Section A-|||-Directions: In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each-|||-blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully-|||-before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding-|||-letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the-|||-words in the bank more than once.-|||-Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.-|||-A new scholarly study documenting the poor health of southern military recruit (新兵)has been much-|||-reported.The team of researchers found that male and female army recruits from ten southern states were-|||- 26 less fit and much more likely to become 27 while on duty than male and female recruits from-|||-other parts of the country.-|||-The authors of this careful study,based on data drawn from 170,000 recruits, 28 that the overall-|||-poor state of public health in the South shows up clearly in the data on military recruits from the region,and-|||-that,as a result,is impairing U.S.military readiness and national 29 .-|||-There is no reason to challenge the study`s overall findings, however depress but adding a bit of-|||-historical context might allow us better to 30 them.It is important to note that the study`s findings will-|||-not 31 any student of southern history. The South has long been a public health disaster area,with the-|||-region`s population 32 the charts in statistics relating to mortality and various indices(指数)of risky-|||-health outcomes for a century and a half.The region`s doubted rankings in these regards are closely 33 -|||-to wealth,poverty,educational achievement, and othersocio-economic 34 .-|||-The average level of income, high level of poverty,and poor state of public health in the region over the-|||-last one hundred fifty years have presented in countless ways,including in high rates of rejection for military-|||-service in the Spanish-American War,World War I,and World War Ⅱ.In each of these cases the 35 -|||-reason for rejection was related to weight.-|||-A)account F) integrate K)security-|||-B) broadly G)interpret L) significantly-|||-C)calculate H)primary M)suggest-|||-D)indicators I) related N) surprise-|||-E) injured J) relieve O) topping
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本文是一篇说明文，围绕一项关于南部军事新兵健康状况的学术研究展开。研究发现南部新兵身体素质较差，更易在服役期间受伤，这与南部长期存在的公共卫生问题密切相关，进而影响军事准备和国家安全。文章还通过历史背景说明南部的健康问题由来已久，与社会经济因素紧密相关。
26. L) significantly
空前“were”和空后“less fit”提示此处需填副词修饰形容词比较级“less fit”。选项中副词有B) broadly（广泛地）、L) significantly（显著地）。结合语境，研究发现南部新兵“明显更不健康”，significantly符合语义，故填L。
27. E) injured
空前“become”提示此处需填形容词作表语。结合“on duty”（服役期间）及常识，新兵可能“受伤”，选项中E) injured（受伤的）符合语义，故填E。
28. M) suggest
空前“authors...found that...”提示此处需填动词作谓语，且与“that从句”搭配。选项中动词有A) account（解释）、C) calculate（计算）、M) suggest（表明）。研究基于数据“表明”结论，suggest符合语境，故填M。
29. K) security
空前“national”提示此处此处需填名词。结合“impairing U.S. military readiness”（损害军事准备），可知影响“国家安全”，选项中K) security（安全）符合语义，故填K。
30. G) interpret
空前“better to”提示此处需填动词原形。结合“adding historical context”（添加历史背景），目的是“更好地解释”研究结果，选项中G) interpret（解释）符合语义，故填G。
31. N) surprise
空前“will not”提示需填动词原形。结合下文提到南部长期是公共卫生灾区，因此研究结果不会“让南部历史学者惊讶”，选项中N) surprise（使惊讶）符合语义，故填N。
32. O) topping
空前“population”和空后“the charts”提示此处需填动词-ing形式，构成“top the charts”（位居榜首）。结合“public health disaster area”（公共卫生灾区），南部死亡率等指数“位居图表首位”，选项中O) topping（位居榜首）符合，故填O。
33. I) related
空前“closely”和空后“to”提示此处需填形容词，构成“be related to”（与……相关）。南部排名与财富、贫困等因素“密切相关”，选项中I) related（相关的）符合，故填I。
34. D) indicators
空前“socio-economic”提示需填名词。选项中D) indicators（指标）与“wealth, poverty, educational achievement”并列，均社会经济指标”，符合语义，故填D。
35. H) primary
空前“the”和空后“reason”提示需填形容词修饰“reason”。结合“high rates of rejection... related to weight”（高拒签率与体重相关），可知“主要原因是体重”，选项中H) primary（主要的）符合语义，故填H。