. __6__, instead of straining muscles to build them, as exercise does, laughter apparently accomplishes the __7__, studies dating back to the 1930’s indicate that laughter__8___ muscles, decreasing muscle tone for up to 45 minutes after the laugh dies down. Such bodily reaction might conceivably help _9__the effects of psychological stress. Anyway, the act of laughing probably does produce other types of ___10___ feedback, that improve an individual’s emotional state. __11____one classical theory of emotion, our feelings are partially rooted ____12___ physical reactions. It was argued at the end of the 19th century that humans do not cry ___13___they are sad but they become sad when the tears begin to flow. Although sadness also ____14___ tears, evidence suggests that emotions can flow __15___ muscular responses. In an experiment published in 1988,social psychologist Fritz Strack of the University of würzburg in Germany asked volunteers to __16___ a pen either with their teeth-thereby creating an artificial smile – or with their lips, which would produce a(n) __17___ expression. Those forced to exercise their smiling muscles ___18___ more exuberantly to funny cartoons than did those whose mouths were contracted in a frown, ____19___
江西财经大学现代经济管理学院 2011-2012第一学期期末考试试卷 Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) （10%）Directions: For questions 1-7, mark Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. Wildfires In just seconds, a spark or even the sun’s heat alone sets off an extremely large fire. The wildfire quickly spreads, consuming the thick, dried-out plants and almost everything else in its path. What was once a forest becomes a virtual powder keg of untapped fuel. In a seemingly instantaneous burst, the wildfire overtakes thousands of acres of surrounding land , threatening the homes and lives of many in the vicinity. Fire Starters . On a hot summer day , when drought conditions peak , something as small as a spark from a train car’s wheel striking the track can ignite a raging wildfire. Sometimes, fires occur naturally, ignited by heat from the sun or a lightning strike . However, the majority of wildfires are the result of human carelessness. Common causes for wildfires include: Arson(故意)放火，纵火. Campfires Discarding lit cigarettes. Improperly burning debris Playing with matches or fireworks Prescribed fires - Everything has a temperature at which it will burst into flames. This temperature is called a material’s flash point. Woods flash point is 572 degrees Fahrenheit (300 ) . When wood is heated to this temperature, it releases hydrocarbon gases that mix with oxygen in the air, combust and create fire. There are three components needed for ignition and combustion to occur. A fire requires fuel to burn, air to supply oxygen, and a heat source to bring the fuel up to ignition temperature. Heat, oxygen and fuel form the fire triangle. Firefighters often talk about the fire triangle when they are trying to put out a blaze. The idea is that if they can take away any one of the pillars of the triangle,
2015年考研英语二完形填空原文及答案 While the subway's arrival may be ambiguous, one thing about yourcommute is certain: No one wants to talk to each other. In our contemporaryculture, the prospect of communicating with -- or even looking at -- a strangeris virtually unbearable. Everyone around us seems to agree by the way theyfiddle with their phones, even without a signal underground。 It's a sad reality -- our desire to avoid interacting with otherhuman beings -- because there's much to be gained from talking to the strangerstanding by you. But you wouldn't know it, plugged into your phone. Thisuniversal armor sends the message: "Please don't approach me." What is it that makes us feel we need to hide behind our screens? One answer is fear, according to Jon Wortmann, executive mentalcoach and author of "Hijacked by Your Brain: How to Free Yourself WhenStress Takes Over." We fear rejection, or that our innocent socialadvances will be misinterpreted as "creepy," he told The HuffingtonPost. We fear we'll be judged. We fear we'll be disruptive。 Strangers are inherently unfamiliar to us, so we are more likely tofeel anxious when communicating with them compared with our friends andacquaintances. To avoid this anxiety, we turn to our phones. "Phonesbecome our security blanket," Wortmann says. "They are our happyglasses that protect us from what we perceive is going to be moredangerous." But once we rip off the bandaid, tuck our smartphones in our pocketsand look up, it doesn't hurt so bad. In one 2011 experiment, behavioralscientists Nicholas Epley and Juliana Schroeder asked commuters to do theunthinkable: Start a conversation. The duo had Chicago train commuters talk totheir fellow passengers. "When Dr. Epley and Ms. Schroeder asked otherpeople in the same train station to predict how they would feel after talkingto a stranger, the commuters thought their ride would be more pleasant if theysat on their own," the New York Times summarizes. Though the participantsdidn't expect a positive experience, after they went through with theexperiment, "not a single person reported having been snubbed." In fact, these commutes were reportedly more enjoyable compared withthose sans communication, which makes absolute sense, since human beings thriveoff of social connections. It's that simple: Talking to strangers can make youfeel connected. The train ride is a fortuity for social connection -- "thestuff of life," Wortmann says. Even seemingly trivial interactions canboost mood and increase the sense of belonging. A study similar in hypothesisto Eply and Schroder's published in Social Psychological & PersonalityScience asked participants to smile, make eye contact and chat with theircashier. Those who engaged with the cashier experienced better moods -- andeven reported a better shopping experience than those who avoided superfluousconversation
2012 年 Millions of Americans and foreigners see G.I. Joe as a mindless war toy, the symbol of American military adventurism, but that’s not how it used to be. To the men and women who 1 in World War Ⅱ and the people they liberated, the G.I. was the 2 man grown into hero, the poor farm kid torn away from his home, the guy who 3 all the burdens of battles, who slept in cold foxholes, who went without the 4 of food and shelter, who stuck it out and drove back the Nazi reign of murder. This was not a volunteer soldier, not someone well paid, 5 an average guy up 6 the best trained, best equipped, fiercest, most brutal enemies in centuries. His name isn’t much. G.I. is just a military abbreviation 7 Government Issue, and it was on all of the articles 8 to soldiers. And Joe? A common name for a guy who never 9 it to the top. Joe Blow, Joe Palooka, Joe Magrac…a working class name. T he United States has 10 had a president or vice- president or secretary of state Joe. G.I. Joe had a 11 career fighting German, Japanese, and Korean troops. He appears as a character or a 12 of American personalities, in the 1945 movie The Story of G.I. Joe , based on the last days of war correspondent Ernie Pyle. Some of the soldiers Pyle 13 portrayed themselves in the film. Pyle was famous for covering the 14 side of the war, writing about the dirt-snow-and-mud soldiers, not how many miles were 15 or what towns were captured or liberated. His reports 16 the “Willie” cartoons of famed Stars and Stripes artist Bill Maulden. Both men 17 the dirt and exhaustion of war, the 18 of civilization that the soldiers shared with each other and the civilians: coffee, tobacco, whiskey, shelter, sleep. 19 Egypt, France, and a dozen more countries, G.I. Joe was American soldiers, 20 the most important person in their lives. 1.[A] performed [B]served [C]rebelled [D]betrayed 2.[A] actual [B]common [C]special [D]normal 3.[A] bore [B]caused [C]removed [D]loaded 4.[A] necessities [B]facilities [C]commodities [D]properties 5.[A] and [B]nor [C]but [D]hence 6.[A] for [B]into [C]from [D]against 7.[A] meaning [B]implying [C]symbolizing [D]claiming 8.[A] handed out [B]turned over [C]brought back [D]passed down 9.[A] pushed [B]got [C]made [D]managed 10.[A] ever [B]never [C]either [D]neither 11.[A] disguised [B]disturbed [C]disputed [D]distinguished 12.[A] company [B]collection [C]community [D]colony 13.[A] employed [B]appointed [C]interviewed [D]questioned 14.[A] ethical [B]military [C]political [D]human [C]patrolled [D]gained [C]duplicated [D]contradicted [C]emphasized [D]admired [C]fragments [D]advances 15.[A] ruined 16.[A] paralleled 17.[A] neglected 18.[A] stages 19.[A] With [B]commuted [B]counteracted [B]avoided [B]illusions [B]To [C]Among [D]Beyond 20.[A] on the contrary [B] by this means [C] from the outset [D]at that point