2014年高二读写竞赛试题及答案.docVIP

English competition for senior 2 (May 25, 2014) Section 1 Use of language (2×15 = 30 points) Read the text below and for blanks 1-15 choose the most suitable words. Mark your answers on your answer sheet. Eating too much chocolate is often thought to be the cause of tooth decay, weight gain, headaches, and skin problems such as acne. On the other hand, chocolate is known to make people feel 1 . Eating chocolate releases a/an 2 flavor that gives us a pleasant, positive feeling. What is it that causes this feeling? Chocolate contains over three hundred known chemicals. Like a drug, these chemicals 3 areas of the brain that enable us to feel pleasure. However, does eating too much chocolate cause any real health 4 ? The fact is, chocolate does contain saturated fat. This type of fat can contribute to heart disease by 5 levels of bad cholesterol in the blood. On the other hand, some scientists have 6 that chocolate also contains high levels of chemicals called phenolics. Some phenolics, if 7 in small amounts, are believed to 8 the risk of heart disease. 9 that eating chocolate does not cause acne comes from two 10 : one by the Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the other by the U.S. Naval Academy. Their research showed some interesting 11 . They found that there was no 12 in the skin condition between the study participants who did, or did not, eat chocolate. There is also no proof that chocolate is the cause of tooth decay. In fact, it is believed that the cocoa butter in chocolate forms a coating over teeth that may help to 13 them. Consumption of cocoa around the world now amounts to almost three million tons a year. That’s 14 to 500 grams of cocoa for every person on earth! No one has ever died of eating too much chocolate, so this is one 15 that might be okay to have. A. annoyed B. ridiculous C. happier D. smarter A. distinctive B. disgusting C. reasonable D. addictive A. de