[外语类试卷]专业英语四级（完形填空）模拟试卷146（无答案）.doc

1、专业英语四级（完形填空）模拟试卷 146（无答案）一、PART III CLOZE (15 MIN)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. 0 TV is so often a parents good friend, keeping kids happily occupied so the gr

2、ownups can cook dinner, answer the phone, or take a shower. But (1)_ that electronic babysitter is not an educational(2)_. According to a recent research, babies who watch TV are more likely to have (3)_ cognitive development and language at 14 months,(4)_ if theyre watching programs(5)_ for adults

3、and older children. Its surprising that TV-watching made a(6)_ at such a tender age.This new study(7)_ 259 lower-income families in New York, most of whom spoke Spanish as their (8)_ language at home. Other studies examining higher-income families have come to the(9)_ conclusion: TV watching not onl

4、y isnt educational, but it seems to(10)_ babies development.Babies who watched 60 minutes of TV daily had developmental (11)_ one-third lower at 14 months than babies who werent watching that much TV. The(12)_ may be due to the fact that when kids and parents are watching TV, theyre(13)_ talking, pl

5、aying, and interactions that are(14)_ to learning and development.But what about(15)“_“ TV, like Sesame Street? The researchers didnt find any pluses or minuses when (16)_ to non-educational programs designed for small children, like Sponge-Bob SquarePants.(17)_ research by some of the same scientis

6、ts has found that parents whose children watch non-educational TV programs like SpongeBob SquarePants spend(18)_ time reading to their children or teaching them. The latest study of educational TV programs like Sesame Street adds more(19)_ to a recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics

7、that babies under age 2(20)_ watch no TV at all.1 (1)（A）hopefully（B） unfortunately（C） interestingly（D）unluckily2 (2)（A）help（B） support（C） aid（D）assistance3 (3)（A）postponed（B） suspended（C） checked（D）delayed4 (4)（A）Even（B） only（C） especially（D）specially5 (5)（A）intended（B） designing（C） aiming（D）used6 (

8、6)（A）change（B） mistake（C） difference（D）mark7 (7)（A）watched（B） followed（C） inspected（D）traced8 (8)（A）basic（B） secondary（C） formal（D）primary9 (9)（A）similar（B） same（C） new（D）different10 (10)（A）stunt（B） influence（C） stop（D）destruct11 (11)（A）marks（B） scores（C） points（D）goals12 (12)（A）distance（B） length（C

9、） deficiency（D）discrepancy13 (13)（A）leaving out（B） leaving out of（C） missing out（D）missing out on14 (14)（A）unnecessary（B） essential（C） relevant（D）related15 (15)（A）simple（B） important（C） funny（D）good16 (16)（A）referred（B） referring（C） compared（D）comparing17 (17)（A）Further（B） Later（C） Recent（D）Earlier1

10、8 (18)（A）more（B） less（C） few（D）some19 (19)（A）fuel（B） oil（C） coal（D）wood20 (20)（A）can（B） should（C） will（D）must20 Maybe unemployment isnt so bad after all. A new study says that having a demanding, unstable and thankless job may make you even(1)_ than not having a job at all.(2)_ that a paid position

11、gives workers purpose and a structured role, researchers had(3)_ thought that having any job would make a person happier than being(4)_. That turns out to be true if you move into a high-quality jobbut taking a bad job is(5)_ to mental health.Australian National University researchers looked at how

12、various psychosocial work attributes affect(6)_. They found that poor-quality jobs those with high demands, low control over decision making, low job(7)_ and an effort-reward imbalancehad more adverse effects on mental health than joblessness.Moving from unemployment to a job with high psychosocial

13、quality was associated with(8)_ in mental health, the authors said.(9)_, the mental health of people in the least-satisfying jobs declined the(10)_ over timeand the worse the job, the more it affected workers welfare.These findings(11)_ the importance of employment to a persons welfare. Rather than

14、seeking a new job, the study suggests, people who are unemployed or(12)_ in lousy work should seek new(13)_ that offer more security, autonomy and a (14)_ workload. But thats a lot (15)_ said than done.(16)_ employers could be persuaded to be more(17)_ of the mental health of their workers happier e

15、mployees are a(18)_ to their employers. “The(19)_ of work conditions,“ the researchers noted, “may(20)_ a health cost, which over the longer term will be both economically and socially counterproductive.“21 (1)（A）more unfortunate（B） more unsatisfied（C） unhappier（D）unluckier22 (2)（A）Given（B） Supposin

16、g（C） Provided（D）Now23 (3)（A）never（B） frequently（C） sometimes（D）long24 (4)（A）poor（B） dependent（C） unemployed（D）purposeless25 (5)（A）detrimental（B） disastrous（C） destructive（D）demeaning26 (6)（A）fitness（B） health（C） well-being（D）soundness27 (7)（A）security（B） stress（C） injuries（D）expenses28 (8)（A）increas

17、es（B） growth（C） improvements（D）development29 (9)（A）Therefore（B） And（C） Otherwise（D）Meanwhile30 (10)（A）best（B） most（C） least（D）worst31 (11)（A）underscore（B） undermine（C） discover（D）admit32 (12)（A）limited（B） stuck（C） uninterested（D）submerged33 (13)（A）opportunities（B） positions（C） companies（D）organizati

18、ons34 (14)（A）reasonable（B） heavy（C） little（D）no35 (15)（A）harder（B） easier（C） more difficult（D）more simple36 (16)（A）Perhaps（B） Undoubtedly（C） Ultimately（D）Finally37 (17)（A）supportive（B） cautious（C） neglectful（D）mindful38 (18)（A）profit（B） joy（C） benefit（D）nightmare39 (19)（A）erosion （B） facilitation（C） difficulties（D）limitation40 (20)（A）pay（B） incur（C） cover（D）induce