2020军队职称英语考试真题《理工类C级》完形填空

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Freezing to Death for Beauty

　　People in Beijing wear a lot of clothing during winter to fend off the cold.In the United States, however, people wear (51) partly because the car is theprimary mode of transportation. Cars take (52) straight to their workplaces,which are heated well. The American diet is full of calories, so their (53)canafford to burn heat more quickly.

　　Fewer layers of clothing give people the opportunity to stay (54) Lots ofYale girls wear skirts (55) when it's 10 degrees Centigrade outside. Some ofthem at least wear boots, tights, and leg-warmers1.Some,however, really just gofor the look (56)the risk of health2.These girls have nothing to prevent theirlegs (57)the wind, and no socks to protect their feet. A mini skirt and a pairof stilettos are all that they wear.

　　Typically, the ones pursuing fashion are (58) with little body fat. Just bythe nature of their bodies, they are already at a disadvantage compared withnormal people in (59) weather. I have always (60), whenever I pass these girls,how they manage to refrain from shivering and just smile like spring hadarrived3.

　　And then there are the guys. The girls can be said to (61) health forbeauty. But why do guys (62)so little? It is not like, once they shed somelayers, they suddenly become better-looking. They are not exactly beingfashionable when they (63)wear sporty shorts and shower slippers in the midstof winter. It's not cute.

　　Of course, people have the freedom to look whatever (64) he want. I am justsurprised that, given the vast difference between winter and summertemperatures in Connecticut, they can still (65)like they are partying on thebeach in the middle of February.

B. less

51. A. scarceC. littleD. least

D.them

52. A. people B. students C. shoppers

D.bodies

53. A. arms B. heads C. legs

C. fashionable

54. A. bony B. thinD. hungry

A. even

55.B. sometimes C.frequently D. occasionally

C.at

56. A. in B. forD. on

B. against

57. A. withC. aboveD. under

D.skinny

58. A. fat B. ugly C. short

B. cold

59. A. warmC. cool D.hot

D.wondered

60. A. dreamed B. stated C. claimed

A. sacrifice

61.B. devote C.suffer D. endure

C. wear

62. A. bear B. carryD.put on

A. only

63.B. seldom C. rarelyD. hardly

C. way

64. A. method B. roadD.avenue

D.look

65. A. see B. resemble C. show