考研英语二（完形填空）模拟试卷142
(总分：120.00，做题时间：90分钟)
一、 U of English(总题数：3，分数：120.00)
1.Section I U of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choo the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D.（分数：40.00）
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解析：
If this weekend is yawning ahead of you, offering nothing but the same old routines and houhold duties, then don't despair: boredom is good for you, a new study claims. Far from【C1】______the mind and leading to a lack of productivity, boredom can【C2】______people to ek out ways of being lfless and to engage in prosocial tasks,【C3】______uneasy ones such as giving blood. "Bored people feel that their actions are【C4】_伏羲是谁的儿子
_____and so they are motivated to engage in meaningful behavior," said Wjjnand van Tilburg, co-author of the paper, A Pragmatic Meaning—Regulation Hypothesis on Boredom and Prosocial Behavior. If prosocial behavior【C5】______this requirement, boredom promotes prosocial behavior. " Investigating the link between boredom and prosocial behavior is not only highly【C6】______but also counter-intuitive," said Van Tilburg, "Past rearch has【C7】______boredom almost exclusively with disgusting correlates,【C8】______clor inspection suggests a much richer【C9】______of potential conquences that may well go beyond merely negative outcomes, such as prosocial behavior. Boredom makes people【C10】______different and purpoful activities, and as a result they turn towards more challenging and meaningful activities, turning towards what they【C11】______to be really meaningful in life. Of cour, this does not mean that boredom is necessary for prosocial behavior. It is one positive【C12】______of an utterly negative experience, demonstrating the【C13】______character of how people attempt to re-establish a【C14】______of meaningfulness." The paper has been【C15】______by Adrian Savage, an editor at the
online life coach site. "Being bored turns your mind【C16】______and encourages reflection. When you're rushing【C17】______there's no time to think. When you're bored, there's nothing el to do but think," he said. "Boredom is nearly always【C18】______to creativity. It isn't true that creativity is mostly【C19】______by having a specific problem to be solved. It's far more likely to ari becau the person is bored with the way something has been done a thousand times before and wants to try something new. Boredom stimulates the arch for better【C20】______to things like nothing el does."（分数：40.00）
(1).【C1】（分数：2.00）
A.dulling √
B.frustrating
C.hurting
D.lowering
解析：解析：本句中的and表明了前后两个动作的顺承，从后一个动作“导致工作能力缺失”可推出此处应填入一个表示否定意义的词，故选A项dulling“变得迟钝”。
(2).【C2】（分数：2.00）
&quire
B.demand
C.inspire √
&pel
解析：解析：前半句Far from．．．指出无聊完全不会对思维产生不好影响或导致工作能力缺失，从而可推出，它会激发人们去做一些积极有意义的事情，故选C项inspire“激发灵感”。
(3).【C3】（分数：2.00）
A.distinctively
儿童服装品牌 B.particularly √
C.specially
D.specifically
解析：解析：空格前的名词短语为prosocial tasks(公益行为)，空格后为uneasy ones(不愉快的那些)。ones指代tasks，故空格前后关系为整体与部分的关系，选B项particularly“特别地”，用以指从所有同类事物中选出的一个。
师生情作文(4).【C4】（分数：2.00）
A.boring
B.ridiculous
&aningless √
D.uless
解析：解析：前后两句包含因果关系。后一分句“他们会被激发去从事一些有意义的活动”为果。故可推出，因为无聊的人觉得自己的行为没有意义，所以他们才会想去做些有意义的事情。空格刚好与后一分句的meaningful相对应，故选C项meaningless“无意义的”。
(5).【C5】（分数：2.00）
&incides
B.fulfills √
C.arrives
D.equals
解析：解析：从前一句可知，无聊的人会被激发去做些有意义的事。而如果公益行为能……这种要求，无聊就会促进公益行为。故选B项fulfills“满足”。
(6).【C6】（分数：2.00）
&al
&aditional
C.natural
&vel √
解析：解析：下文中凡·蒂尔堡提到，以往的研究都将无聊与令人厌恶的事物相关联。由此可见，研究无聊和公益行为之间的联系是非常有新意的，故选D项novel“新奇的”。
(7).【C7】（分数：2.00）
&bined
B.tangled
C.associated √
&sponded
解析：解析：从本句中的correlates(互为关联的事物)可知，过去的研究总是把无聊与令人
厌恶的东西联系在一起，故选C项associated，和后面的with形成搭配，表示“将……联系在一起”。
(8).【C8】（分数：2.00）
A.becau
& √
&
D.as
解析：解析：这里考查两个分句之间的逻辑关系，前一个分句指出过去研究总是认为无聊令人讨厌．后一个分句则指出随着更深入的研究，其结果绝不仅仅是消极的。可以看出这两个分句是转折的关系，故选B项yet“然而”。
(9).【C9】（分数：2.00）
A.ray
&up
C.suit
D.array √
解析：解析：此处需要量词修饰potential conquences(潜在的结果)，应选D项array“一系列”。a array of意为“大量的”。
(10).【C10】（分数：2.00）
A.long for √
B.long to
C.agree in
D.agree with
解析：解析：前面提到无聊的人会被激发去从事一些有意义的活动，由此可知无聊使人们
渴望参加不同的有目的性的活动。故选A项long for“渴望”，后接名词或名词短语。
(11).【C11】（分数：2.00）
&veal
B.perceive √
C.spot
&firm
解析：解析：本句空格前they指代“无聊之人”，空格前的what是空格处动词的宾语，空格后“生命中有意义的”是其宾补。只有B项perceive“理解”符合句意和搭配，表示他们认为人生中真正有意义的事情。
(12).【C12】（分数：2.00）
A.action
B.effect √
祝福生日的话>午夜光棍 C.feeling
D.feedback
解析：解析：上文提到无聊会使人渴望不同且有目的性的行为，转向更有挑战性、更有意义的活动。由此可见，这些有意义的举动是无聊这种负面的体验产生的积极效果。故选B项effect“效果”。
(13).【C13】（分数：2.00）
&ic
B.epidemic
&antic
D.dynamic √
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解析：解析：从空格后面的attempt to reestablish(试图重建)可确定选D项dynamic“动态的，充满精力的。有生气的”，代入句中意思是“人们如何重建意义……，显示出动态性格”。
(14).【C14】（分数：2.00）
A.flavor
&d
C.n √
&de
解析：解析：无聊使得人们参与有意义的活动，这是因为人们试图通过做这些事情重建一种有意义的感觉。故选C项n“感觉”。
(15).【C15】（分数：2.00）
A.welcomed √
B.oppod
C.doubted
饭后多久跑步&iced
解析：解析：下文中这位编辑提到，无聊会激励思索，有助于发挥创造力，可见他是同意前面阐述的观点。故选用A项welcomed“欢迎，接受”。
(16).【C16】（分数：2.00）
A.inward qq怎么禁言√
B.downward
C.forward
D.outward
解析：解析：mind(头脑)以及后面的reflection(思考)都是内心的活动，故选A项inward“内心
的”。此处可在下文进一步解释中得到印证。
(17).【C17】（分数：2.00）
A.off
B.out
C.about √
D.through
解析：解析：此处是指和无所事事的状态相反的状况。人在无聊时有很多时间进行思考，而总是忙忙碌碌就会无闲暇思考。故选C项about，rush about“总是急匆匆，奔波”。
(18).【C18】（分数：2.00）
A.perfect
B.esntial √
C.spiritual
&pical
解析：解析：此段都在讲无聊的好处，故此处也在讲无聊对创造力的积极作用，可推测无聊对创造力的发挥很有必要。故选B项esntial“必要的”。
(19).【C19】（分数：2.00）
A.glittered
B.flared
C.flashed
D.sparked √
解析：解析：根据句中已知信息，创造力并不是要去解决一个具体问题才有的，换言之，不是由具体问题引起的。故选D项sparked“触发”，呼应后面的ari(引起)。
(20).【C20】（分数：2.00）
A.thoughts
B.ways √
&ls
D.activities
解析：解析：本题属于原词重现。前句提到，人们对重复用同一个方法做一件事情感到厌烦了。故推测，无聊刺激人们尝试新的方法，寻找更好的方法，故选B项ways“方法”，与前面的the way相照应。
【C1】______the way it feels, loneliness often has nothing to do with being alone. For some people, feelings of【C2】______are sharpest during times that are in fact defined by togetherness—celebrations or the holidays, for instance. 【C3】______a bustling shopping mall or a buzzing holiday party, and even within a crowd—or perhaps especially
in a crowd—it's possible to feel unbearably alone. New rearch from experts in neuroscience and social science may give us some【C4】______as to why. Although we tend to think of it as a lf-contained emotional state—a condition that【C5】______people individually, either by circumstance or by means of an antisocial personality—rearchers now say that loneliness is more far-reaching than that. John Cacioppo, a psychologist at the University of Chicago, believes it is a social【C6】______that exists within a society and can【C7】______through it like a dia. And while everyone feels lonely once in a while, for some it becomes a(n)【C8】______condition, one that has been【C9】______with more rious psychological ills like【C10】______, sleep disfunction, high blood pressure and even a(n)【C11】______risk of dementia in older age. Cacioppo and his team【C12】______on the children in Framingham. The results were【C13】______: If one person reported feeling lonely at one【C14】______, his clost connections (either family or clo friends) were 52% more【C15】______to also report feeling lonely two years later. The effect was strongest among tho in clo relationships, declining【C16】______the connections b
ecame more distant, but remained【C17】______up to three degrees of paration—【C18】______one lonely person could influence whether his friend's friend's friend felt lonely. "Loneliness has been【C19】______in the past as depression, introversion, shyness or poor social skills," says Cacioppo. "Tho turn out not to be right. Rearch we and others have done suggests that it really is a fundamental human motivational state very much like hunger, thirst or pain."【C20】______simply reflecting the emotional state of one person, Cacioppo says, loneliness is more like an indicator of the social health of our species on the whole—a temperature reading.（分数：40.00）
