考研英语完形填空模拟试题及附答案详解(2)

The health benefits of tea have long been known to promote better health, from mood improvement to preventing diseases related to the heart and blood vessels. Now, there is a new reason to(1)the beverage to your diet. A new study, (2)in the journal Aging, found that tea could help people get better organized brain regions. Researchers said daily consumption could (3)the risk of cognitive decline in elderly by 50 percent.

“Our results offer the first evidence of positive(4)of tea drinking to brain structure, and suggest that drinking tea (5)has a (6)effect against age-related decline in brain organization,” Feng Lei, an assistant professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore, said.

For the study, the researchers analyzed the effects of tea (7)36 adults, aged 60 and above, from 2015 to 2018. The team asked participants about their psychological well-being, lifestyle and health. The(8)also took tests on their brains and psychological behaviors, and the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as well. (9)of their cognitive performance and imaging results showed that the people who (10)tea four times a week for nearly 25 years had better interconnected brain regions compared with non-tea drinkers. Drinking green tea, oolong tea or black tea provided the (11), Futurity reported Thursday.

“Take the analogy of road traffic as an example—consider brain regions

(12)destinations, while the (13)between brain regions are roads,” Feng said. “When a road system is organized, the movement of (14)and passengers is more efficient and uses (15)resources. Similarly, (16)the connections between brain regions are more structured, information processing can be performed more (17).”

The latest study supports findings a research Feng conducted in 2017. The researchers previously found that daily consumption of tea could help elderly (18)or reduce the risk of cognitive decline. Feng said the new findings highlight the (19)effects of regular tea drinking, which prevented disruption to interregional connections and (20)brain organization.

1. [A] transfer [B] add [C] introduce [D] entrust

2. [A] distributed [B] inferred [C] published [D] appealed

3. [A] manage [B] defy [C] predict [D] reduce

4. [A] dedication [B] contribution [C] compromise [D] subscription

5. [A] incidentally [B] consequently [C] regularly [D] necessarily

6. [A] protective [B] dangerous [C] sufficient [D] troublesome

7. [A] against [B] from [C] with [D] on

8. [A] juvenile [B] mature [C] elderly [D] junior

9. [A] Analysis [B] Standards [C] Resolution [D] Division

10. [A] consumed [B] resumed [C] assumed [D] presumed

11. [A] chances [B] downsides [C] benefits [D] responses

12. [A] towards [B] by [C] through [D] as

13. [A] comparison [B] competition [C] separation [D] connections

14. [A] engines [B] vehicles [C] calculators [D] sensors

15. [A] fewer [B] more [C] limited [D] vigorous

16. [A] unless [B] lest [C] when [D] before

17. [A] accurately [B] thoroughly [C] cautiously [D] efficiently

18. [A] judge [B] delay [B] trace [C] replace

19. [A] positive [B] adverse [C] lasting [D] ultimate

20. [A] fixed [B] improved [C] united [D] established

1.【答案】B

【解析】本题考查动词辨析 上下文语义。本空为动词，与介词to搭配。题干意为：现在把茶这种饮品 到日常饮食中又多了个理由。结合段首提到的喝茶有益健康，可推断，本空表达正向意义，B项符合原文语义：现在把茶这种饮品添加到日常饮食中又多了个理由，故B项正确。A项transfer(传递，使转移)，C项introduce(介绍，引见)，D项entrust(委托，信托)不符合题意。