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完形填空 Ⅲ. Cloze Read the passage through and choose one suitable word or phrase marked A, B, C or D for each blank in the passage. No one is free who is a slave to the body, wrote Semeca some 1,900 years ago. 1 from the advertisements, products, and best sellers that deluge us daily, we are a nation of slaves. We are 2 with being thin, beautiful, young, and sexy, and we will go to extraordinary 3 to approach those ideals. 1. A. judgeB. JudgingC. JudgedD. being judged 2. A. obsessed B. possessedC. absorbedD. occupied 3. A. troublesB. effortsC. lengthsD. extremes In a recent issue of Psychology Today, we offered readers the opportunity to express their thoughts and feelings about the 4 . The topic was timely and the response 5 more than 62,000 readers returned the 109-item Body-Image questionnaire. But they were divided and 6 on the matter of 7 important attractiveness and physical looks are - or should be. 4. A. ideal B. mind C. body D. opinion 5. A. overwhelmingB. enthusiasticC. controversialD. contradictory 6. A. ambient B. AmbitiousC. Ambiguous D. Ambivalent 7. A. what B. whyC. howD. which A 8 number of people wrote letters to protest a whole survey on the body. Some said that appearance is a superficial matter, not 9 undue discussion. By contrast, other respondents 10 , some reluctantly, the importance of ones appearance. In our studies, we found that body image is strongly 11 self-esteem, the general feeling 12 one is competent and confident. 8. A. goodB. manyC. lotD. tremendous 9. A. worthyB. unworthyC. worthwhileD. worthy of 10. A. testifiedB. verifiedC. confessedD. acknowledged 11. A. linked by B. associated withC. concerned about D. related to 12. A. that B. which C. ofD. since People who are happy with their bodies may actually be more assertive and likeable than those who have 13 body images. Or they think they are. One young man explained that in the last year his body image has changed very much 14 the better, as a result of his personal development Ive gone from considering myself some sort of dumb-head to 15 that Im a fascinating individual nearly impossible to dislikeI have more friends than I know what to do with. 13. A. positiveB. negativeC. superficialD. satisfactory 14. A. toB. forC. to beD. into 15. A. understanding B. believingC. regardingD. remembering 其次单元 We all know that normal human daily 1 of activity is of some 7~8 hours sleep 2 with some 16~17 hours wakefulness and that, broadly speaking, the sleep normally coincides with the hours of 3 . 1. A. lifeB. cycleC. operationD. plan 2. A. alternating B. keepingC. goingD. shifting 3. A. dawnB. quietnessC. darknessD. mid-night Our present concern is with how easily and to what extent this normality can be modified. The question is no more an academic one. The ease, for exampl