2012年职称英语《综合类B级》完形填空强化练习题(6)

　　完形填空 （第51-65题，每题1分，共15分）

　　阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了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。

　　Preferences Vary on Circumstances of Dying

　　Among terminally（晚期）ill people，attitudes differ on what they think constitutes a ____（51）or bad death，the results of a new study suggest Dr．Elizabeth K Vig of the University of Washington in Seattle and colleagues interviewed 26men with____（52）heart disease or cancer The men were asked to describe good and Bad deaths,and they also answered____（53）about their preferences for dying“In this small study，terminally ill men described good and bad deaths___（54） Vig said”They did not hold the same views about such issues____（55）the presence of others at the very end of life or preferred location of death.

　　Many of the men considered____（56） in their sleep to be a good death．The reasons were varied and included not____（57）that death was imminent（即将发生的），and that death would be painless.

　　For close to half of the men，a prolonged（拖延的）death was______（58）abad death Some of the men associated a prolonged death with prolonged pain，______（59）others thought a prolonged death would be difficult for their families.

　　Most men said that their_____（60） were very important to them，but this did not mean that they wanted relatives close at the_____（61） of death. " Valuing family did not also___（62）wanting family present at the very end of life," Vig said.

　　"In fact，some expressed concerns____（63）burdening loved ones，Vig said.For instance，some men were worried about the emotional or_____（64） impact on their family members，according to the Washington researcher Some were worried____（65）their need for care would be a burden on their families，she said

　　51 A wrong B pure C good D whole

　　52 A frequent B terminal C early D light

　　53 A reports B opinions C questions D remarks

　　54 A differently B similarly C strangely D fully

　　55 A to B as C at D for

　　56 A working B dying C talking D dreaming

　　57 A arguing B proposing C hoping D knowing

　　58 A meant B presented C considered D taken

　　59 A where B unless C because D while

　　60 A families B friends C colleagues D wishes

　　61 A length B time C sake D hand

　　62 A stand B mean C help D quit

　　63 A round B within C about D into

　　64 A financial B original C social D historical

　　65 A SO B when C why D that

　　答案:

　　51 c 此旬的意思是，晚期病人对待死亡的态度不同，由“differ”一词可以判断空格处应选与后面“bad”一词意思相反的词。

　　52 B 从文章第一句话可以得知，全文谈论的是晚期病人，因此空格处应选“terminal”一词。

　　53 c 从前面的“answered”一词便可判断空格处应选“questions”一词。

　　54 A 从文章开始处的“differ”一词和接下来的“they did not hold the same views”便可判断空格处应选“differently”一词。

　　55 B 从前面的“such”一词可以断定空格处应选"as".词。

　　56 B 此句的意思是，许多受访者认为在睡眠中死去是种不错的死法。

　　57 D 在睡眠中死去的好处之一应是不知道死亡即将来临。

　　58 c 从搭配和语意两方面考虑，只有“considered"合适。

　　59 D此句的意思是，一些人认为……，而其他人则认为……，因此只有“while”合适。

　　60 A 此段主要讲的是受访者对家人的看法。

　　61 B 表示“死亡的时候”应用“at the time of death”。

　　62 B 此句的意思是，珍惜家人并非也意味着生命结束时希望有家人在身边。

　　63 c 表示对什么感到担心应用“concerns about something”。

　　64 A 一个人的病故除了给家人造成情感方面的冲击外，还会带来经济方面的影响。

　　65 D 空格处后面是一可由“that”一词引导的名词性从句，因此应选“that一词。