新东方英语四级完形填空模拟试题 (10)

（完整版）英语专业四级完形填空汇总练习题附答案）⼀四级英语每⽇练习Passage 1It is well known that teenage boys tend to do better 1)______ math than girls, that male high school students are more likely than their female counterparts 2)______ advanced math courses like calculus, that virtually all the great mathematicians3)______ men. Are women born with 4)______ mathematical ability? Or does society's sexism slow their progress? In 1980, two Johns Hopkins University researchers tried 5)______ the eternal nature/nurture debate. Julian Stanley and Camilla Benbow 6)______ 10,000 talented seventh and eighth graders between 1972 and 1979. Using the Scholastic Aptitude Test, in which math questions are meant to measure ability rather than knowledge, they discovered 7)______ sex differences.8)______ the verbal abilities of the males and females 9)______ differed, twice as many boys as girls scored over 500 (on a scale of 200 to 800) on mathematical ability; at the 700 level, the ratio was 14 to 1. The conclusion: males have 10)______ superior mathematical reasoning ability.Benbow and Stanley's findings, 11)______ were published in "Science", disturbed some men and 12)______ women. Now there is comfort for those people in a new study from the University of Chicago that suggests math 13)______ not, after all, a natural male domain. Prof. Zalman Usiskin studied 1,366 tenth graders. They were selected from geometry classes and tested on their ability to solve geometry proofs, a subject requiring 14)______ abstract reasoning and spatial ability. Theconclusion 15)______ by Usiskin: there are no sex differences in math ability.1. A. at B. to C. of D. about2. A. in tackling B. tackling C. to tackle D. about tackling3. A. might be B. have been C. must be D. had been4. A. smaller B. less C. fewer D. not more5. A. to settle B. to set C. settling D. setting6. A. were tested B. have tested C. were testing D. had tested7. A. distinct B. instinct C. remote D. vague8. A. Since B. However C. As D. While9. A. scarcely not B. virtually C. largely D. hardly10. A. superficially B. universally C. inherently D. initially11. A. as B. that C. which D. all12. A. few B. not a few C. not few D. quite few13. A. be B. were C. was D. is14. A. none of B. neither of C. either D. both15. A. got B. gained C. reached D. accomplishedPassage 2We all know that a magician does not really depend on "magic" to perform his tricks, but on his ability to act at great speed.16)______, this does not prevent us from enjoying watching a magician 17)______rabbits from a hat. 18)______ the greatest magician of all time was Harry Houdini who died in 1926. Houdini mastered the art of 19)______. He could free himself from the tight test knots or the most complicated locks in seconds. 20)______ no one really knows how he did this, there is no doubt 21)______ he had made a close study of every type of lock ever invented. He liked to carry a small steel needle like tool strapped to his leg and he used this inplace of a key.probably hidden his "needle" in a wax like 25)______ and dropped it on the floor in the passage. 26)______ he went past, he stepped on it so that it stuck to the bottom of his foot. His most famous escape, however, was 27)______ astonishing. He was heavily chained up and enclosed in an empty wooden chest, the lid of 28)______ was nailed down. The 29)______ was dropped into the sea in New York harbor. In one minute Houdini had swum to the surface. When the chest was 30)______, it was opened and the chains were found inside.16. A. Generally B. However C. Possibly D. Likewise17. A. to produce B. who produces C. produce D. how to produce18. A. Out of the question B. Though C. Probably D. Undoubted19. A. escaping B. locking C. opening D. dropping20. A. Surprisingly B. Obviously C. Perhaps D. Although21. A. if B. whether C. as to D. that22. A. involved B. closed C. connected D. bound23. A. at B. by C. in D. for24. A. rid B. charged C. accused D. deprived25. A. candle B. mud C. something D. substance26. A. As B. Usually C. Maybe D. Then27. A. overall B. all but C. no longer D. altogether28. A. it B. which C. that D. him29. A. chest B. body C. lid D. chain30. A. brought up B. sunk C. broken apart D. snapped⼆Passage 3Who won the World cup 1998 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play?31)______ an event takes place, newspapers are on the streets giving the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reporters are on the spot to gather the news. Newspapers have one basic 32)______, to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to 33)______ it. Radio, telegraph, television, and 34)______ inventions brought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication.35)______, this competition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly make use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the 36)______ and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are37)______ and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out into many other fields. Besides keeping readers 38)______ of the latest news, today's newspapers educate and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers' economic choices 39)______ advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very 40)______. Newspapers are sold at a price that 41)______ even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main 42)______ of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The success in selling advertising depends on a newspaper's value to advertisers. This 43)______ in terms of circulation. How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends somewhat on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment 44)______ in a newspaper's pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper's value to readers as source of information 45)______ the community, city, country, state, nation and world and even outer space.31. A. Just when B. While C. Soon after D. Before32. A. reason B. cause C. problem D. purpose33. A. make B. publish C. know D.A. anotherB. otherC. one anotherD. the other35.A. HoweverB. AndC. ThereforeD. So36.A. valueB. ratioC. rateD. speed37.A. spreadB. passedC. printedD. completed38.A. informB. be informedC. to be informedD. informed39.A. onB. throughC. withD. of40.A. formsB. existenceC. contentsA. tries to coverB. manages to coverC. fails to coverD. succeeds in42.A. sourceB. originC. courseD. finance43.A. measuresB. measuredC. is measuredD. was measured44.A. offeringB. offeredC. which offeredD. to be offered45.A. byB. withC. atD. aboutPassage 4The United States is well known for its network of major highways designed to help a driver get from one place to another in the shortest possible time. 46)______ these wide modern roads are generally 47)______ and well maintained, with48)______ sharp curves and straight sections, a direct route is not always the most 49)______ one. Large highways often pass 50)______ scenic areas and interesting small towns. Furthermore, these highways generally 51)______ large urban centers, which means that they become crowded with 52)______ traffic during rush hours, 53)______ the "fast, direct" route becomes a very slow route.However, there is almost always another route to take 54)______ you are not in a hurry. Not far from the 55)______ new "superhighways", there are often older, 56)______ heavily traveled roads which go through the countryside. 57)______ of these are good two lane roads; others are unevenroads curving through the country. These secondary routes may go up steep slopes, along high 58)______, or down frightening hillside to towns 59)______ in deep valleys. Through these less direct routes, longer and slower, they generally go to places 60)______the air is clean and scenery is beautiful, and the driver may have a chance to get a fresh, clean view of the world.C. BecauseD. Therefore47.A. stableB. splendidC. smoothD. complicated48.A. littleB. fewC. muchD. many49.A. terribleB. possibleC. enjoyableD. profitable50.A. toB. intoC. overD. by51.A. leadB. connectC. collectD. communicate52.A. largeB. fastC. highD. heavy54.A. unlessB. ifC. asD. since55.A. relativelyB. regularlyC. respectivelyD. reasonably56.A. andB. lessC. moreD. or57.A. AllB. SeveralC. LotsD. Some58.A. rocksB. cliffsC. roadsD. paths59.A. lyingB. layingC. laidD. liedPassage 5Early Tudor England was to a large extent self-sufficient. Practically all the necessities of life -- food, clothing, fuel and housing -- were produced from native resources by native effort, and it was to 61)______ these primary needs that the great mass of the population labored 62)______ its daily tasks. Production was for the most part organized in innumerable small units. In the country the farm, the hamlet and the village lived on 63)______ they could grow or make for themselves, and 64) ______ the sale of any surplus in the local market town, 65)______ in the towns craftsmen applied themselves to their one-man business, making the boots and shoes, the caps and the cloaks, the 66)______ and harness of townsmen and countrymen 67)______. Once a week town and country would meet to make 68)______ at a market which came 69) ______ realizing the medieval idea of direct contact between producer and 70) ______. This was the traditional economy, which was hardly altered for some centuries, and which set the 71) ______ of work and the standard of life of perhaps nice out of 72)______ ten English men and women. The work was long and 73)______, and the standard of life achieved was almost 74)______ low. Most Englishmen lied by a diet which was often 75)______ and always monotonous, wore coarse and ill-fitting clothes which harbored dirt undermine, and lived in holes whose squalor would affront the modern slum dweller.61.A. settleB. answerC. satisfyD. fill62.A. atB. inC. onD. with63.A. whichB. whatC. whetherD. where64.A. withB. byC. onD. for65.A. althoughB. apparatusC. equipmentD. implement67.A. similarB. skinC. likeD. alike68.A. exchangeB. bargainC. dealingD. ride69.A. close atB. adjacent toC. near toD. near-by70.A. consumerB. buyerC. userD. shopper71.A. modelB. formC. patternD. method72.A. everyA. cruelB. hardC. ruthlessD. severe74.A. unimaginativelyB. unimaginablyC. imaginarilyD. unimaginedly75.A. weakB. littleC. meagerD. sparsePassage 6Unlike most sports, which evolved over time from street games, basketball was designed by one man to suit a particular purpose. The man was Dr. James Naismith, and his purpose was to invent a vigorous game that could be played indoors in the winter.In 1891, Naismith was an instructor at a training school, which trained physical education instructors for the YMCAs. That year the school was trying 76)______ up with a physical activity that the men could enjoy77)______ the football and baseball seasons. None of the standard indoor activities78)______ their interest for long. Naismith was asked to solve the problem by the school.He first tried to 79)______ some of the popular outdoor sports, but they were all too rough. The men were getting bruised form tackling each other and 80)______ hit with equipment. So, Naismith decided to invent a game that would incorporate the most common elements of outdoor team sports without having the real physical contact.Most popular sports used a ball, so he chose a soccer ball because it was soft and large enough that it 81)______ no equipment, such as a bat or a racket to hit it. Next he decided 82)______ an elevated goal, so that scoring world depend on skill and accuracy rather than on 83)______ only.His goals were two peach baskets, 84)______ to ten-foot-high balconies at each end of the gym. The basic 85)______ of the game was to throw the ball into the basket. Naismith worth rules for the game, 86)______ of which, though with some small changes, are still 87)______ effect.Basketball was an immediate success. The students 88)______ it to their friends and the new sport quickly 89)______ on. Today, basketball is one of the most popular games 90)______ the world.76.A. to have comeB. coming77.A. betweenB. duringC. whenD. for78.A. rousedB. heldC. hadD. were79.A. imitateB. adoptC. adaptD. renovate80.A. beingB. to beC. beenD. were81.A. requestedB. usedC. requiredD. took82.A. onB. toC. ofD. with83.A. powerB. strengthB. fixingC. that fixD. which fixed85.A. methodB. ruleC. wayD. idea86.A. fewB. muchC. manyD. little87.A. withB. inC. onD. for88.A. definedB. spreadC. taughtD. discussed89.A. wentB. tookC. putD. caught90.A. ofB. throughout4. B5. A6. D7. A8. D9. D10. C11. C12. B13. D14. D15. C16. B17. C18. C19. A20. D21. D22. D23. C24. C25. D26. A27. D28. B31. C32. D33. C34. B35. A41. C42. A43. C44. B45. D46. A47. C48. B49. C50. D51. B52. D53. A54. B55. A56. B57. D58. B59. A60. D61. C62. A63. B64. C65. B66. D69. C70. A71. C72. A78. B79. C80. A81. C82. A83. B84. A85. D86. C87. B88. C89. B90. BClozeDecide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Select the correct choice for each blank. Aesthetic thought of a distinctively modern bent emerged during the 18th century. The western philosophers and critics of this time devoted much attention to such matters (1)_____ natural beauty, the sublime, and representation -- a trend reflecting the central position they had given to the philosophy of nature. (2)_____ that time, however, the philosophy of art has become ever more (3)_____ and has begun to (4)_____ the philosophy of nature. Various issues (5)_____ to the philosophy of art have had a (6)_____ impact (7)_____ the orientation of 20th-century aesthetics. (8)_____ among these are problems relating to the theory of art as form and (9)_____ the distinction between representation and expression. Still another far-reaching question has to do with the value of art. Two opposing theoretical positions (10)_____ on this issue: one holds that art and its appreciation are a means to some recognized moral good, (11)_____ the other maintains that art is intrinsically valuable and is an end in itself. Underlying this whole issue is the concept of taste,one of the basic concerns of aesthetics. In recent years there has also been an increasing (12)_____ with art as the prime object of critical judgment. Corresponding to the trend in contemporary aesthetic thought, (13)_____ have followed(14)_____ of two approaches. In one, criticism is restricted to the analysis and interpretation of the work of art. (15)_____, it is devoted to articulating the response to the aesthetic object and to (16)_____ a particular way of perceiving it. Over the years, aesthetics has developed into a broad field of knowledge and inquiry. The concerns of contemporary aesthetics include such(17)_____ problems as the nature of style and its aesthetic significance; the relation of aesthetic judgment to culture; the(18)_____ of a history of art; the (19)_____ of Freudian psychology and other forms of psychological study to criticism; and the place of aesthetic judgment in practical (20)_____ in the conduct of everyday affairs.1.A. forB. asC. toD. with3.A. promotionalB. promissoryC. promiscuousD. prominent 4.A. plantB. supplantC. transplantD. replant5.A. centralB. concentratingC. focusingD. centering6.A. markingB. remarkingC. markedD. remarked7.A. onB. forC. inD. to8.A. ForebodyingB. ForemostC. ForethoughtfulD. Foregone10.A. have broughtB. have been broughtC. have takenD. have been taken11.A. whereasB. whereinC. whereonD. wherefore12.A. preoccupancyB. preoccupationC. premonitionD. preoption13.A. artistsB. writersC. criticsD. analysts14.A. allB. eitherC. neitherD. none15.A. In the other mannerB. In the other wayC. In anotherD. In the otherB. justifiedC. justifyingD. having justified17.A. diverseB. dividedC. divineD. dividual18.A. vicinityB. viabilityC. villainyD. visibility19.A. relianceB. reliabilityC. reliefD. relevancy20.A. reasonB. reasonablenessC. reasoningD. reasonability1. B2. A3. D4. B5. A6. C7. A8. B9. C10. D13. C14. B15. D16. C17. A18. B19. D20. CClozeDecide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Select the correct choice for each blank. Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment, has been continuously practiced by humans for some 20,000 years. Together with other activities (1)_____ ritualistic in origin but have come to be designated as artistic (such as music or dance), painting was one of the earliest ways in which man(2)_____ to express his own personality and his (3)_____ understanding of an existence beyond the material world.(4)_____ music and dance, however, examples of early forms of painting have survived to the present day. The modern eye can derive aesthetic as well as antiquarian satisfaction (5)_____ the 15,000-year-old cave murals of Lascaux -- some examples (6)_____ to the considerable powers of draftsmanship of these early artists. And painting, like other arts, exhibits universal qualities that (7)_____ for viewers of all nations and civilizations to understand and appreciate.The major (8)_____ examples of early painting anywhere in the world are found in Western Europe and the Soviet Union. But some 5,000 years ago, the areas in which important paintings were executed (9)_____ to the eastern Mediterranean Sea and neighboring regions. (10)_____, Western shared a European cultural tradition -- the Middle East and Mediterranean Basin and, later, the countries of the New World. Western painting is in general distinguished by its concentration (11)_____ the。

新东方四级模拟题201010答案范文听力原文作文题Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minute to write a short essay on the topic of Online Shopping. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given bellow:1. 越来越多的人喜欢网上购物；2. 也会带来一些问题；3. 我的看法。

作文范文Online ShoppingThere are an increasing number of college students who love going shopping online. They are in some sense getting addicted to online shopping for reasons of being convenient, time saving, cost efficient or good after-sale service. The products they purchase via the internet range from learning materials in relation to their study to the articles necessary in their daily lives.No doubt, there is a different side of online shopping as well. In the first place, many products bought this way may turn out to be of low quality, as against what is advertised on the web. In the second place, the shoppers may be cheated, getting nothing after paying a certain amount of money. Lastly, after-sale service may not be guaranteed, for some onlineshops may go bankruptcy or change hands.As for me, I think we should be careful with online shopping, just as the proverb goes: “Look before you leap”. In other words, one should make sure that the price of the product is reasonable and the quality is reliable in advance.试题答案1. B2. D3. A4. C5. C6. D7. D8. check his e-mails only twice a day 9. assess his workload 10. books 11. C 12. D 13. D 14.B 15. A 16. B 17.B 18. C 19. D 20. B21. A 22. B 23. C 24. A 25. D 26. D 27. C 28. B 29. B 30. D31. C 32. A 33. C 34. D 35. B 36. website 37. rarely 38. shorthand 39. independent 40. signifying 41. formula 42. Accompanied 43. readership44. Then an odd thing happened: people made fun of the prose, but they kept reading Pitchfork.45. Pitchfork’s re views of artists previously considered unknown or underground, began to act as stepping-stones to mainstream coverage.46. by 2005, they had performed on Saturday Night Live, been nominated for two Grammys47. M 48. I 49. B 50. K 51.L 52. E 53. F 54. H 55. C56. O 57. C 58. B 59. D 60. A 61. D 62. C 63. D 64. A65. B 66. B 67. A 68. B 69. B 70. D 71. D 72. C 73. A74. C 75. C 76. B 77. D 78. B 79. B 80. D 81. A 82. A83. A 84. C 85. D 86. B87. hard for him to catch up with his fellow students88. did the mobile phone I just bought cost me too much89. get used to working nonstop for a couple of hours90. should fail to work on his computer without power91. closely related to environmental degradation听力原文Section A11. M: Tracy, I missed Prof. Shoesmith’s class yesterday for some reasons I can’t tell you now. Could you tell me the assignments he gave us?W: No worries. Prof. Shoesmith was out for a conference and failed to give the lesson. He will not be available to make up for it till next Tuesday.Q: What can’t we infer from the dialogue?12. W: I’m awfully sorry I’m late again, but I got caught in a traffic jam;you know what transportation was like this time of day.M: Well, it appears that you have more traffic jams than other colleagues. It’s the fourth time you are late within two weeks.Q: What did the man try to indicate?13. W: Eric said that Tokyo is a great place for holding academic conferences.M: He’s certainly in a position to say that. After all, he’s been there qui te often.Q: What does the man consider Eric?14. W: Mr. Johnathon, I wonder whether it’s possible for me to take a vacation early next month. I want to have a chance to get together with my family members.M: Did you fill up a request form? It’s of nec essity to go through some formalities.Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?15. W: Since you have made so many business trips, you must have visited many cities all over the city.M: I wish I had, but besides many domestic cities, New York and London are the only two foreign cities I’ve ever been to.Q: What does the man mean?16. W: Would you please, Mr. Smith, tell me what do you feel about child labor?M: We are supposed to take care of them as young children.Q: What’s the man’s attitude towards child labor?17. M: That photo definitely highlights Bob’s hair color. How do you consider that?W: As a matter of fact, I think it makes his hair look messier than it really is. But, that’s what I really think about the picture.Q: What does the woman think of the photo?18. M: Did Iris go to the computer room with you yesterday? She told me she had to retrieve some important information to finish her term paper. W: Yes. But on usual occasions, even if she hadn’t had much homework to do, she would prefer staying in her dormitory to going anywhere else. Q: What does the woman imply?Conversation 1M: Good morning Butner. Good to have you here.W: Thank you. Good morningM: And let me start with you, because this clearly was a labor of love for you, I believe, as you have spent the last seven years of your life documenting the lives of these more than 400 teenagers that you connected with in such a real way. Why did you want to do this?W: You know, I always say this project found me; I didn’t go looking for it. And I think I just have a real sensitivity towards teenagers. And I think that kids are, it’s a misrepresented segment of society. I think there’s a lotof suspicion about teenagers. I think that society doesn’t really know who they are. And I’m always rooting for the underdog.M: Is that the common thread that you found? Did you find that they are, for the most part, the underdogs; I mean that they are really living such complicated lives at such young ages?W: Oh, absolutely! I think that life is moving really fast these days, and I think that these kids are forced to grow up. And they didn’t ask to grow up this quickly. But it’s been thrust upon them, and they’ve had to, really rally. And I think a lot of kids are facing very big issues in life, you know, much bigger than we had ever, or at least I had ever faced.M: Alright, well, that’s a good message to end on. so much more we’d love to talk with you about. Thank you.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. What is the most probable relationship between the man and woman?20. According to Robin, what kind position are teenagers in?21. Why does Robin assume that teenagers are living complicated lives?22. What has the woman been doing in the past seven years? Conversation 2W: Morning! So early of you!M: Hi, I am working on a research task of Prof. Stevenson’s class.W: I missed the class yesterday. Anything interesting?M: Well, yes, very interesting. His class was about corporate culture and took the Swedish furniture retailer IKEA as an example.W: Oh, really?M: Right, with IKEA’s mission statement “A better life for the majority of people”. Have you b een in an IKEA store before?W: Of course. Yeah. Actually my love of its products and working atmosphere pushed me to work part-time in one of its stores last semester. M: Oh. It is a pity you missed yesterday’s class.W: And maybe I will choose IKEA as the start of my career after graduation.M: That’s great you set a goal so early. And this part might be useful for you.W: Hmm, about its recruitment principles.M: See, although getting highly-skilled people is important for IKEA, they will not choose someone with a conflict of value systems with the company. “Anyone expecting a flash car or status symbols has no future with us” is what they say. And only those who wholly understand and buy into the company’s philosophy can get promoted.W: Interesting. Thanks for the information!M: Pleasure!Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. How does the woman feel when she knew the class was about IKEA?24. What does the woman think of IKEA’s products?25. Wh at is IKEA’s philosophy according to the man?Section BPassage OneNi Dan, 20, and two of his classmates were sitting at the front of a long queue outside Gate No. 6 of the Shanghai Expo Park. They had been there for six hours and it was just 4 a.m. Su nday. “We chose to visit Expo today for three reasons: it’s Expo’s 100th day, it’s the two-year anniversary of the Beijing Olympic Games, plus it’s the eighth day of the eighth month,” Ni said. Eight is considered by many Chinese an auspicious number that brings fortune. Coming early is a crucial link to get the limited reservation tickets for the China Pavilion and shorten the hours of waiting outside other pavilions. But a front position on the queue is not enough, “dashing as fast as you can is a must to secure a ticket”, according to instructions posted online by experienced visitors. Tickets to the China Pavilion, given out free to visitors who came early, are used to curb waiting hours. With the ticketing system, it usually takes about an hour to enter the China Pavilion. While other popular pavilions often require three to five hours. At its peak, visitors had to wait for eight hoursto get into the SaudiArabia Pavilion. As of 9:36 a.m., more than 127,000 visitors have entered the 5.28-square-km Expo Park.Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. Which of the following is not the reason why Ni Dan chose the date for a visit to the Shanghai Expo?27. How to get into the Chinese Pavilion for visitors?28. Since when have there already been 127,000 visitors into the Expo Park?Passage TwoLife as we know it would simply not exist without plants. Biodiversity -- the web of all life on Earth -- depends fundamentally on plants and fungi. Plants are used by every human being on the planet, every single day. Just think of what you ate for breakfast this morning, the cup of coffee at your desk, the clothes you’re wearing. Plants provide the human race with food, fuel, medicine, clothing and shelter, whether we live in the countryside or a modern city, in Europe or sub-Saharan Africa. Plants provide invaluable services, they provide us with the very air we breathe, clean water and fertile soil and they help regulate the climate. Plants also provide habitats and food for mammals, birds and invertebrates around the globe. But we are living in an age of acute plant blindness. Somehow, while we make great strides in technology, many of us have forgotten the fundamental importance of the very things on which our lives ultimatelydepend. Plant diversity is being destroyed at a greater rate than ever before and much of this is due to habitat loss through changes in land use. We believe that economic development must go hand in hand with care for the environment. At the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and other botanic gardens around the world, our plant scientists and horticulturists are working towards effective, science-based conservation solutions to ensure that we leave a healthy and hopeful world to the next generation. Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. What does biodiversity depend mainly on, according to the passage?30. What does the phrase “plant blindness” refer to?31. In order to leave a healthy and hopeful world to the next generation, what do we have to do?Passage ThreeWhy aren’t there more women physicists, and in senior positions? One factor may be unconscious biases that could keep women physicists from advancing—and may even prevent women from going into physics in the first place.Amy Bug, a physicist at Swarthmore College, examined the bias question. Her researchteam trained four actors—two men, two women—to give a 10-minute physics lecture. Real physics classes watched the lecturers. Then the 126 students were surveyed.When it came to questions of physics ability—whether the lecturer had a good grasp of the material, and knew how to use the equipment—male lecturers got higher ratings by both male and female students.But when asked how well the lecturer relates to the students, each gender preferred their own. And while female students gave a slight preference to female lecturers, male students overwhelmingly rated the male lecturers as being superior. The research appears in the journal Physics World. Bug says the results may be evidence of inherent biases that could hold women back—along with economic inequalities, such as lower wages and smaller start-up grants. Which reduce career acceleration and thus the amount of force available to crack the glass ceiling? Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 32. According to the passage, what’s the factor that woman physicists are fewer than men physicists?33. How many students were surveyed in the lectures?34. Which of the following sentences is wrong when asked how well the lecturer relates to the students.35. Which of the following is the other field also mentioned in the passage, in which women suffer a lot from gender discrimination?Section CIn 1995, Ryan Schreiber was a 19-year-old Minneapolis record-store clerk who wanted to publish a rock-music fanzine but lacked access to a photocopier. Instead, he started a website, called it Pitchfork and began posting his thoughts on bands like Sonic Youth, Fugazi and the Pixies —groups whose songs rarely appeared on the radio or MTV. It was the first golden age of “indie” artists, back when the word was shorthand for music released on independent record labels, signifying the artistic freedom and cachet that came from operating on the fringes.By 2000, Schreiber had moved the site to Chicago, acquired some freelance writers and codified the Pitchfork review into a signature formula — a long, rambling personal opinion of an album, accompanied by a rating on a scale from 0.0 to 10.0. But the site’s readership was still, to use his word, “negligible.” That changed in October of that year, when Pitchfork posted a fawning, grandiloquent 10.0 review of Radiohead’s experimental rock album Kid A. Critic Brent DiCresc enzo’s paean included lines like “butterscotch lamps along the walls of the tight city square bled upward into the cobalt sky” and became an Internet sensation — for all the wrong reasons.Then an odd thing happened: people made fun of the prose, but they kept reading Pitchfork. Schreiber and his writers knew what they were talking about; Kid A., which laterdebuted at No. 1 on Billboard, really was a 10.0 album. Pitchfork’s reviews of artists previously considered unknown or underground, began to act as stepping-stones to mainstream coverage. In the year of 2000, Modest Mouse moved from independent label Up Records to Sony-owned Epic; by 2005, they had performed on Saturday Night Live, been nominated for two Grammys. Their songs are now used in car commercials.。

专业英语四级（完形填空）模拟试卷101(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1.5 pounds. At least half the subjects(15)_____ their height, and nearly 20 percent changed their age. Despite the(16)_____ of lies, volunteers proved (17)_____ at catching them. Fortunately, Toma and the team’s research(18)_____ up the possibility of a software that could(19)_____ lies for you, though Internet dating participants should be careful what they wish for—nearly everyone in the study lied in some(20)_____ way.21．(1)A．becauseB．andC．thoughD．if正确答案：B解析：空格所在句前一分句提到“在互联网上没人知道你是谁”，后一分句进一步指出这用来说明网恋恰当不过了。

前后分句语义并列相关，选B项。

知识模块：完形22．(2)A．onlyB．innocentC．uniqueD．potential正确答案：D解析：网恋的对象可能成为mate“伴侣”，因此选potential“潜在的”。

innocent “单纯的”：unique“独一无二的”。

知识模块：完形23．(3)A．oppositeB．ageC．typeD．equal正确答案：C解析：根据句末的“见过面之后往往令人大失所望”可推知，这位潜在伴侣看似是喜欢的类型实际却不是，选C项type“类型”。

opposite“对立面，相反的人或物”；equal“匹敌者”。

英语四级完形填空模拟考试习题英语四级完形填空模拟考试习题完形填空题所给的是一篇意思完整的短文，所选的答案处在整段或整篇文章之中。

所以在做题前，必须先浏览全文，了解短文的大意，这是绝对不可以省略的一步。

下面是小编分享的英语四级完形填空模拟考试习题，一起来看一下吧。

For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. In (1) -- a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend (2) -- can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are (3) -- readers. Most of us develop poor reading (4) -- at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency (5) -- in the actual stuff of language itself-words. Taken individually, words have (6) -- meaning until they are strung together into phrased, sentences and paragraphs.(7) --, however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to (8) -- words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over (9) -- you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which (10) -- down the speed of reading isvocalization - sounding each word either orally or mentally as (11) -- reads.To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an (12), which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate (13) -- the reader finds comfortable, in order to “stretch”him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, (14) -- word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization, practically impossible. At first (15) -- is sacrificed for speed. But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, (16) -- your comprehension will improve. Many people have found (17) -- reading skill drastically improved after some training. (18) -- Charlce Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute (19) -- the training, now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. He is delighted that how he can (20) -- a lot more reading material ina short period of time.1.A.applying B. doing C. offering D. getting2.A.quickly B. easily C. roughly D. decidedly3.A.good B. curious C. poor D. urgent4.A.training B. habits C. situations D. custom5.A.lies B. combines C. touches D. involves6.A.some B.A lot C. little D. dull7.A.Fortunately B. In fact C. Logically D. Unfortunately8.A.reuse B. reread C. rewrite D. recite9.A.what B. which C. that D. if10.A.scales B. cuts C. slows D. measures11.A.some one B. one C. he D. reader12.A.accelerator B. actor C. amplifier D. observer13.A.then B. as C. beyond D. than14.A.enabling B. leading C. making D. indicating15.A.meaning B. comprehension C. gist D. regression16.A.but B. nor C. or D. for17.A.our B. your C. their D. such a18.A.Look at B. Take C. Make D. Consider19.A.for B. in C. after D. before20.A.master B. go over C. present D. get throughCloze Test 41.D 【解析】本句意思是“谁如果想谋得一份差事”。

四级完形填空模拟题四级完形填空模拟题大全The reasons 5 this confluence of activity are complex, but one factor is a 6__ everywherespace. With collections 7 each year, with the needs and functions of museums changing, empty space has become a very precious 8 for all the people. Probably 9 in the country is this more true than at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which has needed 10 space for decades and which received its last 11 facelift ten years ago.Because of the space crunch, the Art Museum has become increasingly __12 in considering acquisitions and donations 13 art, in some cases passing up opportunities to 14 its collections. Decreasing or selling off works of art __15 new importance because of the museums space problems. And 16 , curators have been forced to rearrange the gallery space, rotating one masterpiece into public _ 17__ while another is sent to _18 in the warehouse . _19 the clear need for additional gallery and storage space, however, the museum has no plan, no plan to break out of its__20 in the next fifteen years, according to Philadelphia Museum of Arts president.1. A. expanding B. expanded C. expansion D. expand2. A. radically B. unnoticeably C. unassumingly D. modestly3. A. are expecting B. is expecting C. are expected D. is expected4. A. scattered B. spread C. established D. increased5. A. among B. from C. for D. why6. A. consideration B. thinking C. measurement D. calculation。

四级完形填空练习及答案这个世界并不是掌握在那些嘲笑者的手中，而恰恰掌握在能够经受得住嘲笑与批忍不断往前走的人手中。

以下是店铺为大家搜索整理了四级完形填空练习及答案，希望能给大家带来帮助!From childhood to old age, we all use language as a means of broadening our knowledge of ourselves and the world about us.When humans first __1__ , they were like newborn children, unable to use this __2__ tool.Yet once language developed, the possibilities for human kind‘s future __3__ and cultural growth increased. Many linguists believe that evolution is __4__ for our ability to produce and use language.They __5__ that our highly evolved brain provides us __6__ an innate language ability not found in lower __7__ . Proponents of this innateness theory say that our __8__ for language is inborn, but that language itself develops gradually, __9__ a function of the growth of the brain during childhood.Therefore there are critical __10__ times for language development. Current __11__ of innateness theory are mixed, however, evidence supporting the existence of some innate abilities is undeniable. __12__ , more and more schools are discovering that foreign languages are best taught in __13__ grades.Young children often can learn several languages by being __14__ to them, while adults have a much harder time learning another language once the __15__ of their first language have become firmly fixed. __16__some aspects of language are undeniably innate, language does not develop automatically in a vacuum.Children who have been __17__ from other human beings do not possess language.This demonstrates that __18__ with other human beings isnecessary for proper language development.Some linguists believe that this is even more basicto human language __19__ than any innate capacities. These theorists view language as imitative, learned behavior. __20__ , children learn language from their parents by imitating them.Parents gradually shape their child's lang uage skills by positively reinforcing precise imitations and negatively reinforcing imprecise ones.答案与解析：1.B此处意为：当人类刚刚开始进化，他们如同新生儿一样不会运用语言这种工具。

四级英语完型填空模拟试题与解析完型填空是四级英语考试的一项重要题型，通过填充空缺的单词或短语，考察考生对语法和词汇的掌握程度，同时也要求考生对上下文的理解和推理能力。

下面将给出一道完型填空的模拟试题，并提供解析。

Passage:In today's rapidly changing world, everyone is expected to be a lifelong learner. This means continually ___1___ new skills and knowledge throughout your life. One way to accomplish this is through informal learning. ___2___ informal learning can take many forms, it often occurs outside the traditional classroom ___3___ workplace.Here are a few examples of informal learning: reading books and___4___, watching educational videos, attending workshops or ___5___, and participating in online discussion forums. The internet has ___6___ the way we learn, as now there are numerous online platforms and courses available for anyone interested in expanding ___7___ knowledge.Informal learning has several advantages. First, it allows individuals to learn at their ___8___ pace and in their own time. This flexibility is particularly important for people with busy schedules or ___9___ who are unable to attend formal education programs. Informal learning also encourages active participation, ___10___ enables individuals to learn by doing and experimenting.In addition, informal learning can help individuals develop important___11___ such as critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills. By engaging in informal learning, ___12___ can gain knowledge and transferable skills that are applicable to various ___13___ of life, including their personal and professional ___14___.However, informal learning also has its ___15___. One challenge is the lack of structure and guidance, which can ___16___ individuals to become overwhelmed or lose motivation. Without a clear learning ___17___, it is easy to get distracted and lose focus. Additionally, informal learning___18___ the risk of misinformation, as not all sources or materials may be reliable or accurate.To make the most of informal learning, it is important to set goals, have a plan, and ___19___ yourself accountable. Seek out reputable sources and resources, and ___20___ to connect with others who have similar interests or goals.解析：1. A) expanding B) acquiring C) accumulating D) upgrading解析：选B) acquiring。

公共英语四级完形填空模拟题附答案公共英语四级完形填空模拟题（附答案）很多同学知识掌握的不扎实，对考试感到迷茫，不知道该如何进行下去。

以下是店铺为大家搜索整理的，希望能给大家带来帮助!EXERCISE 1Information Technology1982 was the year of information technology in Great Britain. But what exactly is infotech? 85% of the people __1___ recently had not a clue what it means, __2___53% of those polled said they thought it sounded pretty important.They were __3___.It is.So what is it? Well, put simply,it is the "marry-up"of products__4___several key industries:computers, telephone, televisions, satellites.It means __5___ microelectronics, telecommunication networks fibre optics__6___produce,store,obtain and send information by way of words,numbers,pictures and sound__7___and efficiency than ever before.The __8__ infotech is having and is going to have on our lives and work is tremendous.It is already linking the skills of the space industry with __9___ of cable television,so programmes can be beamed directly into our homes ___10__ all over the world. Armies of "steel collar"workers,the robots,will soon be working in factories doing the boring,complex and __11___jobs which are at present still done by man. In some areas __12___the car industry this has already started. television will also be used to enable customers __13___from the comfort of their homes by simply ordering___14__ the TV screen, payment being made by direct debit of their credit cards.The automatic booking of tickets will also be done through the television__15___ .Cable television__16___in many countries now gives a choice of ___17__ channels will soon be used to___18___ our homes by operating burglar and fire alarms ___19___to police and fire puters will run our homes,controling the heating,air-conditioned and cooking systems ___20___ robot will cope with the housework.the friendly postman will be a thing of the past as the post service and letters disappear with the electronic mail received via viewdata screens.1) A polling B being polled C polled D having been polled2) A so B although C however D but3) A right B wrong C mad D crazy4) A from B in C to D for5) A to use B to be used C being used D using6) A to help B to helping C to be helped D to being helped7) A very quickly B more quickly C quicklier D most quickly8) A force B affect C impact D control9) A those B that C which D the one10) A from B in C across D thoughtout11) A interesting B dull C unpleasant D happy12) A for example B for instance C like D such as13) A shop B to shop C shopping D to shopping14) A on B via C within D by15) A screen B machine C set D show16) A where B in which C which D it17) A a dozen Bdozen C dozen of D dozens of18) A protect B clean C run D manage19) A related B associated C linked D joined20) A while B because C since D for参考答案:1--5 CBAAD 6--10 ABCAA11--15 CDBBA 11--15 CDACA。

大学英语四级完型填空强化真题试卷10(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1.Language is the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom. It is the species-typical behavior that sets humans completely 【B1】______ from all other animals. Language is a means of communication, 【B2】______ it is much more than that. Many animals can 【B3】______ . The dance of the honeybee communicates the location of flowers 【B4】______ other members of the hive (蜂群). But human language permits communication about anything, 【B5】______ things like unicorns (独角兽) that have never existed. The key 【B6】______ in the fact that the units of meaning, words, can be 【B7】______ together in different ways, according to 【B8】______ , to communicate different meanings. Language is the most important learning we do. Nothing 【B9】______ humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract thoughts, 【B10】______ about the universe, the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink. It is an immensely complex 【B11】______ that we take for granted. Indeed, we are not aware of most 【B12】______ of our speech and under standing. Consider what happens when one person is speaking to 【B13】______ . The speaker has to translate thoughts into 【B14】______ language. Brain imaging studies suggest that the time from thoughts to the 【B15】______ of speech is extremely fast, only 0.04 seconds! The listener must hear the sounds to 【B16】______ out what the speaker means. He must use the sounds of speech to 【B17】______ the words spoken, understand the pattern of 【B18】______ of the words (sentences), and finally 【B19】______ the meaning. This takes somewhat longer, a minimum of about 0.5 seconds. But 【B20】______ started, it is of course a continuous process.1．【B1】A．apartB．offC．upD．down正确答案：A解析：本题考查动词短语。

专四完形填空新题型模拟题（1）Complaints should be made to a responsible person. Go back to the shop where you bought the goods, taking with you any (36) you may have. Ask to see the buyer in a large store. In a small store the assistant may also be the owner so you can complain (37). In a chain store ask to see the manager.Even the bravest person finds it difficult to complain face to face, so if you do not want to do it in (38) , write a letter. Be sure to（39）to the facts and keep a copy of what you write. At this stage you should give any receipt numbers, but you should not need to give receipts or other papers to prove you bought the article. If you are not (40) with the answer you get, or if you do not get a reply, write to the managing director of the firm, shop, or organization. Be sure to keep copies of your own letters and any you receive.If your complaint is a just one, the shopkeeper may offer to (41) or repair the faulty article. You may find this an (42) solution. In certain cases you may have the right to refuse the goods and ask for your money back , but this is only where you have hardly used the goods and have acted at once. Even when you cannot refuse the goods you may be able to get some money back as well. And if you have suffered some (43) loss, if for example a new washing machine tears your clothes, you might receive money to replace them. If the shopkeeper offers you a credit note to be used to buy goods in the same shops but you would rather have money, say so. If you accept a credit note remember that later you will not be able to ask for your money. If the shopkeeper refuses to give you money, ask for (44) from your Citizens' Advice Bureau before you accept a credit note. In some cases the shopkeeper does not have to give you your money back--if, for example, hechanges an article simply because you don't like it or it does not fit. He does not hive to take back the goods in these (45).A. intimateB. attractiveC. personD. attachmentE. satisfiedF. receiptG. contaminateH. replaceI. special J. stick K.vigorously L. adviceM. circumstances N. directly O. petitions专四完形填空新题型模拟题（2）Culture is the sum total of all the traditions, customs, beliefs, and ways of life of a given group of human beings. In this (36), every group has a culture, however savage, undeveloped, or uncivilized it may seem to us.To the professional anthropologist (人类学家), there is no intrinsic(37)of one culture over another, just as to the professional linguist there is no intrinsic hierarchy(等级制度) among languages.People once thought of the languages of backward groups as (38) and undeveloped forms of speech, consisting largely of grunts and groans. While it is possible that language in general began as a series of grunts and groans, it is a fact established by the study of "backward" languages that no spoken tongue answers that description today. Most languages of uncivilized groups are, by our most severe standards, extremely complex, delicate, and ingenious pieces of machinery for the (39) of ideas. They fall behind our Western languages not in their sound patterns or (40 ) structures, which usually are fully adequate for all language needs, but only in their vocabularies, which（41）the objects and activities known to their speakers. Even in this department, however, two things are to be noted: 1. All languages seem to (42) the machinery for vocabulary expansion, either by putting together words already in existence or by borrowing them from other languages and adapting them to their own system. 2. The objects and activities requiring names and distinctions in "backward" languages, while different from ours, are often surprisingly (43) and complicated.This study of language, in turn, (44) a new light upon the claim of the anthropologists that all cultures are to be viewed (45), and without ideas of rank or hierarchy.A. savageB. superiorityC. conceiveD. transferE. identificationF. grammaticalG. reflectH. revealsI. numerous J . independentlyK. exclusive L. casts M. sense N. confidentially O. possess专四完形填空新题型模拟题（3）In the second half of the twentieth century, many countries of the South began to send students to the industrialized countries for further education. They (36) needed supplies of highly trained personnel to (37) a concept of development based on modernization. But many of these students decided to stay on in the developed countries when they had finished their training.In the 1960s, some Latin American countries tried to solve this problem by setting up special "return" programs to encourage their professionals to come back home. These programs received support from international bodies such as the International Organization for Migration, which in 1974enabled over 1,600（38）scientists and technicians to return to Latin America.In the 1980s and 1990s, "temporary return" programs were set up in order to make the best use of trained personnel (39) strategic positions in the developed countries. This gave rise to the United Nations Development Program's Transfer of Knowledge through Expatriate Nationals, which encourages technicians and scientists to work in their own countries for short periods. But the brain drain from these countries may well increase in (40) to the new laws of the international market in knowledge.Recent studies (41) that the most developed countries are going to need more and more highly qualified professionals around twice as many as their educational systems will be able to produce, or so it is thought. As a (42) there is an urgent need for developing countries which send students abroad to give (43) to fields where they need competent people to give muscle to their own institutions, instead of encouraging the training of people who may not come back because there are no professional outlets for them. And the countries of the South must not be content with institutional structures that simply take back professionals sent abroad; they must introduce (44) administrative procedures to encourage them to return. If they do not do this, the brain drain is (45) to continue.A. forecastB. flexibleC. neutrallyD. preferenceE. detachF. boundG. implementH. consequenceI. qualifiedJ. dismissingK. result L.occupying M. urgently N . skeptical O . response专四完形填空新题型模拟题（4）Complaints should be made to a responsible person. Go back to the shop where you bought the goods, taking with you any (36) you may have. Ask to see the buyer in a large store. In a small store the assistant may also be the owner so you can complain (37). In a chain store ask to see the manager.Even the bravest person finds it difficult to complain face to face, so if you do not want to do it in (38), write a letter. Be sure to（39）to the facts and keep a copy of what you write. At this stage you should give any receipt numbers, but you should not need to give receipts or other papers to prove you bought the article. If you are not (40) with the answer you get, or if you do not get a reply, write to the managing director of the firm, shop, or organization. Be sure to keep copies of your own letters and any you receive.If your complaint is a just one, the shopkeeper may offer to (41) or repair the faulty article. You may find this an (42) solution. In certain cases you may have the right to refuse the goods and ask for your money back, but this is only where you have hardly used the goods and have acted at once. Even when you cannot refuse the goods you may be able to get some money back as well. And if you have suffered some (43) loss, if for example a new washing machine tears your clothes, you might receive money to replace them. If the shopkeeper offers you a credit note to be used to buy goods in the same shops but you would rather have money, say so. If you accept a credit note remember that later you will not be able to ask for your money. If the shopkeeper refuses to give you money, ask for (44) from your Citizens' Advice Bureau before you accept a credit note. In some cases the shopkeeper does not have to give you your money back--if, for example, he changes an article simply because you don't like it or it does not fit. He does not hive to take back the goods in these (45).A. intimateB. attractiveC. personD. attachmentE. satisfiedF. receiptG. contaminateH. replaceI. special J. stick K.vigorously L. adviceM. circumstances N. directly O. petitions专四完形填空新题型模拟题（5）For many environmentalists, the world seems to be getting worse. They have developed a hitlist of our main fears: natural resources are（1）out? the population is ever growing, leaving less and less to eat? species are becoming （2）in vast numbers, and the planet's air and water are becoming ever more polluted.But a quick look at the facts shows a different picture. First, energy and other natural resources have become more（3）not less so, since the book 'The Limits to Growth' was published in 1972 by a group of scientists. Second, more food is now produced per 4 of the world's population than at any time in history. Fewer people are （5） . Third, although species are indeed becoming extinct, only about 0.7% of them are expected to disappear in the next 50 years, not 25~50%, as has so often been（6）. And finally, most forms of environmental pollution either appear to have been （7）, or are transient - associated with the early stages of industrialization and therefore best cured not by restricting economic growth, but by（8）it. One form of pollution - the release of greenhouse gases that causes global warming - does appear to be a phenomenon that is going to extend well into our future, but its total impact is unlikely to（9）a devastating (令人心神不安的) problem. A bigger problem may well turn out to be an inappropriate response to it.Yet opinion polls suggest that many people nurture the belief that environmental standards are declining and some factors seem to cause this disjunction between （10）and reality.A) pose B) exaggerated C) acceleratingD) extinct E) exist F) perceptionG) wealthy H) magnified I) starvingJ) head K) running L) predictedM) abundantN) conceptionO) reducing专四完形填空新题型模拟题（6）During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, migrations have taken place within (11) countries; the cities with their industries have attracted people away from the country. The possibility of earning a fixed (12) in a factory or office was more attractive than the possibility of staying on the farm and having one's work (13) by frost, storms, or droughts. Furthermore, thedevelopment of agricultural machinery made it possible for fewer people to do the same (14) of work.Thus, at the same time when the industrial revolution made it possible to produce goods more (15) and more quickly in factories, agricultural revolution also took place. Instead of leaving fields empty every third year, farmers began to plant clover or some other crop that would (16) the soil. Instead of using only animal fertilizer, farmers began to use chemical fertilizers to keep the soil rich. These methods have enabled French farmers, for example, to get five times as much wheat as was (17) from the same land two centuries ago.In many countries farmers find it more (18) to raise only one crop or one kind of animal. They choose the kind that gives the best results. Then they sell all that they produce, instead of trying to grow a little of everything and consume what they grow. This is a more feasible type of (19) because modern methods and machinery are adapted to specific animals and specific crops. Therefore, it would be too expensive to do all the work by hand, or to buy the (20) needed for several different kinds of farming.A. salary E. deserted I. equivalent M. destroyedB. freely F. operation J. enrich N. certainC. profitable G.amount K. fruitful O. cheaplyD. obtained H. payment L. equipment专四完形填空新题型模拟题（7）Like most parents, geologist Brain Atwater worries about his daughter's safety. But these days, he has an unusual concern; The public school she (11) in Seattle has unreinforced brick walls, a (12) being easy to collapse during earthquakes. The same (13) of walls crushed hundreds of thousands of people during the 1976 Tangshan quake in China.A decade ago, Atwater would have paid little notice to schoolroom walls. But over the last several years, he and other scientists have found (14) signs that the Pacific Northwest has experienced giant quakes in the distant past and that the area may be headed for a destructive shock in the near future.At a meeting of the American Geophysical Union in December, researchers discussed the (15) uncovered evidence of quake potential in the Pacific Northwest. While someremain unconvinced that huge earthquakes—with magnitudes of 8 or higher—do indeed (16) this region, a growing number consider such shocks a serious possibility.What's worrisome, they say, is that northwestern cities such as Portland, Seattle and Vancouver have not prepared for earthquakes of this magnitude, which could shake the region's (17) centers with enough force to make the recent San Francisco area damage seem (18) in comparison."I think it's quite true to say that nothing has really been designed with one of these earthquakes in mind," says seismologist Paul Somerville of Woodward. At the meeting, Somerville and his colleagues (19) estimates of the degree of shaking. Portland and Seattle would suffer during such a (20) earthquake.A. massiveB.recentlyC.constructionD.displayedE. relativelyF.attendsG.typeH.strikeI. structure J.participates K.excessive dM. disturbing N.population 0.presented专四完形填空新题型模拟题（8）Growth of trade will depend greatly on availability of energy sources. There may still be a trillion barrels of recoverable oil in the Middle East. But the oil crisis of 1974 has (11) to renewed interest in coal and to a search for （12）sources of energy. Solar, geothermal, and nuclear energy will play a large role in the years to come.Solar energy is available in （13）forms. Buildings can be heated and cooled by direct use of solar radiation, crops and trees, which are the most efficient converters of sunlight into energy, can be grown for their energy potential, wastes can be burned as（14）, sunlight can be converted into DC (direct current) electricity, electric power can be （15）from the sun-warmed surface waters of the ocean, and lastly, solar radiation can be converted into heat that will drive electric power generators. Serious problems still remain as to （16）and storage of solar energy.Geothermal energy is the energy contained within the earth. Heat is abundantly available deep in the earth's core and is constantly being produced. However, this heat is usually located at too deep a level for （17）exploitation. In short, very little is known on the use of geothermal energy, and it has （18）been exploited.Nuclear energy is produced in nuclear power plants. At these plants atoms of uranium are split, thus （19）masses of energy. Another source of energy under development is the nuclear fusion of certain atoms of hydrogen. This could eventually （20）natural gas as a source of energy.A. rarelyB.transformationC.fuelD.replaceE. ledF.alternativemercial H.briefly I. derivedJ.various K.relieving L.releasingM. transportation N.financial O.described专四完形填空新题型模拟题（9）The economy of the United States after 1952 was the economy of a well-fed, almost fully employed people. Despite （11）alarms, the country escaped any postwar depression and lived in a （12）of boom. An economic survey of the year 1955, a typical year of the 1950's, may be typical as （13）the rapid economic growth of thedecade. The national output was （14）at 10 percent above that of 1954(1955 output was estimated at 392 billion dollars). The production of manufactures was about 40 percent more than it had （15）in the years immediately following World War I . The country's business spent about 30 billion dollars for new factories and machinery. National income （16）for spending was almost a third greater than it had been in 1950. Consumers spent about 256 billion dollars; that is about 700 million dollars a day, or about twenty-five million dollars every hour, all round the （17） . Sixty-five million people held jobs and only a little more than two million wanted jobs but could not find them. Only agriculture（18 ）that it was not sharing in the boom. To some observers this was a sad reflection of the mid-1920's. As farmers' share of their products （19）, marketing costs rose. But there were, among the observers of the national economy, a few who were not as confident as the majority. Those few seemed to fear that the boom could not last long and would（20）lead to the opposite—depression.A. eventuallyB.averagedC.graduallyD.stateE. valuedF.formG.declinedH.occasionalI. casual J.argued K.descended plainedM. clock N.available O.illustrating专四完形填空新题型模拟题（10）Social customs and ways of behaving change. Things which were considered impolite many years ago are now （11） . Just a few years ago, it was （12）impolite behaviorfor a man to smoke on the street. No man who thought of himself as being a gentleman would make a （13）of himself by smoking when a lady was in a room.Customs also differ from country to country. Does a man walk on the left or the right of a woman in your country? Or doesn't it （14）? What about table manners? Should you use both hands when you are eating? Should you leave one in your lap, or on the table?The Americans and the British not only speak the same language but also （15）a large number of social customs. For example, in both America and England people shake hands when they meet each other for the first time. Also, most Englishmen will open a door for a woman or offer their seat to a woman, and so will most Americans. (16) is important both in England and in America. That is, if a dinner invitation is for 7 o'clock, the dinner guest either arrives (17 ) to that time or calls up to explain his (18) The important thing to remember about social customs is not to do anything that might make other people feel uncomfortable—(19) if they are your guests. There is an old story about a man who gave a formal dinner party. When the food was served, one of the guests started to eat his peas with a knife. The other guests were amused or shocked, but the (20) calmly picked up his knife and began eating in the same way.A. especiallyB.attainableC.closeD.delayE. consideredF.hostG.deliveryH.PreparationI. share J.fool K.specifically L.acceptableM. matter N.Promptness 0.care答案及解析模拟题（1）36.F语法判断：分析句子结构可知，any后应接一个名词，且本句缺少一个名词作takin9的宾语。