第6部分：完形填空（第51-65題，每題1分，共15分）

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Smoking Can Increase Depressive Symptoms in Teens

While some teenagers may puff on cigarettes to "self-medicate" against the blues, scientists at the University of Toronto1 and the University of Montreal have found that smoking may actually (51) depressive symptoms in some teens.

"This observational study is one of the few to examine the perceived (52) benefits of smoking among teens," says lead researcher Michael Chaiton, a research associate at the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit of the University of Toronto." (53) cigarettes may appear to have self-medicating effects or to improve mood, in the long 54 we found that teens who started to smoke reported5 higher depressive symptoms."

As part of the study，some 662 high school teenagers completed up to 20 questionnaires about their use of cigarettes to (55) mood．Secondary schools were selected to provide a mix of French and English participants, urban and rural schools, and schools 56 in high, moderate and low socioeconomic neighbourhoods6．

Participants were divided into three (57): never smokers; smokers who did not use cigarettes to self-medicate, improve mood or physical (58); smokers who used cigarettes to self-medicate. Depressive symptoms were measured using a scale that asked how felt too fired to do things: had (59) going to sleep or staying asleep; felt unhappy，sad. or depressed; felt hopeless about the future；felt vexed, antsy or tense; and worried too much about things.

"Smokers who used cigarettes as mood (60) had higher risks of elevated depressive symptoms (61)teens who had never smoked," says co-researcher Jennifer 0'Loughlin，a professor at the University of Montreal Department of Social and Preventive Medicine．"0ur study found that teen smokers who reported emotional benefits from smoking are (62) higher risk of depressive symptoms."

The (63) between depression and smoking exists (64) among teens that use cigarettes to feel better." It's (65) to emphasize that depressive symptom scores8 were higher among teenagers who reported emotional benefits from smoking after they began to smoke," says Dr. Chaiton．

51．A diagnose B increase C examine D treat

52．A financial B material C emotional D political

53．A Whatever B Although C Since D If

54．A road B term C journey D distance

55．A affect B judge C lead D study

56．A located B moved C exposed D mixed

57．A groups B sets C species D versions

58．A beauty B state C world D activity

59．A time B courage C trouble D energy

60．A tellers B improvers C creators D designers

61．A not B than C but D that

62．A at B in C about D without

63．A association B cooperation C difference D agreement

64．A probably B principally C occasionally D scarcely

65．A important B meaningless C illogical D friendly

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第6 部分：完形填空

51 B 本題考察單詞意思。選項 A 為"診斷";選項 B 為"增加";選項 C 為 "檢查"; 選項 D 為"對待、治療"。從題意來看，本句要表達的意思是研究者發(fā)現(xiàn)吸煙會加重青少年的抑郁癥狀。答案為 B。

52 C 四個選項的意思分別為: A為"金融的，財政的";B 為"物質(zhì)的，材料的";C 為"感情的，情感的";D 為"政治的"。從句意來看，本句表達了"這是為數(shù)不多的質(zhì)疑青少年情感受益于吸煙的觀點的研究"。答案選擇 C。

53 B 全句的意思是"盡管香煙可能看起來能有自我治療的作用，或者可以改善情緒,但從長遠來看，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)那些從青少年就開始吸煙的人的抑郁癥狀更明顯"。本題應該選擇讓步狀語的連接詞 although。選項 A 為"無論什么";選項 C 為"自從";選項 D 為"如果"。

54 B 參考上題句意解釋。in the long term 意為"從長遠來看"。其他選項與 long 搭配，意思不符合題意。答案為 D.

55 A 本句話的意思是"作為研究的一部分，662 名十幾歲的高中生完成了有關(guān)他們利用香煙來影響其情緒的 20 個問卷調(diào)查"。選項 A為"影響";選項 B 為"判斷";選項 C 為"引導";選項 D 為"學習、研究"。從句意判斷本題答案為 A。

56 A 本句要表達的意思是"一些英、法學生混合的中學被選為研究對象，其中包括城市和鄉(xiāng)村的學校，同時這些學校坐落在經(jīng)濟水平高、中、低不同的地區(qū)"，所以本題答案為A "坐落于"。選項 B 為"移動、遷移";選項 C 為"展示、暴露";選項 D 為"混合"。

57 A 本句話的意思是"參與者被分成了三個不同的組"。選項 A 為"組、組群";選項 B 為"套";選項 C 為"種類"選項 D 為"版本"。答案為 A。

58 B 從句意"不用香煙來進行自我治療、改善情緒或者身體狀態(tài)的吸煙者"來看，本題答案應為B "狀態(tài)"。選項 A 為"美麗";選項 C 為"世界";選項 D 為"活動"，都不符合文章本意。

59 C 本句是要表述"研究者通過對受試者失眠情況的調(diào)查檢測他們的抑郁狀況"。選項 A為"時間";選項 B為"勇氣";選項 C 為"麻煩";選項 D 為"能量"。從句意判斷，本題答案為 C.

60 B 本句意為"那些使用香煙作為情緒改善者的吸煙者比那些從不吸煙的青少年要容易有抑郁癥狀"。選項 A 為"告知者";選項 B為"改善者";選項 C 為"創(chuàng)造者";選項D 為 "設計者"。答案為 B。

61 B 參考上題句意解釋。本句中有比較的成分，選項 B 符合題意。

62 A 本句中 at the risk of 為一個詞組，意為 "有……風險"。答案為 A。其余各選項不符合詞組意思。

63 A 選項 A 為"聯(lián)合";選項 B 為"合作";選項 C 為"不同"; 選項 D 為"一致"。從句意來看，本句意為"既抑郁又吸煙的人主要是那些用香煙來使自己感覺好點的青少年"。只有 A 符合題意。

64 B 參考上題句意解釋。選項 B "主要地"符合題意。選項 A 為"很可能";選項 C 為 "偶然地";選項 D 為"幾乎不、剛剛"，都不符合題意。

65 A 從句意來看，本句要表達的意思是"強調(diào)那些青少年認為自己的情緒因吸煙而好轉(zhuǎn)。

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