職稱英語理工類C級(jí)完型填空精講
Breastfeeding can reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke later in life and could prevent hundreds of __1__ of deaths each year，researchers said on Friday.
Babies who are breastfed have fewer childhood infections and allergies and are less __2__ to obesity.British scientists have now shown that breastfeeding and slow growth in the first weeks and months of life has a protective effect __3 __ cardiovascular disease.
Diets that promote more rapid growth put babies at risk many years later in __4__ of raising their blood pressure，raising their cholesterol and increasing their tendency to diabetes and obesitythe __ 5 __ main risk factors for stroke and heart attack.said Professor Alan Lucas of the Institute of Child Health in London.
Our evidence suggests that the reason why breast-fed babies do better is because they grow more __6 __ in the early weeks.
Lucas said the effects of breastfeeding on blood pressure and cholesterol later in life are greater than __7 __adults can do to control the risk factors for cardiovascular disease, other than taking drugs.
An estimated 17 million people die of __8__ disease，particularly heart attack and strokes，each year，according to the World Health Organization.
Lucas and his colleagues compared the health of 2 1 6 teenagers __9__as babies had either been breastfed or given different nutritional baby formulas.They reported their__10__ in The Lancet medical journal.
The teenagers who had been __11__had a 14一percent lower ratio of bad to good cholesterol and lower concentrations of a protein that is a marker for cardiovascular disease risk.
The researchers also found that，__12 __ of the childs weight at birth，the faster the infants grew in the early weeks and months of life，the __13__ was their later risk of heart disease and stroke.The effect was the __14__ for both boys and girls.
The more human milk you have in the newborn period，the lower your cholesterol level is， the lower your blood pressure is 1 6 years __15__，Lucas said.
詞匯：
breastfeeding n.母乳喂養(yǎng)
cardiovascular adi.心血管的
allergy n.變態(tài)反應(yīng);過敏性
cholesterol n.膽固醇
diabetes n.糖尿病
obesity n.肥胖
marker n.標(biāo)識(shí)，標(biāo)志
注釋：
1. nutritional baby formulas-有營(yíng)養(yǎng)的配制嬰兒喂養(yǎng)奶
練習(xí)：
1. A)hundreds B) thousands C) millions D) numbers
2. A)likely B) possible C) easy D) prone
3. A)against B) towards C) onto D) upon
4. A)forms B) cases C) terms D) places
5. A)two B) four C) three D) five
6. A)slowly B) quickly C) strongly D) obviously
7. A)which B) that C) something D) anything
8. A)various B) heart C) cardiovascular D) multiple
9. A)who B) such C) when D) taken
10. A)thoughts B) findings C) viewpoints D) breakthrough
11. A)surveyed B) interviewed C) handled D) breastfed
12. A)despite B) warning C) regardless D) needful
13. A) smaller B) greater C) faster D) worse
14. A) true B) right C) proper D) sam
15. A) later B) after C) late D) ago
答案與解析：
1.分析文章主題：
BreastfeedingCan Cut Cardiovascular Risk
文章主題詞：
breastfeed, cut, cardiovascular risk
2. 直接解題：
1. A)hundreds B) thousands
C) millions D) numbers
Breastfeeding can reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke later in life and could prevent hundreds of __1__ of deaths each year，researchers said on Friday.
1. B分析：hundreds of thousands of是固定搭配，表示成千上萬之意。
2. A)likely
B) possible
C) easy D) prone
Babies who are breastfed have fewer childhood infections and allergies and are less __2__ to obesity.
2. D. 分析：因?yàn)榭崭窈蟾氖墙樵~to ，能和介詞to搭配使用的只有prone。
be prone to sth./ 傾向于...，容易...
be likely/possible/ easy to do sth.
The train is likely to be late.
補(bǔ)充：
Easy come easy go 來得容易去得快。
3. A)against B) towards
C) onto D) upon
British scientists have now shown that breastfeeding and slow growth in the first weeks and months of life has a protective effect __3 __ cardiovascular disease.
3. A。分析：被選項(xiàng)是介詞，因此注意搭配結(jié)構(gòu)：effect通常是和介詞 on搭配，但被選項(xiàng)中沒有該介詞，再注意搭配結(jié)構(gòu)語意..心血管疾病具有保護(hù)性的影響，因此判斷A合適。
against: prep. 靠著, 反抗, 與相反, 預(yù)防
lean against the tree斜靠著樹
struggle against fate同命運(yùn)抗?fàn)?/p>
protection against the cold預(yù)防感冒
4. A)forms B) cases
C) terms D) places
5. A)two B) four C) three D) five
Diets that promote more rapid growth put babies at risk many years later in __4__ of raising their blood pressure，raising their cholesterol and increasing their tendency to diabetes and obesitythe __ 5 __ main risk factors for stroke and heart attack.said Professor Alan Lucas of the Institute of Child Health in London.
4.C. 分析：與介詞in 和of構(gòu)成的固定搭配結(jié)構(gòu)是：
in case of
in terms of
form和place不與in 和of形成固定搭配， 但也可以形成臨時(shí)性的搭配結(jié)構(gòu)， 如：
in the forms of.../以...的形式
in the places of.../在...的地方
因此判斷C是答案。
5.B. 分析：前句中先后提到了血壓、膽固醇、糖尿病和肥胖，共計(jì)四項(xiàng)。
6. A)slowly B) quickly
C) strongly D) obviously
Our evidence suggests that the reason why breast-fed babies do better is because they grow more __6 __ in the early weeks.
6.A.分析：A和B是正反項(xiàng)，重點(diǎn)注意。根據(jù)句意和前句中提到的內(nèi)容 嬰兒的頭幾周和頭幾個(gè)月發(fā)育緩慢，對(duì)預(yù)防心血管疾病有幫助， 由此判斷A是答案。
7. A)which B) that
C) something D) anything
Lucas said the effects of breastfeeding on blood pressure and cholesterol later in life are greater than __7 __adults can do to control the risk factors for cardiovascular disease, other than taking drugs.
7.D.分析：根據(jù)語法結(jié)構(gòu)和句意判斷D合適。
other than adv.不同于, 除了
8.A)various B) heart
C) cardiovascular D) multiple
An estimated 17 million people die of __8__ disease，particularly heart attack and strokes，each year，according to the World Health Organization.
8.C. 分析：選項(xiàng)C是文章主題詞， 因此該選項(xiàng)成為答案的可能性較大。空格后出現(xiàn)的是單數(shù)名詞，因此排除修飾復(fù)數(shù)名詞的形容詞various和 multiple ， 空格已經(jīng)提到了心臟病發(fā)作，所以判斷C)出現(xiàn)在空格處合適。
9. A)who B) such
C) when D) taken
Lucas and his colleagues compared the health of 2 1 6 teenagers __9__as babies had either been breastfed or given different nutritional baby formulas.
9.A.分析：空格處需要引導(dǎo)定語從句并修飾人的連接代詞who。
10.A)thoughtsB) findings
C) viewpoints D) breakthrough
They reported their__10__ in The Lancet medical journal.
10.B.分析：上文提到了他們的調(diào)查研究，接下來應(yīng)該出現(xiàn)的是他們的研究結(jié)果。
11.A)surveyed B) interviewed
C) handled D) breastfed
The teenagers who had been __11__had a 14一percent lower ratio of bad to good cholesterol and lower concentrations of a protein that is a marker for cardiovascular disease risk.
11.D.分析：D是文章主題詞，因此成為答案的可能性較大。從句意看， 該句講述曾經(jīng)...的青少年中壞膽固醇與好膽固醇的比率要低14%，而且他們的蛋白質(zhì)積聚也較低，而蛋白質(zhì)的積聚是患心血管疾病風(fēng)險(xiǎn)高低的標(biāo)志之一。文章主題是母乳喂養(yǎng)能夠減少心血管疾病的危險(xiǎn)， 由此推測(cè)出現(xiàn)這種較好健康情況的人應(yīng)該是母乳喂養(yǎng)的人， 因此D是答案。
12.A)despite B) warning
C) regardless D) needful
13. A) smaller B) greater
C) faster D) worse
The researchers also found that，__12 __ of the childs weight at birth，the faster the infants grew in the early weeks and months of life，the __13__ was their later risk of heart disease and stroke.
12.C.分析：空格后出現(xiàn)了介詞 of， 因此首先排除A：despite是介詞; 剩下的選項(xiàng)中能與介詞of搭配使用的是B: warning of.../對(duì)...的警告; regardless of.../不管...，不顧....。根據(jù)空格所在的搭配結(jié)構(gòu)...of the childs weight at birth/...孩子出生時(shí)的體重判斷C放入空格中意義通順：不管孩子出生時(shí)的體重是多少。
13.B.分析：根據(jù)前文內(nèi)容判斷，嬰兒前期生長(zhǎng)越快， 他們患心臟病的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)越大。
補(bǔ)充：
the more ..., the more ... 越越
e.g. The more angry he became, the more she laughed at him. 他越生氣，她就越笑他。
the more ..., the less ...越越不
The more difficult the questions are, the less likely I am to be able to answer them. 問題越困難，我就越不可能回答。
14. A) true B) right
C) proper D) same
The effect was the __14__ for both boys and girls.
14.D.分析：句意應(yīng)該是該影響對(duì)男孩，女孩都一樣所以D是答案。
15. A) later B) after
C) late D) ago
The more human milk you have in the newborn period，the lower your cholesterol level is， the lower your blood pressure is 1 6 years __15__，Lucas said.
15.A.分析：此處要表達(dá)的意思是：十六年之后。因此應(yīng)選later。
Breastfeeding can reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke later in life and could prevent hundreds of __1__ of deaths each year，researchers said on Friday.
Babies who are breastfed have fewer childhood infections and allergies and are less __2__ to obesity.British scientists have now shown that breastfeeding and slow growth in the first weeks and months of life has a protective effect __3 __ cardiovascular disease.
Diets that promote more rapid growth put babies at risk many years later in __4__ of raising their blood pressure，raising their cholesterol and increasing their tendency to diabetes and obesitythe __ 5 __ main risk factors for stroke and heart attack.said Professor Alan Lucas of the Institute of Child Health in London.
Our evidence suggests that the reason why breast-fed babies do better is because they grow more __6 __ in the early weeks.
Lucas said the effects of breastfeeding on blood pressure and cholesterol later in life are greater than __7 __adults can do to control the risk factors for cardiovascular disease, other than taking drugs.
An estimated 17 million people die of __8__ disease，particularly heart attack and strokes，each year，according to the World Health Organization.
Lucas and his colleagues compared the health of 2 1 6 teenagers __9__as babies had either been breastfed or given different nutritional baby formulas.They reported their__10__ in The Lancet medical journal.
The teenagers who had been __11__had a 14一percent lower ratio of bad to good cholesterol and lower concentrations of a protein that is a marker for cardiovascular disease risk.
The researchers also found that，__12 __ of the childs weight at birth，the faster the infants grew in the early weeks and months of life，the __13__ was their later risk of heart disease and stroke.The effect was the __14__ for both boys and girls.
The more human milk you have in the newborn period，the lower your cholesterol level is， the lower your blood pressure is 1 6 years __15__，Lucas said.
詞匯：
breastfeeding n.母乳喂養(yǎng)
cardiovascular adi.心血管的
allergy n.變態(tài)反應(yīng);過敏性
cholesterol n.膽固醇
diabetes n.糖尿病
obesity n.肥胖
marker n.標(biāo)識(shí)，標(biāo)志
注釋：
1. nutritional baby formulas-有營(yíng)養(yǎng)的配制嬰兒喂養(yǎng)奶
練習(xí)：
1. A)hundreds B) thousands C) millions D) numbers
2. A)likely B) possible C) easy D) prone
3. A)against B) towards C) onto D) upon
4. A)forms B) cases C) terms D) places
5. A)two B) four C) three D) five
6. A)slowly B) quickly C) strongly D) obviously
7. A)which B) that C) something D) anything
8. A)various B) heart C) cardiovascular D) multiple
9. A)who B) such C) when D) taken
10. A)thoughts B) findings C) viewpoints D) breakthrough
11. A)surveyed B) interviewed C) handled D) breastfed
12. A)despite B) warning C) regardless D) needful
13. A) smaller B) greater C) faster D) worse
14. A) true B) right C) proper D) sam
15. A) later B) after C) late D) ago
答案與解析：
1.分析文章主題：
BreastfeedingCan Cut Cardiovascular Risk
文章主題詞：
breastfeed, cut, cardiovascular risk
2. 直接解題：
1. A)hundreds B) thousands
C) millions D) numbers
Breastfeeding can reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke later in life and could prevent hundreds of __1__ of deaths each year，researchers said on Friday.
1. B分析：hundreds of thousands of是固定搭配，表示成千上萬之意。
2. A)likely
B) possible
C) easy D) prone
Babies who are breastfed have fewer childhood infections and allergies and are less __2__ to obesity.
2. D. 分析：因?yàn)榭崭窈蟾氖墙樵~to ，能和介詞to搭配使用的只有prone。
be prone to sth./ 傾向于...，容易...
be likely/possible/ easy to do sth.
The train is likely to be late.
補(bǔ)充：
Easy come easy go 來得容易去得快。
3. A)against B) towards
C) onto D) upon
British scientists have now shown that breastfeeding and slow growth in the first weeks and months of life has a protective effect __3 __ cardiovascular disease.
3. A。分析：被選項(xiàng)是介詞，因此注意搭配結(jié)構(gòu)：effect通常是和介詞 on搭配，但被選項(xiàng)中沒有該介詞，再注意搭配結(jié)構(gòu)語意..心血管疾病具有保護(hù)性的影響，因此判斷A合適。
against: prep. 靠著, 反抗, 與相反, 預(yù)防
lean against the tree斜靠著樹
struggle against fate同命運(yùn)抗?fàn)?/p>
protection against the cold預(yù)防感冒
4. A)forms B) cases
C) terms D) places
5. A)two B) four C) three D) five
Diets that promote more rapid growth put babies at risk many years later in __4__ of raising their blood pressure，raising their cholesterol and increasing their tendency to diabetes and obesitythe __ 5 __ main risk factors for stroke and heart attack.said Professor Alan Lucas of the Institute of Child Health in London.
4.C. 分析：與介詞in 和of構(gòu)成的固定搭配結(jié)構(gòu)是：
in case of
in terms of
form和place不與in 和of形成固定搭配， 但也可以形成臨時(shí)性的搭配結(jié)構(gòu)， 如：
in the forms of.../以...的形式
in the places of.../在...的地方
因此判斷C是答案。
5.B. 分析：前句中先后提到了血壓、膽固醇、糖尿病和肥胖，共計(jì)四項(xiàng)。
6. A)slowly B) quickly
C) strongly D) obviously
Our evidence suggests that the reason why breast-fed babies do better is because they grow more __6 __ in the early weeks.
6.A.分析：A和B是正反項(xiàng)，重點(diǎn)注意。根據(jù)句意和前句中提到的內(nèi)容 嬰兒的頭幾周和頭幾個(gè)月發(fā)育緩慢，對(duì)預(yù)防心血管疾病有幫助， 由此判斷A是答案。
7. A)which B) that
C) something D) anything
Lucas said the effects of breastfeeding on blood pressure and cholesterol later in life are greater than __7 __adults can do to control the risk factors for cardiovascular disease, other than taking drugs.
7.D.分析：根據(jù)語法結(jié)構(gòu)和句意判斷D合適。
other than adv.不同于, 除了
8.A)various B) heart
C) cardiovascular D) multiple
An estimated 17 million people die of __8__ disease，particularly heart attack and strokes，each year，according to the World Health Organization.
8.C. 分析：選項(xiàng)C是文章主題詞， 因此該選項(xiàng)成為答案的可能性較大。空格后出現(xiàn)的是單數(shù)名詞，因此排除修飾復(fù)數(shù)名詞的形容詞various和 multiple ， 空格已經(jīng)提到了心臟病發(fā)作，所以判斷C)出現(xiàn)在空格處合適。
9. A)who B) such
C) when D) taken
Lucas and his colleagues compared the health of 2 1 6 teenagers __9__as babies had either been breastfed or given different nutritional baby formulas.
9.A.分析：空格處需要引導(dǎo)定語從句并修飾人的連接代詞who。
10.A)thoughtsB) findings
C) viewpoints D) breakthrough
They reported their__10__ in The Lancet medical journal.
10.B.分析：上文提到了他們的調(diào)查研究，接下來應(yīng)該出現(xiàn)的是他們的研究結(jié)果。
11.A)surveyed B) interviewed
C) handled D) breastfed
The teenagers who had been __11__had a 14一percent lower ratio of bad to good cholesterol and lower concentrations of a protein that is a marker for cardiovascular disease risk.
11.D.分析：D是文章主題詞，因此成為答案的可能性較大。從句意看， 該句講述曾經(jīng)...的青少年中壞膽固醇與好膽固醇的比率要低14%，而且他們的蛋白質(zhì)積聚也較低，而蛋白質(zhì)的積聚是患心血管疾病風(fēng)險(xiǎn)高低的標(biāo)志之一。文章主題是母乳喂養(yǎng)能夠減少心血管疾病的危險(xiǎn)， 由此推測(cè)出現(xiàn)這種較好健康情況的人應(yīng)該是母乳喂養(yǎng)的人， 因此D是答案。
12.A)despite B) warning
C) regardless D) needful
13. A) smaller B) greater
C) faster D) worse
The researchers also found that，__12 __ of the childs weight at birth，the faster the infants grew in the early weeks and months of life，the __13__ was their later risk of heart disease and stroke.
12.C.分析：空格后出現(xiàn)了介詞 of， 因此首先排除A：despite是介詞; 剩下的選項(xiàng)中能與介詞of搭配使用的是B: warning of.../對(duì)...的警告; regardless of.../不管...，不顧....。根據(jù)空格所在的搭配結(jié)構(gòu)...of the childs weight at birth/...孩子出生時(shí)的體重判斷C放入空格中意義通順：不管孩子出生時(shí)的體重是多少。
13.B.分析：根據(jù)前文內(nèi)容判斷，嬰兒前期生長(zhǎng)越快， 他們患心臟病的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)越大。
補(bǔ)充：
the more ..., the more ... 越越
e.g. The more angry he became, the more she laughed at him. 他越生氣，她就越笑他。
the more ..., the less ...越越不
The more difficult the questions are, the less likely I am to be able to answer them. 問題越困難，我就越不可能回答。
14. A) true B) right
C) proper D) same
The effect was the __14__ for both boys and girls.
14.D.分析：句意應(yīng)該是該影響對(duì)男孩，女孩都一樣所以D是答案。
15. A) later B) after
C) late D) ago
The more human milk you have in the newborn period，the lower your cholesterol level is， the lower your blood pressure is 1 6 years __15__，Lucas said.
15.A.分析：此處要表達(dá)的意思是：十六年之后。因此應(yīng)選later。
