2007考研英语(二)真题.doc

2007年考研英语（二）真题
Section 1I Cloze (10 points)
Directions：For each numbered blank in the following passage，there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a pencil．
Advancing age means losing your hair, your waistline and your memory，right ? Dana Denis is just 40 years old，but 2 1 she’s worried about what she calls’ my rolling mental blackouts.” ”I try to remember something and I just blank out，”she says.
You may 22 about these lapses，calling them ” senior moments ”or blaming "early Alzheimer’s (老年痴呆症)．”Is it an inescapable fact that the older you get，the 23 you remember? Well, sort of．But as time goes by, we tend to blame age 24 problems that are not necessarily age-related．
“When a teenager can’t find her keys，she thinks it's because she’s distracted or disorganized，”says Paul Gold．“A 70-year-old blames her 25 ．”In fact，the 70-year-old may have been 26 things for decades．
In healthy people，memory doesn’t worsen as 27 as many of us think．“As we 28 ，the memory mechanism isn’t 29 ，”says psychologist Fergus Craik．”It’s just inefficient．”
The brain’s processing 30 slows down over the years，though no one knows exactly 31 . Recent research suggests that nerve cells lose efficiency and 32 there’s less activity in the brain．But，cautions Barry Gordon，”It's not clear that less activity is 33 ．A beginning athlete is winded（气喘吁吁）more easily than a 34 athlete．In the same way, 35 the brain gets more skilled at a task，it expends less energy on it.”
There are 36 you can take to compensate for normal slippage in your memory gears，though it 37 effort．Margaret Sewell says：”We’re a quick-fix culture, but you have to 38 to keep your brain 39 shape．It’s like having a good body．You Can’t go to the gym once a year 40 expect to stay in top form.”
21．A. almost B. seldom C. already D. never
22．A. joke B. laugh C. blame D. criticize