Question

【題目】Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use ONE word that best fits each blank.

Science can't explain the power of pets, but many studies have shown that the company of pets 【1】 help lower blood pressure and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack, reduce loneliness and spread all-round good cheer.

Any owner will tell you 【2】a comfortable life they live with a pet. For some, an animal provides more comfort than a husband/wife. A 2002 study by Karen Allen of the State University of New York measured stress levels and blood pressure in people - half of them pet owners –while they performed 5 minutes of mental arithmetic (算術(shù)) or held a hand in ice water. Subjects completed the tasks alone, with a husband/wife, a close friend or with a pet. People with pets did it 【3】(well).Those tested with their animal friends had the smallest change in blood pressure and returned most quickly to baseline heart rates.【4】pets in the room, people also made fewer math mistakes than when doing in front of other companions. It seems that people feel more【5】(relax) around pets, says Allen,【6】thinks it may be because pets don't judge.

A study reported last fall suggests that having a pet dog not only 【7】 (raise) your spirits but may also have an effect on your eating habits. Researchers at Northwestern Memorial Hospital spent a year 【8】 (study) 36 fat people and their equally fat dogs on diet-and-exercise programs; a separate group of 56 people without pets were put on a diet program. On average, people lost about 11 pounds, or 5% of their body weight. Their dogs did even better, losing an average of 12 pounds, more than 15% of their body weight. Researchers say dog owners didn't lose any more weight than those without dogs, 【9】 they got more exercise overall-mostly with their dogs - and found it worth doing.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】can

【2】what

【3】best

【4】With

【5】relaxed

【6】who

【7】raises

【8】studying

【9】but

【解析】

試題分析：本文就是關(guān)于養(yǎng)寵物的好處，科學不能解釋寵物的力量，但很多研究都表明有了寵物的陪伴(company of pets)，可以幫我們降低血壓和恢復(fù)心臟功能，并且減少我們的孤獨感。寵物不僅能調(diào)節(jié)你的精神而且還能改善你的飲食習慣。

【1】寵物的陪伴能幫助降低血壓,提高康復(fù)的機率。使用情態(tài)動詞can“能夠”。

【2】任何所有者會告訴你和寵物在一起帶來多少歡樂。what引導感嘆句，修飾a comfortable life。

【3】根據(jù)上文：Subjects completed the tasks alone, with a husband/wife, a close friend or with a pet. 可知有寵物的人做地最好。所以填best。

【4】有寵物在房間里,人們也比當做其他同伴面前少了數(shù)學錯誤。使用With復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)。

【5】似乎人們和寵物在一起感到更放松,使用形容詞“relaxed”放松的。

【6】這里使用定語從句，先行詞是Allen，定語從句中缺少主語，所以填who。

【7】擁有一只寵物狗不僅能提高你的精神,但也可能影響你的飲食習慣。動名詞做主語，謂語用單數(shù)，所以填raises。

【8】西北紀念醫(yī)院的研究人員花了一年時間研究36胖人和他們一樣胖狗狗--對飲食和鍛煉計劃。這里使用spend time doing sth.所以用studying。

【9】狗主人沒有比那些沒有狗的人失去任何更多的重量,但是研究人員說,他們和他們的狗兒有更多的鍛煉。表示轉(zhuǎn)折but。