綜合類：完形填空Freezing to Death
People in Beijing wear a lot of clothing during winter to fend off the cold. In the United States， however， people wear 1 ， partly because the car is the primary mode of transportation. Cars take 2 straight to their workplaces， which are heated well. The American diet is full of calories， so their 3 can afford to bum heat more quickly.
Fewer layers of clothing give people the opportunity to stay 4 。 Lots of Yale girls wear skirts 5 when it‘s 10 degrees Centigrade outside. Some of them at least wear boots， tights， and leg-warmers. Some， however， really just go for the look 6 the risk of health. These girls have nothing to prevent their legs 7 the wind， and no socks to protect their feet. A mini skirt and a pair of stilettos are all that they wear.
Typically， the ones pursuing fashion are 8 ， with little body fat. Just by the nature of their bodies， they are already at a disadvantage compared with normal people in 9 weather. I have always l0 ， whenever I pass these girls， how they manage to refrain from shivering and just smile like spring had arrived.
And then there are the guys. The girls can be said to 11 health for beauty. But why do guys 12 so little？ It is not like， once they shed some layers， they suddenly become better-looking. They are not exactly being fashionable when they 13 wear sporty shorts and shower slippers in the midst of winter. It’s not cute.
Of course， people have the freedom to look whatever 14 they want. I am just surprised that， given the vast difference between winter and summer temperatures in Connecticut， they can still 15 like they are partying on the beach in the middle of February.
1． Less （比較級）
2． 人稱代詞
3． 身體發出熱量
4． Stay fashionable 保持時尚
5． Even甚至
6． At the risk of 以…為代價
7． Against 抵御
8． Skinny
9． In cold weather
10. wonder想
11．Sacrifice health for beauty
12. wear little
13. only
14. way （一定是答案）
15. look like看上去像
美麗就是一切
冬天北京人都穿得很厚來防寒，而在美國，人們穿得很少，一個原因是轎車已經成為了主要的交通工具，它可以把他們直接送到單位，而單位又有暖氣。還有個原因是美國的飲食里含熱量高，因而他們身體能在短時間內發出所需要的熱量。
輕便的衣服給人們提供了時尚的機會。許多耶魯女孩甚至在外部氣溫為10攝氏度的天氣下穿短裙。其中一些至少還穿著靴子，褲襪和暖腿套。而有些真是只是為了漂亮而犧牲健康。她們的雙腿沒有穿任何東西來抵御凜冽的寒風，腳上也沒有穿襪子，所穿就只是一條迷你裙和一雙細高跟鞋。
典型的說，那些追求時尚的人都是非常苗條，幾乎沒有脂肪的人。僅看她們的體質，與正常人相比，抵御寒冬的能力就已經處于劣勢。每當我走過這些女孩的時候，我總是想，她們怎么能做得到不哆嗦，并且還能帶著似乎春天已經來臨的微笑。
男孩也這樣，可以說女孩是為了漂亮而犧牲了健康，但男孩子為什么穿這么少呢？好像并不是，他們穿得少了，就突然變得更好看了。當冬天最冷的時候他們僅僅穿著花哨的短褲和洗澡用的拖鞋時在確切意義上并不顯得更時髦，也不討人喜歡。
當然，人們有決定自己穿著的自由。我只是覺得驚訝，在康涅狄格州冬夏溫度相差很大的情況下，他們仍然看上去像是在二月中旬的海灘上聚會。