泽熙美文Section 1 Vocabulary and Grammar
Error Correction
Directions: In each of the following statements there is an underlined part that is indicated as an error. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part so that the error is corrected.
Obesity and smoking may be the most conspicuous causes of illness in this country, but physical factors don’t account 1 everything. Your psychology—namely, your personality and outlook on life—can be just so 2 important to your well-being as exercising and eating right. And especially these days, because 3 the world’s economy tumbling toward a depression, it’s a good time to prevent yourself from slipping into one too.
An entire science has grown up around the perils of positive 4 thinking (as well as the power of positive psychology), and the latest findings confirm that a pessimistic outlook not only kindles anxiety, which can put people at risk for chronicle 5 mental illnesses like depression, but may also cause early death and set people up for a number of physical ailment 6 , ranging from the common cold to heart disease and immune disorders.
Optimism, meanwhile, is associate 7 with a happier and longer life. Over the course of a recent eight-year study, University of Pittsburgh researchers found that optimistic women outlived dour one 8 . Which may be good news for the motivational gurus out there, and 9 what about the rest of us who aren’t always so chipper? Are we destined for sickness and failure? Or is it possible to master the principles of positivity in 10 the same way we might learn a new hobby or follow a recipe?
Studies suggest that people who are able to focus on the positive fallout from a negative event—basically, coping 11 with failure—can protect themselves from the physical toll in 12 stress and anxiety. In a recent study at the University of California, scientists asked a group of women to give a speech in front of a stone-faced audience of stranger 13 . On the first day, all the participants said they felt threatened, and they showed spikes in cortisol and fear hormones. On subsequent days, still, those women who had reported bounding 14 from a major life crisis in the past no longer felt the same subjective threat over speaking in public—and did not show a jump in cortisol. They learned 15 that this negative event, too, would pass and they would survive. “It’s a back door to the same positive state because people are able to tolerate and accept the negative,” says Elissa Epel, one of the psychologists involves 16 in the study. (“A Primer for Pessimists”, by Alice Park, Time, April 6, 2009)
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account→account for
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so→as
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because→with
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positive→negative
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chronicle→chronic
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ailment→ailments
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associate→associated
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one→ones
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and→but
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in the same way→the same way
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coping→cope
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in→of
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stranger→strangers
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bounding→rebounding
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learned→had learned
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involves→involved
Section 2 Cloze Test
Directions: In the following two passages, there are 30 blanks in each passage representing the words that are missing from the contexts. You are to read the passage through before providing the missing word of each blank to complete the passage.
Unhappy Hour
Who would buy sir Liam Donaldson a pint these days? Not many Brits, I expect. The chief medical officer’s proposal to tackle the great British scourge of binge drinking—a minimum price of per unit of alcohol—was shot down by almost everyone from 10 Downing Street to the bloke propping up the bar at the Slug and Lettuce.
Yet nearly 10,000 km away, in a Southeast Asian country with roughly the same population (60 million), Sir Liam might have some sympathizers. Thailand has one of the world’s highest rates of 1 consumption, and all the burgeoning social ills that accompany it: domestic 2 , sexual assault, street fights, teenage binge-drinking and alcohol related 3 .
Like Britain, Thailand has embarked upon a rocky 4 road, hoping that new laws will fix an old problem. While Brits 5 minimum pricing, Thais were arguing the merits of 6 alcohol sales during Songkran, or Thai New Year, which 7 April 13-15 and is the country’s most important annual holiday. This is a bit like Sir Liam 8 booze at Chirstmas. Better known among tourists as the Water 9 , Songkran is famous for mass water-pistol fights and-with millions of 10 visiting their families—insanely busy highways. During last year’s festival, 360 people 11 in road accidents and 4, 794 were injured. The main cause? Alcohol. Some 80% of road 12 during long holiday periods are due to drunk driving, a 13 Thai health official said recently.
Thailand is a largely Buddhist country, and one of the Five 14 of Buddhism forbids intoxication. Yet excessive drinking is 15 rooted in the culture. “Thais are fun-loving people,” said a 16 editorial in the newspaper Thai Rhth. “We all know that a 17 is not complete without drinks.” This perhaps explain the ban’s 18 reception from British-educated Prime 19 Abhisit Vejjajiva’s government.
