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1、2021海南公共英语考试考前冲刺卷（6）本卷共分为1大题50小题，作答时间为180分钟，总分100分，60分及格。一、单项选择题（共50题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，只有一个最符合题意） 1.LindaMy husband weighed 275 pounds. He used to skip breakfast, and he didn’ t eat all that much for dinner. So I once wondered why he was getting so big. Then I found out he was stopping to buy a do

2、zen chocolate-covered doughnuts each morning. And you know how I found out He was eating them while driving, so he wouldn’t have to share them at work. While chasing one that rolled across the front seat, he ran into a telephone pole.EmilyTwo years ago, I knew my husband’ s health was at

3、 risk because of all the weight he had picked up since we’ d been married. But he wasn’ t doing anything about it. Then I went to a doctor’ s office and I followed his advice and started talking about food to my husbandwhat was good, what was badas if it was a new discovery. I didn

4、’ t lecture my husband about the evils of being overweight, didn’ t try to threaten him by saying if he didn’ t lose weight his blood pressure could shoot sky-high and he might have a heart attack. Instead, I talked about how well he’ d look in new clothes, how he’ d pr

5、obably do better on the job (he was a salesman), to ask questions. After a few months, he’ d lost 20 pounds.JohnI once kept a list of everything I ate one week, just to show my wife was wrong about where I was picking up extra pounds. When I studied my list, I wondered how I found time to do a

6、ny work, I was eating so much. There’ s nothing like seeing it in black and white to prove you’ re wrong.Jane ScottWhen I found my husband had weight problem, I was determined to take some measures. I made sure I needed something from the store three mornings a week, and then I told my h

7、usband I didn’ t want to walk there aloneit was about a quarter of a mile each wayand I’ d always insist on walking. He breathed hard at first, but gradually got used to it, and we started making a circle around the neighborhood at night, too, with the dog. That was three years ago, and

8、now I can’ t keep him still. The walking got him used to using his body again, and he was happy to find it still worked pretty well.TedMen tend to think less about the costs of excess pounds than women do. Men often seem blind to the possibility that a beer belly is causing them to look unattr

9、active to their mates, holding them back in their careers and killing them before their time. Also, many men feel self-conscious going to a diet centerespecially if most of the group is female. Diets are perceived to be of women’ s concern, or an admission of weakness. There are even men who w

10、ould rather blow up like a blimp before they admit to other menor themselvesthat they need to lose weight.Now match each of the persons with the appropriate statement.Note: there are two extra statements. StatementsEmily（）。A. The heavier, the merrier.B. Some form of physical exercise has to play a p

11、art in men’ s weight - loss program.C. Attention should be paid to eating patterns.D. Men’ s attitudes are quite different from women’ s.E. Gaining weight has nothing to do with health.F. Your educational role sometimes has to be more subtle.G. Facts are indisputable.2.Psychologist

12、 George Spilich and colleagues at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, decided to find out whether, as many smokers say, smoking helps them to think and concentrate. Spilich put young non-smokers, active smokers and smokers deprived(被剥夺)of cigarettes through a series of tests.In the first te

13、st, each subject(试验对象)sat before a computer screen and pressed a key as soon as he or she recognized a target letter among a grouping of 96. In this simple test, smokers, deprived smokers and non-smokers performed equally well.The next test was more complex, requiring all to scan sequences of 20 ide

14、ntical letters and respond the instant one of the letters was transformed into a different one. Non-smokers were faster, but under the stimulation of nicotine(尼古丁), active smokers were faster than deprived smokers.In the third test of short-term memory, non-smokers made the fewest errors, but depriv

15、ed smokers committed fewer errors than active smokers.The fourth test required people to read a passage, then answer questions about it. Non-smokers remembered 19 percent more of the most important information than active smokers, and deprived smokers bested those who had smoked a cigarette just bef

16、ore testing. Active smokers tended not only to have poorer memories but also had trouble separating important information from insignificant details.As our tests became more complex, sums up Spilich, non-smokers performed better than smokers by wider and wider margins, He predicts, smokers might per

17、form adequately at many jobsuntil they got complicated. A smoking airline pilot could fly adequately if no problems arose ,but if something went wrong, smoking might damage his mental capacity. The word bested (Line 3, Para 5) most probably means （）。A. beatB. enviedC. caught up withD. made the best

18、of3.What does the woman suggest that they should do（）。A. Buy some ice-cream.B. Wait for the lights to be turned off.C. Go immediately to get their seats.D. Enjoy the play.4.TextThe decrease (8) blood pressure occurred (9) race or (10) and whether or not study participants are a typical American diet

19、, (11) is high in saturated fats and contains few fruits and (12) or the so-called DASH (for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension)diet, which emphasizes lots of fresh (13) , low-fat diary, fish and fewer sweets and which was proved in 1997 to reduce hypertension. The biggest decrease in blood pre

20、ssure in this study was recorded in subjects who ate the DASH diet and reduced their sodium (14) to 1 200mg a day.Why is this significant (15) -health experts estimate that Americans consume, on average, about 3 500 mg of sodium (16) about 9 grams of salt daily. It’ s not (17) we’ re tha

21、t heavy-handed with the saltshaker. Most of our dietary sodium is added (18) food processing. (19) to 1 200mg, you’d have to forgo most (20) foods, take-out deliveries and restaurant meals.So pay attention (21) how much salt you’ re eating, but don’ t forget to make fruits, vegetab

22、les and whole grains a (22) part of your diet. They’ ll help (23) your cholesterol level (24) your blood pressure. Be sure to drink alcohol (25) , if at all. (26) weighteven just 4.5kgand exercising at least 30 minutes most days of the week can also have a marked (27) on blood pressure.11（）。A.

23、 whichB. thatC. whatD. who5.Psychologist George Spilich and colleagues at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, decided to find out whether, as many smokers say, smoking helps them to think and concentrate. Spilich put young non-smokers, active smokers and smokers deprived(被剥夺)of cigarettes t

24、hrough a series of tests.In the first test, each subject(试验对象)sat before a computer screen and pressed a key as soon as he or she recognized a target letter among a grouping of 96. In this simple test, smokers, deprived smokers and non-smokers performed equally well.The next test was more complex, r

25、equiring all to scan sequences of 20 identical letters and respond the instant one of the letters was transformed into a different one. Non-smokers were faster, but under the stimulation of nicotine(尼古丁), active smokers were faster than deprived smokers.In the third test of short-term memory, non-sm

26、okers made the fewest errors, but deprived smokers committed fewer errors than active smokers.The fourth test required people to read a passage, then answer questions about it. Non-smokers remembered 19 percent more of the most important information than active smokers, and deprived smokers bested t

27、hose who had smoked a cigarette just before testing. Active smokers tended not only to have poorer memories but also had trouble separating important information from insignificant details.As our tests became more complex, sums up Spilich, non-smokers performed better than smokers by wider and wider

28、 margins, He predicts, smokers might perform adequately at many jobsuntil they got complicated. A smoking airline pilot could fly adequately if no problems arose ,but if something went wrong, smoking might damage his mental capacity. Which of the following statements is true（）。A. Active smokers in g

29、eneral performed better than deprived smokers.B. Active smokers responded more quickly than the other subjects.C. Non-smokers were not better than other subjects in performing simple tasks.D. Deprived smokers gave the slowest responses to the various tasks.6.LindaMy husband weighed 275 pounds. He us

30、ed to skip breakfast, and he didn’ t eat all that much for dinner. So I once wondered why he was getting so big. Then I found out he was stopping to buy a dozen chocolate-covered doughnuts each morning. And you know how I found out He was eating them while driving, so he wouldn’t have to

31、 share them at work. While chasing one that rolled across the front seat, he ran into a telephone pole.EmilyTwo years ago, I knew my husband’ s health was at risk because of all the weight he had picked up since we’ d been married. But he wasn’ t doing anything about it. Then I wen

32、t to a doctor’ s office and I followed his advice and started talking about food to my husbandwhat was good, what was badas if it was a new discovery. I didn’ t lecture my husband about the evils of being overweight, didn’ t try to threaten him by saying if he didn’ t lose we

33、ight his blood pressure could shoot sky-high and he might have a heart attack. Instead, I talked about how well he’ d look in new clothes, how he’ d probably do better on the job (he was a salesman), to ask questions. After a few months, he’ d lost 20 pounds.JohnI once kept a list

34、of everything I ate one week, just to show my wife was wrong about where I was picking up extra pounds. When I studied my list, I wondered how I found time to do any work, I was eating so much. There’ s nothing like seeing it in black and white to prove you’ re wrong.Jane ScottWhen I fou

35、nd my husband had weight problem, I was determined to take some measures. I made sure I needed something from the store three mornings a week, and then I told my husband I didn’ t want to walk there aloneit was about a quarter of a mile each wayand I’ d always insist on walking. He breat

36、hed hard at first, but gradually got used to it, and we started making a circle around the neighborhood at night, too, with the dog. That was three years ago, and now I can’ t keep him still. The walking got him used to using his body again, and he was happy to find it still worked pretty well

37、.TedMen tend to think less about the costs of excess pounds than women do. Men often seem blind to the possibility that a beer belly is causing them to look unattractive to their mates, holding them back in their careers and killing them before their time. Also, many men feel self-conscious going to

38、 a diet centerespecially if most of the group is female. Diets are perceived to be of women’ s concern, or an admission of weakness. There are even men who would rather blow up like a blimp before they admit to other menor themselvesthat they need to lose weight.Now match each of the persons w

39、ith the appropriate statement.Note: there are two extra statements. StatementsJohn（）。A. The heavier, the merrier.B. Some form of physical exercise has to play a part in men’ s weight - loss program.C. Attention should be paid to eating patterns.D. Men’ s attitudes are quite different fro

40、m women’ s.E. Gaining weight has nothing to do with health.F. Your educational role sometimes has to be more subtle.G. Facts are indisputable.7.TextThe decrease (8) blood pressure occurred (9) race or (10) and whether or not study participants are a typical American diet, (11) is high in satur

41、ated fats and contains few fruits and (12) or the so-called DASH (for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension)diet, which emphasizes lots of fresh (13) , low-fat diary, fish and fewer sweets and which was proved in 1997 to reduce hypertension. The biggest decrease in blood pressure in this study was

42、 recorded in subjects who ate the DASH diet and reduced their sodium (14) to 1 200mg a day.Why is this significant (15) -health experts estimate that Americans consume, on average, about 3 500 mg of sodium (16) about 9 grams of salt daily. It’ s not (17) we’ re that heavy-handed with the

43、 saltshaker. Most of our dietary sodium is added (18) food processing. (19) to 1 200mg, you’d have to forgo most (20) foods, take-out deliveries and restaurant meals.So pay attention (21) how much salt you’ re eating, but don’ t forget to make fruits, vegetables and whole grains a

44、(22) part of your diet. They’ ll help (23) your cholesterol level (24) your blood pressure. Be sure to drink alcohol (25) , if at all. (26) weighteven just 4.5kgand exercising at least 30 minutes most days of the week can also have a marked (27) on blood pressure.12（）。A. meatB. porkC. alcoholD

45、. vegetables8.LindaMy husband weighed 275 pounds. He used to skip breakfast, and he didn’ t eat all that much for dinner. So I once wondered why he was getting so big. Then I found out he was stopping to buy a dozen chocolate-covered doughnuts each morning. And you know how I found out He was

46、eating them while driving, so he wouldn’t have to share them at work. While chasing one that rolled across the front seat, he ran into a telephone pole.EmilyTwo years ago, I knew my husband’ s health was at risk because of all the weight he had picked up since we’ d been married. B

47、ut he wasn’ t doing anything about it. Then I went to a doctor’ s office and I followed his advice and started talking about food to my husbandwhat was good, what was badas if it was a new discovery. I didn’ t lecture my husband about the evils of being overweight, didn’ t tr

48、y to threaten him by saying if he didn’ t lose weight his blood pressure could shoot sky-high and he might have a heart attack. Instead, I talked about how well he’ d look in new clothes, how he’ d probably do better on the job (he was a salesman), to ask questions. After a few mon

49、ths, he’ d lost 20 pounds.JohnI once kept a list of everything I ate one week, just to show my wife was wrong about where I was picking up extra pounds. When I studied my list, I wondered how I found time to do any work, I was eating so much. There’ s nothing like seeing it in black and white to prove you’ re wrong.Jane ScottWhen I found my husband had weight problem, I was determined to take some measures. I made sure I needed something fr