2012年职称英语考试模拟通关训练营19

会计考友 · 发表于 2012-8-15 23:30:26

　　训练要求：阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案，涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
　　Freezing to Death for Beauty
　　People in Beijing wear a lot of clothing during winter to fend off the cold. In the United States, however, people wear 51 , partly because the car is the primary mode of transportation. Cars take 52 straight to their workplaces, which are heated well. The American diet is full of calories, so their 53 can afford to bum heat more quickly.
　　Fewer layers of clothing give people the opportunity to stay 54 Lots of Yale girls wear skirts  55  when it's 10 degrees Centigrade outside. Some of them at least wear boots, tights, and leg-warmers. Some, however, really just go for the look 56 the risk of health. These girls have nothing to prevent their legs  57 the wind, and no socks to protect their feet. A mini skirt and a pair of stilettos are all that they wear.
　　Typically, the ones pursuing fashion are 58 , with little body fat. Just by the nature of their bodies, they are already at a disadvantage compared with normal people in 59 weather. I have always 60 , whenever I pass these girls, how they manage to refrain from shivering and just smile like spring had arrived.
　　And then there are the guys. The girls can be said to 61 health for beauty. But why do guys 62 so little? It is not like, once they shed some layers, they suddenly become better-looking. They are not exactly being fashionable when they 63 wear sporty shorts and shower slippers in the midst of winter. It's not cute.
　　Of course, people have the freedom to look whatever 64 they want. I am just surprised that, given the vast difference between winter and summer temperatures in Connecticut, they can still 65 like they are partying on the beach in the middle of February.
　　51.  A) scarce    B) less       C) little       D) least
　　52.  A) people    B) students C) shoppers    D) them
　　53.  A) arms    B) heads       C) legs       D) bodies
　　54.  A) bony       B) thin       C) fashionable D) hungry
　　55.  A) even       B) sometimes C) frequently D) occasionally
　　56.  A) in       B) for       C) at       D) on
　　57.  A) with       B) against    C) above    D) under
　　58.  A) fat       B) ugly       C) short       D) skinny
　　59.  A) warm       B) cold       C) cool       D) hot
　　60. A) dreamed    B) stated    C) claimed    D) wondered
　　61. A) sacrifice    B) devote    C) suffer    D) endure
　　62. A) bear       B) carry       C) wear       D) put on
　　63. A) only       B) seldom    C) rarely    D) hardly
　　64. A) method    B) road       C) way       D) avenue
　　65. A) see       B) resemble    C) show       D) look
　　参考答案
　　51 B 52 D 53 D 54 C 55 A
　　56 C 57 B 58 D 59
　　B 60 D 61 A 62 C 63 A 64 C 65 D

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