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Mona Lisa’s painting is a work of art that has fascinated people around the w

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问题    Mona Lisa’s painting is a work of art that has fascinated people around the world for decades. Many have often wondered about the features of this painting and now it seems that the mystery behind her lopsided smile may have finally been【C1】______.
   An Indian physician named Mandeep Mehra believes that Lisa Gherardini, or the muse to Da Vinci’s timeless creation, was sick. Mehra’s study that reveals the medical diagnosis of the reasons behind the【C2】______of Mona Lisa has been published in the journal of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. As【C3】______by Dr. Mehra, "I don’t know how to appreciate art, but I sure do know how to make a clinical diagnosis. " She suffered from a(n)【C4】______condition of hypothyroidism or an underactive thyroid gland (甲状腺), say Mehra and his co-author. Due to this condition, she had a very evident lump in her neck, a(n)【C5】______hairline, a yellowish tint to her skin and a half-lopsided smile on her face. She also had【C6】______swollen hands, argue the authors. All of these symptoms point to one condition—hypothyroidism that is caused by an underactive thyroid gland. It is basically a severe【C7】______of iodine (碘) in the daily diet, an element which is commonly found in seafood, eggs, bread, and dairy products.
   The results of the study expose that famine was a common【C8】______five centuries ago and seafood was an uncommon product. This resulted in diets that primarily【C9】______of fruit and vegetables, without any livestock or dairy components. In addition to that, it is believed that her lopsided smile can be【C10】______to a significant disability that is the result of muscle weakness.
   A) acute I) exposed
   B) appearance J) indispensable
   C) attributed K) occurrence
   D) challenged L) receding
   E) claimed M) seemingly
   F) consisted N) surplus
   G) cracked O) visibly
   H) deficiency [br] 【C5】
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答案 L
解析 空格出现在不定冠词和名词之间，一般应填入名词、形容词或非谓语动词。空格前后都在描述蒙娜丽莎的外貌特点，且出现了lump、yellowish tint、swollen hands等表达，由此推测这里都是在描述疾病对蒙娜丽莎的外貌产生的消极影响，故应填入一个表消极意义的修饰词，空格后又出现了hairline“发际线”，因此填入L)receding合适，receding hairline意为“往后脱落的发际线”。
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