1、阅读理解-篇章词汇题Passage 1 Whether or not to tell the seriously ill about their true condition has long been a _1_ for medical professionals. Many doctors believe that _2_the facts from those patients will benefit them psychologically and may help them recover. But new studies show that _3_ to this widespr
2、ead belief, the overwhelming majority of patients want to be told the truth, even in the case of _4_ illnesses. If they are not, they feel _5_ and misled. As it is, lying makes it difficult for patients to make choices _6_ their own health. And keeping a dying patient in the dark prevents him from m
3、aking decisions about the end of his life. Lying can also cause doctors to lose their integrity and credibility and do harm to _7_ who are honest with their patients. In the long run, lying hurts the entire medical _8_. As a _9_ of the current concerns, many hospitals have adopted patients bills of
4、rights, but patients still need to be wary because the days of physicians _10_ patients are certainly not over yet and may never be. A. colleagues B. aspect C. conflict D. concerning E. concealing F. content G. betrayed H. helped I. deceiving J. grave K. professional L. contrary M. headache N. profe
5、ssion O. revealPassage 2Most people _1_ work with punishment or think of it as a necessary burden. But the truth is work provides people with personal satisfaction and, individual pride, a sense of accomplishment. Aside from offering _2_ support, work can keep us healthy not only physically but also
6、 mentally. For example, patients suffering from depression could often be _3_ when provided with gainful employment. The _4_ is also true. Retirement and _5_ can be harmful to ones health. People with no chance to work and derive _6_ from a job may suffer from the symptoms of acute illness even thou
7、gh they are not physically sick. While at work, people tend to enjoy the company of other _7_ because the relationships among them are not so complicated as those in other _8_ of life. Besides, people want to work with a winner - a best work group or in a well-known _9_ - rather than a loser, for a
8、successful unit can bring us _10_ as well as self-confidence. Passage 3 Author Mortimer Adler argues that we should mark books-but only when they are our own _1_. As we all know, we have to “read between the _2_”, but we should also write between them. He points out that we are not really in full ow
9、ning of a book until we have done so. However, we should not do this to all books. Not, for example, to rare editions or expensive volumes with _3_ binding or printing, nor to works of popular fiction, which we might pass time for an evening of _4_ reading. But we do it to great books, which are ric
10、h in ideas and raise and try to answer fundamental questions. He says we do not _5_ ideas from an important thinker the way A. financial B. mechanical C. unemployment D. organization E. associate F. status G. help H. aspects I. renewed J. respect K. staff L. reverse M. given N. statue O. contentment
11、we do the songs of a _6_ singer. As far as great books are concerned, therefore, reading should be active. And the physical act of writing in books brings the words and sentences before our minds and _7_ them better in our memory. We do this by making _8_ notes. As we read we record our thoughts and
12、 the questions we have, pints of agreement, disagreement, doubt and _9_. If we should stop reading and continue a week later, there are all the points we made before and we can begin where we _10_ off. Above all, he expects that active reading is a conversation between author and readers. (A) absorb
13、 (B) quick (C) left (D) need (E) preserve(F)lines (G) magic (H) popular (I) ones (J) inquiry(K)easy (L) necessary (M) light (N) magnificent (O) automaticPassage 4How do we get more people to increase their consumption of iron-rich foods? Many nutritionists _1_ the increase of a number of foods. This
14、 may help, but I contend that we should also _2_ our efforts in nutrition education among our young people. I simply do not buy the argument that it is _3_ to try to change eating habits. Once an intelligent person-and this includes adolescents-understands the need for a healthy diet, I think he or
15、she will act _4_. As for specific actions, I suggest that blood should be checked as a _5_ part of a youngsters yearly physical examination. It should contain at least 11 grams iron per 100 milliliters of blood for a girl and at least 12 grams for a boy. If it is any lower, the physician probably wi
16、ll _6_ an easily absorbed iron supplement. Adolescents -and everyone else-should cut out highly processed foods and drinks, which may be low in iron and other nutrients. Read the labels for iron _7_. Especially make sure that all bakery products are made with _8_ flour or whole grains. Try adding li
17、ver (chicken, beef or any other variety) to the weekly _9_. Finally, even when you are trying to lose weight, always eat a _10_, well-balanced diet made up of a variety of flesh or very lightly processed foods. This way, you stand a good chance of getting not only enough iron, but also adequate amou
18、nts of all the other essential nutrients. (A) menu (B) access (C) ineffective (D) enhanced (E) routine(F)particularly (G) content (H) content (I) prescribe (J) advocate(K)accordingly (L) sensible (M) intensify (N) enriched (O) automaticPassage 5Many of todays college students are suffering from a fo
19、rm of shock. Lisa is a good example of a student in shock. She is an attractive, intelligent twenty-year-old college_1_ at a state university. Now, only three years later, Lisa is miserable. She has _2_ her major four times and is forced to hold down two part-time jobs in order to pay her tuition. S
20、he suffers from sleeping and eating disorders and has no _3_friend. Sometimes she bursts out crying for no _4_reason.What is happening to Lisa happens to millions of college students each year. As a result, roughly one-quarter of the student population at any time will suffer from _5_ of depression.
21、 Half of them will experience depression intense enough to call for _6_help. But many of them _7_the idea because they dont want people to think theres something wrong with them.There are two reasons todays college students are suffering more than those in earlier generations. First is a weakening f
22、amily support_8_. Today, with high divorce rate, the traditional family is not always available for support. Another problem is _9_ pressure. In the last decade tuition cost rose about sixty-six percent at public colleges and ninety percent at private schools. _10_, most students must work at least
23、part-time. It can be depressing to students to be faced with the added tuition costs. (A) senior (B) switched (C) consistently (D) structure (E)junior(F) apparent (G) symptom (H) delightful (I)intimate (J) decline(K)professional (L) consequently (M) financial (N) automatic (O) recalledPassage 6Large
24、 companies need a way to reach the savings of the public at large. The same problem, on a smaller _1_, faces practically every company trying to develop new products. There can be little prospect of raising the sum needed from friends, and while banks may agree to provide short-term loan, they are g
25、enerally unwilling to provide money on a _2_ basis for long-term projects. So companies turn to the public, inviting people to take a share in the business in _3_for a share in future profits. They do this by _4_ stocks and shares in the business through the Stock Exchange. By doing so they can even
26、 put into circulation the _5_ savings of individuals and institutions abroad. When the saver needs his money back, he does not have to go to the company with whom he _6_placed it. Instead, he sells his shares through a stockbroker to others.Many of the services needed both by industry and by us are
27、provided by the government or by _7_ authorities. Without hospitals, roads, electricity etc. , this country could not _8_. All these require _9_ spending on new equipment if they are to serve us properly, requiring more money than is raised through taxes alone. The government and nationalized indust
28、ries therefore need to borrow money to _10_ major capital spending, and they, too, come to the Stock Exchange.In brief, the Stock Exchange exists to provide a channel through which the savings can reach those who need financial help. (A) local (B) responsible (C) originally (D) finance (E) issuing(F
29、) highly (G) permanent (H) securities (I) recalling (J) function(K)exchange (L) overseas (M) precaution (N) continuous (O) scalePassage 7For centuries man dreamed of achieving vertical flight. Leonardo da Vinci conceived the first _1_ apparatus, which could carry a man straight up, but this was only
30、 a design and was never tested. The ancient dream was _2_ realized in 1940 when a Russian aeronautical engineer, piloted a strange-looking craft of steel tubing with a rotating fan on top. It rose awkwardly and vertically into the air from a standing start, hovered a few feet above the ground, went
31、sideways and backwards, and then settled back to earth. That _3_ was called a helicopter.Imaginations were fired. People _4_ that vertical flight transports would carry millions of passengers as do the airliners of today. Such _5_ expectations were not fulfilled. It _6_ in military missions, carryin
32、g troops, guns and strategic instruments where other aircraft cannot go. Corporations use them as airborne offices; many urban areas use them in police work, construction and logging companies, _7_ them in various advantageous ways. Engineers use them for site selection and surveying, and oil compan
33、ies use them as the best way to make offshore and remote work stations _8_ to crews and supplies. Any _9_ mission to a hard-to-get-to place is a likely task for a helicopter. Among their other _10_ of uses, they deliver people across town, fly to and from airports, assist in rescue work, and aid in
34、the search for missing or wanted persons. With all these functions, the helicopter has now become an extremely versatile machine. (A) fantastic (B) abundance (C) excels (D) retained (E) vehicle(F)mechanical (G) automatically (H) employ (I) glorious (J) anticipated(K)finally (L) tissue (M) accessible
35、 (N) reveal (O) urgentPassage 8Much of Canadas forestry production goes towards making pulp and paper. According to the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Canada _1_ 34% of the worlds wood pulp and 49% of its newsprint paper. If these paper products could be produced in some other way, Canadian fo
36、rests could be _2_. Recently, a possible _3_ way of producing paper has been suggested by agriculturalists and environmentalists, a plant called hemp. Hemp has been _4_ by many cultures for thousands of years. It _5_ fibre which can be made into paper, fuel, oils, textiles, food, and rope. For many
37、centuries, it was _6_ to the economies of many countries because it was used to make the ropes and cables used on sailing ships; colonial expansion and the establishment of a world-wide trading network would not have been possible without _7_. Nowadays, ships cables are usually made from wire or syn
38、thetic fibres, but scientists are now suggesting that the cultivation of hemp should be _8_ for the production of paper and pulp. According to its _9_, four times as much paper can be produced from land using hemp rather than trees, and many environmentalists believe that the large-scale cultivation
39、 of hemp could _10_ reduce the pressure on Canadas forests.(A)proponents (B) regained (C) cultivated (D) revived (E) extremely(F)another (G) produces (H) alternative (I) hemp (J)essential(K)opponents (L) supplies (M) preserved (N) essentially (O) givesPassage 9 A coeducational(男女合校的 ) school offers
40、children nothing less than a true version of society in miniature(缩影). Boys and girls are given the _47_ to get to know each other, to learn to live together from their earliest years. They are put in a position where they can compare themselves with each other in terms of _48_ ability, athletic ach
41、ievement and many of the extracurricular activities which are pail of school life. What a practical _49_ it is (to give just a small example) to be able to put on a school play in which the male parts will be taken by boys and the female parts by girls! What nonsense coeducation makes of the argumen
42、t that boys are cleverer than girls or vice versa. When _50_, boys and girls are made to feel that they are a race apart. In a coeducational school, everything falls into its _51_ place.The greatest contribution of coeducation is _52_ the healthy attitude to lilt it encourages. Boys dont grow up bel
43、ieving that women are _53_ creatures. Girls dont grow up imagining that men are romantic heroes. Years of living together at school remove illusions of this kind. The awkward stage of adolescence brings into sharp focus some of the physical and _54_ problems involved in growing up. These can better
44、be _55_ in a coeducational environment. When the time comes for the pupils to leave school, they are fully prepared to _56_ society as well-adjusted adults. They have already had years of experience in coping with many of the problems that face men and women.A) advantage I) enterB) proper J) mysteri
45、ousC) rewarded K) eventuallyD) emotional L) segregatedE) opportunity M) undoubtedlyF) activity N) principleG) overcome O) advocateH) academic Passage 10We can see how the product life cycle works by looking at the introduction of instant coffee. When it was introduced, most people did not like it as
46、 well as “regular“ coffee and it took several years to gain general _47_(introduction stage). At one point, though, _48_ coffee grew rapidly in popularity and many brands were introduced(stage of rapid growth). After a while people became _49_ to one brand and sales leveled off (stage of maturity).
47、Sales went into a _50_ decline when freeze-dried coffees were introduced (stage of decline). The importance of the product life cycle to marketers is this: Different stages in the product life cycle call for different strategies. The goal is to _51_ product life so that sales and profits do not decl
48、ine. One strategy is called market modification. It means that _52_ managers look for new users and market sections. Did you know, e.g. that the backpacks that so many students carry today were _53_ designed for the military? Market modification also means searching for _54_ usage among present customers or going for a dif
