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, socio-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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本题为词汇填空题,考查根据上下文选择恰当词汇的能力。文章围绕美国南方新兵健康状况的研究展开,需结合逻辑关系(如因果、对比)、固定搭配及语境推断选择正确答案。解题核心在于:
- 理解文章主旨:南方新兵健康问题影响军事准备和国家安全;
- 分析空格语境:通过上下文关键词(如“poor state”“impairing”)锁定词义;
- 匹配词性与用法:注意形容词、副词、动词等词性与句子结构的匹配。
26. less fit
空格修饰形容词“fit”,需用副词。significantly(显著地)符合语境,强调南方新兵整体健康状况较差。
27. become
空格需填形容词作表语。injured(受伤的)与后文“while on duty”呼应,指新兵在服役期间更易受伤。
28. that the overall poor state...
研究者对数据的结论性表述,suggest(表明、指出)最符合语境,表示研究结果支持这一观点。
29. national
与“military readiness”并列,security(安全)是南方健康问题影响的另一核心领域。
30. allow us better to
空格需填动词,表示“理解”或“解释”。interpret(解释)与后文“historical context”衔接,指通过历史背景理解研究结果。
31. will not surprise
surprise(使惊讶)与语境“no reason to challenge the study's findings”呼应,指历史已揭示类似现象,故不会让人意外。
32. the region's population
topping(位居榜首)与“statistics”搭配,指南方人口长期在死亡率等指标中居高。
33. closely
related(相关的)与“wealth, poverty”等社会因素构成固定搭配“be related to”,说明健康问题的根源。
34. socio-economic
indicators(指标)与前文“indices”呼应,指社会经济因素是关键影响因素。
35. the reason for rejection
primary(主要原因)与“related to weight”衔接,强调体重问题的历史一贯性。