2016年12月英语四级阅读选词填空练习及答案(6)

　　Questions 11 to 20 are based on the following passage.

　　A pioneering study into the effects of a mother’s fat intake during pregnancy on her child’s health when he or she grows up is being launched at the University of Southampton.

　　The research will investigate whether the type and amount of fat a mother eats during pregnancy 11 the risk of heart disease, 12 high blood pressure, in her child when he or she reaches adulthood.

　　Although the link between high fat diets and high blood pressure is well known, there has been 13 research into the connection between a woman’s diet and her child’s risk of hypertension (高血压).

　　The study, which is 14 by the British Heart Foundation, is led by Dr Graham Burdge, British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiovascular Science.

　　The award of this 15 grant is part of a ￡3.5 million boost for heart research in the UK by the British Heart Foundation. The charity’s special grants are made to fund research into the causes, prevention, 16 and treatment of heart disease, the UK’s biggest killer.

　　Dr Burdge says, “The type and amount of fat in our diet has 17 during the past 50 years. Pregnant women 18 the same diet as the rest of us, but we know very little about the 19 of these changes in dietary (饮食的) fat on the development and future health of their children. We hope that the 20 of this study will help to develop recommendations for pregnant women about how much fat they should eat and what types of fat they should avoid.”

　　A) funded　 I) consume B) diagnosis J) covering

　　C) including　 K) influences D) founded L) notorious

　　E) changed M) effects F) enough N) affects

　　G) findings O) prestigious　H) limited

　　Section A

　　11. K)。此处讲孕妇摄入的脂肪量和种类是否对心脏病的患病率有影响。

　　12. C)。此处讲研究还包括孕妇摄入的脂肪量和种类同高血压患病率之间的关系。

　　13. H)。此处讲尽管人们熟知高脂肪饮食与高血压之间有必然的联系，但是对于母亲饮食习惯与她的孩子患高血压的风险之间的相关研究却比较少。

　　14. A)。此处讲该项研究是由英国心脏病基金会资助的。

　　15. O)。prestigious的意思是“著名的，有声望的”。此处讲这项很有名的基金是英国心脏病基金会为加大对心脏病研究而投入的资金的一部分。

　　16. B)。此处讲这部分慈善基金用于针对心脏病的起因、预防、诊断与治疗方面的研究工作。

　　17. E)。此处需要动词的过去分词，A)和H)已经选过，只剩余D)和E)，而此处讲的是我们饮食中的脂肪的种类和数量在过去的50年里已经发生变化。D)项的意思是“建立”，与句意不符。

　　18. I)。此处讲孕妇和我们饮食相同，consume的意思是“消耗”，符合文意。

　　19. M)。此处讲虽然孕妇和我们饮食相同，但是我们对孕妇饮食中脂肪的改变对其孩子未来健康和发育的影响知之甚少。此处是指饮食中脂肪改变所起的作用。要用名词形式effect;affect是动词。

　　20. G)。此处是说研究结果可以帮助我们为孕妇提一些建议，该摄入多少脂肪以及什么样的脂肪应该避免摄入。