四级选词填空练习
TEST-1:
A) remote B) technology C) composing D) whole E) voluntary
F) climate
G) skill H) desire I) melting J) vanishing K) eroded L) temperature
M) amazement N) changes O) clever
Undoubtedly the globe is getting hotter and hotter. The unavoidable questions are: How much responsibility shall we take for warming, and are we to stop the destruction by limiting our insatiable for natural fuels?
It seems that global warming is too to be worried about, or too unpredictable. The computer_ cannot define what the weather is like next week. In cold winter day it might be considered that a little warming would be a fair thing. And doubtlessly: Alarming about_ _ alteration may sound like an environmentalist frightening strategy, aiming to urge humans to walk and keep the world cleaner.
However, based on the
scientists, bad news are brought to our living media.
From California to the snowy peaks of China, the air is heating up right now, and the globe is being fast warmed, the has increased by 1 ℉compared with the past century. In addition, some parts like remote places have been in a much hotter state. The results aren't satisfactory, ice being , rivers running dry, and coasts being _ , threatening villages and cottages.
The are gradually occurring without any obvious phenomenon. But they shouldn't slip our mind, because they can pose as a great potential threat to the world.
TEST-2：
A) conscientious B) conscious C) against D) despite E) comparing
F) compared G) launched H) boosted I) necessity J) contribution L) moreover
M) scaledK) reduced N) competitive O) featuring
Major retailers and car manufacturers have slashed (削减) their marketing budgets in the six months to October, 2008, as the financial crisis
has taken its toll, while supermarkets have
advertising spending in a battle to prove that they offer the most prices.
According to new research undertaken for The Daily Telegraph by Nielsen Media Research, in the six months
30, 2008, Marks & Spencer’s advertising spend fell 20.3pc to ￡25.3m , with the same period in 2007.
While the retailer has spent heavily on a campaign celebrities in the past two years, it is understood to be cutting back on celebrity spending in 2009. The retailer is, however, still the UK’s 25th largest spender on advertising, being at 17th place in the six months
30, 2007.
Car manufacturers have also significantly back on marketing spending, believed to be a result of the financial crisis. According to Nielsen, Ford spent ￡26.6m in the six months
30, 2008, down 21pc from the same period last year. Vauxhall also spending by 15.6pc in the period to ￡26.5m.
For supermarkets, however, a significant increase in advertising spending, it appears, is a as they seek to woo (追求) increasingly price- customers. The leading supermarkets have 20 an aggressive price war in the past six months as consumers have been faced with news of higher food prices.
TEST-3:
A) varies B) frighteningly C) able D) athletes E) comfortably F) thick
G) produced H) symbol I) opening J) frequently K) carried
L) capable M) powered N) light O) sacrifice
The torch is a tradition carried over from ancient Greece, when fire was admired as a gift from the god Prometheus. Greeks would hold relay races, passing a torch between and light a cauldron (大锅) during their games as a of purity, reason and peace.
The flame was reintroduced to the Olympics at the 1928 Amsterdam Games，but the first modern torch relay was at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games, when a flame was lit in Olympia, Greece, and
to the opening ceremony in Germany. Since the 1964 Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria, every Olympics has begun with a torch relay from Greece
to the ceremony.
Each torch must be of withstanding wind, rain, sleet, snow and extremes of climate. It must carry enough fuel to last its leg of the journey but be enough for each runner to carry
.
Although the design of the torch from year to year, the overall modern look was created , John Hench, who created the torch for the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California.
Between 10,000 and 15,000 torches are made to carry the flame for each relay.
Though the original flame for any Olympic relay is still lit by the sun, modern torches are
by pressurized liquid fuel. Earlier torches burned a variety of materials, including olive oil and gunpowder. At the 1956 games，a mixture of magnesium (镁) and aluminum (铝) used to light the final torch burning chunks that fell and burned the runner's arm.
TEST-4：
A) possession B) save C) best D) appliance E) material F) from G) simple
H) with I) in J) element K) model L) item M) easy N) adopt O) reasonable
Wise buying is a positive way in which you can make your money go further. The way you go about purchasing an article or a service can actually you money or can add to the cost. Take the example of a hairdryer. If you are buying a hairdryer, you might think that you are making the buy if you choose one whose look you like and which is also the cheapest price. But when you get it home you may find that it takes twice as long as a more expensive
to dry your hair.The cost of the electricity your time could well make your hairdryer the most expensive one of all。
So what principles should you when you go out shopping? If you keep your home, your car or any valuable in excellent condition, you’ll be saving money in the long run. Before you buy a new , talk to someone who owns one .If you can, use it or borrow it to check it suits your particular purpose. Before you buy an expensive , or a service, do check the price
and what is on offer. If possible, choose 56three items or three estimates.
TEST-5:
A)heal B)mental C)unkind D)regret E)accurately F)confessed
G)inheritance H)physical I)cured J)treat K)truly L)unfaithful
M)forgiveness N)disturbed O)excuse
It’s never easy to admit you are in the wrong. Being human, we all need to know the art of apologizing. Look back with honesty and think how often you’ve judged roughly, said __ __ things, pushed yourself ahead at the expense of a friend. Then count the occasions when you indicated clearly and __ __ that you were sorry. A bit frightening, isn’t it? Frightening because some deePwisdom in us knows that when even a small wrong has been committed, some mysterious moral feeling is __ _, and it stays out of balance until fault is acknowledged and _ _ is expressed.I remember a doctor friend, telling me about a man who came to him with a variety of signs: headaches, insomnia and stomach trouble. No __ _ cause could be found. Finally my friend said to the man, "Unless you tell me what’s worrying you, I can’t helPyou."After some hesitation, the man _ _ that, as executor of his faher’s will, he had been cheating his brother, who lived abroad, of his _ _. Then and there the wise old doctor made the man write to his brother asking _ _ and enclosing a cheque as the first stePin restoring their good relation. He then went with him to mail box in the corridor. As the letter disappeared, the man burst into tears. "Thank you," He said, "I think I’m _ _." And he was. A heartfelt apology can not only _ a damaged relationshiPbut also make it stronger. If you can think of someone who deserves an apology from you, someone you have wronged, or just neglected, do something about it right now.
TEST-6:
A) barely B) genuine C) rewarded D) doubt E) lonely F) poverty G) persuade H) prospects I) uncertainty J)impossibly K) encourage
L)awarded M) alone N)wealth O)cold
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always __ __ such people, but I also explain that there’sa big difference between "being a writer" and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of __ __ and fame, notthe long hours alone at a typewriter. "You’ve got to want to write," I say to them, "not want to be a writer."The reality is that writing is a __ __, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there arethousands more whose longing is never __ _. When I left a 20-year career in the US. Coast Guard to become a freelancewriter(自由撰稿人), I had no __ __ at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in
a New York apartment building. It didn’t even matter that it was _ __and had
. I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and feltlike a _ __ writer.After a year or so, however, I still hadn’t gotten a break and began to _ myself. It was so hard to sell a storythat _ __ made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn’t going to be one ofthose people who die wondering, what if? I would keeo putting my dream to the test----even though it meant living with __ __and fear of failure. This is the Shadow land of hope, and anyone with a dream learn to live there.
四级选词填空练习答案
TEST-1:
47. E 此处应填入E项，be voluntary to 为固定搭配,意为"自愿地做某事"，符合题意。
48. H 此处应填入一个名词，而desire通常和介词for搭配，此处句子的意思为"控制我们对能
以停止对环境的破坏"。
49. A 此处应填入一个形容词，根据上下文意思应选A项，意即:全球气候变暖似乎离我们太遥远,以至于我们无需为此担心。
50. B 此处应填入一个名词，根据上下文意思与computer搭配的名词为B 项。
51. F 根据上下文意思，本段均说明全球变暖这一环境变化，所以此处应表达气候变化之意，F为正确选项。
52. L 该题较为简单，表示"全球的气温比上个世纪上升了1华氏"，应能迅速找出正确答案。
53. I 全球变暖的结果令人担心，常识告诉我们其后果之一就是冰川融化，所以ice 与melt 搭配并符合句意，I为正确选项。
54. K 与上题一样，此处也是全球变暖的后果之一（海岸受到侵蚀），此处应填入一个现在分词，因此应选K。
55. N 该题较为简单，
名词，所以填入changes项。
56. D 选D项，the whole world为固定搭配，选项J是个干扰项，表示"地球正在消亡"，但是文章没有提到，而且有点言过其实了。
TEST-2:
11. H)。该空应该填入动词的过去分词。查看相关选项F)compared(比较)、G) launched(发起)、H) boosted(增加)、K) reduced(减少)和M)scaled(按比例增加或减少)。本句中，while(而)提示逗号前后的两个部分在语意上是对立的，逗号前部分提到了have slashed(已经大量削减)，那么逗号后的待填空就应选择一词，其词义与slashed相反，由于scale在该词义下为不及物动词，故选H)。
12. N)。该空应该填入形容词。查看相关选项A)conscientious(尽责的)、
B)conscious(有意识的)和N)competitive(竞争的)，根据句意，投入以证明其价格是最有竞争力的，所以N)符合句意要求，为答案。
13. F)。该空应该填入非谓语动词形式，并且能与with搭配。查看选项，只有compare能与with搭配，意思是“与……相比”，结构是compare sth. with sth.，所以用在非谓语结构中的形式是compared而不是comparing。
14. O)。该空应该填入非谓语动词。本题考查的是单词的词义和用法，查看相关选项，锁定featuring，词义是“由……主演，以……为特色”，为及物动词，该处的意思是“广告活动由名人代言”。
15. D)。该空应该填入一个介词。售商减少了在广告方面的投入，2007年的统计数据显示他们在广告方面的投入排名第17位，在2008年他们在广告方面的排名是第25位。
16. M)。该空应该填入动词的过去分词。查看相关选项G) launched、K) reduced和M)scaled。also提示该句提到的情况应该和上文提到的retailer 的情况相同，即削减广告投入，所以可能选reduced和scaled，但reduce 为及物动词，后面不能用介词back。scale back的意思是“按比例逐步减少”。
17. K)。该空应该填入动词的过去式。查看相关选项G) launched和K) reduced。该句提到的Vauxhall是例子，用来证明前文提到的汽车生产商削减市场投入，故应填入reduced以在语意上和前文保持一致性。
18. I)。该空应该填入名词。查看相关选项I) necessity(需要，必要性)和J) contribution(贡献)。根据句意，“大量”是“吸引更多的顾客”的条件。
19. B)。该空应该填入形容词。查看相关选项A)conscientious(尽责的)和
B)conscious(有意识的，特别注意的)，顾客当然是对价格“特别注意”，而不是“尽责”。
20. G)。该空应该填入动词的过去分词。查看相关选项G) launched。短语launch a war的意思是“发动战争”，符合句意，为答案。
TEST-3:
11. D)。此处需要一个名词。此处讲希腊人举行接力赛时在运动员之间传递火炬。故选D)。
12. H)。此处需要一个名词。此处讲火炬在运动员之间传递后点燃大锅炉，这是纯洁、理智和和平的象征。故选H)。
13. K)。此处需要一个动词。此处讲第一次现代奥运火炬传递是在1936年的柏林夏季奥运会上，当时的火炬是在希腊的奥林匹亚点燃的，然后被传递到德国的奥运会开幕式。故选K)。
14. I)。此处需要一个作定语的分词或形容词。此处考查固定短语"the opening ceremony"意为“开幕式”。此处讲自从1964年在奥地利的Innsbruck举行的冬季奥运会开始，每一次的奥运会都以从希腊到开幕式的火炬传递开始。故选I)。
15. L)。此处需要一个形容词。此处考查固定短语"be capable of"意为“能够……”，此处讲每个火炬都必须能够经受住风、冰雹、雪和极端的气候条件。故选L)。
16. N)。此处需要一个形容词。此处讲火炬必须有足够的燃料才能支撑跑完全程，并且要够轻巧运动员举得才舒服。故选N)。
17. E)。此处需要一个副词。此处讲火炬必须有足够的燃料才能支撑跑完全程，并且要够轻巧才能使火炬传递者举起来舒适。故选E)。
18. A)。此处需要一个动词。此处考查固定短语“vary from … to …”意为“随……的不同而不同”，此处讲虽然火炬的设计每年有所不同，其现代化的外观是由迪斯尼艺术家John Hench设计的。故选A)。
19. M)。此处需要一个过去分词。此处讲虽然最初的奥林匹克火炬是靠太阳光点燃的，但是现代火炬却是以加压的液体燃料为动力的。故选M)。
20. G)。此处需要一个动词。此处讲在1956年的运动会上，镁和铝的混合物被用来点燃了火炬，燃烧后产生了大块的残留物，残留物落下烧伤了运动员的胳膊。故选G)。
TEST-4:
【全文翻译】
理智购买是一种积极的方式，可以让你的钱更值钱。你购买一件物品或者一份服务的方式真的可以给你节省钱或者多花钱。以吹风机作一个简单的例子。如果你要买一个吹风机，当你选了一个外观你非常喜欢而且价格又是最便宜的，你一定认为你买了最好的东西。但是，当你把它买回家，你才
于较贵的吹风机所花的时间来吹干你的头发。电费加上你的时间成本很可能使你的吹风机成为最贵的。
当你外出购物时，你应该采取什么样的原则呢如果你保持你的家、你的车，或者任何一件值钱的物品处于一种良好的状态中，从长远的眼光来看，你会省钱。在你买一个新的用品前，先与有这个物品的人交流一下。如果可能的话，你可以试试或者借来看看是否适合你的特殊要求。在购买一个贵重物品或者一项服务之前，要看好它的价格和功能。如果可能的话，一定要货比三家。
47.【解析】［B］save 本文主要讲理智的购物可以省很多钱的问题。你购买一件物品或者一份服务的方式真的可以给你省钱或者让你多花钱，所以此处空格填save，节省。
48.【解析】［G］simple 就拿吹风机作一个简单的例子。空格处用simple形容例子符合文章所表达的意思。
49.【解析】［C］best 如果你要买一个吹风机，当你选了一个外观你非常喜欢而且价格又是最便宜的，你一定认为你买了最好的东西。make the best buy即是说买了最好的东西。
50.【解析】［I］in 以怎样的价格用固定短语in price。最便宜的价格就是the cheapest in price。
51.【解析】［K］model 意为“样式，型”。当你把它买回家，你才
于较贵的吹风机所花的时间来吹干你的头发。a more expensive model更贵的一款。
52.【解析】［N］adopt 意为“采用”。那么你外出购物时应该采用什么样的原则呢adopt principles “采用原则”，principles 需要用adopt 来搭配。
53.【解析】［A］possession 意为“拥有物”。如果你保持你的家、你的车，或者任何一件值钱的物品处于一种良好的状态中，从长远的眼光来看你会省钱。
54.【解析】［D］appliance 意为“用品，器具”。在你买一个新的用品之前，先与有这个物品的人交流一下。
55.【解析】［L］item 在买一个贵的东西之前，要看好价格和正在出售的物品。item可用来指代物品。
56.【解析】［F］from 这个空格前是动词choose，从中作出选择即用介词from来搭配。
TEST-5:
1.选C)。此处应填形容词。从后面的pushed yourself ahead at the expense of a friend可知，说的是不好的话，可选项有unkind和unfaithful，但由前面的judged roughly“粗鲁的评判”可知这里表示说话时不考虑他人的感受，因此unkind“刻薄的”更加符合上下文语气。
2.选K)。由clearly and一词可知，此处应填副词，与closely一起修饰道歉时的情形。选项有accurately和truly,由“回想一下你曾明确地并......地表示自己歉意的场合”，能使句意通顺的是truly“真诚地”，而accurately一般表示“(数据计算得)精确地”，故排除。
3.选N)。it stays out of balance until...，其中it=some mysterious moral feeling可推出，出于道义上的原因，人会感到不安，故选disturbed“不安的”。而confessed“公开承认的”不符合句意。
4.选D)。此处应填名词。从“知道承认错误，表达......之后，才能觉得安心，”选项中只有regret“歉意”符合题意。
5.选H)。此处应填形容词。由headaches，insomnia(失眠)and stomach trouble可推出，可选项有mental和physical，由朋友的话“Unless... Worrying you, I can’t helPyou." 可知这个人是由于心理上的原因，而不是生理上的，故选physical即No physical cause...。
6.选F)。此处应填动词。
confessed，cured和disturbed，但由After some hesitation可推出，此人是在向医生坦白情况，故选择confessed“坦白”。
7.选G)。此处应填名词。由as executor of his father’s will可推知，此处说明的是，在遗产继承方面，他一直在欺骗他居
，故只有选项inheritance符合题意。
8.选M)。此处应填名词。由restoring their good relation可推知，他是写信给他兄弟请求原谅，故选项中只有forgiveness符合题意。选项中excuse 用作名词时，一般解释为“理由，借口”而没有“原谅”的意思，故排除。
9.选I)。由第二段最后一句waht’s worrying you和这个人的感情Thank you 可推出，此处说明的是医生
，选项中只有cured符合题意。
10.选A)。此处应填动词的圆形。But also make it stronger“使人际关系更加稳固”，it指代a damaged relationship，由此可知，空格处应填表示“修复”的词，选项中的heal则有“治愈，修复”的意思，符合原文意思。treat 一般专指医学上的治疗，用在此处不合适。
TEST-6:
1.选K)。
原形。可选项有doubt, persuade, encourage, 但由always推知，作者是在鼓励那些想要成为作家的人，而不是怀疑也不是说服，故排除doubt 和persuade而选encourage。
2.选N)。由空格后的fame可知，此处应填名词。可选项有prospects和wealth，但由dreaming of 与第二段中The reality is... poor-paying可推知，那些想当作家的人梦想的是金钱和名誉，而不是前途，故排除prospects而选wealth。
3.选E)。此处应填形容词，private, poor-paying一起修饰affair。选项中有lonely和alone,能修饰affair的只有lonely,alone表示“孤独的”时，通常作表语，故排除alone而选lonely。
4.选C)。
被动形式。可选项有rewarded和awarded,前者可表示“(为所希望的举动得到的)回报”，后者作动词时表示“颁发，授予”，故只有rewarded符合题意而排除awarded。
5.选H)。此处应填名词。“当我辞别了我在美国海岸警卫队20年工作成为一个自由撰稿人时，没有任何......可言”，可选项有prospects和wealth，但wealth一般指抽象意义上的“金钱”，因此排除wealth而选prospects“前途”。
6.选O)。it指代的是apartment building，从had
可知这个公寓条件很差，选项中只有cold能说明公寓的条件差，故选择O)cold。
7.选B)。“我马上买了一台旧的手动打字机，感觉自己就好像是一个......的作家”，由前面提到的to become a freelance writer可推知，此处作者是想成为一个真正的作家，故选项中只有genuine“真正的”符合题意。
8.选D)。由空格前的to可知，
原形。可选项有doubt,persuade,encourage,但由still hadn’t gotten a break"在写作上还没有任何进展”，所以此处应理解为他开始怀疑自己的选择是否正确，故doubt符合文意。
9.选A)。that从
面有made，故此处应填副词。可选项有barely和impossibly，因that引导的从句是对story的解释，再由hard一词可推知，此处应填的副词应表达肯定的意思，故排除impossibly而选barely“仅仅，刚刚”。
10.选I)。由空格后的and可知，此处应填名词。由fear of failure可知，所填词应表示不好的境遇，可选项有poverty和uncertainty;又由fear可推知，此处强调的是生活的变化无常，而不是生活的贫困，故选uncertainty。
选词填空特点： 1. 近义词辨析不多， 2. 固定搭配不多 3. 词性辨析比较容易 选词填空难点： 1. 词性可能会变。 2. 错一题，可能会错两题。 选词填空与完型填空的异同： 相同点：都要上下文做题 不同点：选词填空要先判断词性，而完型填空不用判断词性，4个待选项词性基本一致。 解题步骤 1）阅读选项，词性分类 仍然要“先题后文在定位”，但这里“先题”不是要找关键词，而是要先对15个选项“辨性” 仔细阅读选项，根据词性把每个单词进行分类归纳。如名词、动词、形容词、副词、介词、连词各有几个选项。动词归类要细分为v，ved, ving。因为一个空可以填动词，但填原形还是过去式还是ing形式要自己根据语法判断。 2）细读首句，抓住中心 首先要抓住文章首句，迅速找到文章的主题词或主题。和完型填空一样，一般文章第一句不设空格，以便让读者知道本文的相关主题词或主题。 3）瞻前顾后，谨慎选择 根据文章前后的语法关系判断应填入的词性，大大缩小选择范围。当一个空可以填入好几个相同词性的词时，则根据上下文逻辑意义；如果均能说得通时，要注意近义辨析。或留到最
后，等范围缩小到最小时再轻松收尾。即传统阅读所说的，首遍不行无所谓，文章看完再收尾。 解题技巧 1）首先要辨性（辨别词性） a. 不认识的单词看词缀（见后面附表） b. 认识的单词要注意词性的单一性和多样性 比如：must，most均可做名词do the most you can c. 动词归类要细分为v，ved, ving。因为一个空可以填动词，但填原形还是过去式还是ing 形式要自己根据语法判断。甚至动词分词形式还可以做定语。 2）一个单词有多个词性时，要在不同分类中都标出。 3）如果选项中出现一组近义词或反义词时，往往有一个是干扰选项，它注重考察的是词汇的精确理解，要求考生分析清楚其细微的区别。 4）如何判断原文空缺处所需单词的词性： ①动词： a）前后都是名词短语，中间一般为动词（时态看前后文）。 b) 一个句子有且只有一个谓语动词 c）一个完整的句子之后再跟逗号，后面一般是非谓语动词短语。 ②名词： a. 名词主要做主语、宾语。
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are requested to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
Once the world embraced the automobile, the days of depending on horses, bicycles, ferries, and trains quickly slipped into the past. People were __47__ with the speed of the automobile but they were also enjoying the personal freedom that the automobile gave them. Owning a car gave people the freedom to go anyplace a road __48__. This allowed people to and at their own __49__. This independence gave the car a popular edge over buses and trains. The popularity of the automobile made it the __50__ of the transportation system. The automobile changed our lives when it created a giant industry that offered more and more jobs. The automobile made it possible for people to live in areas __51__ from their work place. This caused cities to grow and made suburban living more convenient. Of course, with more places to go, more __52__ roads had to be built. The automobile caused a __53__ effect. Jobs increased, industries grew, new industries developed, and cities appeared. Today the automobile industry continues to offer many __54__. Jobs are plentiful in this industry and improvements continue to be made to the automobile with new technologies. We have come a long way from that first __55__ carriage because of the cooperative efforts of many people in the last century. It will be interesting to see what the future holds for the automobile. We have already seen signs of the use of solar energy in this area. As long as man has a brain, the future of the automobile is __56__. A) backbone F) enjoyed K) definite B) infinite G) horseless L) developed C) further H) developing M) farther D) background I) opportunities N) impressed E) led J) snowball O) pace （2） A college education is an investment in the future. But it can be a 47 one. The College Board 48 that the costs at a four-year public college in the United States increased 10% this past school year. That was less than the 13% increase the year before, but still much higher than the inflation 49 Public colleges and universities still cost a lot less than private ones. Financial aid often helps. But financial experts 50 parents to start college savings plans when their child is Still very young. All fifty states and the District of Columbia 51 what are called 5-29 plans. These plans are named after the part of the federal tax law that created them in 1996. States use private investment companies to operate the 52 of the programs. Every state has its own rules 53 5-29 plans. Some of the plans are 54 of state taxes. And all are not required to pay federal taxes. However, the government could start to tax withdrawals in 2011 if Congress does not change the law. 5-29 plans include investment accounts that increase or decrease in value with the investments they contain. Families must decide how 55 they want to put money into stocks, or other investments. Another kind of 5-29 plan lets parents begin to pay for their child’s education in 56 and long before their child starts college. This kind of savings program is called a prepaid tuition plan. The money goes into an account A) aggressively F) consumes K) free B) estimates G) costly L) majority C) offer H) decline M) advance D) automatically I) advise N) governing E) rate J) capable O) general
2016年12月英语四级选词填空真题及答案 第一套 PARTⅢ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select oneword for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Many men and women have long bought into the idea that there are “male”and“female”brains,believing that explains just about every difference between the sexes.A new study 26 that belief, questioning whether brains really can be distinguished by gender. In the study, Tel Aviv University researchers 27 for sex differences throughout the entire human brain
选词填空技巧汇总 大学英语四级考试的阅读部分，除了传统的两篇仔细阅读和一篇快速阅读，还有一种让考生普遍头痛的考法：选词填空。 选词填空的考察形式是：一篇280词左右的文章，文章中挖出10个空，并统一给出A-O15个备选答案。 选词填空区别于完形填空，有更大的解题难度，原因在于： 1. 完形填空每题都是四选一，选词填空第一题要十五选一，就算用到排除法，最后一题也要六选一，而且在十五个选项中还有五个根本不会用到，难度加大； 2. 完形填空每题的四个选项都是统一的词性，只需要辨析词义、搭配就基本可以作答，而选词填空的十五个选项有多个词性，解题时需要同时判断词性和词义，难度加大； 3. 完形填空每题的四个选项往往都是统一时态，统一形式，而在选词填空中会涉及选项的动词时态、第三人称单数形式、被动主动语态，名词的单复数等的辨析，难度加大。 因此，针对选词填空的解题方法分为三步： 1. 预览选项，了解词义并把选项分为四大类词性：名词n，动词v，形容词a，副词ad，在每个选项后作词性的简要标记； 2. 精读全文开头，把握文章主题，并以三个空或一个段落为一个单位，利用前后文判断每空的词性； 3. 把对应词性的选项逐一带回原文，含义通顺，时态、主谓搭配一致的为正确选项。 四级考试的常用后缀在判断选项词性时可以有一定帮助作用： 常见名词后缀： -ability usability, capability -ibility visibility, responsibility, stability -age package, shortage, marriage -ance importance, allowance, reliance -ence presence, absence, confidence -ant assistant, accountant, inhabitant -ent president, resident, dependent
最新英语四级选词填空练习题和答案 Americans are proud of their variety and individualty, yet they love and respect few things more than a uniform. Why are uniforms so __1__ in the United States? Among the arguments for uniforms, one of the first is that in the eyes of most people they look more __2__ than civilian(百姓的) clothes. People have become conditioned to __3__ superior quality from a man who wears a uniform. The television repairman who wears a uniform tends to __4__ more trust than one who appears in civilian clothes. Faith in the __5__ of a garage mechanic is increased by a uniform. What an easier way is there for a nurse, a policeman, a barber, or a waiter to __6__ professional identity(身份) than to step out of uniform? Uniforms also have many __7__ benefits. They save on other clothes. They save on laundry bills. They are often more comfortable and more durable than civilian clothes. Primary among the arguments against uniforms is their lack of variety and the consequent loss of __8__ experienced by
Reading comprehension Section A(2019.6 .1) The center of American automobile innovation has in the past decade moved 2,000 miles away. It has 26____ from Detroit to Silicon Valley, where self-driving vehicles are coming to life. In a 27_________ to take production back to Detroit, Michigan lawmakers have introduced 28___________ that could make their state the best place in the country, if not the world, to develop self-driving vehicles and put them on the road. “Michigan's 29__________ in auto research an d development is under attack from several states and countries which desire to 30_______ our leadership in transportation. We can't let that happen,” says Senator Mike Kowall, the lead 31__________ of four bills recently introduced. If all four bills pass as written, they would 32__________ a substantial update of Michigan's 2013 law that allowed the testing of self-driving vehicles in limited conditions. Manufacturers would have nearly total freedom to test their self-driving technology on public roads. They would be allowed to send groups of self-driving cars on cross-state road trips, and even set up on-demand 33__________ of self-driving cars, like the one General Motors and Lyft are building. Lawmakers in Michigan clearly want to make the state ready for the commercial application of self-driving technology. In 34____________, California, home of Silicon Valley, recently proposed far more 35 rules that would require human drivers be ready to take the wheel, and ban commercial use of self-driving technology. Section B(2019.6.2) Just because they can't sing opera or ride a bicycle doesn't mean that animals don't have culture. There's no better example of this than killer whales. As one of the most 26___________ predators (食肉动物), killer whales may not fit the 27_________ of a cultured creature. However, these beasts of the sea do display a vast range of highly 28________ behaviors that appear to be driving their genetic development. The word “culture” comes from the Latin “colere,” which 29___________ means “to cultivate.” In other words, it refers to anything that is 30__________ or learnt, rather than instinctive or natural. Among human populations, culture not only affects the way we live, but also writes itself into our genes, affecting who we are. For instance, having spent many generations hunting the fat marine mammals of the Arctic, the Eskimos of Greenland have developed certain genetic 31________ that help them digest and utilize this fat-rich diet, thereby allowing them to 32_________ in their cold climate.
最新2017年英语四级选词填空练习题附答案2017年英语四级选词填空练习题 After the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 1994, earthquake scientists had good news to report: The damage and death toll(死亡人数) could have been much worse. More than 60 people died in this earthquake. By comparison, and earthquake of similar __1__ that shook America in 1998 claimed 25,000 victims. Injuries and deaths were __2__ less in Los Angeles because the quake occurred at 4:31 a.m. On a holiday, when traffic was light on the city's highway. In addition, __3__ made to the construction codes in Los Angeles during the last 20 years have strengthened the city's buildings and highways, making them more __4__ to quakes. In the past, making structures quake-resist-ant meant firm yet __5__ materials, such as steel and wood, that bend without breaking. Later, people tried to lift a building off its foundation, and insert rubber and steel between the building and its
There is a popular belief among parents that schools are no longer interested inspelling .No school I have taught in has ever _____ spelling or considered it unimportantas a basic skill. There are, however , vastly different ideas about how to teach it , or howmuch _____ it must be given over general language development and writing ability. Theproblem is , how to encourage a child to express himself freely and _____ in writing without holding him back with the complexities of spelling?If spelling become th e only focal point of his teacher’s interest, clearly a __4__child will be likely to “play safe”. He will tend to write only words within his spelling range,choosing to avoid __5__ language. That’s why teachers often __6__ the early use ofdictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability.I was once shocked to read on the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing abouta personal experience ：“ This work is __7__ !There are far too many spelling errors andyour writing is illegible( 难以辨认的).” It may have been a sharP__8__ of the pupil’stechnical abilities in writing, but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had omittedto read the ess ay, which __9__ some beautiful expressions of the child’s deePfeelings.The teacher was not wrong to draw attention to the errors, but if his priorities had centredon the child’s ideas, an expression of his disappointment with the presentation would havegiven the pupil more __10__ to seek improvement. A)priority B)criticism C)contained D)clearlyE)adventurous F ）discourage G)motivation H)terribleI)ignored J)difficult K)encourage L)expressedM)confidently N)bright O)motive L)expressed Answers: 1. 选I ）。由该句中的has 可知，此处应填动词过去式，且表达的含义应和后面的consider…unimportant 相近，故应排除contained 和expressed而选择ignored 。 2. 选A ）。此处应填名词，但能与后面over 构成固定搭配的名词只有priority ，故排除了criticism 和motivation 。 3. 选M). 由空格前面的and 可知，此处应填副词和freely 并列。从句意来理解，在没有拼写困难的情况下，怎样鼓励学生自由且…… 地表达自己，选项中只有confidently “自信地“符合题意。 4. 选N ）。很明显这里应填形容词，选项中terrible ，difficult 后接事物名词something ，只有adventurous 和bright 可用来形容somebody （child )，再由后面的play safe“不冒险”，可排除adventurous而选择bright。 5. 选E ）。由前一句中的be likely to “ play safe ”和空格前的avoid可以推知，此处所填词的意思应与play safe表达的意思相反，故选项中只有adventurous符合题意。 6. 选K ）。很明显此处应填动词的一般现在时，可选项有encourage和persuade 。由That’s why 知本句与前一句构成因果关系，而前一句说的是学生往往会用他们拼写范围内的词写文章，从而选择避免用那些不会的词，故由此可推知此句应理解为老师鼓励学生用字典，因此排除persuade 而选encourage。 7. 选H ）。此处应填形容词。由空格后面的too many spelling errors和illegible可知，这篇文章是写的很糟，而不是很难理解。故排除difficult而选terrible。 8. 选B ）。此处应填名词。由后半句中 a sad reflection on the teacher可知，前半句是在指责学生，故选项中只有criticism符合题意。 9. 选C ）。此处填动词过去式，本句中由which 引导的从句是对essay的解释，剩余选项中contained 和expressed ，根据句意，文章…… 儿童内心感受的一些好的表达，
2011年6月大学英语四级真题 Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage. The popular notion that older people need less sleep than younger adults is a myth, scientists said yesterday. While elderly people __47__ to sleep for fewer hours than they did when they were younger, this has a(n) __48__ effect on their brain's performance and they would benefit from getting more, according to research. Sean Drummond, a. psychiatrist (心理医生) at the University of California, San Diego, said older people are more likely to suffer from broken sleep, while younger people are better at sleeping __49__ straight through the night. More sleep in old age, however, is __50__ with better health, and most older people would feel better and more __51__ if they slept for longer periods, he said. ―The ability to sleep in one chunk (整块时间) overnight goes down as we age but the amount of sleep we need to __52__ well does not change,‖ Dr Drummond told the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in San Diego. ―It's __53__ a myth that older people need less sleep. The more healthy an older adult is, the more they sleep like they did when they were __54__. Our data suggests that older adults would benefit from __55__ to get as much sleep as they did in their 30s. That's __56__ from person to person, but the amount of sleep we had at 35 is probably the same amount as we need at 75.‖ 答案Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in depth) 47 N tend 48 L negative 49 H efficiently 50 B associated 51 A alert 52 J function/ 53 F definitely 54 O younger 55 E continuing56 G different 文章大意：本文主要讲述的是关于老年人睡眠的问题：是否老年人与年轻人相比只需要较少的睡眠时间？ 2010年12月英语四级考试真题 Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage. What determines the kind of person you are? What factors make you more or less bold, intelligent, or able to read a map? All of these are influenced by the interaction of your genes and the environment in which you were 47 . The study of how genes and environment interact to influence 48 activity is known as behavioral genetics. Behavioral genetics has made important 49 to the biological revolution, providing information about the extent to which biology
大学英语四级选词填空练习（二十七） Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe. I had been abroad a couple of times, but I could hardly __1__ to know my way around the continent. Moreover, my knowledge of foreign languages was __2__ to a little college French. I hesitated. How would I, unable to speak the language, __3__ unfamiliar with local geography or transportation systems, set up __4__ and do research? It seemed impossible, and with considerable __5__ I sat down to write a letter begging off. Halfway through, a thought ran through my mind: you can't learn if you don't try. So I accepted the assignment. There were some bad __6__. But by the time I had finished the trip I was an experienced traveler. And ever since, I have never hesitated to head for even the most remote of places, without guides or even __7__ bookings, confident that somehow I will manage. The point is that the new, the different, is almost by definition __8__. But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning piles up, the world opens to you. I've learned to ski at 40, and flown up the Rhine River in a __9__. And I know I'll go on doing such things. It's not because I'm braver or more daring than others. I'm not. But I'll accept anxiety as another name for challenge and I believe I can __10__ wonders. [A] accomplish [B] advanced [C] balloon [D] claim [E] constantly [F] declare [G] interviews [H] limited [I] manufacture [J] moments
2012—2014年英语四级真题及答案 1. 选词填空 2014年12月 Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A For decades, Americans have taken for granted the XXXX development of new technologies. The innovations(创新)XXXX opment during World War II and afterwards were(36)_____ to the prosperity of the nation in the second half of the 20th century. Those innovations, upon which virtually all aspects of(37)_____ society now depend, were possible because the United States then(38)_____ the world in mathematics and science education. Today, however, despite increasing demand for workers with strong skills in mathematics and science, the(39)_____ of degrees awarded in science, math, and engineering are decreasing. The deeling in degree production in what are called the STEM disciplines(science, technology, engineering, and math.)seems to be(40)_____related to the comparatively weak performance by U.S. schoolchildren on international assessments of math and science. Many students entering college have weak skills in mathematics. According to the 2005 report of the Business Higher Education Forum, 22 percent of college freshmen must take remediat(补习的)math(41)_____, and less than half of the students who plan to major in science or engineering(42)_____complete a major in those fields.