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第三部分完型填空

Passage 1

There are advantages and disadvantages to 1 Asian and Western educational methods. For example, one advantage 2 the education in Japan is that students there learn much more math and science 3 American students. They also study more hours each day than Americans 4 . The study is difficult, but it 5 students for a society that values discipline and self-control. There is, however, a disadvantage. Memorization is an important learning method in Japanese schools, 6 many students say that after an exam, they forget much of the information that they have memorized.

The advantage to the education in North America, 7

the other hand, is that students learn to think by themselves. The system prepares them for a society that values 8 ideas. There is, however, a disadvantage. When students graduate from high school, they haven’t memorized 9 many basic rules and facts as students in other countries 10 .

1. A. only B. both√ C. all

2. A. for B. as C. to √

3. A. to B. for C. than

4. A. do√ B. have C. does

5. A. provides B. gets C. prepares√

6. A. and B. yet √ C. just

7. A. at B. on √ C. under

8. A. old B. poor C. new√

9. A. more B. less C. as√

10. A. have√ B. does C. haven’t

Passage 2

A study has shown that fitness is the key (1) _____ long life, irrespective of body shape (2) _____ even smoking habits. Researchers discovered that people who exercise live longer than (3)______, even if they are overweight and smoke.

The study found that (4)______ fit of the 6,000 middle-aged men in the study were five times more likely to die within six years of the start of the research than the fittest. This was true (5)_______the men had heart problems, smoked or were overweight. Scientists concluded that it was better (6)_______and active than

skinny and sedentary. Dr Ken cooper, a fitness expert, said, “ You are better off smoking a packet of cigarettes a day and exercising regularly than (7)_______ a non –smoker and sedentary.” Although he adds, “But don’t misunderstand me. I am not endorsing (8)_____, I am trying to tell you how dangerous it is to be sedentary.”

The British Government is putting pressure (9)_____ manufacturers to reduce high levels of sugar in food and to restrict the hard-sell of junk food to children in order to improve the nation’s health. But the new study suggests the Government should encourage more people (10)_____.

1. A. for B. of C. to √

2. A. or √ B. and C. but

3. A. these that do not B. these who do not C. those who do not √

4. A. the little B. less C. the least √

5. A. if or not B. whether or not √ C. when

6. A. to be fat √ B. being fat to C. doing

7. A. being √ B. be C. to be

8. A. smoked B. to smoke C. smoking √

9. A. for B. on √ C. to

10. A. exercised B. exercising C. to exercise √

Passage 3

More and more people (1) ____ to install burglar alarms in their houses if they want to get insurance. Insurance companies (2) ____ people in certain areas to install the alarms before they will give them insurance for the fast year. This is (3) ____ to increasing crime in some parts of the country. This can be a problem for people (4) ____ are struggling to make (5) ____ ends meet. The alarms, (6) ____ can be very expensive, need to be installed by an electrician. It is (7) _____ that 20% of homes have alarms installed, and that another 20% of people plan (8) _____ but have not installed them (9) _____. The insurance companies told people (10) _____ the alarms on all doors and windows.

1. A. has B. had C. have √

2. A. have been asked B. have been asking √ C. asked

3. A. due √ B. because of C. because

4. A. which B. who √ C. what √

5. A. the B. all C. –(不填) √

6. A. which B. who C. that

7. A. estimate B. estimating C. estim ated √