大学英语四级题库_大学英语题库

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How to Find Happiness without Buying It
Our materialistic (物质至上的) society has led us to believe that happiness cannot be 1 without having money.
Rather than learning to be 2 with what we have, we are often taught to want more. We 3 from advertising, and from the media, that we need to buy trinkets (小玩意) and toys in order to make ourselves happy, or to fulfill emotional needs, and that the purchases they are trying to talk us into will provide us with the psychological 4 we are looking for.
5 , as a society we have bought into these misguided messages and have come to believe that spending money on certain items will bring us fame, fortune, happiness, beauty, or popularity. As a result, we trade hours of our lives working, sacrificing time that could have been spent with our families, for the 6 of the almighty (万能的) dollar.
Actually, there are a number of ways to enjoy life without the need for a great deal of money. For example, spending time out 7 nature, being thankful for all that we already have or helping others. Certainly, it is important to work and earn enough to provide for our 8 needs and the needs of our families, but it is also 9 to recognize when the desire for personal possessions becomes over-consumption. There needs to be a balance between a satisfying work life and a rich home life, and the best way to achieve such a balance is to 10 the drive for material possessions does not become all consuming.
A. basic E. enjoying I. purchase M. Seemingly
B. comfort F. ensure J. pursuit N. significant
C. effort G. learn K. restrained O. Unfortunately
D. excessive H. obtained L. satisfied

答案： H[解析] 动词辨义题。空格位于that引导的宾语从句中，该从句中缺少谓语动词，且此处空格位于cannot be之后，由...

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Pulling an All-nighter Affects Your Body
There"s been a lot of talk on Wall Street lately about the grueling (令人精疲力竭的) hours that junior staff, interns, and analysts, have to work in order to get ahead.
Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and J.P. Morgan have all announced that they"ll start encouraging their young employees to take more time off. It"s an effort to improve their 11 of life so they don"t jump ship for other companies in and out of the financial space once they"ve been 12 .
It could be 13 to make this new policy stick, because on Wall Street, the all-nighter (通宵；熬夜) is almost a rite of passage.
Here"s how it works—You"re on an important project, and your boss 14 there"s a mistake in the data, or the client pushes up a meeting, or you"re just 15 on a deadline. The project has to get done, so you"re not going home.
16 , spending the night deep in Excel instead of deep under your covers isn"t just killer for your social life, it also 17 your body. According to study in the US National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health, lack of sleep affects your brain"s frontal lobes (大脑额叶), 18 down their communications. Meanwhile, scientists tested subjects for speed and 19 after an all-nighter. They found, because of their inability to concentrate, that subjects had to be fast or accurate. They were 20 to do both. In fact, the disadvantages of an all-nighter are far more than these.
A. accuracy E. Fortunately I. Obviously M. Suddenly
B. crashing F. hard J. quality N. trained
C. capable G. hurts K. realizes O. unable
D. feasible H. majority L. slowing

答案： J[解析] 名词辨义题。根据空格前的物主代词their和空格后的介词of可以判断，此处需要填入一个名词，且意义上可与其后...

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Gender and Brain
Men and women do not think in the same ways. Few would disagree with that. Men have better motor and spacial abilities than women, and more monomaniacal (偏执狂的) 21 of thought. Women have better memories, are more 22 , and are better at dealing with several things at once.
According to the traditional idea, in the days of hunting and gathering, men spent more time 23 away from camp, their brains needed to be adapted to find their way around. They also spent more time tracking, fighting and killing things. Women by contrast, 24 up the children, so their brains needed to be adapted to enable them to manipulate each other"s and their children"s emotions to succeed in their world.
According to the study of Ragini Verma from the University of Pennsylvania, the left and right sides of the brain are believed to be specialised for logical and intuitive (直觉的) thought 25 . In her view, the cross-talk between them in women helps explain their better memories, sociability and 26 to multitask, all of which benefit from the hemispheres (半球) 27 . In men, by contrast, within-hemisphere links let them focus on things that do not need 28 inputs from both hemispheres.
Dr. Verma"s other main finding is that most of these 29 are not inborn. Rather, they develop with age. Gender differences in brains—those 30 to this technique, at least—thus manifest themselves mainly when gender itself begins to matter.
A. ability E. complex I. exceedingly M. sociable
B. annual F. cooperating J. patterns N. visible
C. assembly G. differences K. raised O. wandering
D. brought H. educated L. respectively

答案： J[解析] 名词辨义题。根据空格前的more monomaniacal和空格后的of thought可以判断，此处需要填...

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What Should You Eat When You Catch a Cold
People catch a cold tend to cough and feel sleepy. All these symptoms are 31 to make a cold sufferer"s appetite disappear completely. Studies show that certain foods can help relieve the symptoms of a common cold and sometimes shorten its 32 . One expert, Sharon Bergquist, assistant professor at School of Medicine, Emory University 33 her take on what to eat and what to avoid.
"The most 34 misunderstanding about a cold," says Dr. Bergquist, "is that dairy should be avoided because it increases mucus (粘液) production."
Australian scientists disproved that 35 in a series of 1990s studies where they gave hundreds of common-cold patients either cow"s milk or soy milk, and 36 no difference in mucus production between the two groups.
People need to drink a lot when they are sick. "So if your 37 is a latté, it is okay. Just make sure the latté is decaf (脱因咖啡), since any diuretic (利尿剂), such as caffeine, which makes you lose 38 water in your body, can usually worsens a cold." says Dr. Bergquist.
She 39 alcohol, also a diuretic, in a "mixed" category. "A little alcohol can help relieve the pain, hence the hot brandy cures," she says. "But while liquor may 40 make you feel better, it, too, can cause dehydration (脱水)."
A. assumption E. few I. exactly M. refined
B. choice F. duration J. lately N. system
C. common G. enough K. offers O. temporarily
D. considerable H. found L. puts

答案： G[解析] 形容词辨义题。根据空格前的are和空格后的不定式短语to make...可以判断，此处需要填入一个形容词。备...

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How to Find Happiness without Buying It
Our materialistic (物质至上的) society has led us to believe that happiness cannot be 1 without having money.
Rather than learning to be 2 with what we have, we are often taught to want more. We 3 from advertising, and from the media, that we need to buy trinkets (小玩意) and toys in order to make ourselves happy, or to fulfill emotional needs, and that the purchases they are trying to talk us into will provide us with the psychological 4 we are looking for.
5 , as a society we have bought into these misguided messages and have come to believe that spending money on certain items will bring us fame, fortune, happiness, beauty, or popularity. As a result, we trade hours of our lives working, sacrificing time that could have been spent with our families, for the 6 of the almighty (万能的) dollar.
Actually, there are a number of ways to enjoy life without the need for a great deal of money. For example, spending time out 7 nature, being thankful for all that we already have or helping others. Certainly, it is important to work and earn enough to provide for our 8 needs and the needs of our families, but it is also 9 to recognize when the desire for personal possessions becomes over-consumption. There needs to be a balance between a satisfying work life and a rich home life, and the best way to achieve such a balance is to 10 the drive for material possessions does not become all consuming.
A. basic E. enjoying I. purchase M. Seemingly
B. comfort F. ensure J. pursuit N. significant
C. effort G. learn K. restrained O. Unfortunately
D. excessive H. obtained L. satisfied

答案： L[解析] 形容词辨义题。根据空格前的be和空格后的介词短语with what we have可以推断，此处需要填入一个...

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Pulling an All-nighter Affects Your Body
There"s been a lot of talk on Wall Street lately about the grueling (令人精疲力竭的) hours that junior staff, interns, and analysts, have to work in order to get ahead.
Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and J.P. Morgan have all announced that they"ll start encouraging their young employees to take more time off. It"s an effort to improve their 11 of life so they don"t jump ship for other companies in and out of the financial space once they"ve been 12 .
It could be 13 to make this new policy stick, because on Wall Street, the all-nighter (通宵；熬夜) is almost a rite of passage.
Here"s how it works—You"re on an important project, and your boss 14 there"s a mistake in the data, or the client pushes up a meeting, or you"re just 15 on a deadline. The project has to get done, so you"re not going home.
16 , spending the night deep in Excel instead of deep under your covers isn"t just killer for your social life, it also 17 your body. According to study in the US National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health, lack of sleep affects your brain"s frontal lobes (大脑额叶), 18 down their communications. Meanwhile, scientists tested subjects for speed and 19 after an all-nighter. They found, because of their inability to concentrate, that subjects had to be fast or accurate. They were 20 to do both. In fact, the disadvantages of an all-nighter are far more than these.
A. accuracy E. Fortunately I. Obviously M. Suddenly
B. crashing F. hard J. quality N. trained
C. capable G. hurts K. realizes O. unable
D. feasible H. majority L. slowing

答案： N[解析] 动词辨义题。根据空格前的once they"ve been可以判断，此处需要填入一个动词的过去分词形式，表被...

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Gender and Brain
Men and women do not think in the same ways. Few would disagree with that. Men have better motor and spacial abilities than women, and more monomaniacal (偏执狂的) 21 of thought. Women have better memories, are more 22 , and are better at dealing with several things at once.
According to the traditional idea, in the days of hunting and gathering, men spent more time 23 away from camp, their brains needed to be adapted to find their way around. They also spent more time tracking, fighting and killing things. Women by contrast, 24 up the children, so their brains needed to be adapted to enable them to manipulate each other"s and their children"s emotions to succeed in their world.
According to the study of Ragini Verma from the University of Pennsylvania, the left and right sides of the brain are believed to be specialised for logical and intuitive (直觉的) thought 25 . In her view, the cross-talk between them in women helps explain their better memories, sociability and 26 to multitask, all of which benefit from the hemispheres (半球) 27 . In men, by contrast, within-hemisphere links let them focus on things that do not need 28 inputs from both hemispheres.
Dr. Verma"s other main finding is that most of these 29 are not inborn. Rather, they develop with age. Gender differences in brains—those 30 to this technique, at least—thus manifest themselves mainly when gender itself begins to matter.
A. ability E. complex I. exceedingly M. sociable
B. annual F. cooperating J. patterns N. visible
C. assembly G. differences K. raised O. wandering
D. brought H. educated L. respectively

答案： M[解析] 形容词辨义题。根据空格前的are more和空格前后分句中均提到的better可以判断，此处需要填入一个形容...

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How to Find Happiness without Buying It
Our materialistic (物质至上的) society has led us to believe that happiness cannot be 1 without having money.
Rather than learning to be 2 with what we have, we are often taught to want more. We 3 from advertising, and from the media, that we need to buy trinkets (小玩意) and toys in order to make ourselves happy, or to fulfill emotional needs, and that the purchases they are trying to talk us into will provide us with the psychological 4 we are looking for.
5 , as a society we have bought into these misguided messages and have come to believe that spending money on certain items will bring us fame, fortune, happiness, beauty, or popularity. As a result, we trade hours of our lives working, sacrificing time that could have been spent with our families, for the 6 of the almighty (万能的) dollar.
Actually, there are a number of ways to enjoy life without the need for a great deal of money. For example, spending time out 7 nature, being thankful for all that we already have or helping others. Certainly, it is important to work and earn enough to provide for our 8 needs and the needs of our families, but it is also 9 to recognize when the desire for personal possessions becomes over-consumption. There needs to be a balance between a satisfying work life and a rich home life, and the best way to achieve such a balance is to 10 the drive for material possessions does not become all consuming.
A. basic E. enjoying I. purchase M. Seemingly
B. comfort F. ensure J. pursuit N. significant
C. effort G. learn K. restrained O. Unfortunately
D. excessive H. obtained L. satisfied

答案： G[解析] 动词辨义题。空格所在的分句缺少谓语动词，主语为We，且全文使用一般现在时，由此可以判断此处需要填入一个动词的...

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What Should You Eat When You Catch a Cold
People catch a cold tend to cough and feel sleepy. All these symptoms are 31 to make a cold sufferer"s appetite disappear completely. Studies show that certain foods can help relieve the symptoms of a common cold and sometimes shorten its 32 . One expert, Sharon Bergquist, assistant professor at School of Medicine, Emory University 33 her take on what to eat and what to avoid.
"The most 34 misunderstanding about a cold," says Dr. Bergquist, "is that dairy should be avoided because it increases mucus (粘液) production."
Australian scientists disproved that 35 in a series of 1990s studies where they gave hundreds of common-cold patients either cow"s milk or soy milk, and 36 no difference in mucus production between the two groups.
People need to drink a lot when they are sick. "So if your 37 is a latté, it is okay. Just make sure the latté is decaf (脱因咖啡), since any diuretic (利尿剂), such as caffeine, which makes you lose 38 water in your body, can usually worsens a cold." says Dr. Bergquist.
She 39 alcohol, also a diuretic, in a "mixed" category. "A little alcohol can help relieve the pain, hence the hot brandy cures," she says. "But while liquor may 40 make you feel better, it, too, can cause dehydration (脱水)."
A. assumption E. few I. exactly M. refined
B. choice F. duration J. lately N. system
C. common G. enough K. offers O. temporarily
D. considerable H. found L. puts

答案： F[解析] 名词辨义题。根据空格前的shortens its可以判断，此处需要填入一个表达长度或距离的名词。备选词汇中只...

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Pulling an All-nighter Affects Your Body
There"s been a lot of talk on Wall Street lately about the grueling (令人精疲力竭的) hours that junior staff, interns, and analysts, have to work in order to get ahead.
Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and J.P. Morgan have all announced that they"ll start encouraging their young employees to take more time off. It"s an effort to improve their 11 of life so they don"t jump ship for other companies in and out of the financial space once they"ve been 12 .
It could be 13 to make this new policy stick, because on Wall Street, the all-nighter (通宵；熬夜) is almost a rite of passage.
Here"s how it works—You"re on an important project, and your boss 14 there"s a mistake in the data, or the client pushes up a meeting, or you"re just 15 on a deadline. The project has to get done, so you"re not going home.
16 , spending the night deep in Excel instead of deep under your covers isn"t just killer for your social life, it also 17 your body. According to study in the US National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health, lack of sleep affects your brain"s frontal lobes (大脑额叶), 18 down their communications. Meanwhile, scientists tested subjects for speed and 19 after an all-nighter. They found, because of their inability to concentrate, that subjects had to be fast or accurate. They were 20 to do both. In fact, the disadvantages of an all-nighter are far more than these.
A. accuracy E. Fortunately I. Obviously M. Suddenly
B. crashing F. hard J. quality N. trained
C. capable G. hurts K. realizes O. unable
D. feasible H. majority L. slowing

答案： F[解析] 形容词辨义题。根据空格前的It could be和空格后的to可以判断，此处需要填入一个形容词。空格所在句子...

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Gender and Brain
Men and women do not think in the same ways. Few would disagree with that. Men have better motor and spacial abilities than women, and more monomaniacal (偏执狂的) 21 of thought. Women have better memories, are more 22 , and are better at dealing with several things at once.
According to the traditional idea, in the days of hunting and gathering, men spent more time 23 away from camp, their brains needed to be adapted to find their way around. They also spent more time tracking, fighting and killing things. Women by contrast, 24 up the children, so their brains needed to be adapted to enable them to manipulate each other"s and their children"s emotions to succeed in their world.
According to the study of Ragini Verma from the University of Pennsylvania, the left and right sides of the brain are believed to be specialised for logical and intuitive (直觉的) thought 25 . In her view, the cross-talk between them in women helps explain their better memories, sociability and 26 to multitask, all of which benefit from the hemispheres (半球) 27 . In men, by contrast, within-hemisphere links let them focus on things that do not need 28 inputs from both hemispheres.
Dr. Verma"s other main finding is that most of these 29 are not inborn. Rather, they develop with age. Gender differences in brains—those 30 to this technique, at least—thus manifest themselves mainly when gender itself begins to matter.
A. ability E. complex I. exceedingly M. sociable
B. annual F. cooperating J. patterns N. visible
C. assembly G. differences K. raised O. wandering
D. brought H. educated L. respectively

答案： O[解析] 动词辨义题。根据空格前的spent more time和空格后的away from camp可以判断，此处需...

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What Should You Eat When You Catch a Cold
People catch a cold tend to cough and feel sleepy. All these symptoms are 31 to make a cold sufferer"s appetite disappear completely. Studies show that certain foods can help relieve the symptoms of a common cold and sometimes shorten its 32 . One expert, Sharon Bergquist, assistant professor at School of Medicine, Emory University 33 her take on what to eat and what to avoid.
"The most 34 misunderstanding about a cold," says Dr. Bergquist, "is that dairy should be avoided because it increases mucus (粘液) production."
Australian scientists disproved that 35 in a series of 1990s studies where they gave hundreds of common-cold patients either cow"s milk or soy milk, and 36 no difference in mucus production between the two groups.
People need to drink a lot when they are sick. "So if your 37 is a latté, it is okay. Just make sure the latté is decaf (脱因咖啡), since any diuretic (利尿剂), such as caffeine, which makes you lose 38 water in your body, can usually worsens a cold." says Dr. Bergquist.
She 39 alcohol, also a diuretic, in a "mixed" category. "A little alcohol can help relieve the pain, hence the hot brandy cures," she says. "But while liquor may 40 make you feel better, it, too, can cause dehydration (脱水)."
A. assumption E. few I. exactly M. refined
B. choice F. duration J. lately N. system
C. common G. enough K. offers O. temporarily
D. considerable H. found L. puts

答案： K[解析] 动词辨义题。根据空格所在句结构和空格后的her take可以判断，此处需要填入一个动词，且该动词须为第三人称...

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How to Find Happiness without Buying It
Our materialistic (物质至上的) society has led us to believe that happiness cannot be 1 without having money.
Rather than learning to be 2 with what we have, we are often taught to want more. We 3 from advertising, and from the media, that we need to buy trinkets (小玩意) and toys in order to make ourselves happy, or to fulfill emotional needs, and that the purchases they are trying to talk us into will provide us with the psychological 4 we are looking for.
5 , as a society we have bought into these misguided messages and have come to believe that spending money on certain items will bring us fame, fortune, happiness, beauty, or popularity. As a result, we trade hours of our lives working, sacrificing time that could have been spent with our families, for the 6 of the almighty (万能的) dollar.
Actually, there are a number of ways to enjoy life without the need for a great deal of money. For example, spending time out 7 nature, being thankful for all that we already have or helping others. Certainly, it is important to work and earn enough to provide for our 8 needs and the needs of our families, but it is also 9 to recognize when the desire for personal possessions becomes over-consumption. There needs to be a balance between a satisfying work life and a rich home life, and the best way to achieve such a balance is to 10 the drive for material possessions does not become all consuming.
A. basic E. enjoying I. purchase M. Seemingly
B. comfort F. ensure J. pursuit N. significant
C. effort G. learn K. restrained O. Unfortunately
D. excessive H. obtained L. satisfied

答案： B[解析] 名词辨义题。空格位于provide sb. with sth.这一结构中，由此可以判断此处需要填入一个能被p...

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Pulling an All-nighter Affects Your Body
There"s been a lot of talk on Wall Street lately about the grueling (令人精疲力竭的) hours that junior staff, interns, and analysts, have to work in order to get ahead.
Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and J.P. Morgan have all announced that they"ll start encouraging their young employees to take more time off. It"s an effort to improve their 11 of life so they don"t jump ship for other companies in and out of the financial space once they"ve been 12 .
It could be 13 to make this new policy stick, because on Wall Street, the all-nighter (通宵；熬夜) is almost a rite of passage.
Here"s how it works—You"re on an important project, and your boss 14 there"s a mistake in the data, or the client pushes up a meeting, or you"re just 15 on a deadline. The project has to get done, so you"re not going home.
16 , spending the night deep in Excel instead of deep under your covers isn"t just killer for your social life, it also 17 your body. According to study in the US National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health, lack of sleep affects your brain"s frontal lobes (大脑额叶), 18 down their communications. Meanwhile, scientists tested subjects for speed and 19 after an all-nighter. They found, because of their inability to concentrate, that subjects had to be fast or accurate. They were 20 to do both. In fact, the disadvantages of an all-nighter are far more than these.
A. accuracy E. Fortunately I. Obviously M. Suddenly
B. crashing F. hard J. quality N. trained
C. capable G. hurts K. realizes O. unable
D. feasible H. majority L. slowing

答案： K[解析] 动词辨义题。空格所在的整个句子由几个结构完整的并列分句组成，根据空格前的your boss和空格后的ther...

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Gender and Brain
Men and women do not think in the same ways. Few would disagree with that. Men have better motor and spacial abilities than women, and more monomaniacal (偏执狂的) 21 of thought. Women have better memories, are more 22 , and are better at dealing with several things at once.
According to the traditional idea, in the days of hunting and gathering, men spent more time 23 away from camp, their brains needed to be adapted to find their way around. They also spent more time tracking, fighting and killing things. Women by contrast, 24 up the children, so their brains needed to be adapted to enable them to manipulate each other"s and their children"s emotions to succeed in their world.
According to the study of Ragini Verma from the University of Pennsylvania, the left and right sides of the brain are believed to be specialised for logical and intuitive (直觉的) thought 25 . In her view, the cross-talk between them in women helps explain their better memories, sociability and 26 to multitask, all of which benefit from the hemispheres (半球) 27 . In men, by contrast, within-hemisphere links let them focus on things that do not need 28 inputs from both hemispheres.
Dr. Verma"s other main finding is that most of these 29 are not inborn. Rather, they develop with age. Gender differences in brains—those 30 to this technique, at least—thus manifest themselves mainly when gender itself begins to matter.
A. ability E. complex I. exceedingly M. sociable
B. annual F. cooperating J. patterns N. visible
C. assembly G. differences K. raised O. wandering
D. brought H. educated L. respectively

答案： D[解析] 动词辨义题。根据空格后的介词up和整个句子的时态可以判断，此处需要填入一个动词的过去式。备选词汇中只有bro...

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How to Find Happiness without Buying It
Our materialistic (物质至上的) society has led us to believe that happiness cannot be 1 without having money.
Rather than learning to be 2 with what we have, we are often taught to want more. We 3 from advertising, and from the media, that we need to buy trinkets (小玩意) and toys in order to make ourselves happy, or to fulfill emotional needs, and that the purchases they are trying to talk us into will provide us with the psychological 4 we are looking for.
5 , as a society we have bought into these misguided messages and have come to believe that spending money on certain items will bring us fame, fortune, happiness, beauty, or popularity. As a result, we trade hours of our lives working, sacrificing time that could have been spent with our families, for the 6 of the almighty (万能的) dollar.
Actually, there are a number of ways to enjoy life without the need for a great deal of money. For example, spending time out 7 nature, being thankful for all that we already have or helping others. Certainly, it is important to work and earn enough to provide for our 8 needs and the needs of our families, but it is also 9 to recognize when the desire for personal possessions becomes over-consumption. There needs to be a balance between a satisfying work life and a rich home life, and the best way to achieve such a balance is to 10 the drive for material possessions does not become all consuming.
A. basic E. enjoying I. purchase M. Seemingly
B. comfort F. ensure J. pursuit N. significant
C. effort G. learn K. restrained O. Unfortunately
D. excessive H. obtained L. satisfied

答案： O[解析] 副词辨义题。空格单独位于句首，且所在句子的结构完整，由此可以判断此处需要填入一个形容词或副词，用作插入语。空...

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What Should You Eat When You Catch a Cold
People catch a cold tend to cough and feel sleepy. All these symptoms are 31 to make a cold sufferer"s appetite disappear completely. Studies show that certain foods can help relieve the symptoms of a common cold and sometimes shorten its 32 . One expert, Sharon Bergquist, assistant professor at School of Medicine, Emory University 33 her take on what to eat and what to avoid.
"The most 34 misunderstanding about a cold," says Dr. Bergquist, "is that dairy should be avoided because it increases mucus (粘液) production."
Australian scientists disproved that 35 in a series of 1990s studies where they gave hundreds of common-cold patients either cow"s milk or soy milk, and 36 no difference in mucus production between the two groups.
People need to drink a lot when they are sick. "So if your 37 is a latté, it is okay. Just make sure the latté is decaf (脱因咖啡), since any diuretic (利尿剂), such as caffeine, which makes you lose 38 water in your body, can usually worsens a cold." says Dr. Bergquist.
She 39 alcohol, also a diuretic, in a "mixed" category. "A little alcohol can help relieve the pain, hence the hot brandy cures," she says. "But while liquor may 40 make you feel better, it, too, can cause dehydration (脱水)."
A. assumption E. few I. exactly M. refined
B. choice F. duration J. lately N. system
C. common G. enough K. offers O. temporarily
D. considerable H. found L. puts

答案： C[解析] 形容词辨义题。根据空格前的The most和空格后的名词misunderstanding可以判断，此处需要填...

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Pulling an All-nighter Affects Your Body
There"s been a lot of talk on Wall Street lately about the grueling (令人精疲力竭的) hours that junior staff, interns, and analysts, have to work in order to get ahead.
Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and J.P. Morgan have all announced that they"ll start encouraging their young employees to take more time off. It"s an effort to improve their 11 of life so they don"t jump ship for other companies in and out of the financial space once they"ve been 12 .
It could be 13 to make this new policy stick, because on Wall Street, the all-nighter (通宵；熬夜) is almost a rite of passage.
Here"s how it works—You"re on an important project, and your boss 14 there"s a mistake in the data, or the client pushes up a meeting, or you"re just 15 on a deadline. The project has to get done, so you"re not going home.
16 , spending the night deep in Excel instead of deep under your covers isn"t just killer for your social life, it also 17 your body. According to study in the US National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health, lack of sleep affects your brain"s frontal lobes (大脑额叶), 18 down their communications. Meanwhile, scientists tested subjects for speed and 19 after an all-nighter. They found, because of their inability to concentrate, that subjects had to be fast or accurate. They were 20 to do both. In fact, the disadvantages of an all-nighter are far more than these.
A. accuracy E. Fortunately I. Obviously M. Suddenly
B. crashing F. hard J. quality N. trained
C. capable G. hurts K. realizes O. unable
D. feasible H. majority L. slowing

答案： B[解析] 动词辨义题。根据空格前的you"re just和空格后的on a deadline可以判断，此处需要填入一个...

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Gender and Brain
Men and women do not think in the same ways. Few would disagree with that. Men have better motor and spacial abilities than women, and more monomaniacal (偏执狂的) 21 of thought. Women have better memories, are more 22 , and are better at dealing with several things at once.
According to the traditional idea, in the days of hunting and gathering, men spent more time 23 away from camp, their brains needed to be adapted to find their way around. They also spent more time tracking, fighting and killing things. Women by contrast, 24 up the children, so their brains needed to be adapted to enable them to manipulate each other"s and their children"s emotions to succeed in their world.
According to the study of Ragini Verma from the University of Pennsylvania, the left and right sides of the brain are believed to be specialised for logical and intuitive (直觉的) thought 25 . In her view, the cross-talk between them in women helps explain their better memories, sociability and 26 to multitask, all of which benefit from the hemispheres (半球) 27 . In men, by contrast, within-hemisphere links let them focus on things that do not need 28 inputs from both hemispheres.
Dr. Verma"s other main finding is that most of these 29 are not inborn. Rather, they develop with age. Gender differences in brains—those 30 to this technique, at least—thus manifest themselves mainly when gender itself begins to matter.
A. ability E. complex I. exceedingly M. sociable
B. annual F. cooperating J. patterns N. visible
C. assembly G. differences K. raised O. wandering
D. brought H. educated L. respectively

答案： L[解析] 副词辨义题。空格所在的句子结构完整，并不缺少任何成分。句子的主干为the left and right si...

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How to Find Happiness without Buying It
Our materialistic (物质至上的) society has led us to believe that happiness cannot be 1 without having money.
Rather than learning to be 2 with what we have, we are often taught to want more. We 3 from advertising, and from the media, that we need to buy trinkets (小玩意) and toys in order to make ourselves happy, or to fulfill emotional needs, and that the purchases they are trying to talk us into will provide us with the psychological 4 we are looking for.
5 , as a society we have bought into these misguided messages and have come to believe that spending money on certain items will bring us fame, fortune, happiness, beauty, or popularity. As a result, we trade hours of our lives working, sacrificing time that could have been spent with our families, for the 6 of the almighty (万能的) dollar.
Actually, there are a number of ways to enjoy life without the need for a great deal of money. For example, spending time out 7 nature, being thankful for all that we already have or helping others. Certainly, it is important to work and earn enough to provide for our 8 needs and the needs of our families, but it is also 9 to recognize when the desire for personal possessions becomes over-consumption. There needs to be a balance between a satisfying work life and a rich home life, and the best way to achieve such a balance is to 10 the drive for material possessions does not become all consuming.
A. basic E. enjoying I. purchase M. Seemingly
B. comfort F. ensure J. pursuit N. significant
C. effort G. learn K. restrained O. Unfortunately
D. excessive H. obtained L. satisfied

答案： J[解析] 名词辨义题。根据空格前的定冠词the和空格后的of所有格可以判断，此处需要填入一个名词。备选词汇中只有pur...

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What Should You Eat When You Catch a Cold
People catch a cold tend to cough and feel sleepy. All these symptoms are 31 to make a cold sufferer"s appetite disappear completely. Studies show that certain foods can help relieve the symptoms of a common cold and sometimes shorten its 32 . One expert, Sharon Bergquist, assistant professor at School of Medicine, Emory University 33 her take on what to eat and what to avoid.
"The most 34 misunderstanding about a cold," says Dr. Bergquist, "is that dairy should be avoided because it increases mucus (粘液) production."
Australian scientists disproved that 35 in a series of 1990s studies where they gave hundreds of common-cold patients either cow"s milk or soy milk, and 36 no difference in mucus production between the two groups.
People need to drink a lot when they are sick. "So if your 37 is a latté, it is okay. Just make sure the latté is decaf (脱因咖啡), since any diuretic (利尿剂), such as caffeine, which makes you lose 38 water in your body, can usually worsens a cold." says Dr. Bergquist.
She 39 alcohol, also a diuretic, in a "mixed" category. "A little alcohol can help relieve the pain, hence the hot brandy cures," she says. "But while liquor may 40 make you feel better, it, too, can cause dehydration (脱水)."
A. assumption E. few I. exactly M. refined
B. choice F. duration J. lately N. system
C. common G. enough K. offers O. temporarily
D. considerable H. found L. puts

答案： A[解析] 名词辨义题。根据空格前的disproved that和空格后的in a series of 1990s st...

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Pulling an All-nighter Affects Your Body
There"s been a lot of talk on Wall Street lately about the grueling (令人精疲力竭的) hours that junior staff, interns, and analysts, have to work in order to get ahead.
Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and J.P. Morgan have all announced that they"ll start encouraging their young employees to take more time off. It"s an effort to improve their 11 of life so they don"t jump ship for other companies in and out of the financial space once they"ve been 12 .
It could be 13 to make this new policy stick, because on Wall Street, the all-nighter (通宵；熬夜) is almost a rite of passage.
Here"s how it works—You"re on an important project, and your boss 14 there"s a mistake in the data, or the client pushes up a meeting, or you"re just 15 on a deadline. The project has to get done, so you"re not going home.
16 , spending the night deep in Excel instead of deep under your covers isn"t just killer for your social life, it also 17 your body. According to study in the US National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health, lack of sleep affects your brain"s frontal lobes (大脑额叶), 18 down their communications. Meanwhile, scientists tested subjects for speed and 19 after an all-nighter. They found, because of their inability to concentrate, that subjects had to be fast or accurate. They were 20 to do both. In fact, the disadvantages of an all-nighter are far more than these.
A. accuracy E. Fortunately I. Obviously M. Suddenly
B. crashing F. hard J. quality N. trained
C. capable G. hurts K. realizes O. unable
D. feasible H. majority L. slowing

答案： I[解析] 副词辨义题。空格单独位于句首，由此可以判断此处需要填入一个可以单独使用的形容词或者副词作插入语。从语义上看，...

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How to Find Happiness without Buying It
Our materialistic (物质至上的) society has led us to believe that happiness cannot be 1 without having money.
Rather than learning to be 2 with what we have, we are often taught to want more. We 3 from advertising, and from the media, that we need to buy trinkets (小玩意) and toys in order to make ourselves happy, or to fulfill emotional needs, and that the purchases they are trying to talk us into will provide us with the psychological 4 we are looking for.
5 , as a society we have bought into these misguided messages and have come to believe that spending money on certain items will bring us fame, fortune, happiness, beauty, or popularity. As a result, we trade hours of our lives working, sacrificing time that could have been spent with our families, for the 6 of the almighty (万能的) dollar.
Actually, there are a number of ways to enjoy life without the need for a great deal of money. For example, spending time out 7 nature, being thankful for all that we already have or helping others. Certainly, it is important to work and earn enough to provide for our 8 needs and the needs of our families, but it is also 9 to recognize when the desire for personal possessions becomes over-consumption. There needs to be a balance between a satisfying work life and a rich home life, and the best way to achieve such a balance is to 10 the drive for material possessions does not become all consuming.
A. basic E. enjoying I. purchase M. Seemingly
B. comfort F. ensure J. pursuit N. significant
C. effort G. learn K. restrained O. Unfortunately
D. excessive H. obtained L. satisfied

答案： E[解析] 动词辨义题。根据空格前的spending time out和空格后的名词nature可以判断，此处空格位于s...

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Gender and Brain
Men and women do not think in the same ways. Few would disagree with that. Men have better motor and spacial abilities than women, and more monomaniacal (偏执狂的) 21 of thought. Women have better memories, are more 22 , and are better at dealing with several things at once.
According to the traditional idea, in the days of hunting and gathering, men spent more time 23 away from camp, their brains needed to be adapted to find their way around. They also spent more time tracking, fighting and killing things. Women by contrast, 24 up the children, so their brains needed to be adapted to enable them to manipulate each other"s and their children"s emotions to succeed in their world.
According to the study of Ragini Verma from the University of Pennsylvania, the left and right sides of the brain are believed to be specialised for logical and intuitive (直觉的) thought 25 . In her view, the cross-talk between them in women helps explain their better memories, sociability and 26 to multitask, all of which benefit from the hemispheres (半球) 27 . In men, by contrast, within-hemisphere links let them focus on things that do not need 28 inputs from both hemispheres.
Dr. Verma"s other main finding is that most of these 29 are not inborn. Rather, they develop with age. Gender differences in brains—those 30 to this technique, at least—thus manifest themselves mainly when gender itself begins to matter.
A. ability E. complex I. exceedingly M. sociable
B. annual F. cooperating J. patterns N. visible
C. assembly G. differences K. raised O. wandering
D. brought H. educated L. respectively

答案： A[解析] 名词辨义题。根据空格前的better memories, sociability and和空格后的to mu...

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Pulling an All-nighter Affects Your Body
There"s been a lot of talk on Wall Street lately about the grueling (令人精疲力竭的) hours that junior staff, interns, and analysts, have to work in order to get ahead.
Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and J.P. Morgan have all announced that they"ll start encouraging their young employees to take more time off. It"s an effort to improve their 11 of life so they don"t jump ship for other companies in and out of the financial space once they"ve been 12 .
It could be 13 to make this new policy stick, because on Wall Street, the all-nighter (通宵；熬夜) is almost a rite of passage.
Here"s how it works—You"re on an important project, and your boss 14 there"s a mistake in the data, or the client pushes up a meeting, or you"re just 15 on a deadline. The project has to get done, so you"re not going home.
16 , spending the night deep in Excel instead of deep under your covers isn"t just killer for your social life, it also 17 your body. According to study in the US National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health, lack of sleep affects your brain"s frontal lobes (大脑额叶), 18 down their communications. Meanwhile, scientists tested subjects for speed and 19 after an all-nighter. They found, because of their inability to concentrate, that subjects had to be fast or accurate. They were 20 to do both. In fact, the disadvantages of an all-nighter are far more than these.
A. accuracy E. Fortunately I. Obviously M. Suddenly
B. crashing F. hard J. quality N. trained
C. capable G. hurts K. realizes O. unable
D. feasible H. majority L. slowing

答案： G[解析] 动词辨义题。整个句子的时态采用的是一般现在时，再根据空格前的it also和空格后的your body可以判...

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What Should You Eat When You Catch a Cold
People catch a cold tend to cough and feel sleepy. All these symptoms are 31 to make a cold sufferer"s appetite disappear completely. Studies show that certain foods can help relieve the symptoms of a common cold and sometimes shorten its 32 . One expert, Sharon Bergquist, assistant professor at School of Medicine, Emory University 33 her take on what to eat and what to avoid.
"The most 34 misunderstanding about a cold," says Dr. Bergquist, "is that dairy should be avoided because it increases mucus (粘液) production."
Australian scientists disproved that 35 in a series of 1990s studies where they gave hundreds of common-cold patients either cow"s milk or soy milk, and 36 no difference in mucus production between the two groups.
People need to drink a lot when they are sick. "So if your 37 is a latté, it is okay. Just make sure the latté is decaf (脱因咖啡), since any diuretic (利尿剂), such as caffeine, which makes you lose 38 water in your body, can usually worsens a cold." says Dr. Bergquist.
She 39 alcohol, also a diuretic, in a "mixed" category. "A little alcohol can help relieve the pain, hence the hot brandy cures," she says. "But while liquor may 40 make you feel better, it, too, can cause dehydration (脱水)."
A. assumption E. few I. exactly M. refined
B. choice F. duration J. lately N. system
C. common G. enough K. offers O. temporarily
D. considerable H. found L. puts

答案： H[解析] 动词辨义题。空格所在的where引导的定语从句是由and连接的并列句，与此处空格并列的是前面分句中的gave...

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Gender and Brain
Men and women do not think in the same ways. Few would disagree with that. Men have better motor and spacial abilities than women, and more monomaniacal (偏执狂的) 21 of thought. Women have better memories, are more 22 , and are better at dealing with several things at once.
According to the traditional idea, in the days of hunting and gathering, men spent more time 23 away from camp, their brains needed to be adapted to find their way around. They also spent more time tracking, fighting and killing things. Women by contrast, 24 up the children, so their brains needed to be adapted to enable them to manipulate each other"s and their children"s emotions to succeed in their world.
According to the study of Ragini Verma from the University of Pennsylvania, the left and right sides of the brain are believed to be specialised for logical and intuitive (直觉的) thought 25 . In her view, the cross-talk between them in women helps explain their better memories, sociability and 26 to multitask, all of which benefit from the hemispheres (半球) 27 . In men, by contrast, within-hemisphere links let them focus on things that do not need 28 inputs from both hemispheres.
Dr. Verma"s other main finding is that most of these 29 are not inborn. Rather, they develop with age. Gender differences in brains—those 30 to this technique, at least—thus manifest themselves mainly when gender itself begins to matter.
A. ability E. complex I. exceedingly M. sociable
B. annual F. cooperating J. patterns N. visible
C. assembly G. differences K. raised O. wandering
D. brought H. educated L. respectively

答案： F[解析] 动词辨义题。根据空格前的benefit from the hemispheres可以判断，此处需要填入一个动...

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How to Find Happiness without Buying It
Our materialistic (物质至上的) society has led us to believe that happiness cannot be 1 without having money.
Rather than learning to be 2 with what we have, we are often taught to want more. We 3 from advertising, and from the media, that we need to buy trinkets (小玩意) and toys in order to make ourselves happy, or to fulfill emotional needs, and that the purchases they are trying to talk us into will provide us with the psychological 4 we are looking for.
5 , as a society we have bought into these misguided messages and have come to believe that spending money on certain items will bring us fame, fortune, happiness, beauty, or popularity. As a result, we trade hours of our lives working, sacrificing time that could have been spent with our families, for the 6 of the almighty (万能的) dollar.
Actually, there are a number of ways to enjoy life without the need for a great deal of money. For example, spending time out 7 nature, being thankful for all that we already have or helping others. Certainly, it is important to work and earn enough to provide for our 8 needs and the needs of our families, but it is also 9 to recognize when the desire for personal possessions becomes over-consumption. There needs to be a balance between a satisfying work life and a rich home life, and the best way to achieve such a balance is to 10 the drive for material possessions does not become all consuming.
A. basic E. enjoying I. purchase M. Seemingly
B. comfort F. ensure J. pursuit N. significant
C. effort G. learn K. restrained O. Unfortunately
D. excessive H. obtained L. satisfied

答案： A[解析] 形容词辨义题。空格所在的分句结构完整，再由空格前的物主代词our和空格后的名词needs可以判断，此处需要填...

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Pulling an All-nighter Affects Your Body
There"s been a lot of talk on Wall Street lately about the grueling (令人精疲力竭的) hours that junior staff, interns, and analysts, have to work in order to get ahead.
Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and J.P. Morgan have all announced that they"ll start encouraging their young employees to take more time off. It"s an effort to improve their 11 of life so they don"t jump ship for other companies in and out of the financial space once they"ve been 12 .
It could be 13 to make this new policy stick, because on Wall Street, the all-nighter (通宵；熬夜) is almost a rite of passage.
Here"s how it works—You"re on an important project, and your boss 14 there"s a mistake in the data, or the client pushes up a meeting, or you"re just 15 on a deadline. The project has to get done, so you"re not going home.
16 , spending the night deep in Excel instead of deep under your covers isn"t just killer for your social life, it also 17 your body. According to study in the US National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health, lack of sleep affects your brain"s frontal lobes (大脑额叶), 18 down their communications. Meanwhile, scientists tested subjects for speed and 19 after an all-nighter. They found, because of their inability to concentrate, that subjects had to be fast or accurate. They were 20 to do both. In fact, the disadvantages of an all-nighter are far more than these.
A. accuracy E. Fortunately I. Obviously M. Suddenly
B. crashing F. hard J. quality N. trained
C. capable G. hurts K. realizes O. unable
D. feasible H. majority L. slowing

答案： L[解析] 动词辨义题。根据空格前的逗号和空格后的down their communications可以判断，此处需要填...

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What Should You Eat When You Catch a Cold
People catch a cold tend to cough and feel sleepy. All these symptoms are 31 to make a cold sufferer"s appetite disappear completely. Studies show that certain foods can help relieve the symptoms of a common cold and sometimes shorten its 32 . One expert, Sharon Bergquist, assistant professor at School of Medicine, Emory University 33 her take on what to eat and what to avoid.
"The most 34 misunderstanding about a cold," says Dr. Bergquist, "is that dairy should be avoided because it increases mucus (粘液) production."
Australian scientists disproved that 35 in a series of 1990s studies where they gave hundreds of common-cold patients either cow"s milk or soy milk, and 36 no difference in mucus production between the two groups.
People need to drink a lot when they are sick. "So if your 37 is a latté, it is okay. Just make sure the latté is decaf (脱因咖啡), since any diuretic (利尿剂), such as caffeine, which makes you lose 38 water in your body, can usually worsens a cold." says Dr. Bergquist.
She 39 alcohol, also a diuretic, in a "mixed" category. "A little alcohol can help relieve the pain, hence the hot brandy cures," she says. "But while liquor may 40 make you feel better, it, too, can cause dehydration (脱水)."
A. assumption E. few I. exactly M. refined
B. choice F. duration J. lately N. system
C. common G. enough K. offers O. temporarily
D. considerable H. found L. puts

答案： B[解析] 名词辨义题。根据空格前的your和空格后的is可以判断，此处需要填入一个名词的单数形式。备选词汇中只有cho...

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How to Find Happiness without Buying It
Our materialistic (物质至上的) society has led us to believe that happiness cannot be 1 without having money.
Rather than learning to be 2 with what we have, we are often taught to want more. We 3 from advertising, and from the media, that we need to buy trinkets (小玩意) and toys in order to make ourselves happy, or to fulfill emotional needs, and that the purchases they are trying to talk us into will provide us with the psychological 4 we are looking for.
5 , as a society we have bought into these misguided messages and have come to believe that spending money on certain items will bring us fame, fortune, happiness, beauty, or popularity. As a result, we trade hours of our lives working, sacrificing time that could have been spent with our families, for the 6 of the almighty (万能的) dollar.
Actually, there are a number of ways to enjoy life without the need for a great deal of money. For example, spending time out 7 nature, being thankful for all that we already have or helping others. Certainly, it is important to work and earn enough to provide for our 8 needs and the needs of our families, but it is also 9 to recognize when the desire for personal possessions becomes over-consumption. There needs to be a balance between a satisfying work life and a rich home life, and the best way to achieve such a balance is to 10 the drive for material possessions does not become all consuming.
A. basic E. enjoying I. purchase M. Seemingly
B. comfort F. ensure J. pursuit N. significant
C. effort G. learn K. restrained O. Unfortunately
D. excessive H. obtained L. satisfied

答案： N[解析] 形容词辨义题。空格所在的分句缺少表语，再由前面分句中提到的it is important和此处空格前的it ...

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Pulling an All-nighter Affects Your Body
There"s been a lot of talk on Wall Street lately about the grueling (令人精疲力竭的) hours that junior staff, interns, and analysts, have to work in order to get ahead.
Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and J.P. Morgan have all announced that they"ll start encouraging their young employees to take more time off. It"s an effort to improve their 11 of life so they don"t jump ship for other companies in and out of the financial space once they"ve been 12 .
It could be 13 to make this new policy stick, because on Wall Street, the all-nighter (通宵；熬夜) is almost a rite of passage.
Here"s how it works—You"re on an important project, and your boss 14 there"s a mistake in the data, or the client pushes up a meeting, or you"re just 15 on a deadline. The project has to get done, so you"re not going home.
16 , spending the night deep in Excel instead of deep under your covers isn"t just killer for your social life, it also 17 your body. According to study in the US National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health, lack of sleep affects your brain"s frontal lobes (大脑额叶), 18 down their communications. Meanwhile, scientists tested subjects for speed and 19 after an all-nighter. They found, because of their inability to concentrate, that subjects had to be fast or accurate. They were 20 to do both. In fact, the disadvantages of an all-nighter are far more than these.
A. accuracy E. Fortunately I. Obviously M. Suddenly
B. crashing F. hard J. quality N. trained
C. capable G. hurts K. realizes O. unable
D. feasible H. majority L. slowing

答案： A[解析] 名词辨义题。根据空格前的for speed and和空格后的after an all-nighter可以判断...

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Gender and Brain
Men and women do not think in the same ways. Few would disagree with that. Men have better motor and spacial abilities than women, and more monomaniacal (偏执狂的) 21 of thought. Women have better memories, are more 22 , and are better at dealing with several things at once.
According to the traditional idea, in the days of hunting and gathering, men spent more time 23 away from camp, their brains needed to be adapted to find their way around. They also spent more time tracking, fighting and killing things. Women by contrast, 24 up the children, so their brains needed to be adapted to enable them to manipulate each other"s and their children"s emotions to succeed in their world.
According to the study of Ragini Verma from the University of Pennsylvania, the left and right sides of the brain are believed to be specialised for logical and intuitive (直觉的) thought 25 . In her view, the cross-talk between them in women helps explain their better memories, sociability and 26 to multitask, all of which benefit from the hemispheres (半球) 27 . In men, by contrast, within-hemisphere links let them focus on things that do not need 28 inputs from both hemispheres.
Dr. Verma"s other main finding is that most of these 29 are not inborn. Rather, they develop with age. Gender differences in brains—those 30 to this technique, at least—thus manifest themselves mainly when gender itself begins to matter.
A. ability E. complex I. exceedingly M. sociable
B. annual F. cooperating J. patterns N. visible
C. assembly G. differences K. raised O. wandering
D. brought H. educated L. respectively

答案： E[解析] 形容词辨义题。根据空格前的do not need和空格后的名词inputs可以判断，此处需要填入一个形容词或...

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What Should You Eat When You Catch a Cold
People catch a cold tend to cough and feel sleepy. All these symptoms are 31 to make a cold sufferer"s appetite disappear completely. Studies show that certain foods can help relieve the symptoms of a common cold and sometimes shorten its 32 . One expert, Sharon Bergquist, assistant professor at School of Medicine, Emory University 33 her take on what to eat and what to avoid.
"The most 34 misunderstanding about a cold," says Dr. Bergquist, "is that dairy should be avoided because it increases mucus (粘液) production."
Australian scientists disproved that 35 in a series of 1990s studies where they gave hundreds of common-cold patients either cow"s milk or soy milk, and 36 no difference in mucus production between the two groups.
People need to drink a lot when they are sick. "So if your 37 is a latté, it is okay. Just make sure the latté is decaf (脱因咖啡), since any diuretic (利尿剂), such as caffeine, which makes you lose 38 water in your body, can usually worsens a cold." says Dr. Bergquist.
She 39 alcohol, also a diuretic, in a "mixed" category. "A little alcohol can help relieve the pain, hence the hot brandy cures," she says. "But while liquor may 40 make you feel better, it, too, can cause dehydration (脱水)."
A. assumption E. few I. exactly M. refined
B. choice F. duration J. lately N. system
C. common G. enough K. offers O. temporarily
D. considerable H. found L. puts

答案： D[解析] 形容词辨义题。根据空格前的lose和空格后的water可以判断，此处需要填入一个形容词修饰water。备选词...

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How to Find Happiness without Buying It
Our materialistic (物质至上的) society has led us to believe that happiness cannot be 1 without having money.
Rather than learning to be 2 with what we have, we are often taught to want more. We 3 from advertising, and from the media, that we need to buy trinkets (小玩意) and toys in order to make ourselves happy, or to fulfill emotional needs, and that the purchases they are trying to talk us into will provide us with the psychological 4 we are looking for.
5 , as a society we have bought into these misguided messages and have come to believe that spending money on certain items will bring us fame, fortune, happiness, beauty, or popularity. As a result, we trade hours of our lives working, sacrificing time that could have been spent with our families, for the 6 of the almighty (万能的) dollar.
Actually, there are a number of ways to enjoy life without the need for a great deal of money. For example, spending time out 7 nature, being thankful for all that we already have or helping others. Certainly, it is important to work and earn enough to provide for our 8 needs and the needs of our families, but it is also 9 to recognize when the desire for personal possessions becomes over-consumption. There needs to be a balance between a satisfying work life and a rich home life, and the best way to achieve such a balance is to 10 the drive for material possessions does not become all consuming.
A. basic E. enjoying I. purchase M. Seemingly
B. comfort F. ensure J. pursuit N. significant
C. effort G. learn K. restrained O. Unfortunately
D. excessive H. obtained L. satisfied

答案： F[解析] 动词辨义题。空格位于不定式结构中，在该分句中作表语。由此可以判断此处需要填入一个动词原形。备选词汇中只有en...

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Gender and Brain
Men and women do not think in the same ways. Few would disagree with that. Men have better motor and spacial abilities than women, and more monomaniacal (偏执狂的) 21 of thought. Women have better memories, are more 22 , and are better at dealing with several things at once.
According to the traditional idea, in the days of hunting and gathering, men spent more time 23 away from camp, their brains needed to be adapted to find their way around. They also spent more time tracking, fighting and killing things. Women by contrast, 24 up the children, so their brains needed to be adapted to enable them to manipulate each other"s and their children"s emotions to succeed in their world.
According to the study of Ragini Verma from the University of Pennsylvania, the left and right sides of the brain are believed to be specialised for logical and intuitive (直觉的) thought 25 . In her view, the cross-talk between them in women helps explain their better memories, sociability and 26 to multitask, all of which benefit from the hemispheres (半球) 27 . In men, by contrast, within-hemisphere links let them focus on things that do not need 28 inputs from both hemispheres.
Dr. Verma"s other main finding is that most of these 29 are not inborn. Rather, they develop with age. Gender differences in brains—those 30 to this technique, at least—thus manifest themselves mainly when gender itself begins to matter.
A. ability E. complex I. exceedingly M. sociable
B. annual F. cooperating J. patterns N. visible
C. assembly G. differences K. raised O. wandering
D. brought H. educated L. respectively

答案： G[解析] 名词辨义题。根据空格前的形容词these可以判断，此处需要填入一个可数名词的复数形式。而全文都在讲述男性的大...

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Pulling an All-nighter Affects Your Body
There"s been a lot of talk on Wall Street lately about the grueling (令人精疲力竭的) hours that junior staff, interns, and analysts, have to work in order to get ahead.
Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and J.P. Morgan have all announced that they"ll start encouraging their young employees to take more time off. It"s an effort to improve their 11 of life so they don"t jump ship for other companies in and out of the financial space once they"ve been 12 .
It could be 13 to make this new policy stick, because on Wall Street, the all-nighter (通宵；熬夜) is almost a rite of passage.
Here"s how it works—You"re on an important project, and your boss 14 there"s a mistake in the data, or the client pushes up a meeting, or you"re just 15 on a deadline. The project has to get done, so you"re not going home.
16 , spending the night deep in Excel instead of deep under your covers isn"t just killer for your social life, it also 17 your body. According to study in the US National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health, lack of sleep affects your brain"s frontal lobes (大脑额叶), 18 down their communications. Meanwhile, scientists tested subjects for speed and 19 after an all-nighter. They found, because of their inability to concentrate, that subjects had to be fast or accurate. They were 20 to do both. In fact, the disadvantages of an all-nighter are far more than these.
A. accuracy E. Fortunately I. Obviously M. Suddenly
B. crashing F. hard J. quality N. trained
C. capable G. hurts K. realizes O. unable
D. feasible H. majority L. slowing

答案： O[解析] 形容词辨义题。根据空格前的They were和空格后的to do可以判断，此处需要填入一个形容词。而前文中提...

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What Should You Eat When You Catch a Cold
People catch a cold tend to cough and feel sleepy. All these symptoms are 31 to make a cold sufferer"s appetite disappear completely. Studies show that certain foods can help relieve the symptoms of a common cold and sometimes shorten its 32 . One expert, Sharon Bergquist, assistant professor at School of Medicine, Emory University 33 her take on what to eat and what to avoid.
"The most 34 misunderstanding about a cold," says Dr. Bergquist, "is that dairy should be avoided because it increases mucus (粘液) production."
Australian scientists disproved that 35 in a series of 1990s studies where they gave hundreds of common-cold patients either cow"s milk or soy milk, and 36 no difference in mucus production between the two groups.
People need to drink a lot when they are sick. "So if your 37 is a latté, it is okay. Just make sure the latté is decaf (脱因咖啡), since any diuretic (利尿剂), such as caffeine, which makes you lose 38 water in your body, can usually worsens a cold." says Dr. Bergquist.
She 39 alcohol, also a diuretic, in a "mixed" category. "A little alcohol can help relieve the pain, hence the hot brandy cures," she says. "But while liquor may 40 make you feel better, it, too, can cause dehydration (脱水)."
A. assumption E. few I. exactly M. refined
B. choice F. duration J. lately N. system
C. common G. enough K. offers O. temporarily
D. considerable H. found L. puts

答案： L[解析] 动词辨义题。根据空格前的主语she和空格后的alcohol，再结合上下文的时态，可以判断此处需要填入一个动词...

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Gender and Brain
Men and women do not think in the same ways. Few would disagree with that. Men have better motor and spacial abilities than women, and more monomaniacal (偏执狂的) 21 of thought. Women have better memories, are more 22 , and are better at dealing with several things at once.
According to the traditional idea, in the days of hunting and gathering, men spent more time 23 away from camp, their brains needed to be adapted to find their way around. They also spent more time tracking, fighting and killing things. Women by contrast, 24 up the children, so their brains needed to be adapted to enable them to manipulate each other"s and their children"s emotions to succeed in their world.
According to the study of Ragini Verma from the University of Pennsylvania, the left and right sides of the brain are believed to be specialised for logical and intuitive (直觉的) thought 25 . In her view, the cross-talk between them in women helps explain their better memories, sociability and 26 to multitask, all of which benefit from the hemispheres (半球) 27 . In men, by contrast, within-hemisphere links let them focus on things that do not need 28 inputs from both hemispheres.
Dr. Verma"s other main finding is that most of these 29 are not inborn. Rather, they develop with age. Gender differences in brains—those 30 to this technique, at least—thus manifest themselves mainly when gender itself begins to matter.
A. ability E. complex I. exceedingly M. sociable
B. annual F. cooperating J. patterns N. visible
C. assembly G. differences K. raised O. wandering
D. brought H. educated L. respectively

答案： N[解析] 形容词辨义题。根据空格前的代词those和空格后的to this technique可以判断，此处需要填入一...

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What Should You Eat When You Catch a Cold
People catch a cold tend to cough and feel sleepy. All these symptoms are 31 to make a cold sufferer"s appetite disappear completely. Studies show that certain foods can help relieve the symptoms of a common cold and sometimes shorten its 32 . One expert, Sharon Bergquist, assistant professor at School of Medicine, Emory University 33 her take on what to eat and what to avoid.
"The most 34 misunderstanding about a cold," says Dr. Bergquist, "is that dairy should be avoided because it increases mucus (粘液) production."
Australian scientists disproved that 35 in a series of 1990s studies where they gave hundreds of common-cold patients either cow"s milk or soy milk, and 36 no difference in mucus production between the two groups.
People need to drink a lot when they are sick. "So if your 37 is a latté, it is okay. Just make sure the latté is decaf (脱因咖啡), since any diuretic (利尿剂), such as caffeine, which makes you lose 38 water in your body, can usually worsens a cold." says Dr. Bergquist.
She 39 alcohol, also a diuretic, in a "mixed" category. "A little alcohol can help relieve the pain, hence the hot brandy cures," she says. "But while liquor may 40 make you feel better, it, too, can cause dehydration (脱水)."
A. assumption E. few I. exactly M. refined
B. choice F. duration J. lately N. system
C. common G. enough K. offers O. temporarily
D. considerable H. found L. puts

答案： D[解析] 副词辨义题。根据空格前的may和空格后的make可以判断，此处需要填入一个副词修饰make。exactly“...

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