Baidu is not a doctor
【河北衡水中学2018-2019学年度上学期高三年级期中】
When people ___31___ (face) with health or nutrition questions, it is ___32___ (increasing) common to go online and diagnose themselves. But the Internet is full of conflicting health warnings with no regulation to get rid of the wrong advice, some of which ___33___ (be) extremely dangerous! Also, search engines rank results by ___34___ (popular) rather than accuracy, so solid facts can be tricky to find. It is worth ___35___ (check) if the writer of an online piece is properly qualified as an expert. Anyone can call ___36___ (they) a “diet expert”, “nutritionist” and even a “doctor” — given it could refer to qualifications like a PhD. But remember, only officially ___37___ (recognize) practicing doctors as well as dietitians have degrees in giving medical ___38___ (suggest). So if you are unsure and still wondering ___39___ the chocolate diet really does work or not, then it pays to make ___40___ appointment with your dietician or doctor. The truth is out there, and you just need to look in the right place!
【答案】31. are faced 32. increasingly 33. is 34. popularity
35. checking 36. themselves 37. recognized /recognised 38. suggestions 39. whether 40. an
【解析】本文为说明文。当很多人有健康或营养方面的问题时，他们会直接去百度搜索，自我诊断。这其实是不科学的，因为搜索引擎的结果是按照受欢迎的程度而不是按照准确性来排序的。因此百度不是医生，遇到问题，最好和医生预约，去应该去的地方。
31.考查动词的时态语态。句意：当人们面对健康或营养问题时，上网和自我诊断越来越普遍。be faced with…为固定搭配，意为“面对……”，本句的主语是people是集合名词，所以谓语动词要用复数，又因本文时态为一般现在时，因此填are faced。
32.考查词性转换。此处应用increasing的副词形式修饰形容词common，因此填increasingly。
33.考查主谓一致。分析句子结构可知，本句的主语是“some of which”，which指代前面的不可数名词advice，因此本小题要用单数形式，故be动词要用is。
34.考查名词。本空是后面的名词accuracy进行对比，所以本空也要用popular的名词形式。因此填popularity。
35.考查非谓语动词。sth. be worth doing为固定搭配，意为“值得做某事”，所以本空要用动词的ing形式，故填checking。
36.考查反身代词。句意：任何人都可以称自己为“饮食专家”。call oneself 可译为“自称……”，因此本空填themselves。
37.考查非谓语动词。此处表示官方认可的，逻辑主语是doctors，它和recognise二间是被动关系，故用其过去分词recognized / recognised。
38.考查词性转换和名词的复数。空格处作非谓语giving的宾语，作宾语应用名词形式，指只有被官方认可的医生才有资格给出医学建议，故填suggestions。
39.考查宾语从句。句意：如果你不能确定，仍然想知道巧克力饮食是否会起作用……，宾语从句成分完整，在wondering后面表示不确定应用whether，意为“是否“，因此填whether。
40.考查冠词。make an appointment为固定搭配，意为“与某人有约定，与某人有约会”、此处表示和医生预约，是泛指概念。因此填an。
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