Baidu is not a doctor
【河北衡水中學2018-2019學年度上學期高三年級期中】
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】本文為說明文。當很多人有健康或營養方面的問題時，他們會直接去百度搜索，自我診斷。這其實是不科學的，因為搜索引擎的結果是按照受歡迎的程度而不是按照準確性來排序的。因此百度不是醫生，遇到問題，最好和醫生預約，去應該去的地方。
31.考查動詞的時態語態。句意：當人們面對健康或營養問題時，上網和自我診斷越來越普遍。be faced with…為固定搭配，意為“面對……”，本句的主語是people是集合名詞，所以謂語動詞要用複數，又因本文時態為一般現在時，因此填are faced。
32.考查詞性轉換。此處應用increasing的副詞形式修飾形容詞common，因此填increasingly。
33.考查主謂一致。分析句子結構可知，本句的主語是“some of which”，which指代前面的不可數名詞advice，因此本小題要用單數形式，故be動詞要用is。
34.考查名詞。本空是後面的名詞accuracy進行對比，所以本空也要用popular的名詞形式。因此填popularity。
35.考查非謂語動詞。sth. be worth doing為固定搭配，意為“值得做某事”，所以本空要用動詞的ing形式，故填checking。
36.考查反身代詞。句意：任何人都可以稱自己為“飲食專家”。call oneself 可譯為“自稱……”，因此本空填themselves。
37.考查非謂語動詞。此處表示官方認可的，邏輯主語是doctors，它和recognise二間是被動關係，故用其過去分詞recognized / recognised。
38.考查詞性轉換和名詞的複數。空格處作非謂語giving的賓語，作賓語應用名詞形式，指只有被官方認可的醫生才有資格給出醫學建議，故填suggestions。
39.考查賓語從句。句意：如果你不能確定，仍然想知道巧克力飲食是否會起作用……，賓語從句成分完整，在wondering後面表示不確定應用whether，意為“是否“，因此填whether。
40.考查冠詞。make an appointment為固定搭配，意為“與某人有約定，與某人有約會”、此處表示和醫生預約，是泛指概念。因此填an。
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