第五部分：补全短文（每题2分, 共10分）
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Why do people shrink?
Did you ever see the movie Honey, I shrunk the kids? It's about a wacky dad who accidentally shrinks his kids with his homemade miniaturizing invention. Oops! ____1____.
For older people, shrinking isn't that dramatic or sudden at all. It takes place over years and may add up to only one inch or so off of their adult height , and this kind of shrinking can't be magically reversed, although there are things that can be done to sTOP it or slow it down. ___2___.
There are a few reasons. As people get older, they generally lose some muscle and fat from their bodies as part of the natural aging process. Gravity take hold, and the bones in the spine1, called vertebrae, may break down or degenerate2, and start to collapse3 into one another. ___3___. But perhaps the most common reason why some older people shrink is because of osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis occurs when too much spongy bone tissue is broken down and not enough new bone material is made. ___4___. Bones become smaller and weaker and can easily break if someone with osteoporosis is injured. Older people --especially women, who generally have smaller and lighter4 bones to begin with -- are more likely to develop osteoporosis. As years go by, a person with osteoporosis shrinks a little bit.
Did you know that every day you do a shrinking act? You aren't as tall at the end of the day as you are at the beginning. That's because as the day goes on, water in the disks of the spine gets compressed due to gravity, making you just a tiny bit shorter. Don't worry, though. ___5___.
A. They end up pressing closer together, which makes a person lose a little height and become shorter.
B. once you get a good night's rest, your body recovers, and the next morning, you're standing5 tall again.
C. Over time, bone is said to be lost because it's not being replaced.
D. Luckily, there are things that people can do to prevent shrinking.
E. The kids spend the rest of the movie as tiny people who are barely visible while trying to get back to their normal size.
F. But why does shrinking happen at all?
第六部分：完形填空 （每题1分, 共15分）
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Something Men Do Not Like to Do
Eric Brown hates shopping. It's just not enjoyable to me, said the 28. years old. Chicago man who was carrying several shopping bags along the city's main street, Michigan Avenue. When I, m out____1___, I basically know what 1 want to get. I rush in. I buy it. I___2___' Common wisdom says that guys hate to shop. You can ask generations of men. But people who study shopping say that a number of social, cultural and economic factors are now ___3___this men-hate, to-shop notion. ___4___social class, ethnicity, agemen say they hate to shop, says Sharon Zukin, a City University of New York sociology professor. Yet when you ask them deeper questions, it turns out that they___5___tO shop. Men generally like to shop for___6___, music and hardware. But if you ask them about the shopping they do for books or music, they'll say 'Well' that's not shopping. That's ___7___
In other words, what men and women call buying things and how they approach that task are ___8____
Women will___ 9___ through several 1,000 square meter stores in search of the perfect party dress. Men will wander through 100 Internet sites in search of the ___l0___ digital camcorder.
Women see shopping as a social event. Men see it as a mission or a___11___to be won. Men are frequently shopping to win, says Mary Ann McGrath, a marketing6 professor at Loyola University of Chicago. They want to get the best deal. They want to get the best one, The last one and if they do that it__12__them happy.
When women shop, they're doing it in a way where they want__l3__ to be very happy, says McGrath. They're kind of2shopping for love.
In fact, it is in clothing where we see a male-female__14__most clearly. Why, grumble7 some men, are all male clothes navy, grey, black or brown? But would they wear 1ight green and pink?
These days, many guys wear a sort of uniform, says Paco Underhill, author of Why We Bye, It's been hard for them to understand what it means to be fashion. Conscious in a business way. It becomes much, much easier if you__15__your range of choices.
词语：
guy n. 家伙, 伙计
wander n. 漫游, 闲游
mission n. 任务, 使命
grumble n. 抱怨, 发牢骚
ethnicity n. 种族特征
camcorder n. 摄像放像机
deal n. 买卖
训练：
1. A)playing B)fishing C)shopping D)traveling
2. A)get out B)stay in C)look round D)move about
3。A)/confirm/iing. B)challenging C)proving D)supporting
4. A)Regardless of B)Because of C)Owing to D)Thanks to
5. A)want B)like C)hate D)hope
6. A)coats B)pants C)socks D)books
7. A)relaxation B)rest C)exercise D), research
8. A)similar B)inclusive C)contradictory D)different
9. A)wander B)go C)walk D)run
10.A)cheap B)fashionable C)presentable D)perfect
11. A)task B)play C)game D)destination
12. A)brings B)causes C)makes D)keeps
13. A)everybody B)nobody C)anybody D)no one
14. A)competition B)comparison C)pision D)confrontation
15. A)broaden B)expand C)extend D)narrow
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