2016年12月大学英语四级阅读暑期练习及答案(九)

　　Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices givenin a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully beforemaking your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Pleasemark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a singleline through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank morethan once.

　　Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.

　　The festive break is fast becoming a distant memory and for many,New Year fitness regimes are too.Despite 2.6m people starting diets on NewYear's Day, research suggests that by the end of the week 92 percent of dietersgave up, 47 exercise and gorging on comfort food.

　　Findings, 48 byweightloss firm XLS-Medical, suggest that the 49 majority are unsuccessfulat sticking to their diets for more than five days a week. Two out of 10dieters 50 they have their first diet relapse (退步) just four to five days in, withhunger cited as the main cause. Boredom and alcohol were 51 blamed forpeople failing to keep their health kick on track.

　　Dr. Matt Capehorn, ClinicalDirector of the National Obesity Forum, 52 that just one day off from dietingcan undo a week's worth of hard work. He told Female First:"A healthydiet, aimed at losing llb per week, relies on saving 3500 calories a week byhaving 500 calories less each day. ""A day off the diet should meanthat you eat the correct amount, but many dieters see it as an excuse to binge( 大吃大喝) and havethousands of calories more than they need. "

　　The results suggest that a 53 590,000could already have 54 to stick to New Year diet resolutions. And a vastmajority are unaware of the negative impact a single day off can have on theirweight loss efforts.

　　Yet 55 it was found only 5 percent of women stick to theirdiets until they've 56 their target weight.

　　A) massive

　　B) reached

　　C) highlighted

　　D) blamed

　　E) shunning

　　F) still

　　G) released

　　H) lost

　　I) also

　　J) admitted

　　K) treated

　　L) dieted

　　M) overall

　　N) vast

　　O) failed

　　答案解析：

　　47.E

　　语法判断：exercise后是and，而and前后应为并列结构(又称平行结构)，因为and后为90rging on comfort food，所以前面也应当是现在分词短语，因此应填入现在分词。备选项中只有shunning是现在分词，因此答案很明确。语义判断：shun：(故意或习惯地)避免;回避，躲开。从语义上判断也是正确的。

　　48.G

　　语法判断：此处应为定语来修饰findings，后为by，而过去分词既表示被动又可用作后置宾语，所以此处应填入过去分词。

　　语义判断：备选的过去分词或过去式有reached、highlighted、blamed、released、lost、admitted、 treated、dieted、failed，但从上下文语义判断，意思应为：由减重中心XLS医院发布的调查或研究结果，所以应选择released。

　　49.N

　　语法判断：空格前的me是冠词，空格后的majority是名词，因此应当填入定语。

　　语义判断：符合语法条件的词有很多：massive、reached、highlighted、blamed、lost、admitted、 treated、dieted、overall、vast、failed，而a vast majority是个近乎固定的搭配，意为“大多数”，故本题选N。