Question

Today, as in every other day of the year, more than 3,000 US adolescents (少年) will smoke their first cigarette on their way to becoming regular smokers as adults.During their lifetime, it can be __1__ that of these 3,000 about 23 will be murdered, 30 will die in traffic __2__， and nearly 750 will be killed by a smoking­related disease.The number of deaths __3__ by cigarette smoking outweigh all other factors, whether __4__ or involuntary, as a cause of death.Since the late 1970s, when daily smoking among high school seniors __5__ 30%, smoking rates among __6__ have declined.While the decline is impressive, several important issues must be __7__.First, in the past several years, smoking rates among youth have __8__ very little.Second, in the late 1970s, smoking among __9__ high school seniors exceeded(超過) that among female by nearly 10%.The statistic is reversing.Third, several recent studies have __10__ that high school dropouts(輟學(xué)者)have excessively __11__ smoking rate, as much as 75%.Finally, though significant declines in adolescent smoking have __12__ in the past decade, no definite __13__ for the decline to exist.Within this context, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) began its current __14__ to take the most effective measures to __15__ smoking level among youth.

1.                A．inferred        B．believed        C．expected D．hoped

 

2.                A．peaks          B．a(chǎn)ccidents       C．problems D．jams

 

3.                A．damaged        B．caused         C．led D．made

 

4.                A．happy          B．healthy         C．voluntary D．crazy

 

5.                A．had            B．totaled         C．got  D．reached

 

6.                A．youth          B．students        C．girls D．boys

 

7.                A．raised          B．lifted           C．a(chǎn)sked    D．questioned

 

8.                A．grown          B．changed        C．risen D．declined

 

9.                A．old            B．male           C．young    D．female

 

10.               A．insisted         B．indicated       C．denied    D．wondered

 

11.               A．large          B．small           C．high  D．low

 

12.               A．sunk           B．set            C．produced  D．occurred

 

13.               A．reasons        B．causes         C．ways  D．results

 

14.               A．survey         B．study          C．figure D．effort

 

15.               A．stop           B．reduce         C．forbid D．limit

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.A

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.B

11.C

12.D

13.A

14.D

15.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了在過去幾十年里年輕人抽煙的比率有所下降，并分析了具體的原因。

1.C 動詞辨析。A推理B認為C預(yù)料D希望；3千人里有23人被預(yù)料將死于謀殺。

2.B 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)橫線前的traffic說明這里是指交通事故。

3.B 動詞辨析。A破壞B導(dǎo)致C帶領(lǐng)D生產(chǎn)了；由吸煙所導(dǎo)致的死亡人數(shù)超過所有其它的原因。

4.C 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)橫線后面的involuntary說明C正確。

5.D 動詞辨析。A有B共計C得到D達到；指這個數(shù)字達到了30%。

6.A 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)第8空的smoking rates among youth說明這里討論的青少年的抽煙。

7.A 動詞辨析。A提出B舉起C要求D詢問；有幾個重要的因素要被提出來。

8.D 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)第6空后的declined說明整個數(shù)據(jù)是在下降。

9.B 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)that among female說明這里是拿男性和女性抽煙的數(shù)據(jù)進行對比的。

10.B 動詞辨析。A堅持B顯示C否認D想知道；最近的研究顯示…

11.C 形容詞辨析。A大B小C高D低；指高中輟學(xué)者的抽煙率太高了。說明這個現(xiàn)象很嚴(yán)重。

12.D 動詞辨析。A下沉B設(shè)置C生產(chǎn)D發(fā)生；盡管青少年抽煙比率下降過去幾十年已經(jīng)發(fā)生。

13.A 用法辨析。橫線后面的for the decline說明A正確，名詞reason與介詞for連用。

14.D 名詞辨析。A調(diào)查B研究C數(shù)據(jù)D努力；NCI開始采取措施努力降低吸煙的比率。

15.B 調(diào)查辨析。A停止B降低C禁止D限制；NCI開始采取措施努力降低吸煙的比率。

考點：考查新聞報告類短文

點評：本文是關(guān)于年輕人抽煙驢下降的話題，從本篇完型可以看出考生對首段應(yīng)該給與足夠的重視，因為往往它就是文章的中心，它體現(xiàn)的觀點往往決定了全文的觀點，所以多花一點時間看首段是永遠是值得的。同時考生在選擇答案時要根據(jù)上下文的復(fù)現(xiàn)或同現(xiàn)以及這些詞之間的有機聯(lián)系來確定答案。由于完形填空的文章是一個意義相關(guān)聯(lián)的語篇，圍繞一個話題論述，因此在行文中詞語的重復(fù)、替代、復(fù)現(xiàn)和同現(xiàn)現(xiàn)象是不可避免的。