2011职称英语考前通关训练营第二十期
训练内容：完形填空(第51～65题，每题1分，共15分)
训练要求：阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案，涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
Freezing to Death for Beauty
People in Beijing wear a lot of clothing during winter to fend off the cold. In the United States, however, people wear __51__ , partly because the car is the primary mode of transportation. Cars take __52__ straight to their workplaces, which are heated well. The American diet is full of calories, so their __53__ can afford to bum heat more quickly.
Fewer layers of clothing give people the opportunity to stay __54__ Lots of Yale girls wear skirts __55__ when it's 10 degrees Centigrade outside. Some of them at least wear boots, tights, and leg-warmers. Some, however, really just go for the look __56__ the risk of health. These girls have nothing to prevent their legs __57__ the wind, and no socks to protect their feet. A mini skirt and a pair of stilettos are all that they wear.
Typically, the ones pursuing fashion are __58__ , with little body fat. Just by the nature of their bodies, they are already at a disadvantage compared with normal people in __59__ weather. I have always __60__ , whenever I pass these girls, how they manage to refrain from shivering and just smile like spring had arrived.
And then there are the guys. The girls can be said to __61__ health for beauty. But why do guys __62__ so little? It is not like, once they shed some layers, they suddenly become better-looking. They are not exactly being fashionable when they __63__ wear sporty shorts and shower slippers in the midst of winter. It's not cute.
Of course, people have the freedom to look whatever __64__ they want. I am just surprised that, given the vast difference between winter and summer temperatures in Connecticut, they can still __65__ like they are partying on the beach in the middle of February.
51. A) scarce B) less C) little D) least
52. A) people B) students C) shoppers D) them
53. A) arms B) heads C) legs D) bodies
54. A) bony B) thin C) fashionable D) hungry
55. A) even B) sometimes C) frequently D) occasionally
56. A) in B) for C) at D) on
57. A) with B) against C) above D) under
58. A) fat B) ugly C) short D) skinny
59. A) warm B) cold C) cool D) hot
60. A) dreamed B) stated C) claimed D) wondered
61. A) sacrifice B) devote C) suffer D) endure
62. A) bear B) carry C) wear D) put on
63. A) only B) seldom C) rarely D) hardly
64. A) method B) road C) way D) avenue
65. A) see B) resemble C) show D) look
参考答案
51 B 52 D 53 D 54 C 55 A
56 C 57 B 58 D 59
B 60 D 61 A 62 C 63 A 64 C 65 D
2011年职称英语综合类概括大意提高练习题(9)
