1、考研英语（完形填空）模拟试卷 74（无答案）一、Section I Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D. (10 points) 0 A war on sugar has begun in the UK that echoes the nations successful campaign against salt. The effort is【C1】_because it could he
2、lp to reduce obesity, but cutting sugar out of peoples diets poses【C2】_challenges.Last week, a group of academics and policy【C3】_specializing in medicine and【C4】_announced that they had formed a campaign group, Action on Sugar. Their idea is to convince manufacturers to【C5】_and gradually lower the【C
3、6】_of sugar added to foodsso slowly that it isnt missed by【C7 】_.It is essentially the same【C8】_as a campaign that is【C9 】_credited with reducing British peoples salt intake.Over the past decade, CASH, a non-government organisation, helped to create anti-salt【C10】_ aimed at the general public, 【C11】
4、_year-by-year targets for companies to reduce salt levels. These were 【C12】_but had the backing of the government, and it was【C13】_that the targets would be legally enforced if companies【C14】_. Most manufacturers lowered their salt levels and, 15 , there has been a【C15】_per cent 【C16】_in salt intake
5、 in the UK, according to CASH.Repeating the trick with sugar may be more【C17】_not least because we do not know for sure if our palates (sense of taste) can adjust to eating food that is less【C18 】_. By contrast, studies have shown that if volunteers are forced to eat a less salty diet, over several
6、weeks they gradually begin to【C19】_food that is less salty. “Theres no reason to think that would not hold【 C20】_for sweet taste too,“ says Charles Spence, a neurogas-tronomist at the University of Oxford.1 【C1 】（A）useless（B） respectable（C） welcome（D）unpopular2 【C2 】（A）fresh（B） great（C） similar（D）da
7、ily3 【C3 】（A）trainers（B） professors（C） experts（D）officials4 【C4 】（A）care（B） nutrition（C） exercise（D）leisure5 【C5 】（A）randomly（B） individually（C） collectively（D）quickly6 【C6 】（A）price（B） amount（C） magnitude（D）quality7 【C7 】（A）performers（B） subjects（C） researchers（D）consumers8 【C8 】（A）action（B） strate
8、gy（C） style（D）process9 【C9 】（A）widely（B） specifically（C） repeatedly D uniquely10 【C10 】（A）regulation（B） marketing（C） advertising（D）law11 【C11 】（A）during（B） plus（C） without（D）for12 【C12 】（A）voluntary（B） unwilling（C） illegal（D）reluctant13 【C13 】（A）found（B） reported（C） progressed（D）implied14 【C14 】（A）a
9、ccepted（B） resisted（C） performed（D）reformed15 【C15 】（A）in addition（B） for instance（C） on average（D）by contrast16 【C16 】（A）rise（B） interest（C） loss（D）drop17 【C17 】（A）powerful（B） promising（C） complicated（D）straightforward18 【C18 】（A）salty（B） sweet（C） sour（D）spicy19 【C19 】（A）study（B） decline（C） dislike
10、（D）prefer20 【C20 】（A）silent（B） firm（C） true（D）loose20 Will robots take over the workforce? And if they do, what jobs will be left for us humans?Many discussions take a【C1】_view that the workforce will indeed be【C2】_by robots in the future and why that is a good thing.Carl Bass, the chief executive o
11、f Autodesk, acknowledged that workplace automation has【C3】_or reduced many manufacturing jobs, and will continue to do so in the future, 【C4】_ major shifts in the labor market. Entire【C5】_such as trucking, will eventually be disrupted by robotic【C6】_like self-driving cars, he said.But, Bass asked: “
12、Are the jobs【C7】_ to automation ones that you would want for your children?“ Few parents, he said, dreamed their kids would someday become fuel pumpers or elevator【C8 】_jobs already replaced by automation. In the next 30 years, Bass added, smart machines and robots will【C9】_humans on the planet.Bass
13、 presented some【C10】_ideas to help societies deal with the structural【C11】_generated by a robot-heavy workforce, including taxing economic output rather than income, or【C12】_a “negative income tax,“ in which governments pay citizens a subsidy in order to【C13】_a level of income.“With our【C14】_and ima
14、gination, we will find harmony with the robots,“ Bass said.【C15 】_, other discussions focused on identifying jobs which were likely to remain 【C16】_from robots. For example, hairdressers might be considered safe. But not because robots cant cut hairthe relationship between hairdressers and their【 C1
15、7】_simply cant be robotized. (And, some people might be【C18】_of a robot holding a sharp blade so close to their necks,【C19 】 _ plenty of robots already perform delicate surgery.)Another job【C20 】_ safe? Roboticist.21 【C1 】（A）blue（B） rosy（C） pessimistic（D）neutral22 【C2 】（A）dominated（B） rejected（C） ex
16、cluded（D）integrated23 【C3 】（A）stabilized（B） flourished（C） eliminated（D）strengthened24 【C4 】（A）referring to（B） dealing with（C） running into（D）leading to25 【C5 】（A）industries（B） companies（C） robots（D）expansions26 【C6 】（A）influences（B） movements（C） backwards（D）advances27 【C7 】（A）transformed（B） presente
17、d（C） lost（D）referred28 【C8 】（A）inventors（B） operators（C） programmers（D）dealers29 【C9 】（A）outnumber（B） extinguish（C） attack（D）protest30 【C10 】（A）conventional（B） negligible（C） simple（D）outlandish31 【C11 】（A）developments（B） changes（C） damages（D）shapes32 【C12 】（A）implementing（B） suppressing（C） evaluatin
18、g（D）discarding33 【C13 】（A）lower（B） fluctuate（C） convert（D）guarantee34 【C14 】（A）suspicion（B） creativity（C） controversy（D）personality35 【C15 】（A）Hence（B） Otherwise（C） Meanwhile（D）Furthermore36 【C16 】（A）recognizable（B） influenced（C） unaffected（D）complementary37 【C17 】（A）investors（B） robots（C） engineers（D）clients38 【C18 】（A）indifferent（B） wary（C） cheerful（D）satisfied39 【C19 】（A）as（B） so（C） though（D）because40 【C20 】（A）suggested（B） impressed（C） established（D）deemed
