问题 完形填空

Does going to college really pay off?Certainly!

I remember taking __小题1:__ English class in college on the short story. Our first assignment was to read __小题2:__ short stories and then discuss which one was better. After __小题3:__(read)both,I wasn’t sure. Over the __小题4:__ several months, my professor taught me __小题5:_ one story was so much better than the other.__ 小题6:__ was rich in metaphor(隐喻)and character development, _小题7:__ the other was humorous 小题8:_ too shallow. I couldn’t see this at first. Yet,

in a few months, my brain got reeducated and __小题9:__ could see the difference between good and bad writing and could appreciate literature at a whole new level.

Going to college helps build a strong mind, which leads __小题10:__ greater success in one’s life.

答案

小题1:an

小题2:two

小题3:reading

小题4:next

小题5:why

小题6:One

小题7:while

小题8:but

小题9:I

小题10:to

小题1:an 考查冠词。class此处为可数名词单数形式,其前须用冠词。再根据此处表泛指,而English是以元音音素开头,故填an。

小题2:two 考查数词。根据本句中“which one was better”以及下文“After … both”中both的提示可推断此处表示“两个短篇故事”,故填two。

小题3:reading 考查动名词。after 是介词,括号中所给词是动词,故只能填动名词reading。

小题4:next 考查形容词。根据该空修饰名词months,应填形容词,再由语境可知,此处表示“在接下来的几个月”,故填next。

小题5:why 考查名词性从句引导词。根据上文“discuss which one was better”可推断,教授是给我们讲解为什么其中一个故事要比另一个故事好,故填why。

小题6:One 考查不定代词。由语境可知,故事有两个,再根据习惯搭配“one...the other...”可推断填One。

小题7:while 考查并列连词,while表示前后对比的意思。

小题8:but 考查连词。根据“humorous”和“too shallow”在逻辑上的转折关系可推断,此处填连词but连接两个形容词。

小题9:I 考查人称代词。根据该空在句中作主语可判断应填名词或代词。结合语境可知该空应指作者本人,故填I。

小题10:to 考查介词。lead to为固定搭配,意为“导致”。

单项选择题
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     Nuclear radiation from power plant leaks and bomb tests resulted in millions of fewer baby girls
born worldwide, according to a new study.
      Scientists noted these types of atmospheric blasts rather than ontheground incidents like Chernobyl
(切尔诺贝利), effected birth gender across the globe.
      Scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum M?nchen, Germany, analysed population data from 1975 to 2007
for the U.S. and 39 European countries.
      There was an increase in the number of baby boys relative to girls in all of the countries from 1964
to 1975. This was the case in many eastern European countries for several years after 1986.
     Scientists are putting the first spike down to the atomic bomb tests of the 1960s and 1970s where
radioactive atoms were blasted into the atmosphere. Air currents caught these atoms and then distributed
them around the world.
      They think the second spike is due to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in which the reactor exploded in
the Ukraine(乌克兰).
      The effects of Chernobyl were felt locally and no effect was seen in the U.S., probably because it
was too far from the disaster to have an effect.
      "The closer the country was to Chernobyl, the stronger the effect," said study coauthor Hagen Scherb, a biostatistician(生物统计学家) at the German Research Center for Environmental Health in Munich.
      More males were born relative to females in Belarus-the Ukraine's neighbour-than in France.
      The study is based largely on Cold Warera statistics, but the findings are highly relevant for how
gender could be affected after future nuclear disasters.
      And in the wake of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident experts are predicting
another baby boy boom could come, especially on the U.S. West Coast.
      Previous radiation experiments on animals may give a clue for the increase in male births. Tests showed that radiation caused damage to the X chromosome(染色体) in sperm, Dr Scherb said.
       A human sperm cell contains either an X or Y chromosome, while an egg only has an X chromosome. An XY combination will become a boy, while an XX combination will be a girl.
1.How many nuclear radiation accidents are mentioned in the passage?
A.1.    
B.2.    
C.3.    
D.4.
2.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.The ontheground incidents like Chernobyl, effected birth gender across the globe.
B.There was an increase in the number of baby boys in many eastern European countries for several
years after 1986.
C.The Japan's nuclear accident will not effect the birth gender of the U.S. because of the long distance.
D.Where radioactive material has spread, women can't give birth to children.
3.How does radiation effect birth gender?
A.It damages the Y chromosome in sperm.
B.It stops X chromosomes and Y chromosomes combining.
C.It kills baby girls before they are born.
D.It damages the X chromosome in sperm.
4.What does the passage mainly tell us?
A.Nuclear age has led to millions of fewer baby girls being born.
B.Nuclear radiation has bad effects upon people's health.
C.Worries about radiation risks.
D.Nuclear age helps reduce the world population.