1、国家公共英语四级(综合)练习试卷 25及答案与解析 一、 Section II Use of English (15 minutes) Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. 0 British universities, 【 C1】 _ under the burden of a huge increase in student numbers, are 【 C2】 _ that the
2、tradition of a free education is at 【 C3】 _ . The universities have 【 C4】 _ to impose an admission fee on students to 【 C5】_ a gap in revenue if the government does not act to improve their finances and 【 C6】 _ some public spending cutbacks. The government responded to the universities threat by set
3、ting up the most fundamental 【 C7】 _ of higher education for a generation, under a non-party troubleshooter, Sir Ron Dearing. One in three school-leavers enters higher education, five times the number when the last review took place thirty years ago. Everyone agrees a system that is feeling the 【 C8
4、】 _ after rapid expansion needs a lot more money-but there is little hope of getting it from the taxpayer and not much 【 C9】 _ for attracting more finance from business. Most colleges believe students should 【 C10】 _ to tuition costs, something that is common elsewhere in the world 【 C11】 _ would ma
5、rk a revolutionary change in Britain. Universities want the government to introduce a loan 【 C12】 _ for tuition fees and have suspended their own threatened action for now. They 【 C13】_ Dearings advice, hoping it will not be too late-some are already reported to be in financial difficulty. As the ce
6、ntury 【 C14】 _ its end, the whole 【 C15】 _ of what a university should be is under the microscope. Experts 【 C16】 _ how much they can use computers instead of classrooms, talk of the need for 【 C17】 _ learning and refer to students as “consumers“. The Confederation of British Industry, the key emplo
7、yers organization, wants even more expansion in higher education to help fight competition on world markets from 【 C18】 _ Asian economies. But the government has doubts 【 C19】 _ more expansion. The Times newspaper agrees, complaining that quality has suffered as student numbers 【 C20】 _ , with close
8、 tutorial supervision giving way to “mass production methods more typical of European universities.“ 1 【 C1】 _ ( A) groaning ( B) grumbling ( C) lamenting ( D) moaning 2 【 C2】 _ ( A) advising ( B) alerting ( C) warning ( D) foreboding 3 【 C3】 _ ( A) chance ( B) danger ( C) gamble ( D) risk 4 【 C4】 _
9、 ( A) threatened ( B) admonished ( C) alerted ( D) warned 5 【 C5】 _ ( A) block ( B) plug ( C) clog ( D) jam 6 【 C6】 _ ( A) bicker ( B) scrap ( C) fight ( D) junk 7 【 C7】 _ ( A) consideration ( B) examination ( C) observation ( D) review 8 【 C8】 _ ( A) strain ( B) breed ( C) extend ( D) pull 9 【 C9】
10、_ ( A) degree ( B) scope ( C) extent ( D) range 10 【 C10】 _ ( A) donate ( B) give ( C) contribute ( D) provide 11 【 C11】 _ ( A) and ( B) or ( C) then ( D) but 12 【 C12】 _ ( A) scheme ( B) plan ( C) plot ( D) intrigue 13 【 C13】 _ ( A) await ( B) wait ( C) accept ( D) have 14 【 C14】 _ ( A) nears ( B)
11、closes ( C) goes ( D) comes 15 【 C15】 _ ( A) idea ( B) notion ( C) opinion ( D) concept 16 【 C16】 _ ( A) consider ( B) deliberate ( C) wonder ( D) meditate 17 【 C17】 _ ( A) long ( B) lifetime ( C) lifelong ( D) lifework 18 【 C18】 _ ( A) advancing ( B) flourishing ( C) booming ( D) growing 19 【 C19】
12、_ ( A) on ( B) about ( C) in ( D) at 20 【 C20】 _ ( A) soared ( B) ascended ( C) flied ( D) towered 国家公共英语四级(综合)练习试卷 25答案与解析 一、 Section II Use of English (15 minutes) Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. 【知识模块】 High
13、er Education 1 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 此处为 “呻吟,受折磨 ”之意。 【知识模块】 Higher Education 2 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 此处为 “提出,发出警告 ”之意。 【知识模块】 Higher Education 3 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 “at risk”为固定搭配,意为 “处于危险的境地 ”。 【知识模块】 Higher Education 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 此处为 “威胁 (政府而做出某种举动 )”之意。 【知识模块】 Higher Education 5 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 此处为 “填塞,弥补
14、”之意。 【知识模块】 Higher Education 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 此处为 “使废除,使不做某事 ”之意。 【知识模块】 Higher Education 7 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 此处为 “审查,调查 ”之意。 【知识模块】 Higher Education 8 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 此处为 “感到有压力 ”之意。 【知识模块】 Higher Education 9 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 此处为 “机会 ”之意。 【知识模块】 Higher Education 10 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 “Contribute to some
15、thing”为 “捐助 ”之意。 【知识模块】 Higher Education 11 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 此处表示转折关系。 【知识模块】 Higher Education 12 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 此处为 “计划,规划 ”之意。 【知识模块】 Higher Education 13 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 此处为 “等待 ”之意且 应选及物动词。 【知识模块】 Higher Education 14 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 此处为 “接近 ”之意且应选及物动词。 【知识模块】 Higher Education 15 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 此
16、处为 “概念,构想 ”之意。 【知识模块】 Higher Education 16 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 此处为 “衡量,反思 ”之意。 【知识模块】 Higher Education 17 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析 】 此处为 “终身的 ”之意。 【知识模块】 Higher Education 18 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 表示经济的繁荣应用 boom一词。 【知识模块】 Higher Education 19 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 此处为 “对 有疑问 ”之意。 【知识模块】 Higher Education 20 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 此处为 “人数增长 ”之意。 【知识模块】 Higher Education
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