四级完形填空模拟题大全三.docx

1、四级完形填空模拟题大全三第十一篇We have spoken of marriage as a formal contract.It should be noted, however, that this contract does not 1 the same form in different societies.In Western societies, the 2 of a man and a woman 3 given the status of legal marriage by being registered by an official 4 by the state.In s

2、ome African so cieties, 5 , marriage has nothing to do 6 an official registration of this kind but is legalized by the formal 7 of goods.Generally 8 is the bridegroom who is required to make a 9 of goods to the brides kin(亲戚), though sometimes a payment is 10 made by the bridegrooms kin to that of t

3、he bride.Among the Nuer, a 11 living in Southern Sudan, the payment made to the brides kin, 12 as bridewealth, is in the 13 of cattle.Once the 14 of bridewealth is agreed 15 , and the formal payment is made, the marriage becomes a 16 union and the offspring of the union become the acceptable 17 of t

4、he husband.They remain 18 children even 19 the wife subsequently leaves him to live with 20 man.1.A.make B.get C.take D.do2.A.condition B.difference C.union D.divorce3.A.is B.are C.was D.were4.A.recognizing B.recognize C.to recognize D.recognized5.A.however B.yet C.though D.still6.A.with B.from C.fo

5、r D.to7.A.exchange B.contact C.communication D.connection8.A.that B.this C.one D.it9.A.money B.payment C.cost D.consumption10.A.also B.too C.either D.as well11.A.a person B.a people C.a man D.a couple12.A.called B.known C.named D.looked13.A.shape B.size C.form D.type14.A.amount B.number C.figure D.v

6、olume15.A.upon B.with C.to D.for16.A.legal B.casual C.direct D.progressive17.A.bride B.cattle C.wealth D.children18.A.his B.her C.their D.one s19.A.before B.because C.while D.if20.A.other B.another C.more D.farther第十一篇答案+解说: 1.【答案】C【解析】本句意为在不同的社会里,这种合约采取不同的形式。take the form of是固定搭配,意为“采取形式”。2.【答案】C【解

7、析】本句是说“在西方社会,男女的结合只有由政府认可的官员登记后才成为合法婚姻。”union“结合；difference“区别”；condition“条件”；divorce“离婚”。3.【答案】A【解析】主语是the union，为单数，从上下文的时态看应用现在时。4.【答案】D【解析】过去分词做定语修饰official，意为被认可的官员。5.【答案】A【解析】though为连词，连接主语和从句，表“虽然但是”；yet一般用在否定句或疑问句尾，表示“已经”；still用在动词前后，表示“仍然”；however可用逗号与前后隔开，在意思上与前句转折。6.【答案】A【解析】have nothing

8、to do with,与无关，固定搭配。7.【答案】A【解析】符合商品交换的选项只有exchange。contact“接触”；communication指“交流、交换(消息)”；connection“连接”。8.【答案】D【解析】此处是强调句型，It iswho/that结构，故只能用it.9.【答案】B【解析】make a payment of是固定搭配，意为“支付”。money是不可数名词，故不能用a money。cost和consumption是花费、消费的意思，后面一般没有to的结构。10.【答案】A【解析】also一般跟着谓语动词；too与as well一般放在句尾，too有时也放在

9、句中，用逗号隔开。11.【答案】B【解析】a people“一个民族”，a people living in southern Sudan是Nuer的同位语，从among the Nuer中可以看出，选项不可能是a man或a person或a couple。12.【答案】B【解析】be known as，作为而得名；如用call或name，后面的as应去掉。13.【答案】C【解析】in the form of“以形式”,固定搭配。14.【答案】A【解析】number、figure表示数字；volume意为“容量”；只有amount“数量”可与新娘彩礼相搭配。15.【答案】A【解析】动词agr

10、ee后面可接不同的介词，agree on/upon表示就一点双方达成一致意见；agree to同意对方建议；agree with同意某人意见，双方在观点意见上的吻合。无agree for的说法。16.【答案】A【解析】casual“偶尔的”；progressive“进步的”；direct“直接的”。根据上下文。此处应填legal“合法的”。17.【答案】D【解析】“联姻的后代成为”，不可能选bride或cattle。但从后面的句子中可以看出，此处选children最为合适。18.【答案】A【解析】本句的意思是“即使妻子离开丈夫后，同别人生活，他们的孩子应属于夫方。His指代husband。19

11、.【答案】D【解析】根据上题的译文，本句用even if“即使”，符合句意。20.【答案】B【解析】other后接复数名词；表示单数概念时用another。第十二篇Many people wrongly believe that when people reach old age, their families place them in nursing homes.They are left in the 1 of strangers for the rest of their lives.Their 2 children visit them only occasionally, but

12、more often, they do not have any 3 visitors.The truth is that this idea is an unfortunate myth 4 story.In fact, family members provide over 80 percent of the care 5 elderly people need.Samuel Prestoon, a sociologist, studied 6 the American family is changing.He reported that by the time the 7 Americ

13、an couple reaches 40 years of age, they have more parents than children. 8 , because people today live longer after an illness than people did years 9 , family members must provide long term care.More psychologists have found that all caregivers 10 a common characteristic: All caregivers believe tha

14、t they are the best 11 for the job.In other words, they all felt that they 12 do the job better than anyone else.Social workers 13 caregivers to find out why they took 14 the responsibility of caring for an elderly relative.Many caregivers believed they had 15 to help their relative.Some stated that

15、 helping others 16 them feel more useful.Others hoped that by helping 17 now, they would deserve care when they became old and 18 .Caring for the elderlyand being taken care of can be a 19 satisfying experience for everyone who might be 20 .1.A.hands B.arms C.bodies D.homes2.A.growing B.grown C.bein

16、g grown D.having grown3.A.constant B.lasting C.regular D.normal4.A.imaginary B.imaginable C.imaginative D.imagery5.A.that B.this C.those D.these6.A.when B.how C.what D.where7.A.common B.ordinary C.standard D.average8.A.Further B.However C.Moreover D.Whereas9.A.before B.ago C.later D.lately10.A.share

17、 B.enjoy C.divide D.consent11.A.person B.people C.character D.man12.A.would B.will C.could D.can13.A.questioned B.interviewed C.inquired D.interrogate14.A.in B.up C.on D.off15.A.admiration B.initiative C.necessity D.obligation16.A.cause B.enable C.make D.get17.A.someone B.anyone C.everyone D.anybody

18、18.A.elderly B.dependent C.dependable D.independent19.A.similarly B.differently C.mutually D.certainly20.A.involved B.excluded C.included D.considered第十二篇答案+解说: 1.【答案】A【解析】本句意为他们的业余生活要由陌生人来照料。in the hands of“由控制或照料”，固定搭配。2.【答案】B【解析】grown children过去分词作定语，意为长大的孩子。3.【答案】C【解析】regular“定期的、有规律的”；normal“正常

19、的”；constant“经常的”；lasting“持续的”，这里指定期来看望的人。4.【答案】A【解析】imaginary“不真实的、虚构的”；imaginable“可想象的”；imaginative“富于想象力的”；imagery意为肖像。5.【答案】A【解析】that引导定语从句。6.【答案】B【解析】根据上下文，how引导宾语从句，表示“如何、怎么样”。7.【答案】D【解析】average指一般、通常的情况；common表示“普通的”，强调大部分；ordinary与special相对立，强调普遍性；standard“标准的”。8.【答案】C【解析】用moreover“而且”，表示两句间递

20、进的关系。如果further加上more，也表示递进关系。9.【答案】B【解析】ago“以前”，指从现在算起；before是从过去某个时刻算起。10.【答案】A【解析】share，共享的，常与common搭配。consent同意。11.【答案】B【解析】这里要用复数，故选people。12.【答案】C【解析】would表示一种意愿，can表示能力。主句是过去时，故选could。13.【答案】B【解析】questioned和inquired表示“询问、疑问”；interrogate“审问”。故interviewed“面试、访问”符合句意。14.【答案】C【解析】take on“承担”；take

21、in“欺骗、收容”；take up“从事”；take off“脱下”、“起飞”。take on符合句意，承担照顾年老亲戚的责任。15.【答案】D【解析】obligation“责任、义务”；admiration“羡慕”；initiative“首创的，开始的”；necessity“必要性”。本句与上句意思相近，故选obligation。16.【答案】C【解析】make sb do sth.表示“使某人”，符合句意。17.【答案】A【解析】someone在这里泛指某个人。Anyone、anybody指任何人，everyone指每个人。18.【答案】B【解析】dependent“依靠别人的”；depe

22、ndable“可靠的”；independent“独立的”。19.【答案】C【解析】mutually“共同地”；similarly“同样地、相似的”；differently“不同地”；certainly“当然地”。只有共同地符合句意。20.【答案】A【解析】involved“涉及、牵涉到”；included“包含”；excluded“排除在外、不包括”；considered“考虑到”。本句意为可能涉及到的每一个人。第十三篇Today, most countries in the world have canals.Many countries have built canals near the

23、 coast, and parallel 1 the coast.Even in the twentieth century, goods can be moved more cheaply by boat than by any other 2 of transport.These 3 make it possible for boats to travel 4 ports along the coast without being 5 to the dangers of the open.Some canals, such as the Suez and the Panama, save

24、ships weeks of time by making their 6 a thousand miles shorter.Other canals permit boats to reach cities that are not 7 on the coast, still other canals 8 landsswheresthere is too much water, help to 9 fields wherethere is not enough water, and 10 water power for factories and mills.The size of a ca

25、nal 11 on the kind of boats going through it.The canal must be wide enough to permit two of the largest boats using it to 12 each other easily.It must be deep enough to leave about two feet of water 13 the keel of the largest boat using the canal.When the planet Mars was first 14 through a telescope

26、, people saw that the round disk of the planet was criss-crossed by a 15 of strange blue-green lines.These were called“canals” 16 they looked the same as canals on earth 17 are viewed from an airplane.However, scientists are now 18 that the Martian phenomena are really not canals.The photographs 19

27、from space-ships have helped us to 20 the truth about the Martia“canals”. 1.A.off B.with C.to D.by2.A.way B.means C.method D.approach3.A.waterways B.waterfronts C.channels D.paths4.A.among B.between C.in D.to5.A.revealed B.exposed C.opened D.shown6.A.trip B.journey C.voyage D.route7.A.lain B.station

28、ed C.set D.located8.A.escape B.drain C.dry D.leak9.A.water B.wet C.soak D.irrigate10.A.furnish B.afford C.offer D.give11.A.focuses B.bases C.depends D.takes12.A.cross B.pass C.move D.advance13.A.down B.below C.beneath D.off14.A.studied B.researched C.surveyed D.observed15.A.few B.number C.deal D.sup

29、ply16.A.although B.because C.so D.if17.A.that B.where C.when D.as18.A.exact B.definite C.certain D.decisive19.A.held B.taken C.got D.developed20.A.find B.expose C.uncover D.discover第十三篇答案+解说: 1.【答案】C【解析】parallel to“与平行”，固定搭配。2.【答案】B【解析】means of transport“交通工具”，固定搭配。3.【答案】A【解析】waterways“水道”；waterfron

30、ts指城市的滨水区；channels指海峡；paths指小路。4.【答案】B【解析】between指在两个港口间航行。among指三个或三个以上。5.【答案】B【解析】expose“使暴露、面临”后接to；reveal“显示”；show“展示”；open意为打开。本句意为暴露在危险面前。6.【答案】C【解析】voyage特指水上航行，其他选项均与水无关。7.【答案】D【解析】locate“位于”；stationed“住扎于”；set“放置于”。lie则不用被动式。8.【答案】B【解析】drain指排掉(过多的水)；其他选项不符合题意。9.【答案】D【解析】irrigate指灌溉；soak浸泡，

31、及其他选项不符合题意。10.【答案】A【解析】与介词for搭配的只有furnish。11.【答案】C【解析】depend on“取决于”；base on“把基于”；take on“承担”；focus on为集中注意力。12.【答案】B【解析】本句的意思是“运河必须有能够允许两条最大的船通过的宽度”。只有pass“通过“符合句意。Cross“穿过、横跨”与句意不符。13.【答案】C【解析】beneath指在以下，表示位置；down指向下，表方向；below用于抽象概念；off表示距离。14.【答案】D【解析】表示“用观测”，要用observe；study、research指系统研究；survey指调查、检查。15.【答案】B【解析】a few of是一些的意思，修饰可数名词；a deal of不能修饰可数名词；a number of指大量的；无a supply of的