四级练习选词填空仔细阅读完形填空08级.docx

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四级练习选词填空仔细阅读完形填空08级

第三章

Directions;Inthissection,thereare10passages.Foreachpassage,thereare10blanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.Pleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitem.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.

Passage1

Ourfirstdeepcompanionshipisfoundinfamilyrelationships.Ifweare__1__,webondtoaparent（ifweareevenmorefortunate,webondtobothparents）andsiblings（兄妹）.Wemayalsohavetheopportunitytofindlovingrelationshipswithfamilyoutsideour__2__one—withanuncleoraunt,__3__,andcousins.

Asdeeplylovingasanyofthesebondsmaybe,however,theygenerallydonot__4__lonelinessaseffectivelyasmarriageand__5__do,becausemostfamilyrelationshipsaretime-bound.Whenwebecomeadults,mostofusspendmuch__6__timewithourparents,grandparents,uncles,andauntsthanwedidas__7__.Indeed,thenatureofthechild-parentrelationshipissuchthatifitishealthy,wedonotspendasmuchtimewithourparentswhenwegrowup.Familyrelationshipsarelimitedby__8__foranotherreason—aswegetolder,ourolderrelativesbegintodie.

Ofcourse,neitherofthesereasons__9__tosiblings,andmanypeopledodevelopongoinglovingrelationshipswithasibling.Thisisnottherule,however.Brothersandsistershavenotbeenknownfortheclosenessoftheirrelationships—evenwhentheyloveeachother.

Ifwestartoutlifewithlovingfamilyrelationships,ourchancesforhappinessareincalculablyincreased.Itisalmostimpossibletooverstatetheimportanceofthose__10__.Butaswegetolder,otherrelationshipsusuallyprovidegreateropportunitiesforintimacybecausetheyarenottime-bound,andthesearerelationshipswithpeers.

Passage2

OneoftheadvantagesoflivinginUKisthatoneispermittedtosaywhathethinks.__1__orinpublic,onemaycriticizetheQueen,theGovernment,oranythingelse.Insomecitiesthereareevenspecialplaceswherepeoplecometo__2__tospeechesonallkindsofquestions.InLondon,peoplegatherinHydePark,wherespeakers__3__themonvarioustopics.Nooneattemptstostopsuchspeakers.Wefeelthatiftheirideasare__4__thentheydeservetobeheard.Iftheideasarebad,noonewillpaymuch__5__tothemanyway.

Notlongagooneofthesespeakerswasdeliveringan__6__speechinHydePark.Hewascriticizingthemembersofthegovernmentinstrongterms.

“Theyare__7__forallourtroubles,”hesaid.“WhatweshoulddoisburndowntheHouseofCommonsandBuckinghamPalace.”Alarge__8__.ofpeoplehadgatheredandhadbeguntoblocktraffic.Atthatmomentapoliceman__9__alongandsaid;

“Allright,gentlemen!

Let’sopenapathforthe__10__.AllthoseinfavorofburningdowntheHouseofCommons,movetotheright.AllthoseinfavorofburningdownBuckinghamPalace,movetotheleft.Nowmoveaside,onewayortheother.”Onebyonethelistenerswalkedaway,andsoonthespeakerwasleftalone.

Passage3

WhenBobSmithwasinvitedtoaninternationalconferenceontropicaldisease,hewasdelighted.Theconferencewasto__1__placeinGenevaandBobthoughtitwouldbeagoodopportunitytotakeSusanonashortjourney.TheydecidedthattheywouldgotoParisforaweekbeforeBobtraveledontoGenevaforthe__2__.Susanwouldthen__3__home.

BobandSusan__4__anenjoyableweektouringParis.Theydidalotofwalkingandattheendoftheweektheywereverytired.BobwentwithSusantothe__5__andsawheronaplanetoLondon.WhilehewaswaitingforhisplanetoGeneva,amistbegantoform.__6__,hisplanetookoff.Assoonashesankintohisseat,Bobfellfastasleep.

Unfortunately,astheplaneflewtoGeneva,themistchangedinto__7__fog.Itwas__8__tolandinGenevabecauseofthefog.Whenthisnewswasgiventothepassengers,Bobwasstillinfastsleep.HedidnotwakeupuntiltheplanelandedbackinParis.Stillvery__9__,hehurriedthroughtheairportloungeandfoundataxi.HeaskedthedrivertotakehimtotheGenevaInternationalHotel.ThesurpriseddriverlookedatBobasifheweremad.HeaskedBobifhewas__10__hewantedataxi.Bobsaidhedid,sincehefelttootiredtowalk.

Passage4

OldLucywasaverystrangewoman.Thefinehouseinwhichshehadlivedoverlookedalovelyvalley.Butshehardlyeverwentout.Thoughaservantlookedafterher,heronlyreal__1__weretwocats.Foryearsshehad__2__toseeanyofherrelationsasshefeltthatalltheywereinterestedinwashermoney.

Inthisshewas__3__.Afterherdeath,thefewrelationsshehad,__4__atthehousetohearLucy’slawyerreadherwill.TheywereallsurethatLucyhadleftagreat__5__andtheyeachdemandedashare.Thisledto__6__arguments.Inparticular,theyquarreledaboutthehouse.Lucy’snephewfeltthatitshouldgotohim,ashewasoneofthefewpeoplewhousedtovisithisoldauntbeforeshe__7__herselfofffromherrelations.Lucy’scousinobjectedtothisandtherewasanangrysceneinthelivingroomwhiletheywaitedforthe__8__toarrive.Whenthelawyerentered,thenephewsaidjokinglythathisaunthadprobablylefthundredsofdebts.

Theirlawyerdidnotevensmileatthisandaskedthemalltositdown.Hebegantoreadthe__9__in

Asolemnvoice.Lucyhadindeedbeen__10__rich.Butshehadleftherwholeofherfortunetohertwocats!

Passage5

Inrecentyears,moreandmoreforeignersareinvolvedintheteachingprogramsoftheUnitedStates.Boththeadvantagesandthedisadvantagesofusingfaculty（“教师”的总称）fromforeigncountriesinteachingpositionshavetobe__1__,ofcourse.Itcanbesaidthatforeignersmakethefacultymemberfrom__2__anasset（财富）alsocreateproblemsofadjustmentbothfortheuniversityandfortheindividual.

Theforeignresearchscholarusuallyisolateshimselfinthelaboratoryasa__3__ofprotection.However,whatheneedsistobefittedwithahighlyorganizeduniversitysystemquite__4__fromthatathome.Heisfacedinhisdailyworkwithdifferencesinphilosophy,arrangementsofcoursesandmethodsof__5__.Boththevisitingprofessorandhisstudents__6__backgroundineachother’scultures.SomeconceptofwhatisalreadyinthemindsofAmericanstudentsis__7__byforeignprofessor.Whilehelpinghimto__8__himselftohisnewenvironment,theuniversitymembersalsomakecertainadjustmentsinordertotakefulladvantageofwhatthenewcomercanoffer.Itisn’talwaysknownhowtomake__9__useofforeignfaculty,especiallyatsmallercolleges.Teachingisthoughttobea__10__wherefurtherstudyiscalledfor.Thefindingsofsuchastudywillbeavaluetocollegesanduniversitieswithforeignfaculty.

Passage6

Theelephantistheonlyanimalintheworldwithatrunk.Itusesitstrunkinmany__1__.Itpullsleavesofftreeswithitstrunkandthenputsthemintoitsmouth.Itcanalsouseitstrunkto__2__uptreeswhenitwantstomakeapaththroughthejungle.Italsousesitstrunktodrink__3__.Thetrunkcan__4__alotofwater,asanelephantneedstodrinkmorethanthreehundredpintsofwatereveryday.

Whenanelephantisangry,itstuskcanbevery__5__.Itcanattackpeople.Thetusksofanelephantarereallyitsfrontteeth.Peoplepayalotofmoneyfortheivoryofanelephant’stusks.Menhave__6__elephantsfortheirtusks.Theivoryfromthetusksismadeintomanybeautifulthings.

Ithasbeeneasyformento__7__elephantsinAsia.Theyuseelephantstocarryheavythingsforlong__8__.

ManypeoplesaythatthekingsofSiamusedtogivewhiteelephantstopeoplewhotheydidnotlike.Thesewhiteelephantsaresacredandtheycouldnotbemadetowork.Theycouldnotbekillednor__9__away.Apersonwhohasawhiteelephanthadtopayalotofmoneytokeepitproperly.Aftercertainperiodoftime,heusuallybecomesvery__10__.NowadayspeopleinEnglandcallauselessthing“awhiteelephant”.

Passage7

Naturehasaperfectsystemforrecyclingwater.Waterisusedagainandagain.Itfallsasrain.Thenitgoesoneofthreeplaces.Itmightseep__1__throughthesoilasitsoaksthroughintothenaturalreservoirsunderground.Itmight__2__intotheairbyevaporatingquickly.Itmightrunoffintostreamstoriversandtotheoceans.

Thereisaproblemwiththisrecyclingsystem.Itisabalancethatcanbeeasilyupsetbypeople.Nature’s__3__systemcanworkwellonlyifpeopleworkwiththesystem—notagainstit.Somewaysthatpeopleinterferewithnatureare__4__tounderstand.Dirtysewagewaterfromhomesandfactoriesmustnot__5__withthinkingwater.Peoplewouldget__6__fromdrinkingdirtywater.

Thereareotherwaysthatpeople__7__nature.Someofthesewaysarenotsoeasytounderstand.Forexample,amarshybogmaynotbegoodforeverything,butitservesanimportantpurpose.Thesoft,wetsoilofabogallowswaterto__8__theundergroundreservoirs.Whathappenstothebalanceofnatureifthebogisfilledin?

Manyhousingdevelopmentprojectshavebeenbuiltwhere__9__oncewere.The__10__ofthehousesarelikelytohaveproblems.Theyarelikelytowater,tofloodinrainyseasons.Hugestormsewersarebuilttocarryawaywiththewaterfromwetareas.Thesehugepipespreventwetbasementsinthehousesofthecommunity.

Passage8

AtthebottomoftheworldliesamightycontinentstillwrappedintheIceAgeand,untilrecenttimes,unknowntoman.Itisagreatlandmasscrisscrossedbymountainrangeswhoseextentandelevationarestillun