My favorite TV show? “The Twilight Zone.” I especially like the episode called “The Printer’s Devil.” It’s about a newspaper editor who’s being driven out of business by a big newspaper syndicate – you know, a group of papers owned by the same people. He is about to commit suicide when he is interrupted by an old man who says his name is Smith. The editor is not only offered 5,000 dollars to pay off his newspaper’s debts, but this Smith character also offers his services for free. It turns out that the guy operates the printing machine with amazing speed, and soon he is turning out newspapers with shocking headlines. The small paper is successful again. The editor is amazed at how quickly Smith gets his stories – only minutes after they happen – but soon he is presented with a contract to sign. Mr. Smith, it seems, is really the devil! The editor is frightened by this news, but he is more frightened by the idea of losing his newspaper, so he agrees to sign. But soon Smith is reporting the news even before it happens – and it’s all terrible – one disaster after another. Anyway, there is a little more to tell, but I don’t want to ruin the story for you. I really like these old episodes of the Twilight Zone, because the stories are fascinating. They are not realistic. But then again, in a way they are, because they deal with human nature.

　47. H. lowest

　　48. J. maximum

　　49. D. component

　　50. I. maintain

　　51. A. allowing

　　52. G. increasingly

　　53. B. avoidable

　　54. K. prevent

　　55. L. principle

　　56. C. briefly【解析】

　　47. 答案：H. lowest

　　【解析】：

　　根据上下文可以判断需要选择一个形容词来修饰risk，根据句子意思，需要选择lowest“最低的”，句子的意思是：人人都知道怎么步行，并且步行受伤的风险最低。因此正确答案为H. lowest。

　　48. 答案：J. maximum

　　【解析】：

　　根据上下文可以判断需要选择一个形容词来修饰maximum，根据句子的意思，需要选择maximum“最大的”，句子的意思是：为了从步行中获得最大的收益……。因此正确答案为J. maximum。

　　49. 答案：D. component

　　【解析】：

　　根据上下文可以判断需要选择一个名词来与important搭配，根据句意判断strength training力量训练应该是physical activity体育活动的一个组成部分，所以要用component“部分、成分”。因此正确答案为D. component。

　　50. I. maintain

　　【解析】：

　　根据上下文可以判断需要选择一个动词原型与build做并列成分，根据句意“力量训练的目的是为了增强和____骨骼和肌肉质量”，所以选择maintain“维持”符合文意。因此正确答案为I. maintain。

　　51. 答案：A. allowing

　　【解析】：

　　根据上下文可以判断需要选择现在分词引导伴随状语，根据上一句“一般而言，你会想要每周做两到三次力量训练”，而这么做会使你在训练之间有恢复期，所以选allowing“允许，使(可能)”符合文意。因此正确答案为A. allowing。

　　52. 答案：G. increasingly

　　【解析】：

　　根据上下文可以判断需要选择副词修饰形容词important，而根据句子的意思可以得知“随着年龄的增长，柔韧性和平衡感训练愈发重要”，所以increasingly符合文意。因此正确答案为G. increasingly。

　　53. 答案：B. avoidable

　　【解析】：

　　根据上下文可以判断需要选择形容词作为be动词are后面的表语，由上文可知经常性肌肉紧张和关节僵硬，这些是可以通过运动避免的，所以avoidable“可避免的”符合文意。因此正确答案为B. avoidable。

　　54. 答案：K. prevent

　　【解析】：

　　根据上下文可以判断需要选择动词原形，该句话中的these指代上文的“经常性肌肉紧张和关节僵硬”，下文中提到“通过让肌肉更强壮和使关节润滑”，可知动词应该为prevent“预防，阻止”。因此正确答案为K. prevent。

　　55. 答案：L. principle

　　【解析】：

　　根据上下文可以判断需要选择名词与general“一般的，大体的”搭配，根据后文可知选择principle“原则”。因此正确答案为L. principle。

　　56. 答案：C. briefly

　　【解析】：

　　根据上下文可以判断需要选择副词来修饰动词stretch“伸展”，根据句意“只要身体保持某个姿势有一定时间了，用反向的姿势稍微伸展一下身体是很有用的”。可知briefly“短暂地;简要地”符合文意。因此正确答案为C. briefly。

　　Section B

　　Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.

　　Passage One

　　Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.

　　Junk food is everywhere. We’re eating way too much of it. Most of us know what we’re doing and yet we do it anyway.

　　So here's a suggestion offered by two researchers at the Rand Corporation: Why not take a lesson from alcohol control policies and apply them to where food is sold and how it’s displayed?

　　"Many policy measures to control obesity (肥胖症)assume that people consciously and rationally choose what and how much they eat and therefore focus on providing information and more access to healthier foods," note the two researchers.

　　"In contrast," the researchers continue, "many regulations that don't assume people make rational choices have been successfully applied to control alcohol, a substance -- like food -- of which immoderate consumption leads to serious health problems."

　　The research references studies of people’s behavior with food and alcohol and results of alcohol restrictions, and then lists five regulations that the researchers think might be promising if applied to junk foods. Among them:

　　Density restrictions: licenses to sell alcohol aren't handed out unplanned to all comers but are allotted (分配)based on the number of places in an area that already sell alcohol. These make alcohol less easy to get and reduce the number of psychological cues to drink.

　　Similarly, the researchers say, being presented with junk food stimulates our desire to eat it. So why not limit the density of food outlets, particularly ones that sell food rich in empty calories? And why not limit sale of food in places that aren’t primarily food stores?

　　Display and sales restrictions: California has a rule prohibiting alcohol displays near the cash registers in gas stations, and in most places you can’t buy alcohol at drive-through facilities. At supermarkets, food companies pay to have their wares in places where they're easily seen. One could remove junk food to the back of the store and ban them from the shelves at checkout lines. The other measures include restricting portion sizes, taxing and prohibiting special price deals for junk foods, and placing warning labels on the products.






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