2017年下半年學位英語完形填空試題（2）

完形填空題不同于單項選擇填空題，完形填空實際上是一種障礙性閱讀理解題。因此，在解題之前，應先要把文章通讀一遍，對文章有個全面的了解，
弄清其中心思想和大意。所以湖南自考生網為報考了2017年下半年湖南自考學位英語的考生們提供了學位英語考試中的完形填空（2），希望能供各考生們
參考。

Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the centre.

After 20 years of marriage, a husband may still not understand his wife. How is it that she is never at a ___1___ for words? How can she recall the names of a couple they met on holiday years ago? Now we know ___2___ to tell him: it's her brain.

Although there are obviously cultural reasons for the differences in emotions and behavior, recent breakthrough research reveals that the root of many puzzling differences between men and women may ___3___ in the head. Men's and women's brains ___4___ much in common, but they are definitely not the same ___5___ size, structure or insight. Broadly speaking, a woman's brain, like her body, is ten to fifteen percent smaller than a man's, ___6___ the regions dedicated to language may be more densely packed with brain cells.

Girls generally speak earlier and read faster. The reason may be ___7___ females use both sides of the brain when they read. In ___8___, males rely only on the left side.

At every age, women's memories top men's. They have a greater ability to associate names with faces than men do, and they are ___9__ at recalling list. The events people remember best are those that an emotion is attached to. Since women use more of their right brains, which process emotions, they may do this automatically.

While we don't yet know what all these findings imply, one thing is ___10___: male and female brains do the same things, but they do them differently.

1. A. slip B. puzzle C. loss D. failure

[答案]C

【精析】本題考查固定搭配。短語at a loss for words表示“茫然而語塞”。

2. A. what B. how C. when D. where

[答案]A

【精析】從后面的It‘s her brain可知，空格處應填的詞能夠引導的是名詞性短語，選項中可以引導名詞性短語或從句的只有what.而how引導方式狀語從句;when引導時間狀語從句;where引導地點狀語從句。

3. A. hide B. set C. fix D. lie

[答案]D

【精析】本題考查固定搭配。選項中的 lie有“存在，在于”的意思，在表達“原因在于……”的時候經常與in連用，構成固定搭配。

4. A. have B. share C. divide D. store

[答案]A

【精析】本題考查固定搭配。短語have something in common表示“有共同點”，此處指的是男女的大腦大部分都一樣。

5. A. in B. at C. with D. for

[答案]A

【精析】本題考查介詞的用法。選項中in多指“在某點上，就某一點來說”;at多指“在某一程度上”;with一般表示伴隨的狀態(tài);for表原因。這里顯然指的是“就男女大腦的大小、結構和觀察力來說絕對不同”，

6. A. yet B. hence C. thus D. then

[答案]C

【精析】從上文來看，本句是由上文得出的結論，選項C. thus有“因此，于是”的意思，表結果，符合題意。yet：仍，至今;hence：因此，從此;then：當時，然后。

7. A. which B. who C. that D. why

[答案]C

【精析】表語從句的引導詞。名詞reason做主語時，后面的表語從句表示原因時要用that引導。

8. A. fact B. contrast C. addition D. consequence

[答案] B

【精析】本題考查固定搭配。選項中in fact：實際上;in contrast：相反;in addition：此外;in consequence：因而，由于……的緣故。這里是把男女進行比較，而且前后文所述情況相反，故選B項。

9. A. shier B. better C. keener D. easier

[答案]B

【精析】本題考查對文章的理解。這里是在對男女的記憶力進行比較，前文已經說過女人在記名字方面比男人強，這句話承接上文，我們可以推斷出：女人的記憶力比男人強。故選B.

10. A. important B. mysterious C. special D. clear

[答案]D

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