完型填空阅读理解

第三部分 完型填空 Passage 1 There are advantages and disadvantages to 1 Asian and Western educational methods. For example, one advantage 2 the education in Japan is that students there learn much more math and science 3 American students. They also study more hours each day than Americans 4 . The study is difficult, but it 5 students for a society that values discipline and self-control. There is, however, a disadvantage. Memorization is an important learning method in Japanese schools, 6 many students say that after an exam, they forget much of the information that they have memorized.

The advantage to the education in North America, 7 the other hand, is that students learn to think by themselves. The system prepares them for a society that values 8 ideas. There is, however, a disadvantage. When students graduate from high school, they haven’t memorized 9 many basic rules and facts as students in other countries 10 .

1. A. only B. both√ C. all 2. A. for B. as C. to √ 3. A. to B. for C. than 4. A. do√ B. have C. does 5. A. provides B. gets C. prepares√ 6. A. and B. yet √ C. just 7. A. at B. on √ C. under 8. A. old B. poor C. new√ 9. A. more B. less C. as√ 10. A. have√ B. does C. haven’t

Passage 2 A study has shown that fitness is the key (1) _____ long life, irrespective of body shape (2) _____ even smoking habits. Researchers discovered that people who exercise live longer than (3)______, even if they are overweight and smoke.

The study found that (4)______ fit of the 6,000 middle-aged men in the study were five times more likely to die within six years of the start of the research than the fittest. This was true (5)_______the men had heart problems, smoked or were overweight. Scientists concluded that it was better (6)_______and active than skinny and sedentary. Dr Ken cooper, a fitness expert, said, “ You are better off smoking a packet of cigarettes a day and exercising regularly than (7)_______ a non –smoker and sedentary.” Although he adds, “But don’t misunderstand me. I am not endorsing (8)_____, I am trying to tell you how dangerous it is to be sedentary.”

The British Government is putting pressure (9)_____ manufacturers to reduce high levels of sugar in food and to restrict the hard-sell of junk food to children in order to improve the nation’s health. But the new study suggests the Government should encourage more people (10)_____.

1. A. for B. of C. to √ 2. A. or √ B. and C. but 3. A. these that do not B. these who do not C. those who do not √ 4. A. the little B. less C. the least √ 5. A. if or not B. whether or not √ C. when 6. A. to be fat √ B. being fat to C. doing 7. A. being √ B. be C. to be 8. A. smoked B. to smoke C. smoking √ 9. A. for B. on √ C. to 10. A. exercised B. exercising C. to exercise √ Passage 3 More and more people (1) ____ to install burglar alarms in their houses if they want to get insurance. Insurance companies (2) ____ people in certain areas to install the alarms before they will give them insurance for the fast year. This is (3) ____ to increasing crime in some parts of the country. This can be a problem for people (4) ____ are struggling to make (5) ____ ends meet. The alarms, (6) ____ can be very expensive, need to be installed by an electrician. It is (7) _____ that 20% of homes have alarms installed, and that another 20% of people plan (8) _____ but have not installed them (9) _____. The insurance companies told people (10) _____ the alarms on all doors and windows.

1. A. has B. had C. have √ 2. A. have been asked B. have been asking √ C. asked 3. A. due √ B. because of C. because 4. A. which B. who √ C. what √ 5. A. the B. all C. –(不填) √ 6. A. which B. who C. that 7. A. estimate B. estimating C. estimated √ 8. A. to have them installing B. to have them installed √ C. to have been installing them 9. A. still B. already C. yet √ 10. A. to install√ B. installed C. installing Passage 4 Peter Blake is a successful businessman, but he (1)________ to be very poor. He had nowhere to live and (2) ____ working in a pub when he (3) _____ to start his own business. Peter had always (4) _______ interested in plants and flowers, (5) _______he decided to set up a company (6) _______ cared for the plants in big offices. At first he worked on his (7) ______, but soon he took (8) ______ two people to help him. The company has been growing (9) ____ for the last ten years. Peter is now very rich, (10) _______ he complains that now he doesn’t work with plants but with a computer every day!