学位英语

第6部分：完形填空（第51-65题，每题1分，共15分）

下面的短文有15处空白，请根据短文内容为每处空白确定1个最佳选项。

Smoking Can Increase Depressive Symptoms in Teens

While some teenagers may puff on cigarettes to "self-medicate" against the blues, scientists at the University of Toronto1 and the University of Montreal have found that smoking may actually (51) depressive symptoms in some teens.

"This observational study is one of the few to examine the perceived (52) benefits of smoking among teens," says lead researcher Michael Chaiton, a research associate at the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit of the University of Toronto." (53) cigarettes may appear to have self-medicating effects or to improve mood, in the long 54 we found that teens who started to smoke reported5 higher depressive symptoms."

As part of the study，some 662 high school teenagers completed up to 20 questionnaires about their use of cigarettes to (55) mood．Secondary schools were selected to provide a mix of French and English participants, urban and rural schools, and schools 56 in high, moderate and low socioeconomic neighbourhoods6．

Participants were divided into three (57): never smokers; smokers who did not use cigarettes to self-medicate, improve mood or physical (58); smokers who used cigarettes to self-medicate. Depressive symptoms were measured using a scale that asked how felt too fired to do things: had (59) going to sleep or staying asleep; felt unhappy，sad. or depressed; felt hopeless about the future；felt vexed, antsy or tense; and worried too much about things.

"Smokers who used cigarettes as mood (60) had higher risks of elevated depressive symptoms (61)teens who had never smoked," says co-researcher Jennifer 0'Loughlin，a professor at the University of Montreal Department of Social and Preventive Medicine．"0ur study found that teen smokers who reported emotional benefits from smoking are (62) higher risk of depressive symptoms."

The (63) between depression and smoking exists (64) among teens that use cigarettes to feel better." It's (65) to emphasize that depressive symptom scores8 were higher among teenagers who reported emotional benefits from smoking after they began to smoke," says Dr. Chaiton．

51．A diagnose B increase C examine D treat

52．A financial B material C emotional D political

53．A Whatever B Although C Since D If

54．A road B term C journey D distance

55．A affect B judge C lead D study

56．A located B moved C exposed D mixed

57．A groups B sets C species D versions

58．A beauty B state C world D activity

59．A time B courage C trouble D energy

60．A tellers B improvers C creators D designers

61．A not B than C but D that

62．A at B in C about D without

63．A association B cooperation C difference D agreement

64．A probably B principally C occasionally D scarcely

65．A important B meaningless C illogical D friendly

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第6 部分：完形填空

51 B 本题考察单词意思。选项 A 为"诊断";选项 B 为"增加";选项 C 为 "检查"; 选项 D 为"对待、治疗"。从题意来看，本句要表达的意思是研究者发现吸烟会加重青少年的抑郁症状。答案为 B。

52 C 四个选项的意思分别为: A为"金融的，财政的";B 为"物质的，材料的";C 为"感情的，情感的";D 为"政治的"。从句意来看，本句表达了"这是为数不多的质疑青少年情感受益于吸烟的观点的研究"。答案选择 C。

53 B 全句的意思是"尽管香烟可能看起来能有自我治疗的作用，或者可以改善情绪,但从长远来看，我们发现那些从青少年就开始吸烟的人的抑郁症状更明显"。本题应该选择让步状语的连接词 although。选项 A 为"无论什么";选项 C 为"自从";选项 D 为"如果"。

54 B 参考上题句意解释。in the long term 意为"从长远来看"。其他选项与 long 搭配，意思不符合题意。答案为 D.

55 A 本句话的意思是"作为研究的一部分，662 名十几岁的高中生完成了有关他们利用香烟来影响其情绪的 20 个问卷调查"。选项 A为"影响";选项 B 为"判断";选项 C 为"引导";选项 D 为"学习、研究"。从句意判断本题答案为 A。

56 A 本句要表达的意思是"一些英、法学生混合的中学被选为研究对象，其中包括城市和乡村的学校，同时这些学校坐落在经济水平高、中、低不同的地区"，所以本题答案为A "坐落于"。选项 B 为"移动、迁移";选项 C 为"展示、暴露";选项 D 为"混合"。

57 A 本句话的意思是"参与者被分成了三个不同的组"。选项 A 为"组、组群";选项 B 为"套";选项 C 为"种类"选项 D 为"版本"。答案为 A。

58 B 从句意"不用香烟来进行自我治疗、改善情绪或者身体状态的吸烟者"来看，本题答案应为B "状态"。选项 A 为"美丽";选项 C 为"世界";选项 D 为"活动"，都不符合文章本意。

59 C 本句是要表述"研究者通过对受试者失眠情况的调查检测他们的抑郁状况"。选项 A为"时间";选项 B为"勇气";选项 C 为"麻烦";选项 D 为"能量"。从句意判断，本题答案为 C.

60 B 本句意为"那些使用香烟作为情绪改善者的吸烟者比那些从不吸烟的青少年要容易有抑郁症状"。选项 A 为"告知者";选项 B为"改善者";选项 C 为"创造者";选项D 为 "设计者"。答案为 B。

61 B 参考上题句意解释。本句中有比较的成分，选项 B 符合题意。

62 A 本句中 at the risk of 为一个词组，意为 "有……风险"。答案为 A。其余各选项不符合词组意思。

63 A 选项 A 为"联合";选项 B 为"合作";选项 C 为"不同"; 选项 D 为"一致"。从句意来看，本句意为"既抑郁又吸烟的人主要是那些用香烟来使自己感觉好点的青少年"。只有 A 符合题意。

64 B 参考上题句意解释。选项 B "主要地"符合题意。选项 A 为"很可能";选项 C 为 "偶然地";选项 D 为"几乎不、刚刚"，都不符合题意。

65 A 从句意来看，本句要表达的意思是"强调那些青少年认为自己的情绪因吸烟而好转。

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