Question

We usually have three meals a day, breakfast, lunch and supper. Which meal will

c1. us the fewest health problems if we have to miss one ? Most people would rather not have breakfast, especially teenagers. They just eat some snacks or fast food i2.. What will happen if we do like this?

Many scientists and doctors in the field of health consider breakfast to be the

m3. important meal of the day. If we eat a good breakfast, they say, we will have e4. energy we need to begin our working day. They remind us that our bodies burn the energy from food within four hours. A5. we may use up less energy while we sleep, it’s a long time until morning and we still wake up with the need for a lot more fuel.

One recent study c6. out in the USA tested a large number of people from 12 to 83 years old. These people were given different kinds of breakfasts, and sometimes, some of them didn’t eat breakfast completely. The r7. showed that if a person eats an adequate (充足的) breakfast, he or she will work more actively than that who eats a very poor breakfast or doesn’t eat breakfast. It also showed that children don't do well if they go to school w8. eating breakfast. They can’t focus on their lessons for a long p9. of time when their stomachs are making some noise. In addition, the study suggested that avoiding breakfast may i10. the chance of a heart attack.

To sum up, none of the three meals can be missed. We should find time to make proper meals and then enjoy them.

Answer

1.cause

2.instead

3.most

4.enough

5.Although

6.carried

7.result(s)

8.without

9.period

10.increase

【解析】这是一篇与健康有关的话题。许多健康领域的科学家和医生认为早餐是一天中最重要的一餐。一顿丰盛的早餐，可以让我们有足够的精力开始自己的工作。最近在美国对12至83岁的许多人进行了一项测试。结果表明，如果一个人吃了足够的早餐，将比那些吃得很差或不吃早餐的人更能积极地工作；如果孩子们不吃早饭去上学，他们的表现就不好。此外，研究还表明不吃早餐会增加心脏病发作的几率。

1.句意：如果我们必须少吃一顿饭的话，哪顿饭会对健康影响更少？will后跟动词原形，结合句意以及首字母提示可知，答案为cause。

2.句意：相反他们只吃一些甜食或快餐。结合句意以及首字母提示可知，答案为instead。

3.句意：许多健康领域的科学家和医生认为早餐是一天中最重要的一餐。一日三餐，三者比较用最高级的形式，important为多音节的形容词，最高级借助most。

4.句意：我们就有足够的精力开始我们的工作。形容词修饰名词energy，根据首字母提示可知，答案为enough。

5.句意：尽管我们睡觉的时候消耗掉的能量会很小。根据下句“it’s a long time until morning and we still wake up with the need for a lot more fuel.”到早晨是很长的一段时间，会有很大的消耗，仍然需要补充能量。结合语境判断，此句是although引导的让步状语从句，故答案为Although。

6.句意：最近在美国进行的一项研究对12至83岁的许多人进行了测试。。carry out有“进行，执行”的意思。此处用过去分词作名词study的后置定语，与所修饰的词构成被动关系，结合句意可知，答案为carried。

7.句意：结果表明，如果一个人吃了足够的早餐，将比那些吃得很差或不吃早餐的人更积极地工作。上文提到在美国进行了一项研究，对12至83岁的许多人进行了测试，此句是测试结果，结合首字母提示可知，答案为result(s)。

8.句意：研究还表明如果孩子们不吃早饭去上学，他们的表现就不好。结合上下语境可知，不吃早饭会对学生的学习造成影响，故答案为without。

9.句意：当他们的胃发出一些声响时，他们就不能长时间集中精力学习功课。a long period of time很长一段时间，根据首字母提示可知，答案为period。

10.句意：此外，研究还表明不吃早餐会增加心脏病发作的几率。情态动词may后跟动词原形，结合句意以及首字母提示可知，答案为increase。

点睛：本题型为根据句意以及首字母提示完成短文中的单词语法填空，这类题目直接考查学生在语境中的综合理解能力。首先把握短文大意，根据首字母提示确定需要填写的单词；然后注意根据语法，做出相应的变化。第3小题，考查形容词的最高级，多音节形容词最高级的构成要借助most；第5小题是考查连词的用法，必须结合上下句的语境去做出准确判断；第6小题是考查动词的过去分词形式。