四级练习选词填空仔细阅读完形填空08级.docx

1、四级练习选词填空仔细阅读完形填空08级第三章Directions; In this section, there are 10 passages. For each passage, there are 10 blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each c

2、hoice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Passage 1Our first deep companionship is found in family relationships. If we are _1_, we bond to a parent (if we are even more fortunate, we b

3、ond to both parents) and siblings (兄妹). We may also have the opportunity to find loving relationships with family outside our _2_ onewith an uncle or aunt, _3_, and cousins.As deeply loving as any of these bonds may be, however, they generally do not _4_ loneliness as effectively as marriage and _5_

4、 do, because most family relationships are time-bound. When we become adults, most of us spend much _6_ time with our parents, grandparents, uncles, and aunts than we did as _7_. Indeed, the nature of the child-parent relationship is such that if it is healthy, we do not spend as much time with our

5、parents when we grow up. Family relationships are limited by _8_ for another reason as we get older, our older relatives begin to die.Of course, neither of these reasons _9_ to siblings, and many people do develop ongoing loving relationships with a sibling. This is not the rule, however. Brothers a

6、nd sisters have not been known for the closeness of their relationships even when they love each other.If we start out life with loving family relationships, our chances for happiness are incalculably increased. It is almost impossible to overstate the importance of those _10_ . But as we get older,

7、 other relationships usually provide greater opportunities for intimacy because they are not time-bound, and these are relationships with peers.Passage 2One of the advantages of living in UK is that one is permitted to say what he thinks. _1_ or in public, one may criticize the Queen, the Government

8、, or anything else. In some cities there are even special places where people come to _2_ to speeches on all kinds of questions. In London, people gather in Hyde Park, where speakers _3 _them on various topics. No one attempts to stop such speakers. We feel that if their ideas are _4_ then they dese

9、rve to be heard. If the ideas are bad, no one will pay much _5_ to them anyway.Not long ago one of these speakers was delivering an _6_ speech in Hyde Park. He was criticizing the members of the government in strong terms.“They are _7_ for all our troubles,” he said. “What we should do is burn down

10、the House of Commons and Buckingham Palace.” A large _8_. of people had gathered and had begun to block traffic. At that moment a policeman _9_ along and said;“All right, gentlemen! Lets open a path for the _10_ . All those in favor of burning down the House of Commons, move to the right. All those

11、in favor of burning down Buckingham Palace, move to the left. Now move aside, one way or the other.” One by one the listeners walked away, and soon the speaker was left alone.Passage 3When Bob Smith was invited to an international conference on tropical disease, he was delighted. The conference was

12、to _1_ place in Geneva and Bob thought it would be a good opportunity to take Susan on a short journey. They decided that they would go to Paris for a week before Bob traveled on to Geneva for the _2_. Susan would then _3_ home.Bob and Susan _4_ an enjoyable week touring Paris. They did a lot of wal

13、king and at the end of the week they were very tired. Bob went with Susan to the _5_ and saw her on a plane to London. While he was waiting for his plane to Geneva, a mist began to form. _6_, his plane took off. As soon as he sank into his seat, Bob fell fast asleep.Unfortunately, as the plane flew

14、to Geneva, the mist changed into _7_ fog. It was _8_ to land in Geneva because of the fog. When this news was given to the passengers, Bob was still in fast sleep. He did not wake up until the plane landed back in Paris. Still very _9_, he hurried through the airport lounge and found a taxi. He aske

15、d the driver to take him to the Geneva International Hotel. The surprised driver looked at Bob as if he were mad. He asked Bob if he was _10_ he wanted a taxi. Bob said he did, since he felt too tired to walk.Passage 4Old Lucy was a very strange woman. The fine house in which she had lived overlooke

16、d a lovely valley. But she hardly ever went out. Though a servant looked after her, her only real _1_ were two cats. For years she had _2_ to see any of her relations as she felt that all they were interested in was her money.In this she was _ 3_. After her death, the few relations she had, _4_ at t

17、he house to hear Lucys lawyer read her will. They were all sure that Lucy had left a great _5_ and they each demanded a share. This led to _6_ arguments. In particular, they quarreled about the house. Lucys nephew felt that it should go to him, as he was one of the few people who used to visit his o

18、ld aunt before she _7_ herself off from her relations. Lucys cousin objected to this and there was an angry scene in the living room while they waited for the _8_ to arrive. When the lawyer entered, the nephew said jokingly that his aunt had probably left hundreds of debts.Their lawyer did not even

19、smile at this and asked them all to sit down. He began to read the _9_ inA solemn voice. Lucy had indeed been _10_ rich. But she had left her whole of her fortune to her two cats!Passage 5In recent years, more and more foreigners are involved in the teaching programs of the United States. Both the a

20、dvantages and the disadvantages of using faculty (“教师”的总称) from foreign countries in teaching positions have to be _1_, of course. It can be said that foreigners make the faculty member from _2 _an asset (财富) also create problems of adjustment both for the university and for the individual.The forei

21、gn research scholar usually isolates himself in the laboratory as a _3_ of protection. However, what he needs is to be fitted with a highly organized university system quite _4_ from that at home. He is faced in his daily work with differences in philosophy, arrangements of courses and methods of _5

22、_. Both the visiting professor and his students _6_ background in each others cultures. Some concept of what is already in the minds of American students is _7_ by foreign professor. While helping him to _8_ himself to his new environment, the university members also make certain adjustments in orde

23、r to take full advantage of what the newcomer can offer. It isnt always known how to make _9_ use of foreign faculty, especially at smaller colleges. Teaching is thought to be a _10_ where further study is called for. The findings of such a study will be a value to colleges and universities with for

24、eign faculty.Passage 6The elephant is the only animal in the world with a trunk. It uses its trunk in many _1_. It pulls leaves off trees with its trunk and then puts them into its mouth. It can also use its trunk to _2_ up trees when it wants to make a path through the jungle. It also uses its trun

25、k to drink _3_. The trunk can _4_ a lot of water, as an elephant needs to drink more than three hundred pints of water every day.When an elephant is angry, its tusk can be very _5_. It can attack people. The tusks of an elephant are really its front teeth. People pay a lot of money for the ivory of

26、an elephants tusks. Men have _6_ elephants for their tusks. The ivory from the tusks is made into many beautiful things.It has been easy for men to _7_ elephants in Asia. They use elephants to carry heavy things for long _8_.Many people say that the kings of Siam used to give white elephants to peop

27、le who they did not like. These white elephants are sacred and they could not be made to work. They could not be killed nor _9_ away. A person who has a white elephant had to pay a lot of money to keep it properly. After certain period of time, he usually becomes very _10_ . Nowadays people in Engla

28、nd call a useless thing “a white elephant”.Passage 7Nature has a perfect system for recycling water. Water is used again and again. It falls as rain. Then it goes one of three places. It might seep _1_ through the soil as it soaks through into the natural reservoirs underground. It might _2_ into th

29、e air by evaporating quickly. It might run off into streams to rivers and to the oceans.There is a problem with this recycling system. It is a balance that can be easily upset by people. Natures _3_ system can work well only if people work with the systemnot against it. Some ways that people interfe

30、re with nature are _4_ to understand. Dirty sewage water from homes and factories must not _5_ with thinking water. People would get _6_ from drinking dirty water.There are other ways that people _7_ nature. Some of these ways are not so easy to understand. For example, a marshy bog may not be good

31、for everything, but it serves an important purpose. The soft, wet soil of a bog allows water to _8_ the underground reservoirs. What happens to the balance of nature if the bog is filled in? Many housing development projects have been built where _9_ once were. The _10_ of the houses are likely to h

32、ave problems. They are likely to water, to flood in rainy seasons. Huge storm sewers are built to carry away with the water from wet areas. These huge pipes prevent wet basements in the houses of the community.Passage 8At the bottom of the world lies a mighty continent still wrapped in the Ice Age and, until recent times, unknown to man. It is a great land mass crisscrossed by mountain ranges whose extent and elevation are still un