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2014年12月大学英语四级选词填空原文及答案(文都)

来源:2exam.com 2014-12-20 16:32:57

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  As an Alaskan fisherman, Timothy June, 54,used to think that he was safe from industrial pollutants(污染物) at his home in Haines - a town with a population of 2,400 people and 4,000 eagles, with 8 million acres of protected wild land nearby. But in early 2007, June agreed to take part in a (36) survey of 35 Americans from seven states. It was a biomonitoring project, in which people's blood and urine(尿) were tested for (37) traces of chemicals - in this case, three potentially dangerous classes of compounds found in common household (38) products like face cream, tin cans, and shower curtains. he results- (39) released in November in a report called "Is It in Us?" by an environmental groups - were rather worrying. Every one of the participants, (40) ranging from an Illinois state senator to a Massachusetts minister, tested positive for all three classes of pollutants. And while the (41) simple presence of these chemicals does not (42) necessarily indicate a health risk, the fact that typical Americans carry these chemicals at all (43) shocked June and his fellow participants.

  Clearly, there are chemicals in our bodies that don't (44) belong there. A large, ongoing study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found 148 chemicals in Americans of all ages. And in 2005,the Environmental Working Group found an (45) average of 200 chemicals in the blood of 10 new-borns. "Our babies are being born pre-polluted," says Sharyle Patton of Commonweal, which cosponsored "Is It in Us?" "This is going to be the next big environmental issue after climate change.

  注:本篇文章选自美国的新闻周刊《Newsweek》,曾作为职称英语卫生类C级试题出现。该文专业性较强,但逻辑较为明显。主要考察考生的常用词汇的积累和固定搭配。这篇文章遵循“文难题易”的出题规律,15选10,且单词的正确形式都已给出,在一定程度上降低了题目的难度。

 



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