《2014考研英语二真题及答案解析》.pdf

2014年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语（二）试题 SectionIUseofEnglish Directions： Readthefollowingtext． Choosethebestword （s）foreachnumberedblankandmarkA， B， CorDonANSWERSHEET． （10points） Thinnerisn’talwaysbetter． Anumberofstudieshave__1___thatnormal－weightpeople areinfactathigherriskofsomediseasescomparedtothosewhoareoverweight． Andthereare healthconditionsforwhichbeingoverweightisactually___2___．Forexample，heavierwomen areless likelyto develop calcium deficiencythan thin women． ___3___ amongthe elderly， beingsomewhatoverweightisoftenan___4___ofgoodhealth． Ofevengreater___5___isthefactthatobesityturnsouttobeverydifficulttodefine． Itis oftendefined___6___bodymassindex，orBMI．BMI___7__bodymassdividedbythesquare ofheight．AnadultwithaBMIof 18to25isoftenconsideredtobenormalweight．Between25 and30isoverweight．Andover30isconsideredobese．Obesity，___8___，canbedividedinto moderatelyobese， severelyobese， andveryseverelyobese． Whilesuchnumericalstandardsseem9 ，theyarenot．Obesityisprobablylessamatterof weightthanbodyfat． SomepeoplewithahighBMIareinfactextremelyfit， 10otherswitha lowBMImaybeinpoor 11 ．Forexample，manycollegiateandprofessionalfootballplayers 12 asobese， thoughtheirpercentagebodyfatislow． Conversely， someonewithasmallframe mayhavehighbodyfatbuta13BMI． Today we have a （an ） _14 _ to label obesity as a disgrace ．The overweight are sometimes_15_in the media with their faces covered． Stereotypes _16_ with obesity include laziness，lackofwillpower，andlowerprospectsforsuccess．Teachers，employers，andhealth professionalshavebeenshowntoharborbiasesagainsttheobese．_17_veryyoungchildrentend to look down on the overweight， and teasing about body build has long been a problem in schools． 1． [A]denied[B]conduced[C]doubled[D]ensured 2． [A]protective [B]dangerous[C]sufficient[D]troublesome 3． [A]Instead[B]However[C]Likewise[D]Therefore 4． [A]indicator[B]objective[C]origin[D]example 5． [A]impact[B]relevance