大学英语四级选词填空专项训练.docx

1、大学英语四级选词填空专项训练2011年6月大学英语四级真题Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.The popular notion that older people need less sleep than younger adults is a myth, scientists said yesterday.While elderly people _47_ to sleep for fewer hours than they did when they were younger, this has a(n) _48_

2、 effect on their brains performance and they would benefit from getting more, according to research.Sean Drummond, a. psychiatrist (心理医生) at the University of California, San Diego, said older people are more likely to suffer from broken sleep, while younger people are better at sleeping _49_ straig

3、ht through the night.More sleep in old age, however, is _50_ with better health, and most older people would feel better and more _51_ if they slept for longer periods, he said.“The ability to sleep in one chunk (整块时间) overnight goes down as we age but the amount of sleep we need to _52_ well does n

4、ot change,” Dr Drummond told the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in San Diego.“Its _53_ a myth that older people need less sleep. The more healthy an older adult is, the more they sleep like they did when they were _54_. Our data suggests that older adults would benefi

5、t from _55_ to get as much sleep as they did in their 30s. Thats _56_ from person to person, but the amount of sleep we had at 35 is probably the same amount as we need at 75.”注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。A) alertI) formallyB) associatedJ) functionC) attractingK) mixedD) clingL) negativeE) continuingM) suffici

6、entF) definitelyN) tendG) differentO) younger答案Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in depth)47 N tend 48 L negative 49 H efficiently 50 B associated51 A alert 52 J function/ 53 F definitely 54 O younger55 E continuing56 G different文章大意：本文主要讲述的是关于老年人睡眠的问题：是否老年人与年轻人相比只需要较少的睡眠时间？ 2010年12月英语四级考试真题Que

7、stions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.What determines the kind of person you are? What factors make you more or less bold, intelligent, or able to read a map? All of these are influenced by the interaction of your genes and the environment in which you were 47 . The study of how genes a

8、nd environment interact to influence 48 activity is known as behavioral genetics. Behavioral genetics has made important 49 to the biological revolution, providing information about the extent to which biology influences mind, brain and behavior.Any research that suggests that 50 to perform certain

9、behaviors are based in biology is controversial. Who wants to be told that there are limitations to what you can 51 based on something that is beyond your control, such as your genes? It is easy to accept that genes control physical characteristics such as sex, race and eye color. But can genes also

10、 determine whether people will get divorced, how 52 they are, or what career they are likely to choose? A concern of psychological scientists is the 53 to which all of these characteristics are influenced by nature and nurture(养育), by genetic makeup and the environment. Increasingly, science 54 that

11、 genes lay the groundwork for many human traits. From this perspective, people are born 55 like undeveloped photographs: The image is already captured, but the way it 56 appears can vary based on the development process. However, the basic picture is there from the beginning.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 A abi

12、lities I extent B achieve J indicates C appeal K proceeds D complaints L psychological E contributions M raised F displayed N smart G essentially O standard H eventually答案Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in depth)47. M) raised 48. L) psychological 49. E) contributions 50. A) abilities51. B) ac

13、hieve 52. N) smart 53. I) extent 54. J) indicates55. G) essentially 56. H) eventually 2010年6月英语四级考试真题Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list o

14、f choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of t

15、he words in the bank more than once.Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.When we think of green buildings, we tend to think of new ones the kind of high-tech, solar-paneled masterpieces that make the covers of architecture magazines. But the U.S. has more than 100 million existing h

16、omes, and it would be _47_ wasteful to tear them all down and _48_ them with greener versions. An enormous amount of energy and resources went into the construction of those houses. And it would take an average of 65 years for the _49_ carbon emissions from a new energy-efficient home to make up for

17、 the resources lost by destroying an old one. So in the broadest _50_, the greenest home is the one that has already been built. But at the same time, nearly half of U. S. carbon emissions come from heating, cooling and _51_ our homes, offices and other buildings. You cant deal with climate change w

18、ithout dealing with existing buildings, says Richard Moe, the president of the National Trust.With some _52_, the oldest homes tend to be the least energy-efficient. Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000, mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps

19、 that _53_ over time and let in more outside air.Fortunately, there are a _54_ number of relatively simple changes that can green older homes, from _55_ ones like Lincolns Cottage to your own postwar home. And efficiency upgrades (升级) can save more than just the earth; they can help _56_ property ow

20、ners from rising power costs.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。A) accommodations B) clumsy C) doubtful D) exceptions E) expand F) historic G) incredibly H) powering I) protect J) reduced K) replace L) sense M) shifted N) supplying O) vast答案Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in depth)47. G incredibly 48. K repla

21、ce 49. J reduced 50. L sense 51. H powering52. D exceptions 53. E expand 54. O vast 55. F historic 56. I protect2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题及答案Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.In families with two working parents, fathers may have more impact on a childs language development than mothers,

22、 a new study suggests.Researchers 47 92 families form 11 child care centers before their children were a year old, interviewing each to establish income, level of education and child care arrangements. Overall, it was a group of well-class families, with married parents both living in the home.When

23、the children were 2, researchers videotaped them at home in free-play sessions with both parents, 48 all of their speech. The study will appear in the November issue of The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology.The scientists measured the 49 number of utterance (话语) of the parents, the number

24、of different words they used, the complexity of their sentences and other 50 of their speech. On average, fathers spoke less than mothers did, but they did not differ in the length of utterances or proportion of questions asked.Finally, the researchers 51 the childrens speech at age 3, using a stand

25、ardized language test. The only predictors of high scores on the test were the mothers level of education, the 52 of child care and the number of different words the father used. The researchers are 53 why the fathers speech, and not the mothers, had an effect.“Its well 54 that the mothers language

26、does have an impact,” said Nadya Pancsofar, the lead author of the study. It could be that the high-functioning mothers in the study had 55 had a strong influence on their childrens speech development, Ms. Pancsofar said, “or it may be that mothers are 56 in a way we didnt measure in the study.”注意：此

27、部分试题在答题卡1上。A) already B) analyzed C) aspects D) characters E) contributing F) describing G) established H) quality I) quoted J) recording K) recruited L) totalM) unconscious N) unsure O) yet 答案Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in depth)47.【快速解题】动词辨义题。K【火眼金睛】本句缺少谓语，根据句中before引导的时间状语从句中的过去时态，可以断定

28、谓语动词应使用过去时。根据句意，备选动词中recruited符合题意。此外备选词中analyzed是强干扰项，但其实并不合适，因为“研究者们分析了92个家庭，并且逐一询问了他们的收入、受教育状况、孩子的照顾情况。”其中“分析”与“逐一询问”在逻辑意义上不符。48.【快速解题】动词辨义题。J【火眼金睛】空格处在with短语中，且应该作宾语parents 的补足语。根据句意可知此处应为“研究人员将他们与父母双方在家自由玩耍的情景录制下来，并记录他们所有的谈话。”可以看出此处需填一个动名词，并含有“记录”的意思，备选动词中recording 符合题意。49.【快速解题】动词辨义题。L【火眼金睛】空格

29、位于the 与number之间，可知此处需填入一个形容词作定语。备选形容词中total 符合题意，意为“父母亲话语总的数量”。50.【快速解题】名词辨义题。C【火眼金睛】空格位于other 之后，可知此处需填入名词，备选名词只有aspects符合题意，意为“科学家们测量了父母亲话语总的数量，使用不同词汇的数量，他们的语句的复杂程度以及他们语言的其他方面。”51.【快速解题】动词辨义题。B【火眼金睛】空格在主语the researchers之后，可知此处应填入谓语动词的过去时态。剩余的备选动词中analyzed 符合题意，意为“最后，当孩子们三岁时，研究者们对孩子进行了标准化的语言测试，并对他们

30、的语言进行了分析。”52.【快速解题】名词辨义题。H【火眼金睛】空格处前后分别为 the 与of，可知此处需填入名词，根据上下文可知该句意为“测试中，预测高分的指标包括母亲受教育的程度，养育孩子的质量，父亲使用不同词汇的数量。”备选名词中quality 符合题意。53.【快速解题】形容词辨义题。N【火眼金睛】空格位于be动词与why 从句之间，可知需填入形容词或过去分词，以构成系表结构。动词中的剩余词汇，均不能使句意通顺。备选形容词中unsure可使句意通顺，意为“令研究者们疑惑的是为什么父亲而非母亲的语言对孩子有影响。”54.【快速解题】动词辨义题。G【火眼金睛】空格处在is well和th

31、at从句之间，此处需要填入过去分词。备选动词中established 符合题意, 其中it is well established that，意为“大家公认”。55.【快速解题】副词辨义题。A【火眼金睛】本句结构完整，空格处需填入一个副词。空格前后的had并不相同，前面的had是构成过去完成时态的助动词，后面的had是短语have a strong influence on，结合句意，备选副词中already符合题意。56.【快速解题】动词辨义题。E【火眼金睛】纵观全句，空格处应填入现在分词，与are构成现在进行时态。根据句意“最终对于整个学校的文化氛围都会产生有益的影响”。备选动词中cont

32、ributing符合题意, 意为“可能母亲起作用的方式在研究中我们没有测量。”2009年6月英语四级考试真题与答案Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage. Every year in the first week of my English class, some students inform me that writhing is too hard. They never write, unless assignments 47 it . They fine the writing process 48 and difficult. How