2016年成人高考專升本英語試題及答案03
三、完形填空(共15小題，每小題2分，共30分)
通讀下面的短文，掌握其大意。然后從每小題的四個選項中選出可填入相應空白處的最佳選項。
Scientists have been struggling to find out the reason behind blushing (臉紅). Why would
humans evolve(進化) a 21__________ that puts us at a social disadvantage by 22___________ us to reveal that we have cheated or lied?
Charles Darwin pointed out that 23__________ all people of all races blush，animals do not. When it came to explaining the reason, he was 24 __________ a loss. That has not stopped others from trying.
One 25__________ is that blushing started out as a way to show we obey authoritative members of the group. Later, as our social interactions became 26__________ complex, it became involved with higher, self-conscious 27__________ such as guilt, shame and embarrassment. This would seem to put individuals at a disadvantage，but blushing might actually make a person more 28 __________ or socially desirable.
29__________ that women blush more than men，one university researcher suggests that blushing might have evolved as a way for women to 30__________ their honesty to men so as to win their support in raising children. Some zoologists also think blushing could have emerged as a way to foster trust. " If you were to go hunting 31__________ a stone-faced partner，you could never 32__________ what he wants. “he says.
Once blushing became 33 __________ with embarrassment, anyone who did not blush might have been at a disadvantage because we are 34 __________ likely to trust someone who appears never to feel 35 __________about anything.
第21題單選 填入(21)處的最佳答案是()。
A. response
B. reply
C. reflection
D. recall
答案：A
解析：文章主題是人類為什么會臉紅。response意為“反應”;reply意為“回復”;reflection意為“反射，倒影”;recall意為“回憶”。根據文章主題，臉紅是一種反應。
第22題單選 填入(22)處的最佳答案是()。ding
B. forcing
C. encouraging
D. preventing
答案：B
解析：forbid意為“禁止”;force意為“迫使”;encourage意為“鼓勵”;prevent意為“阻止”。根據原文，臉紅會暴露自己在說謊。
第23題單選 填入(23)處的最佳答案是()。
A. when
B. while
C. since
D. because
答案：B
解析：這里引用達爾文所說的話。when和while都表示“當……時候”的意思，但while 有“與……相反”的意思，翻譯成“然而，卻”。since和because表示原因。根據上下文，這里是說人類與動物不一樣，人類會臉紅，而動物卻不臉紅。應選擇表示相反的詞。
第24題單選 填入(24)處的最佳答案是()。
A. on
B. in
C. at
D. of
答案：C
解析：at a loss是固定詞組，表示茫然。這部分是說，達爾文指出人類會臉紅而動物不會的時候也是茫然的，說不出其原因。
第25題單選 填入(25)處的最佳答案是()。
A. suggestion
B. advice
C. solution
D. question
答案：A
解析：suggestion意為“建議”;advice意為“勸告”;solution意為“解決”;question意為“問題”。達爾文解不開的謎，更多的人想試一試。所謂“試(trying)”就是不肯定。
第26題單選 填入(26)處的最佳答案是()。
A. apparently
B. completely
C. awkwardly
D. increasingly
答案：D
解析：apparently意為“明顯地”;completely意為“完全地”;awkwardly意為“危險地，不舒服地”;increasingly意為“日益地”。根據原文，社會在發展，社會交往肯定也是日益復雜。
第27題單選 填入(27)處的最佳答案是()。
A. moods
B. senses
C. emotions
D. tempers
答案：C
解析：mood意為“情緒、心情”;sense意為“感官”;emotion意為“情感”;temper意為“脾氣”。原文列舉了如guilt(愧疚)、shame(羞愧)、embarrassment(尷尬)等感覺。這些顯然不屬于sense(感官)和temper(脾氣)，排除。mood和emotion的區別在于，mood表示就某種事件或某段時間影響下所產生的心情或情緒，emotion表示主觀上的下意識的感覺。原文在分析人類臉紅的原因，從人類自身的情感著手。所以，這里應是emotion。
第28題單選 填入(28)處的最佳答案是()。
A. privileged
B. embarrassed
C. energetic
D. attractive
答案：D
解析：privileged意為“享有特權的”;embarrassment意為“尷尬”;energetic意為“充 滿活力的”;attractive意為“有吸引力的”。根據原文空格后的“or socially desirable(社交上更合適)”判斷，attractive(有吸引力的)最恰當：人類的臉紅可能使 人更具有吸引力或者說社交上更合適。
第29題單選 填入(29)處的最佳答案是()。
A. Noting
B. Providing
C. Assuming
D. Hoping
答案：A
解析：note意為“注意”;provide意為“提供”;assume意為“假設”;hope意為“希望”。根據原文，注意到女性較男性更容易臉紅……
第30題單選 填入(30)處的最佳答案是()。
A. assure
B. approve
C. confirm
D. demonstrate
答案：D
解析：assure意為“確信”;approve意為“批準”;confirm意為“確認”;demonstrate意為“顯示，證明”。根據原文，女性的臉紅是向男性表示誠實的一種方式。
