Question

These days, both women and men 1.(surround) by magazines and websites full of tips about dieting, exercise and fashion. Gone are the days 2. all men had to think about wearing a nice suit to be smart and handsome. Things have changed.

Now, a survey has suggested that 80% of men admit 3.(be) unhappy about their body. The biggest body issues for 4. (they) were beer bellies and lack of muscles. Some think this sudden vanity is due 5. the pressure or influence of role models we see on TV and in magazines. People end up with a perception of 6. the perfect body should look like. But not everybody wants to put in the effort to have perfect muscles like Arnold Schwarzenegger. An opportunistic designer has even invented a muscle-enhancing shirt 7.(make) the buyer look more of a hunk (猛男）.

But Joe Warner, the former editor of Men’s Fitness magazine, thinks the muscle-enhancing shirt is just 8. trick. He thinks many people in the country are overweight and should accept they need to do exercise regularly. Exercise is always good. 9.we mustn’t forget beauty is only skin deep. Character is more important than 10. (appear).

Answer

1. are surrounded

2. when

3. being

4. them

5. to

6. what

7. to make

8. a

9. But

10. appearance

【解析】调查表明，很多人对于自己的体形不满意。人们越来越关注自己的体形。有的设计师甚至发明了一种肌肉增强衬衫，目的是使买家看起来更像一个猛男。实际上，人们应该通过锻炼来改善自己的体形。

1.考查语态和时态。该句时间状语为these days，介绍的是现在的情况，故该句要用现在时态。且主语both women and men是复数，和谓语动词surround之间是被动关系，故该空要填are surrounded。

2.考查定语从句。句意：过去，男人们不得不考虑穿着合体的衣服，以使自己看起来英俊。现在，这样的日子已经不存在了。“when all men had to think about wearing a nice suit to be smart and handsome”是定语从句，修饰days，引导词在从句中作时间状语，故要用关系副词when引导该从句。

3.考查固定句式。admit doing sth.意为“承认做某事”，是固定句式。故该空填being。

4.考查代词。for是介词，后面用代词的宾格形式作宾语。

5.考查介词。due to意为“由于，因为”，是固定短语，故该空填介词to。

6.考查名词性从句。句意：最终，人们对于完美体形有了一种观念。“what the perfect body should look like”是介词of的宾语从句，what在从句中作介词like的宾语。

7.考查非谓语动词。句意：一个设计师甚至发明了一种增强肌肉的衬衫，目的是使买家看起来更像一个猛男。“to make the buyer look more of a hunk(猛男)”是目的状语。

8.考查冠词。trick意为“骗局，诡计，把戏”，是可数名词。该处指肌肉增强衬衫是一种骗局。故这里填a。

9.考查连词。句意：锻炼一直是一件好事。但我们不要忘了美是内在的。前后两句之间是转折关系，故该空填连词But。

10.考查名词。这里是跟主语Character作对比，故用名词作宾语。

【名师点睛】时态是语法填空中经常出现的一个考点。同学们在做题过程中，一定要注意句子的时间状语。当句子的时间状语为now，these days，at present等表示“现在”意思的词语时，该句应该用现在时态。当句子的时间状语为“those days，…ago，…later”等表示“过去”意思的词语时，该句应该用过去时态。第一小题中时间状语为these days，故该句要用现在时态。