完形填空 A 35-year-old Australian mother makes around $58,000 a year by hugging total strangers. Jessica

完形填空
A 35-year-old Australian mother makes around $58,000 a year by hugging total strangers. Jessica O' Neill started her ___21___ job six months ago. "As human beings, one thing we often ___22___ in our daily lives is physical touch. Without it, we can fall into depression and other mental health problems. To satisfy this ___23___, I've become a professional worker in hugging treatment," said Jessica.
Jessica claims that her hugs can ___24___ those who are suffering from loneliness, depression, or low self-confidence. Originally, Jessica was a masseuse （女按摩师）, a quite ___25___ profession. She notices that when she ___26___ her customers during treatments, they dropped their guards and ___27___ her more. "I could see their ___28___ melt away. Then I could get to their heart and do what I can to ___29___ them," Jessica said. "Everyone has a totally different story. But the most common ___30___ are loneliness, depression and anxiety. They all just have that desire to ___31___ with someone. I believe my hug helps me and my ___32___ connect on a spiritual level."
Jessica says the majority of her customers are ___33___, but she has a surprising number of female customers___34___Despite many people thinking she must be ___35___ for doing such work, Jessica is confident that she's made the right ___36___ "It's so much more rewarding than just working as a masseuse. I feel like it's what I was put on this Earth ___37___, ” said Jessica. Tn today's digital age, many people are lonelier than ever before. For people whose lives ___38___ physical interaction, hugging therapy can have an apparent effect on their mental health."
"Interestingly, although the hugging ___39___ has been around for a short while, we've actually covered several ___40___ businesses in the last few years."
21. A. simple B. permanent C. abnormal D. unusual
22. A. observe B. ignore C. misunderstand D. miss
23. A. need B. direction C. curiosity D. requirement
24. A. rescue B. help C. persuade D. train
25. A. ordinary B. well-paid C. admirable D. challenging
26. A. accompanied B. greeted C. consulted D. hugged
27. A. made fun of B. took advantage of C. opened up to D. spoke well of
28. A. purpose B. tension C. delight D. anger
29. A. impress B. interest C. defeat D. cure
30. A. signs B. faults C. weaknesses D. failures
31. A. connect B. agree C. debate D. compete
32. A. colleagues B. ladies C. customers D. passengers
33. A. elderly B. foreign C. male D. overweight
34. A. in return B. as well C. in total D. after all
35. A. responsible B. intelligent C. wealthy D. crazy
36. A. suggestion B. agreement C. choice D. promise
37. A. with B. for C. in D. around
38. A. doubt B. accept C. lack D. hate
39. A. treatment B. protection C. experiment D. nursing
40. A. temporary B. difficult C. secret D. successful
【答案】21. D    22. B    23. A    24. B    25. A    26. D    27. C    28. B    29. D    30. A    31. A    32. C    33. C    34. B    35. D    36. C    37. B    38. C    39. A    40. D
【解析】
本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了一位35岁的澳大利亚母亲每年通过拥抱陌生人治愈人们的故事。
【21题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：杰西卡·奥尼尔六个月前开始了她不寻常的工作。A. simple简单的；B. permanent永恒的；C. abnormal反常的；D. unusual不同寻常的。Jessica成了一位“拥抱治疗师”，并以此谋生。显然，拥抱治疗师是不寻常( unusual)的职业。故选D。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：作为人类，我们在日常生活中经常忽略的一件事是身体接触。A. observe观察；B. ignore忽视；C. misunderstand误解；D. miss错过。根据倒数第二段的For people whose lives 18.lack physical interaction, hugging therapy can have an apparent effect on their mental health.可知，人们在生活中忽略的是身体接触，故选B。
【23题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：为了满足这种需要，我成为了拥抱治疗的专业工作者。A. need需要；B. direction方向；C. curiosity    好奇心；D. requirement需要。根据前文可知， Jessica成了一位“拥抱治疗师”，目的是满足人们对身体接触的需求(need)。故选A。
【24题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：杰西卡说她的拥抱可以帮助那些孤独、抑郁或缺乏自信的人。A. rescue援救；B. help帮助；C. persuade劝说；D. train训练。她的拥抱能够“帮助”那些遭受孤独、抑郁或缺乏自信的人。拥抱只是解决患者心理方面的问题，不至于到了“营救”人的程度，故A项为误，C、D同样文意不通。故选B。
【25题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：最初，杰西卡是个按摩师，一个很普通的职业。A. ordinary普通的；B. well-paid薪资优厚的；C. admirable令人钦佩的；D. challenging充满挑战的。根据下文可知，杰西卡就是一名普通的按摩师，ordinary意为“普通的”，与题意相符，故选A。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：她注意到，在治疗期间，她会拥抱她的顾客。A. accompanied陪伴；B. greeted问候；C. consulted咨询；D. hugged拥抱。根据前文可知，作者成为“拥抱治疗师”的起因是之前工作时拥抱（hugged）客户的经历，故选D。
【27题详解】
考查词组辨析。句意：他们解除了戒备，对她更加放得开。A. made fun of取笑；B. took advantage of利用；C. opened up to对……开放；D. spoke well of称赞。根据句意可知，客户解除了戒备，也更放得开了，open up to意为“对……开放”，与题意相符，故选C。
【28题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我可以看到他们的紧张情绪消失了。A. purpose目的；B. tension紧张；C. delight    高兴；D. anger生气。根据下文可知，深入他们的内心，可知客户的紧张感（tension）消失了，故选B。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：然后我就可以深入他们的内心，尽我所能治愈他们。A. impress给……深刻印象；B. interest使……感兴趣；C. defeat打败；D. cure治疗。根据语境可知，作者尽自己的所能去治愈客户们，cure意为“治疗”，与题意相符，故选D。
【30题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：但最常见的症状是孤独、抑郁和焦虑。A. signs症状；B. faults错误；C. weaknesses    弱点；D. failures失败。孤独、抑郁和焦虑是客户们常见症状，sign在此处意为“症状”，与题意相符，故选A。
【31题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们都有与人交流的欲望。A. connect连接；B. agree    同意；C. debate辩论；D. compete竞争。根据句意可知，connect with意为“与……联系”，与题意相符，故选A。
【32题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我相信我的拥抱帮助我和我的客户在精神层面上建立了联系。A. colleagues同事；B. ladies女士；C. customers顾客；D. passengers乘客。根据下文的Jessica says the majority of her customers可知，作者用自己的拥抱和客户建立了精神上的联系，故选C。
【33题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：杰西卡说她的顾客大部分是男性。A. elderly    年长的；B. foreign国外的；C. male雄性的；D. overweight超重的。根据下文的but…female customers可知，此处指杰西卡大部分客户是男性，故选C。
【34题详解】
考查词组辨析。句意：但她也有数量惊人的女性顾客。A. in return作为报答；B. as well也；C. in total总共；D. after all毕竟。根据but可知，该空应用 as well“也”表示强调，表示女性客户也很多，故选B。
【35题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：尽管很多人认为她做这样的工作一定是疯了。A. responsible负责任的；B. intelligent智慧的；C. wealthy富有的；D. crazy疯狂的。根据空后的doing such work可知，很多人认为作者做这样的工作一定是疯了，故选D。
【36题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：杰西卡相信她做出了正确的选择。A. suggestion建议；B. agreement同意；C. choice选择；D. promise保证。根据 Jessica is confident和It’ s so much more rewarding than just working as a masseuse. 可知，她从事拥抱治疗师职业是做出的正确选择(choice)。故选C。
【37题详解】
考查介词词义辨析。句意：我觉得这就是我来到这个世界的目的。A. with和；B. for为了；C. in在……里；D. around围绕。根据句意可知，for在此处表示目的，故选B。
【38题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：对于缺乏身体互动的人来说，拥抱疗法对他们的心理健康有明显的影响。A. doubt疑惑；B. accept接受；C. lack缺乏；D. hate讨厌。根据第一段的As human beings, one thing we often 2.ignore in our daily lives is physical touch.可知，人们缺乏的是身体互动，lack意为“缺乏”，与题意相符，故选C。
【39题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：有趣的是，尽管拥抱疗法出现的时间很短。A. treatment    治疗；B. protection保护；C. experiment实验；D. nursing护理。hugging是一种治疗方式，根据第一段a professional worker in hugging treatment得知，“拥抱”是一种治疗的方法，故选A。
【40题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：事实上，在过去的几年里，我们实际上已经有了几家成功的企业。A. temporary暂时的；B. difficult困难的；C. secret秘密的；D. successful成功的。根据前文可知，虽然这种治疗方法时间短，但也拥有了几家成功的企业，故选D。