英语四级选词填空练习题(1)
What is it about Americans and food? We love to eat, but we feel _ 1 _ about it afterward. We say we want only the best, but we strangely enjoy junk food. We're 2 with health and weight loss but face an unprecedented epidemic of obesity(肥胖). Perhaps the 3 to this ambivalence(矛盾情结) lies in our history. The first Europeans came to this continent searching for new spices but went in vain. The first cash crop(经济作物) wasn’t eaten but smoked. Then there was Prohibition, intended to prohibit drinking but actually encouraging more 4 ways of doing it.
The immigrant experience, too, has been one of inharmony. Do as Romans do means eating what “real Americans”eat, but our nation’s food has come to be 5 by imports—pizza, say, or hot dogs. And some of the country’s most treasured cooking comes from people who arrived here in shackles.
Perhaps it should come as no surprise then that food has been a medium for the nation’s defining struggles, whether at the Boston Tea Party or the sit-ins at southern lunch counters. It is integral to our concepts of health and even morality whether one refrains from alcohol for religious reasons or evades meat for political 6 .
But strong opinions have not brought 7 . Americans are ambivalent about what they put in their mouths. We have become 8 of our foods, especially as we learn more about what they contain.
The 9 in food is still prosperous in the American consciousness. It's no coincidence, then, that the first Thanksgiving holds the American imagination in such bondage(束缚). It's what we eat—and how we 10 it with friends, family, and strangers—that help define America as a community today.
A. answer
B. result
C. share
D. guilty
E. constant
F. defined
G. vanish
H. adapted
I. creative
J. belief
K. suspicious
L. certainty
M. obsessed
N. identify
O. ideals
答案详解：
1. D feel是一个系动词，可以判断此处应填入一个形容词，通过上下文意思，以及后面介词about, 可以确定选项为D项guilty, 短语feel guilty about sth. "对……感到有愧"。全句的意思为"我们很爱吃，但是往往在吃完之后又有负罪感"。
2. M be obsessed with 为固定搭配，原意为"被……附上/缠住/迷住心窍"，放在本句表示"十分重视"。全句的意思为"我们很关心健康和减肥，但肥胖却又空前地在蔓延"。
3. A 本句缺一个名词作主语，并且根据和介词to的搭配，可以推断出正确选项answer.
4. I 本句根据more和ways可以判断出需要填入一个形容词构成比较级，根据上下文，表示"旨在禁止酗酒的禁酒令，却激发了更多新奇的方法来酗酒"，可以确定I为正确选项。
5. F 本题较难。根据be 和by 确定应填入一个过去分词。再根据上下文，上文表示"应该吃典型的美国人吃的食物"，下文通过but 转折，表示实际上"美国的食物已经被诸如比萨和热狗这样的舶来品所诠释了"，因此可以确定F为正确选项。
6. B 政治结果，可根据原因religious reasons来推断此处填政治结果。
7. L 由于横线后面没有宾语，可以确定不是形成bring的短语，这样本句所缺的为一名词，做bring的宾语。根据下文解释，"美国人对他们所吃的食物的态度是矛盾的"，可以推出本句意义为"坚定的观点也不是确定不变的"。因此可以确定L为正确选项。
8. K 系动词become后应填入一个形容词，和后面介词of形成短语be/become suspicious of "对……感到怀疑"。
9. J 本句缺一个名词作主语，并且根据和介词in的搭配，可以推断出正确选项belief，(have)belief in sth." 相信……"。
10. C 本句是一般现在时，缺一个动词，且和with 搭配，确定选项为share, share sth. with sb., "与某人分享某事"。
英语四级选词填空练习题(2)
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 foundation to __6__ the impact of ground vibrations. The most __7__ designs give buildings brains as well as concrete and steel supports, called smart buildings, the structures respond like living organisms to an earthquake's vibrations. When ground shakes and the building tips forward, the computer would __8__ the building to shift in the opposite direction. The new designs should offer even greater __9__ to cities where earthquakes ofen take place.
The new smart structures could be very __10__ to build. However, they would save many lives and would be less likely to be damaged during earthquakes.
[A]changes
[B]flexible
[C]decrease
[D]recent
[E]push
[F]reduce
[G]relatively
[H]safety
[I]resistant
[J]expensive
[K]force
[L]accordingly
[M]intensity
[N]security
[O]opposed
答案解析：
1. 选M)。此处应填名词，作介词of的宾语，作为后置定语修饰earthquake，说明该名词是"地震"的自然属性。选项中的名词有changes，safety，intensity和security，只有intensity 可以表示地震的强度，故选M)。
2. 选G)。此处应填副词，用来修饰形容词less。选项中的副词有relatively"相对的"和accordingly"相应的"，第一段说这次地震和1998年的那次地震程度一样，但造成的损失却小很多，再从后句中"高速路上的车辆不是很多"可以推断：这次的地震造成的"死伤人数"与1998 年比少很多，即少是相对的，故选G)relatively。
3. 选A)。空格中要填的词是本句话中的主语，应为名词。这句话的主干是have strengthened the city's buildings and highways,从第三段的容和注释3的解析可知：建筑结构发生了变化，故应选择A)changes。
4. 选I)。此处应填形容词，和其前面的more构成形容词的比较级，描述新型建筑与地震有关的性能。them = the city's buildings and highways, have strengthened "被加固"说明他们更有抵御风险的能力了。选项中的四个形容词只有resistant符合这个意思，故选I)。
5. 选B)。此处应填形容词，修饰名词materials。从后面的...bent without breaking "即使弯曲也不会折断"，说明是有韧性的材料。选项中的四个形容词只有flexible表示"柔韧的，可变形的"，故B)正确。
6.选F)。此处应填名词。根据上下文insert rubber and steel between the building and its foundation"在建筑物和地基之间填充橡胶和钢材"是为了减少the impact of ground vibrations"地面震动对建筑物的影响"。选项中decrease和reduce都可以表示"减少"的意思，前者指稳定的逐步地减少，后者强调在大小、程度或强度方面下降或减少。故F)reduce更符合题意。
7. 选D)。根据注释3，可以推知，这里要填的词是和前面的In the past, Laer相对应的，选项中的形容词中只有recent可表示时间，the most recent desighs"最近的设计"，在原文中可以对应"过去，后来"，故D)为正确答案。
8. 选K)。前面提到了智能建筑，这里说明当地震使这样的建筑向前倒的时候，电脑会怎样它，使它相反方向移动。在动词push和force之间悬着。push强调的是外加的力量，而这里的拖力者是与智能建筑一体的计算机系统，故这里force符合文意。
9. 选N)。此后应填名词，做动词offer的宾语。本句前面一直在描述新型建筑采取的抗震措施，本句是这些措施的结果。抗震型建筑为城市提供的应该是更多的安全保障，选项中表示"安全"的词有safety和security，前者是处于安全状态，不受伤害，没有危险，多用于人身，货物。后者常指国家社会的免遭战争，灾难而安然无恙，故N)security更符合文意。
10. 选J)。此处应填形容词。从后面的However后的一句说明智能建筑的优点而得知，However前所说的是智能建筑的缺点。既然智能建筑很聪明，又是新事物，那么建造起来肯定会耗费很多资金的，所以选J)expensive。
英语四级选词填空练习题(3)
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 1 you money or can add to the cost. Take the 2 example of a hairdryer. If you are buying a hairdryer, you might think that you are making the 3 buy if you choose one whose look you like and which is also the cheapest 4 price. But when you get it home you may find that it takes twice as long as a more expensive 5 to dry your hair.The cost of the electricity plus the cost of your time could well make your hairdryer the most expensive one of all.
So what principles should you 6 when you go out shopping? If you keep your home, your car or any valuable 7 in excellent condition, you'll be saving money in the long run. Before you buy a new 8 , 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 9 , or a service, do check the price and what is on offer. If possible, choose 10 three items or three estimates.
[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
答案解析：
1.【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。
2.【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。
3.【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。
4.【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。
5.【解析】[K]model 意为"样式，型"。当你把它买回家，你才发现它要花两倍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。
6.【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。
7.【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。
8.【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。
9.【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。
10.【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。
英语四级选词填空练习题(4)