Section A

　　At age 17, as a senior in high school, Kavita Shukla filed for her second patent: a piece of paper that would transform how food is stored and kept fresh. Ten years later, her product is being used in 35 countries, has been called the 36 paper and was recently launched in Whole Foods. Fresh Paper is infused with organic spices that inhibit 37 and fungal growth; when stored with produce, it can keep food fresh two to four times longer than normal--like refrigeration without electricity. The spice mixture comes from an old family recipe passed along by Shuklas grandmother, who once gave it to her after she 38 drank tap water on a visit to India. Drink this and you wont get sick, she was told.

　　On Friday, Shukla was joined onstage at the Women in the World Summit in New York by Rula Jebreal, a 39 and foreign-policy expert at MSNBC . Jebreal lamented the fact that while the worlds farmers actually produce enough food to feed the worlds hungry, 13 billion tons of food are lost annually to spoilage. Whats more, some 1.6 billion people currently living without 40 to refrigeration struggle to keep their diets healthy. Shuklas company, Fenugreen, which she started in 2010, 41 these people, along with food banks and small-scale farmers. For so many people, this was about so much more than a piece of paper, she said. It was about empowerment.

　　Jebreal praised a low-tech solution in an era when many 42 are relying on high-tech innovation.What if I had 43 it as too simple? Shukla asked. Simple ideas are the ones that have the power to change things.., and they have the power to 44 For Fresh Paper, simplicity meant accessibility, which was key to 45 the product reached anyone who could benefit from it. As the discussion drew to a close, Shukla reminded inventors everywhere that complicated isnt always better: Dont ever discount your own simple idea.

　　36.J)。詳解 空格位于定冠詞the和名詞paper之間，推斷此處應填入形容詞。由上文可知Kavita Shukla在17歲時發明了保鮮紙，10年后，這一產品已被35個國家采用。因而此處應填入一個積極意義的形容詞來修飾這種紙，故填入J)miracle神奇的。備選形容詞中，average平均的和bacterial細菌的均不符合句意，故排除。

　　37.D)。詳解 空格所在句inhibitgrowth意為禁止生長，可推斷空格處單詞與and后的fungal真菌的為并列關系，故應填入與其意義相近的形容詞，D)bacterial細菌的符合句差;故為答案。備選形容詞中，average平均的不符合句意，故排除。

　　38.B)。詳解 空格位于after引導的時間狀語從句中，從句主謂賓完整，因此應填入副詞。結合句意有一次她去印度參觀時飲用了自來水，之后，祖母給了她這個方子可知，斯庫拉飲用自來水是偶然的行為，因此B)accidentally偶然地符合句意。

　　39.H)。詳解 空格所在句為同位語，解釋說明Rula Jebreal，故應填入表示職業的單數名詞，意思上與expert相近。因此H)host主持人符合題意。備選名詞中，innovators改革者為復數形式，故排除;access途徑和guarantee保證人與上下文意思不符，故排除。

　　40.A)。詳解 空格所在成分living without to refrigeration為后置定語，修飾主語people?？崭裎挥诮樵~without和to之間，應填入可以與to搭配的名詞。備選名詞中只有access與to搭配，故A)access途徑為答案。其他均不符合句意，故排除。

　　41.M)。詳解 空格所在句缺少謂語，主語是Siuklas company，因此應填入第三人稱單數形式的動詞，并且與company相關。因此M)targets這里意為以為目標 符合題意，故為答案。備選動詞中，triggers也是動詞第三人稱單數形式，但書符合句意，故排除;其他動詞形式均不符，故排除。

　　42.I)。詳解 參空格位于形容詞many與謂語動詞are之間，應填入復數形式的可數名詞作主語。備選詞E，只有innovators為復數形式的可數名詞，因此I)innovators改革者為答案。

　　43.E)。詳解 空格所在句缺少謂語動詞，且有助動詞had，故應填入動詞過去分詞。備選動詞中只有dismissed是過去分詞形式，因此E)dismissed摒棄為答案。

　　44.L)。詳解 空格位于動詞不定式to之后，應填入動詞原形。前文提到這種低科技含量的創新受到贊揚，并用虛擬語氣表明不應因想法簡單而放棄，結合旬意簡單的主意具有的力量可知，L)spread傳播符合文意，故為答案。備選項中另一動詞原形transmit傳遞與句意不符，故排除。

　　45.F)。詳解 空格位于動詞短語was key to后，to在這里是介詞，應填入動名詞。備選動詞中只有F)ensuring確保是動名詞，故為答案。

　　Section A

　　At age 17, as a senior in high school, Kavita Shukla filed for her second patent: a piece of paper that would transform how food is stored and kept fresh. Ten years later, her product is being used in 35 countries, has been called the 36 paper and was recently launched in Whole Foods. Fresh Paper is infused with organic spices that inhibit 37 and fungal growth; when stored with produce, it can keep food fresh two to four times longer than normal--like refrigeration without electricity. The spice mixture comes from an old family recipe passed along by Shuklas grandmother, who once gave it to her after she 38 drank tap water on a visit to India. Drink this and you wont get sick, she was told.

　　On Friday, Shukla was joined onstage at the Women in the World Summit in New York by Rula Jebreal, a 39 and foreign-policy expert at MSNBC . Jebreal lamented the fact that while the worlds farmers actually produce enough food to feed the worlds hungry, 13 billion tons of food are lost annually to spoilage. Whats more, some 1.6 billion people currently living without 40 to refrigeration struggle to keep their diets healthy. Shuklas company, Fenugreen, which she started in 2010, 41 these people, along with food banks and small-scale farmers. For so many people, this was about so much more than a piece of paper, she said. It was about empowerment.

　　Jebreal praised a low-tech solution in an era when many 42 are relying on high-tech innovation.What if I had 43 it as too simple? Shukla asked. Simple ideas are the ones that have the power to change things.., and they have the power to 44 For Fresh Paper, simplicity meant accessibility, which was key to 45 the product reached anyone who could benefit from it. As the discussion drew to a close, Shukla reminded inventors everywhere that complicated isnt always better: Dont ever discount your own simple idea.

　　36.J)。詳解 空格位于定冠詞the和名詞paper之間，推斷此處應填入形容詞。由上文可知Kavita Shukla在17歲時發明了保鮮紙，10年后，這一產品已被35個國家采用。因而此處應填入一個積極意義的形容詞來修飾這種紙，故填入J)miracle神奇的。備選形容詞中，average平均的和bacterial細菌的均不符合句意，故排除。

　　37.D)。詳解 空格所在句inhibitgrowth意為禁止生長，可推斷空格處單詞與and后的fungal真菌的為并列關系，故應填入與其意義相近的形容詞，D)bacterial細菌的符合句差;故為答案。備選形容詞中，average平均的不符合句意，故排除。

　　38.B)。詳解 空格位于after引導的時間狀語從句中，從句主謂賓完整，因此應填入副詞。結合句意有一次她去印度參觀時飲用了自來水，之后，祖母給了她這個方子可知，斯庫拉飲用自來水是偶然的行為，因此B)accidentally偶然地符合句意。

　　39.H)。詳解 空格所在句為同位語，解釋說明Rula Jebreal，故應填入表示職業的單數名詞，意思上與expert相近。因此H)host主持人符合題意。備選名詞中，innovators改革者為復數形式，故排除;access途徑和guarantee保證人與上下文意思不符，故排除。

　　40.A)。詳解 空格所在成分living without to refrigeration為后置定語，修飾主語people?？崭裎挥诮樵~without和to之間，應填入可以與to搭配的名詞。備選名詞中只有access與to搭配，故A)access途徑為答案。其他均不符合句意，故排除。

　　41.M)。詳解 空格所在句缺少謂語，主語是Siuklas company，因此應填入第三人稱單數形式的動詞，并且與company相關。因此M)targets這里意為以為目標 符合題意，故為答案。備選動詞中，triggers也是動詞第三人稱單數形式，但書符合句意，故排除;其他動詞形式均不符，故排除。

　　42.I)。詳解 參空格位于形容詞many與謂語動詞are之間，應填入復數形式的可數名詞作主語。備選詞E，只有innovators為復數形式的可數名詞，因此I)innovators改革者為答案。

　　43.E)。詳解 空格所在句缺少謂語動詞，且有助動詞had，故應填入動詞過去分詞。備選動詞中只有dismissed是過去分詞形式，因此E)dismissed摒棄為答案。

　　44.L)。詳解 空格位于動詞不定式to之后，應填入動詞原形。前文提到這種低科技含量的創新受到贊揚，并用虛擬語氣表明不應因想法簡單而放棄，結合旬意簡單的主意具有的力量可知，L)spread傳播符合文意，故為答案。備選項中另一動詞原形transmit傳遞與句意不符，故排除。

　　45.F)。詳解 空格位于動詞短語was key to后，to在這里是介詞，應填入動名詞。備選動詞中只有F)ensuring確保是動名詞，故為答案。