上外等无选项完形填空专项练习.docx

1、上外等无选项完形填空专项练习【1】Insurance is the sharing of _(1). Nearly everyone is exposed _(2) of some sort. The house owner, for example, knows that his _(3) can be damaged by fire; the ship owner knows that his vessel may be lost at sea; the breadwinner knows that he may die by _(4) and _(5) his family in pov

2、erty. On the other hand, not every house is damaged by fire or every vessel lost at sea. If these persons each put a _(6) sum of money into a pool, there will be enough to _(7) the needs of the few who do suffer _(8). In other words the losses of the few are met from the contributions of the _(9). T

3、his is the basis of _(10). Those who pay the contributions are known as _(11) and those who administer the pool of the contributions as insurer.The _(12) for an insurance naturally depends on how the risk is to happen as suggested _(13) past experience. If the companies fix their premiums too _(14),

4、 there will be more competition in their branch of insurance and they may lose _(15). On the other hand, if they make the premiums too low, they will not have _(16) and may even have to drop out _(17) business. So the ordinary forces of supply and _(18) keep premiums at a proper _(19) to both insure

5、rs and those who _(20) insurance.【2】Motivation is “the driving force within individuals that impels them to action.” And goals are the sought-after results _(1) motivated behavior.Motivation can be either positive or negative _(2) direction. We may feel a driving force toward some object or conditio

6、n, _(3) a driving force away from some object or condition. For example, a person may be impelled toward a restaurant to fulfill a need, hunger, and away _(4) an airplane to fulfill a need of safety. Some psychologists refer to positive drives _(5) needs, wants or desires, _(6) negative drives as fe

7、ars or aversions. _(7), though negative and positive motivational forces seem to differ dramatically _(8) terms of physical and sometimes emotional activity, they are basically similar in _(9) they both serve to initiate and sustain human behavior. _(10) this reason, researchers often refer _(11) bo

8、th kinds of drives of motives as needs, wants and desires.Goals, _(12), can be either positive or negative. A positive goal is one toward _(13) behavior is directed and it is often referred to as an approach object. A negative goal is _(14) from which behavior is directed away and it is sometimes re

9、ferred to as an avoidance object. Since both approach and avoidance goals can be considered objectives of motivated behavior, most researchers refers to _(15) types simply as goals. Consider this example. A middle-aged woman may wish to remain _(16) attractive as possible. Her positive goal is to ap

10、pear desirable, and _(17) she may use a perfume advertised to make her irresistible. A negative goal may be to prevent her skin _(18) aging, and therefore she may buy and use face creams. _(19) the former case, she uses perfume to help her achieve her positive goal attractiveness; in the _(20) case,

11、 she uses face creams to help avoid a negative goal wrinkled skin.【3】A good translator is by definition bilingual. The opposite is not _(1) true, however. A born and bred bilingual will still need two _(2) to become a translator: first, the skills and experience necessary for _(3); second, knowledge

12、 of the field in which he or she will _(4). The skills and experience for translation include the ability to write _(5) in the target language, the ability to read and understand the _(6) language material thoroughly, and the ability to work with the latest _(7) and communication hardware and softwa

13、re.Dose a born and bred bilingual _(8) a better translator than someone who learned language B later in _(9)? There is no definite answer, but the following issues are important. _(10), a born and bred bilingual often suffers from not truly knowing _(11) language well enough to translate, with some

14、even suffering from what _(12) known as a lingualism, a state in which a person lacks _(13) full, fluent command of any language. Second, born and bred bilinguals _(14) dont know the culture of the target language well enough to _(15) top-quality translations, or cannot recognize what aspects of the

15、 source language _(16) its culture need to be treated with particular care, as they _(17) in a sense too close to the language. And last, they often _(18) the analytical linguistic skills to work through a sticky text.On _(19) other hand, the acquired bilingual may not have the same in-depth _(20) o

16、f colloquialisms, slang, and dialect that the born bilingual has. Also, the acquired bilingual will not be able to translate as readily in both directions (from B to language A and A to language B). Finally, born bilinguals often have a greater appreciation of the subtleties and nuances of both thei

17、r languages than someone who learns their B language later in life can ever hope to have.【4】Statistics from China _(1) be mind boggling: 1.2 billion _(2), 1.73 trillion cigarettes smoked in a year, 7,000 different _(3) of woody plants. But amid all of these staggering sums, one factoid stands _(4) f

18、or both its audacious size and for what it says about Chinas future: there are 630 million Chinese under the age of 24. Thats a lot of _(5) energy to burn. Materialism may be the _(6) preoccupation among Chinas young people these days, but just beneath the surface lies a feeling _(7) wounded nationa

19、list pride and an ever-deepening spiritual hunger. It isnt clear where Chinas young people are headed. But this is a generation that, by its _(8) size and certain talents, will _(9) the worlds destiny.Heres another sobering statistic: this is Terry McCarthys 22nd, and fina, cover _(10) for TIME Asia

20、-hes leaving the region _(11) three years to become TIMEs Los Angeles _(12) chief. McCarthy, who has indefatigably crisscrossed Asia out of his twin bases of Hong Kong and Shanghai, was the main driver _(13) this weeks superb special report on young China. He developed the story list, guided much _(

21、14) the reporting and wrote some of the articles. All _(15) planning a swank black-tie masked ball last weekend in Shanghai. “ I was _(16) by the willingness of individual Chinese to write for us or talk about their _(17),” McCarthy says about the special _(18). “ These are the guys _(19) are going

22、to be running the country in 20 _(20).” If were lucky, McCarthy will be back in the region long before then.【5】Ageing is a demned nuisance. Just _(1) you think you have the experience, _(2) style, the wisdom, the confidence to _(3) gorgeous, it turns out your body _(4) are descending without the aid

23、 of _(5) parachute and going up a _(6) of stairs without gasping is a major _(7) challenge. Where is the justice in _(8)?Red wine was invented as the consolation _(9) now one man wants to take the _(10) to nature. If the radical dream of Ed Moses _(11) true, we will no longer think _(12) 48 as middl

24、e age. It will be the beginning of life, bounding and brimming with youthful _(13) and potential. One of the greatest track athletes of _(14) time, the 1976 and 1984 Olympic champion _(15) the 400 metres hurdles, is back in _(16).Oh, dont be daft, Edwin, all his friends and colleagues have been _(17

25、). Michael Johnson, SebCoe, Daley Thompson have all looked him _(18) the earnest eye and forewarned _(19) of terrible injuries and humiliation. _(20) is a tide that no man may turn back, not even one who went unbeaten in his event for nine years, nine months and nine days, winning 122 consecutive ra

26、ces and driving despair into the hearts of his miserably training rivals.【6】60,000 volunteers from around the world will be trained _(1) the Olympic and Paralympic _(2) in Athens in 2004. Without the volunteers, _(3) Olympic Games as we know them _(4) would not exits. The volunteers, who are_(5) all

27、 ages, cultures and backgrounds, all _(6) the same passion for sport and the Olympic Ideal, _(7) the athletes, these are the people who _(8) personify Olympism.In Athens, the volunteers will work _(9) the maintenance of venues, the supervision _(10) events, hospitality and orientation of visitors _(

28、11) athletes, transport, logistics, etc. From welcome _(12) the airports and train stations, _(13) security at venues, catering, administration, ticketing and transport for athletes and officials, _(14) one of their many talents is invaluable.Applications _(15) are available to any individual, of _(

29、16) nationality, who wishes to participate. The only _(17) is being at least 18 years old _(18) the time of the Games. The candidates _(19) profiles best fit the required posts will be _(20) a place in the Organising Committee. They must then follow a training course. Finally, the volunteers will re

30、ceive their accreditation, uniform and any necessary equipment.【7】Video games have taken a lot of _(1) lately, blamed by some for _(2) violence and fostering sedentariness (sitting for a long time). Now the results of a new study suggest that all those hours _(3) playing action-packed games might have some _(4) effects. Researchers writing today in the journal Nature report that the