阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案，涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
Heart Attack
In the United States, and especially in big cities and rural areas, tens of thousands of people with hearts that should be good 51 to keep them alive die each year for lack of ad-equate first aid. In New York City, for example, a new study has shown that only one person in 100 outside of hospitals 52 after the heart suddenly stops pumping. In con-trast, in Seattle, the survival 53 after such heart attacks is one in five.
"The difference can be traced 54 the effectiveness of the chain of survival, "Dr. Jo-seph P. Ornato said. "Each link in the 55 must be strong enough for many lives to be 56.”
The chain begins with an immediate telephone 57 for emergency help and the start within four minutes of the process needed for restarting the 58 working, by a family member or bystander (旁观者). It continues with the prompt arrival within eight 59 ten minutes of a rescuer equipped with a special instrument that can shock the heart back to a normal rhythm. And it ends with the administration of advanced emergency care by nurses to maintain the heart' s ability to survive until the doctors at the hospitals take 60 .When one or more links in this chain fail or function too slowly, the 61 of a victim survi-ving heart attack falls rapidly. Becauseof widespread weaknesses in the chain of 62 , ex-perts in emergency heart care estimate that 20,000 to 80,000 people 63 needlessly of heart attack each year, a number comparable to the 55,000 killed annually in automobile 64.
One expert says, "Sending an emergency vehicle to a heart attack victim 65 the spe-cial equipment is like having policemen with guns but no bullets. They may put on a good show, but they lack the weapon needed to get the job done. "
51. A. much B. enough C. many D. too
52. A. dies B. stops C. survives D. wakes
53. A. speed B. thing C. people D. rate
54. A. to B. at C. from D. on
55. A. list B. process C..step D. chain
56. A. saved B. taken (2. born D. accepted
57. A. number B. call C. line D. worker
58. A. person B. brain C. heart D. body
59. A. by B. to C. and D. toward
60. A. over B. about C. on D. out
61. A. cause B. start C. event D. chance
62. A. survival B. luck C. help D. death
63. A. live B. die C. survive D. come
64. A. production B. incidents C. accidents D. troubles
65. A. without B. at C. with D. by
答案
51．正确答案是：B。从语法角度来讲，此空白处应该填一个副词，因此首先就排除了选项C。选项A、B既可当形容词也可当副词，“too”只能作副词用，但从上下文意思来看，只有选项B合适，因为“be+adj. +enough to do sth．”是个固定结构，后面的"enough to do sth．”是前面形容词的程度状语。
52．正确答案是：C。注意此空白处的句子，空白处应该是“that”引导的宾语从句的谓语，因此只有填“survives”才能与它的主语“only one person in 100”相呼应，填其他选项都不符合上下文意思。此外，下句的“survival”也在某种程度上起提示作用。
53．正确答案是：D。无论是空白处前句的“one person in 100”或是空白处后面的“one in five”都提示此处应填入“(survival)rate”。这里的“rate”是“比率”的意思，而不是“速度”，因此不能填“speed”。
54．正确答案是：A。“be traced to…”意为“追踪至……，追溯至……”，是固定词组。
55．正确答案是：D。前句的“chain of survival”已为此空白起提示作用。“each link in the chain”意为“这个链上的每一个环节”。
56．正确答案是：A。根据上下文的意思只能选择“saved”。
57．正确答案是：B。空白处前面的“telephone”以及后面的“for emergency help”使人很容易想到选择“call(打电话)”，其他选项均不符合上下文意思。
58．正确答案是：C。本文题为“心脏病发作”，第一段又有“心脏突然停止跳动之后”，空白处又是“使……重新开始工作”，从上下文分析，显然是“使心脏重新跳动”，故选择C答案。
59．正确答案是：B。只能选择“to”，“within eight to ten minutes”表示时间长度，意为“在八到十分钟内”。
60．正确答案是：A。“take on”意为“承担”，“take out”意为“取出”，二者都需要有宾语，只有“take over(接管)”后面可以没有宾语，故选它。没有“take about”这个用法。
61．正确答案是：D。根据上下文的意思，只能选择“chance(机会，可能性)”，指“经历心脏病发作的患者存活的可能性”，其他选项均不合适。
62．正确答案是：A。第二段已出现了“the chain of survival”，实际上为此处提示了“surviv-al”这个答案，且符合上下文意思。
63．正确答案是：B。空白处的句子中，前面有“because of wide spread weaknesses(由于普遍存在不足之处)”，中间有“needlessly(不必要地)”，后面又有“comparable to the
55 000 killed annually”，显然，填“die”才是最佳选择。
64．正确答案是：C。“accident”是指意外发生的事件，而“incident”则是指“小事件”或是“政性事件”，由汽车造成的交通事故称为“automobile accident”，故选项C是最佳选择。
65．正确答案是：A。根据谓语部分所说的“就像警察带枪但没有子弹一样”来推断，这里应该填上“without”，即“派急救车到突发心脏病的病人那里去却不带必要的设备”，二者相比是十分恰当的。
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