|
2014 年硕士研究生招生入学考试试题
科目代码及名称: 621 英语基础 适用专业：英语语言文学
（请考生在答题纸上答题，在此试题纸上答题无效）
A 卷
Part One Blank-filling （20 分）
For each of the blanks in the following passage you are allowed to fill in only one word.
In the immortal words of Dean Vernon Wormer in the film "Animal House:" "Fat, drunk,
and stupid is no way to go through life, son." And it won't make you rich either. A new study
published in the British Medical Journal finds the healthier you are, the richer you will be.
Researchers examined the (1) between health and wealth in rich countries and found that
healthier people are more productive at work, earn more and spend more days in the work (2)
because they don't take as much sick leave.
It may seem obvious but an investment in (3) produces big returns for individuals, their
families and the economy as a (4). It's been widely accepted by economists that better health (5)
economic growth in poor countries. But the health-wealth correlation hadn't been examined in
rich countries. That was until Prof. Martin McKee of the London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine and several of his colleagues took (6) the task in a study for the European
Commission, the (7) of which were released this week.
They found some truly curious factors that lead to wealth, the first among them height.
That's right, the (8) you are the more likely you'll have more money than short people. Napoleon
complex aside, height, it seems, has to do with childhood health.
"Some studies have examined (9) such as height, which (10) health in childhood, and body
mass index, which (11) an indirect measure of health. All other things (12), taller people earn
more than average whereas obese people tend to earn less, although the (13) consequences of
obesity are (14) for women than for men. However, these (15) could reflect biases linked to the
social (16) of body images rather than a direct link to productivity," the study says.
Whether linked to social acceptability or not, the fact (17), at least according to this data,
that (18) a tall guy provides a far greater advantage (19) earning more money than being a fat
woman. This type of information may be upsetting to some, especially if you are, say, short and
fat and a woman. But overall it points to the (20) of public health in society. Indeed, the
rationale for the study was to showcase that point. 第 1 页， 共 5 页
，更多更新年份持续更新，请在本站的考博信息网|www.kaoboinfo.com中的“考研试卷库”学校栏目中查询下载。
|
您现在的位置： 
