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.Social isolation poses more health risks than obesity or smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to research published by Brigham Young University. The __1__ is that loneliness is a huge, if silent, risk factor. Loneliness affects physical health in two ways. First, it produces stress hormones that can lead to many health problems . Second people who live alone are less likely to go to the doctor __2__ to exercise or to eat a healthy diet. Public health experts in many countries are ___3___how to address widespread loneliness in our society. Last year Britain even appointed a minister for loneliness. “Loneliness __4___almost every one of us at some point,” its minister for loneliness Baroness Barran said. “It can lead to very serious health __5____ for individuals who become isolated and disconnected.” Barran started a “Let’s Talk Loneliness” campaign that __6___difficult conversations across Britain. He is now supporting “___7___ benches”, which are public seating areas where people are encouraged to go and chat with one another. The minister is also ___8___ to stop public transportation from being cut in ways that leave people isolated. More than one-fifth of adults in both the United States and Britain said in a 2018___9___that they often or always feel lonely. More than half of America adults are unmarried, and researchers have found that even among those who are married, 30 % of relationships are__10___strained . A quarter of Americans now live alone, and as the song says, one is the loneliest number. A ) abruptly F ) friendly K ) severely B ) appointments G ) hindered L ) sparked C ) consequences H ) idiom M ) splitting D ) debating l ) implication N ) survey E ) dimensions J ) pushing O ) touches
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.
Social isolation poses more health risks than obesity or smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to research published by Brigham Young University. The __1__ is that loneliness is a huge, if silent, risk factor.
Loneliness affects physical health in two ways. First, it produces stress hormones that can lead to many health problems . Second people who live alone are less likely to go to the doctor __2__ to exercise or to eat a healthy diet.
Public health experts in many countries are ___3___how to address widespread loneliness in our society. Last year Britain even appointed a minister for loneliness. “Loneliness __4___almost every one of us at some point,” its minister for loneliness Baroness Barran said. “It can lead to very serious health __5____ for individuals who become isolated and disconnected.”
Barran started a “Let’s Talk Loneliness” campaign that __6___difficult conversations across Britain. He is now supporting “___7___ benches”, which are public seating areas where people are encouraged to go and chat with one another. The minister is also ___8___ to stop public transportation from being cut in ways that leave people isolated.
More than one-fifth of adults in both the United States and Britain said in a 2018___9___that they often or always feel lonely. More than half of America adults are unmarried, and researchers have found that even among those who are married, 30 % of relationships are__10___strained . A quarter of Americans now live alone, and as the song says, one is the loneliest number.
A ) abruptly F ) friendly K ) severely
B ) appointments G ) hindered L ) sparked
C ) consequences H ) idiom M ) splitting
D ) debating l ) implication N ) survey
E ) dimensions J ) pushing O ) touches
题目解答
答案
首先明确备选词汇的含义：
A ) abruptly“突然” F ) friendly“友好的” K ) severely“严重地”
B ) appointments“约定” G ) hindered“阻碍; 妨碍” L ) sparked“引发; 触发”
C ) consequences“后果” H ) idiom“习语” M ) splitting “分裂”
D ) debating“争论” l ) implication“暗示” N ) survey “调查”
E ) dimensions“尺寸; 规模” J ) pushing“力劝…接受；说服” O ) touches“触摸”
其次，理解句意，选择合适的词义，使语意完整。
1.句意：这种暗示是孤独是种巨大的危险因素。 根据句意“暗示”可知，应填名词implication作主语。故选I项。
2.句意：其次，独自生活的人很少去看医生，去锻炼以及吃健康的食品。根据句意“约定”可知，应填名词appointment作宾语。此处需填名词复数形式。故选B项。
3.句意：许多国家的健康专家争论怎样演讲这种广泛的孤独。根据句意“争论”可知，动词debate符合题意， 结合is可知，此处为现在进行时，空处需填现在分词形式。故选D项。
4.句意：孤独在某些程度上是触动每个人的。根据句意“触动”可知，动词touch符合题意，此处陈述客观事实，使用一般现在时，主语为Feelings of loneliness,谓语动词用单三。故选O项。
5.句意：因为个人孤立和缺少联系，孤独可能导致严重的健康结果。根据"lead to"可知空格处是名词。表达:导致的结果。consequences意为“后果"。故选C。
6.句意： Barran发起了一 项"让我们谈论孤独" 的运动，引发了整个英国的困难交流。根据句意“引发”可知，动词spark符合题意，此处陈述过去发生的事情，使用一般过去时。故选L项。
7.句意：他现在支持“友好”长椅，这是公共座位，人们可以坐在那里聊天。根据句意"友好的”可知，应填形容词friendly作定语。故选F项。
8.句意：部长说服那些公共交通停止妨碍人们交流的行为。根据句意“说服”可知，动词push符合题意，结合is可知，此处使用现在进行时。故选J项。
9.句意：在2018年的一项调查中，超过五分之一的美国和英国成年人表示，他们经常或总是感到孤独。根据句意“调查”可知，名词survey符合题意。故选N项。
10.句意:在结婚的人中，有30%的关系十分紧张。根据句意“严重地”可知，空格处是状语，修饰形容词strained, 要用副词severely。故选K项。