题目内容
【题目】Directions: Complete the passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Most people assume that life in the rat race is bad for your health.But reversing the traditional gender roles is a stressful 【1】, according to the latest research by American scientists. By giving up their jobs in order to become house husbands, men 【2】their risk of heart attacks by as much as 82%, according to research based on a 10-year study of 2,500 people in Boston, USA.
According to Dr Eaker, the key to the problem is that some man became 【3】 about performing a role not 【4】 assigned to them by society. Men who stay at home tend not to have the same levels of support from fiends and family as women who do the same. Jack O’Sullivan, of the Father’s Direct group, was quoted as saying: “Society expects the main carer to be a woman, and society is 【5】 around that. Daycare is called mother and toddle groups and some men feel 【6】 about belong to those groups.”
Professor Gary Cooper, a psychologist at the University of Manchester, said many men tend to 【7】 the task of caring for a family. He said:“Most men think being a house husband involves putting on a bit of washing , taking the kids to school and then putting their feet up with a cup of coffee. They are crazy. Most men are not used to performing a 【8】of activities at the same time-the kind of multi-tasking which is second 【9】 to most of women.”
It is estimated that men have taken over the main homemaker’s role in one seven homes, as increasing numbers of women become the main breadwinner. The study also found that women in high-powered jobs were more likely to develop heart disease than those in more 【10】 positions.
【答案】
【1】F
【2】K
【3】A
【4】H
【5】G
【6】I
【7】B
【8】E
【9】C
【10】J
【解析】
这是一篇议论文。主要讲述了从性别上转变传统意义上的角色任务分配,比如男性作为“家庭主夫”照顾孩子是一件有压力的事情。
【1】考查名词。句意:但是根据美国科学家的最新研究,改变传统的性别角色是一件有压力的事情。 空之前为a stressful, 为不定冠词+形容词结构,之后应接名词,根据句意和语境理解,F项business,意为“事情”符合分析,故选F项。
【2】考查动词和句子结构。句意:根据美国波士顿一项对2500人进行的一项为期10年的研究,男性为了成为家庭丈夫而放弃工作,其心脏病发作的风险增加了82%。men 为句子主语,之后应接谓语动词,且与之后宾语their risk 搭配,K项increase 为动词,意为“增加”,可构成increase the risk of 固定结构,意为“增加…的风险”。故选K项。
【3】考查形容词。句意:根据埃克博士的说法,问题的关键在于,一些男性对履行社会赋予他们的传统职责感到压力很大。became 为连系动词,之后接形容词做表语。根据句意和语境理解,此处应表达因为扮演一个传统上不是由社会分配给他们的角色而感到压力。且与之前提到“reversing the traditional gender roles is a stressful business”相呼应。A项stressed 形容词,意为“有压力的”。故选A项。
【4】考查副词。句意:根据埃克博士的说法,问题的关键在于,一些男性对履行社会赋予他们的传统职责感到压力很大。分析句子可知,not_____4_____ assigned to them by society作之前 a role 的后置定语,所填空应修饰动词assigned,选择副词形式。根据句意和语境,跟前文reversing the traditional gender roles相照应。可知,H项traditionally 副词,意为“传统上;习惯上”,符合语境要求,故选H项。
【5】考查动词和被动语态。句意:社会期望主要的照顾者是女性,而社会正是围绕着这一点构建的。分析句子可知,society 为主语,理解为社会被构建,即句子应为被动结构。因句中已有“is”存在,故选择“done”形式。structure做动词,“组织,安排”,be structured around,围绕...安排/进行G项,structured, 为动词structure“构建”的过去分词形式,符合语境语义要求,故选G项。
【6】考查形容词。句意:托儿所被称为母婴团体,一些男人为属于这些群体感到尴尬。feel 为感官系动词,之后接形容词作表语。I项embarrassed 形容词,意为“尴尬的”,符合语境分析和要求,故选I项。
【7】考查动词和固定结构。句意:曼彻斯特大学的心理学家加里·库珀教授说,许多男人往往低估了照顾家庭的任务。空之前为tend to ,此处考查不定式结构,即tend to do sth.意为“倾向于做某事”,需选择动词原形。因此,结合语境分析,B项underestimate 为动词,意为“低估”,符合语境要求。故选B项。
【8】考查名词和固定结构。句意:大多数男性不习惯在同一时间做很多不同的事情,而这是大多数女性的第二天性。 a_______ of 结构中不定冠词之后接名词,且与之后的of 一起构成固定搭配,意为“很多”。E项variety 为名词,意为“多样;种类”,可构成固定结构a variety of =various。故选E项。
【9】考查名词。句意:大多数男性不习惯在同一时间做很多不同的事情,而这是大多数女性的第二天性。 second为序数词,之后接名词形式。根据前一句,大多数男性不能同时做多种任务,与此相对,女性比较擅长,这是女性的天性所致。因此,选项C nature 为名词,意为“(人或动物的)秉性或天性”,与second搭配,意为“第二天性”,符合语境需求。故选C项。
【10】考查形容词。句意:研究还发现,从事高权力工作的女性比从事低级职位的女性更容易患心脏病。空之后为positions,名词形式,因此空应为形容词形式,且之前有more存在,之后可接双音节或多音节形容词构成比较级。J项 junior“级别低的,职位低的,初级的”,与前文high-powered jobs相照应,符合语境需求。故选J项。
选词填空的解题思路:
① 确定空格所填词性;②找出词性对应的单词;③按意思填入空格,使前后句子通顺
比如文章第2题和第5题:
…men ___2___their risk of heart attacks by as much as 82%...
Society expects the main carrier to be a woman, and society is ___5___ around that.
通过分析句子结构,可知,这两道题目的空格处均需填写动词。提供的动词有:
B项underestimate“低估”;G项,structured,“构建”过去分词形式;K项increase “增加”
第2题,缺少主动谓语;第5小题缺少被动谓语。结合句意和之后的名词或介词搭配,可知,increase the risk of… “增加做某事的风险”,be structured around “围绕...安排/进行” 。因此第2题选择K项,第5题选择G项。