专业英语四级完型填空、语法与词汇模拟题26
Women drivers are more likely to be involved in an accident, according to scientists. Researchers 1 6.5 million car crashes and found a higher than expected number of accidents between two female drivers. They also discovered that women have a 2 time negotiating crossroads, T-junctions and slip roads. The results are even more 3 given that men spend more time 4 than women. On average, men drive 60 percent of the time, and women 40 percent. Michael Sivak, of the University of Michigan, said: "The results 5 that in certain crash situations, male-to-male crashes tend to be under- represented and 6 crashes tend to be
over-represented. "
Dr. Sivak and his colleague Brandon Schoettle studied data from a nationally 7 sample of police-reported crashes in the US from 1988 to 2007. They 8 to fend that accidents involving two male drivers would make up 36.2 percent of all crashes, while female-female accidents would 9 15.8 percent and male-female 48 percent. 10 , they discovered that accidents involving two women drivers were 20.5 percent, while male-male crashes were 11 at 31.9 percent. Accidents involving male and female drivers 12 at 47.6 percent, as expected.
The scientists also found that women were more likely than men to crash at a(n) 13 , and their cars were often 14 on the left- hand side when trying to make a 15 turn, and vice versa. Dr. Sivak said this 16 be due to height difference 17 the sexes.
He said:" There are three 18 driver- related factors, including the 19 of being at the wrong place at the wrong time, one's own driving skills and the driving skills of 20 driver involved. "1.
A.looked up
B.looked at
C.looked in
D.looked on
答案：B
[解答] 动词短语辨析题。B：looked at“检查，查看”符合此处句意，故为正确选项。A：looked up“(在
A.rash
B.harsh
C.rough
D.tough
答案：D
[解答] 形容词辨析题。D：tough“困难的，费力的”，此处构成have a tough time doing sth. 结构，意为。“做某事很困难”，故为正确答案。A：rash“鲁莽的，轻率的”、B：harsh“恶劣的，残酷的”和C：rough “粗糙的，无礼的”均可排除。
3.
A.interesting
B.surprising
C.rewarding
D.conflicting
答案：B
[解答] 形容词辨析题。联系上下文，女性驾车时间少于男性，但交通事故却比预料的多，因此结果应该是令人吃惊的，所以B：surprising为正确选项。A：interesting“有趣的”、C：rewarding“有益的；有意义的”和D：conflicting“冲突的，矛盾的”都不符合文意，故排除。
4.
A.behind the wheel
B.on the wheel
C.in the car
D.with the car
答案：A
[解答] 固定搭配题。A：behind the wheel是固定搭配，意为“驾驶；操舵”，符合文意，故为正确答案。
5.
A.verify
B.confirm
C.indicate
D.dictate
[解答] 动词辨析题。C：indicate“表示，显示”和此处主语results搭配符合句意，故为正确答案。A：verify“证明，核实”、B：confirm“确定，确认”和D：dictate“口述；命令”均不符合文意，故排除。
6.
A.female-to-male
B.female-to-female
C.male-to-female
D.females-to-males
答案：B
[解答] 语篇理解题。根据上下文分析，前半句是说男司机之间的事故，因此此处的相撞事故应该是在女司机之间发生的，和male-to-male相对应的只有B：female-to-female，其他选项均可以排除。
7.
A.characteristic
B.illustrative
C.representative
D.reflective
答案：C
[解答] 形容词辨析题。C：representative“有代表性的，典型的”，在此处修饰sample“实例，范例”，符合文意，故为正确答案。A：characteristic“特有的，独特的”、B：illustrative“作为例证的，实例的”以及D：reflective“反省的，深思熟虑的”均不符合文意，故排除。
8.
A.had expected
B.expect
C.expected
D.have expected
答案：A
[解答] 语法题。此处是说研究人员在看到结果前的预期，因此是“过去的过去”，应使用过去完成时，A：had expected是正确答案，其他三项皆可排除。
9.
A.make for
B.account for
