首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The holidays are a time for eating: pies at Thanksgiving, chocolates for Advent and overflowing gift baskets of cookies and cand
The holidays are a time for eating: pies at Thanksgiving, chocolates for Advent and overflowing gift baskets of cookies and cand
admin
2013-04-08
55
问题
The holidays are a time for eating: pies at Thanksgiving, chocolates for Advent and overflowing gift baskets of cookies and candies through the New Year. If you’re having trouble saying no to the bounty of fat and sugar, give yourself a break: your willpower may be no【S1】______for brain pathways that make overeating—much like drug-taking—feel so good.
In one study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, mice that were fed a high-fat diet during the first 20 weeks of life and had become【S2】______showed significant and lasting changes in brain areas【S3】______in reward—making the brain less responsive to the same fatty foods. The researchers said the effects were【S4】______to those seen in drug addiction. In another study from Concordia University in Montreal, researchers found that hungry rats sought heroin when food was not there.
It wouldn’t be quite right to suggest,【S5】______, that food works on the brain’s drug pathways. Rather, it’s the other way around. "Drug addiction is really【S6】______some of these pathways that evolved to promote food【S7】______for survival reasons," Ralph DiLeone, associate professor of psychiatry at Yale University.
So is food really【S8】______, like a drug? That’s still not clear, but it’s likely that compulsive overeating probably bears some【S9】______to addiction. Anyone who’s gotten lost in the【S10】______of polishing off a pint of mint chip ice cream knows how hard it can be to stop. A) obese F) kidnapping K) similar
B) competition G) digest L) addictive
C) however H) match M) whatever
D) intake I) addicted N) involved
E) pleasure J) resemblance O) hijacking
【S7】
选项
答案
D
解析
名词辨析题。根据句子结构可知,空格处应填入能与名词food搭配的词,并且作promote的宾语,由此可知此处应填入名词。空格处句意为“这些部位会刺激食物——来确保生存的需求”,结合选项中的名词,可以推知intake“食物等的摄入量”符合句意。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/dvr7777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
"Nomanisanisland,"wrotethepoetJohnDonneseveralcenturiesago.Hewas【C1】______oneofourmostdistinctive【C2】______:t
WeightControl:ThePowerofHealthyChoicesWhatIsaHealthyWeightforMe?Thisisatoughquestiontoanswer.Event
A、Todemonstrateanexperiment.B、Toexplainthegradingprocedures.C、Toinformthestudentsofthesafetymeasures.D、Totell
Johnseemsaniceperson.____________(即便如此)Idon’ttrusthim.
ExchangeRates:ABriefHistoryofExchangeRatesForcenturies,thecurrenciesoftheworldwerebackedbygold.Thatis,a
A、It’sthefinalgameoftheseason.B、It’sbetterthanthedramadepartment’splay.C、It’saveryimportantgame.D、It’sclose
TheUnitedStatesandChinaplanto【S1】anambitiousseriesofsportsexchangesaimedathelpingbothcountriesinadvanceofthe
A、Theconventionwascancelled.B、Theconventionwasputoff.C、TheconventionwasheldlastWednesday.D、Theconventionwasove
A、Everytenminutes.B、Attwentytoone.C、Everyhalf-hour.D、Onceaday.C判断题。从对话“Itnevercomesexactlyonthehalf-hourlike
Ournewhouseisvery______formeasIcangettotheschoolinfiveminutes.
随机试题
如何培养学生的学习动机?
上行性感染的肾盂肾炎病变最轻的部位是
电线的平均运行张力和防振措施,下面()是正确的(Tp为电线的拉断力)。
1.背景A施工单位具有甲级通信信息网络系统集成资质,通过招投标承接到某通信运营商的6省长途传输设备扩容工程的施工任务。由于施工阶段A施工单位正在从事另外一项大型工程的施工,因此无能力再按照合同约定完成此项目。限于合同的工期要求,A施工单位经与建设
下列工作中,( )一定不是录入员的工作。
以单位为付款人的,如果对收款人委托收取的款项拒绝付款,()。
根据《中华人民共和国涉外民事关系法律适用法》和相关司法解释,关于外国法律的查明问题,下列哪些选项是错误的?()
TheexhibitionisdesignedtofacilitatefurthercooperationbetweenChineseTVindustryandoverseasTVindustries.
IfJosh,Doug,andBradhaveatotalof$72amongthem,andJoshhasthreetimesasmuchmoneyasBradbutonlythree-fourthsas
Choosethecorrectletter,A,BorC.Whyisthereaddedconcernaboutcrime?
最新回复
(
0
)