1、大学英语四级综合-完形填空(九)及答案解析(总分：40.00，做题时间：90 分钟)People of Burlington are being dis- turbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of higher educa- tion are in the bell tower of the church and have made (1) their minds to (2) the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest against heavy
2、trucks which run day and night (3) the narrow High Street.“They not (4) make it difficult to sleep at night, but they are (5) damage to our houses and shops of historical (6) ,“ said John Norris, one of the protesters.“If we must have these noisy trucks on the roads,“ said Jean Lacey, a biology stud
3、ent, why dont they build a new road that goes round the town? Burlington isnt much more than a (7) village. Its streets were never (8) for heavy traffic.Harry Fields also studying (9) said they wanted to make as much noise as possible to (10) the government officials to realize what everybody was ha
4、ving to (11) .“Most of them dont (12) here anyway,“ he said, “they come in for meetings and that the Town Hall is soundproof, so they probably dont (13) . Its high time they (14) the problem.“ The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she thought the public were (15) on their side, and even if they were
5、nt they soon would be.I asked if they were (16) that the police might come to (17) them from ringing the bell.“Not really,“ she said, “actually we are (18) bell ringers. I mean we are assistant bell ringers for the church. There is no (19) against practising.“I (20) the church with the sound of the
6、bells ringing in my ears.（分数：20.00）(1).A. up B. onC. over D. to（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. change B. repairC. ring D. shake（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. across B. throughC. on D. in（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).A. well B. onceC. hardly D. only（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).A. doing B. raisingC. putting D. producing（分数：1.00）A.B.
7、C.D.(6).A. scene B. periodC. interest D. sense（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7).A. pretty B. quietC. large D. modem（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(8).A. tested B. meantC. kept D. thought（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(9).A. maths B. chemistryC. English D. biology（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(10).A force C makeB let D beg（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(11).A. stand
8、B. acceptC. know D. share（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(12).A. shop B. liveC. come D. study（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(13).A. notify B. mentionC. fear D. notice（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(14).A. realized B. realizeC. realizing D. realizes（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(15).A. hardly B. unwillinglyC. mostly D. usually（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(16).A. surp
9、rised B. afraidC. pleased D. determined（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(17).A. seize B. fightC. catch D. stop（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(18).A. proper B. experiencedC. hopeful D. serious（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(19).A. point B. causeC. need D. law（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(20).A. left B. foundC. reached D. passed（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.For many pe
10、ople today, reading is no longer relaxation. In (1) a job or ad- vancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend (2) can mean the difference between success and failure. But the unfortunate fact is that most of us are (3) read ers. Most of us develop poor reading (4) at an early age, and never ge
11、t over them. The main deficiency(缺乏，不足) lies (5) the actual stuff of language itself-words. Taken individually, words have (6) meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. (7) , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one wo
12、rd at a time, often regressing to (8) words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over (9) you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which (10) down the speed of reading is vocalization (发声法), sounding each word either or ally or mentallyas (11) reads.To overco
13、me these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an (12) , which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate (13) the reader finds comfortable, in order to “stretch“ him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, (14) w
14、ord-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization (默读), practically impossible. At first (15) is sacrificed for speed. But when you leam to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, (16) your comprehension will improve. Many people have found their reading skill drastically improved
15、(17) some training. (18) Charlie Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was 172 words a minute (19) the training, which was reasonably good, and now, amazingly, it is 1,378 words a minute. He is delighted that now he can get (20) a lot more reading material in a short period of time.
16、（分数：20.00）(1).A. applying B. doingC. offering D. getting（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. quickly B. easilyC. roughly D. decidedly（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. good B. curiousC. poor D. urgent（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).A. training B. habitsC. situations D. custom（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).A. in B. toC. about D. down（分数：1.00）A.
17、B.C.D.(6).A. some B. a lotC. little D. dull（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7).A. FortunatelyB. SimultaneouslyC. LogicallyD. Unfortunately（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(8).A. reuse B. rereadC. rewrite D. recite（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(9).A. what B. whichC. that D. if（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(10).A. scales B. cutsC. slows D. measures（分数：1.00）
18、A.B.C.D.(11).A. someone B. oneC. he D. reader（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(12).A. accelerator B. actorC. amplifier D. observer（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(13).A. then B. asC. beyond D. than（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(14).A. enabling B. leadingC. making D. indicating（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(15).A. meaning B. comprehensionC. gist D. regress
19、ion（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(16).A. but B. norC. or D. for（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(17).A. before B. duringC. after D. without（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(18).A. Look at B. TakeC. Make D. Consider（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(19).A. for B. inC. after D. before（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(20).A. along B. overC. across D. through（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.大学英语
20、四级综合-完形填空(九)答案解析(总分：40.00，做题时间：90 分钟)People of Burlington are being dis- turbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of higher educa- tion are in the bell tower of the church and have made (1) their minds to (2) the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest against heavy truck
21、s which run day and night (3) the narrow High Street.“They not (4) make it difficult to sleep at night, but they are (5) damage to our houses and shops of historical (6) ,“ said John Norris, one of the protesters.“If we must have these noisy trucks on the roads,“ said Jean Lacey, a biology student,
22、why dont they build a new road that goes round the town? Burlington isnt much more than a (7) village. Its streets were never (8) for heavy traffic.Harry Fields also studying (9) said they wanted to make as much noise as possible to (10) the government officials to realize what everybody was having
23、to (11) .“Most of them dont (12) here anyway,“ he said, “they come in for meetings and that the Town Hall is soundproof, so they probably dont (13) . Its high time they (14) the problem.“ The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she thought the public were (15) on their side, and even if they werent th
24、ey soon would be.I asked if they were (16) that the police might come to (17) them from ringing the bell.“Not really,“ she said, “actually we are (18) bell ringers. I mean we are assistant bell ringers for the church. There is no (19) against practising.“I (20) the church with the sound of the bells
25、 ringing in my ears.（分数：20.00）(1).A. up B. onC. over D. to（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 惯用搭配题。makeup ones mind to do sth是惯用搭配，意为“下定决心做某事”，故选 A。(2).A. change B. repairC. ring D. shake（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 逻辑衔接题。该句宾语为 bell，选项中与之相搭配的谓语只能是 ring，故选 C。(3).A. across B. throughC. on D. in（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析
26、 惯用搭配题。through 意为“穿过，通过”，across 意为“横过，横穿”，卡车是通过马路而不是横穿马路，所以 B 正确。(4).A. well B. onceC. hardly D. only（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 惯用搭配题。not onlybut(also)意为“不但而且”。故选 D。(5).A. doing B. raisingC. putting D. producing（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。raise 意为“唤起”，put 意为“放；提出”，produce 意为“提出；制造”，选项中能和 damage 搭配只有
27、do，do damageto 意为“对造成损害”，故选 A。(6).A. scene B. periodC. interest D. sense（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 惯用搭配题。a place of historical interest 是惯用搭配，意为“名胜古迹”，故选C。(7).A. pretty B. quietC. large D. modem（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 逻辑衔接题。本题可用排除法，文章未讲风景优美，排除 pretty(美丽的)；由于交通噪音大才引起了抗议，排除 quiet(安静的)；一般不用 modern(现代的)来形容
28、村庄；故选 C。本句及下句的意思是“伯灵顿和一个大村庄没有什么两样，它的街道本来就不是为这么多车辆的通行设计的”。(8).A. tested B. meantC. kept D. thought（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 惯用搭配题。be meant/intended for sth/to do sth=be done or made for a particular purpose，故选 B。(9).A. maths B. chemistryC. English D. biology（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 逻辑衔接题。上文提到 Jean Lacey
29、，a biology student，此处提到 Harry Fields also studying_，注意关键词 also，由此可知，D 正确。(10).A force C makeB let D beg（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 语法结构题。句中的谓语动词用法为“_sbtodo sth”，由此可以排除 B、C 项，因为 let 和 make 后接省略 to 的动词不定式；再结合句意可知，他们连续两周敲钟不是为了 beg(乞求)官员，而是 force(强迫)官员，故选 A。(11).A. stand B. acceptC. know D. share（分数：1.00）A.
30、 B.C.D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。stand 除意为“站立”外，还有“容忍，忍受”之意，故选 A。表示容忍的词语有：bear，put up with，tolerate，endure 等。(12).A. shop B. liveC. come D. study（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 逻辑衔接题。结合句意“大多数(官员)是不_这儿的，他们进城来是为了参加会议”可知，live(居住)正确。(13).A. notify B. mentionC. fear D. notice（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 词义辨析题。notify 意为“通报，通知”，ment
31、ion 意为“提及”，fear 意为“害怕”，notice 意为“注意到”，结合上文“官员们不住在城里，来城里开会又呆在有隔音功能的市政厅里”可知，D 正确。notify，正式用语，指把要注意的事情正式通知他人，含有紧迫的意味，要求及早回答或行动。inform，一般用语，指使人知道某事，为某人提供有关的资料或情况。(14).A. realized B. realizeC. realizing D. realizes（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 语法结构题。在 Its(high)time 句型中的从句要用虚拟语气，故选 A。虚拟条件句中的动词形式为：在表示现在或将来的虚拟条件句
32、中，从句谓语用过去式的形式，主句谓语为“would+动词原形”；在表示过去的虚拟条件句中，从句谓语用过去完成时形式，主句谓语为“would have+过去分词”。(15).A. hardly B. unwillinglyC. mostly D. usually（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。mostly 意为“大部分”，结合句意可知，大部分公众站在他们这边，故选C；hardly 意为“几乎不”，unwillingly 意为“不情愿地”，usually 意为“通常”，均排除。(16).A. surprised B. afraidC. pleased D. determ
33、ined（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 逻辑衔接题。由上下文逻辑关系可知，作者想问他们是否担心被警察阻止，故选 B。be afraid of 后接名词或动名词，be afraid 可接动词不定式，均有“怕”或“不敢”之意，be afraid 后还可接 that 从句，意为“恐怕”。例如：I wasntafraid of the carI was afraid of the driver我不是怕那辆车，而是怕开车的那个人。| He is afraid to go there他不敢去那儿。| Im afraid I dont understand我恐怕没有理解。(17).A. se
34、ize B. fightC. catch D. stop（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 惯用搭配题。本题可采用排除法。seize，catch 均可用于表示“逮捕，抓到某人”，但由于该句话后半部分有 from doing sth，故排除 A、C 项；fight 意为“打斗，搏斗”，不符合句意，排除；故选 stop(停止，制止)。(18).A. proper B. experiencedC. hopeful D. serious（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。proper 意为“适当的；正规的”，experienced 意为“有经验的”，hopeful意
35、为“有希望的”，serious 意为“严肃的，认真的”；下文提到学生本来就是教堂撞钟人的助手，因而他们是正规的，A 正确。(19).A. point B. causeC. need D. law（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 逻辑衔接题。联系上文可知，学生之所以不担心警察来阻止他们，是因为他们认为没有一条法律规定不准练习敲钟，所以 D 正确。(20).A. left B. foundC. reached D. passed（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 逻辑衔接题。leave 意为“离开”，结合上文和句意“当我_教堂，耳边还回荡着钟声”可知，A 正确；find
36、意为“发现”，reach 意为“抵达”，pass 意为“经过”，均排除。For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. In (1) a job or ad- vancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend (2) can mean the difference between success and failure. But the unfortunate fact is that most of us are (3) read ers. Most of us develop
37、 poor reading (4) at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency(缺乏，不足) lies (5) the actual stuff of language itself-words. Taken individually, words have (6) meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. (7) , however, the untrained reader does not re
38、ad groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to (8) words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over (9) you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which (10) down the speed of reading is vocalization (发声法), sounding each word ei
39、ther or ally or mentallyas (11) reads.To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an (12) , which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate (13) the reader finds comfortable, in order to “stretch“ him. The acc
40、elerator forces the reader to read fast, (14) word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization (默读), practically impossible. At first (15) is sacrificed for speed. But when you leam to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, (16) your comprehension will improve. Many people have
41、found their reading skill drastically improved (17) some training. (18) Charlie Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was 172 words a minute (19) the training, which was reasonably good, and now, amazingly, it is 1,378 words a minute. He is delighted that now he can get (20) a lot m
42、ore reading material in a short period of time.（分数：20.00）(1).A. applying B. doingC. offering D. getting（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 词义辨析题。apply 意为“申请”(与 for 连用)，do 意为“做”，offer 意为“提供”，get 意为“获得”，本句的意思是“谁如果想谋得一份差事”，故选 D。apply 意为“申请”时，惯用搭配为 apply to 或 apply for，例如：apply to college 申请入大学|apply for a job 求职。(
43、2).A. quickly B. easilyC. roughly D. decidedly（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。quickly 意为“迅速地”，结合句意“_阅读和理解的能力，是关系成败的关键”可知，A 正确；easily 意为“容易地”，roughly 意为“粗略地”，decidedly 意为“果断地”。(3).A. good B. curiousC. poor D. urgent（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 逻辑衔接题。本句用 but 引导，表转折之意，所以它的意思应该和上文“能够快速地阅读和理解”相反。另外，由于下文还提及了 poo
44、r reading，故选 C。英语中，阅读速度快的人称为 good reader，反之，就是 poor reader。(4).A. training B. habitsC. situations D. custom（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。结合句意“大多数人早期养成看书慢的_”及后半句的代词 then 可知，空格处应填入复数，故排除 training(训练)和 custom(习俗)；habits 意为“习惯”，situations 意为“情形，情况”，结合句意可知，B 正确。(5).A. in B. toC. about D. down（分数：1.00）A.
45、B.C.D.解析：解析 惯用搭配题。结合句意“主要的困难_语言的自身要素”，lie in 意为“在于”，lie to 意为“海(船)受阻；滞航”，lie about 意为“到处乱扔；无所事事”，lie down 意为“躺下；屈服”，结合句意可知，A 正确。(6).A. some B. a lotC. little D. dull（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 逻辑衔接题。结合句意“如果单看这些单词，它们有_意义，除非它们结合在一起组成词组、句子和段落”和关联词 until 可知，空格处应填入有否定意思的词，故选 little(很少的)。(7).A. FortunatelyB.
46、SimultaneouslyC. LogicallyD. Unfortunately（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 逻辑衔接题。fortunately 意为“幸运地”，simultaneously 意为“同时地”，logically意为“合乎逻辑地”，unfortunately 意为“不幸地”，由句首表转折关系的 however 及句意“未经训练的读者不会读词群”可知，空格所在句子的意思和前句相对，故选 D。备选项中若有词义完全相反的两项，答案一般为其中一项。(8).A. reuse B. rereadC. rewrite D. recite（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.
47、解析：解析 词义辨析题。reuse 意为“再利用”，reread 意为“重读”，rewrite 意为“重写”，recite 意为“背诵”。本文一直在讨论阅读，故选 B。(9).A. what B. whichC. that D. if（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 语法结构题。此处所填的词既要引导 look back over 的宾语从句，又要在宾语从句 you have just read 中作宾语，所以只有 what 能充当这种双重成分，故选 A。what 作连接代词用时其本身同时指代所修饰的词，即 what=the thing(s) which/that。由 what 所
48、引导的从句在功能上有如名词，可作句子的主语、宾语、补语，故称为名词性从句。例如：What Lisa said yesterday was quite right昨天莉萨所说的话完全正确。(10).A. scales B. cutsC. slows D. measures（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 惯用搭配题。scale down 意为“按比例减少”，cut down 意为“削减”，slow down 意为“放慢”，measure 不与 down 搭配，结合句意可知，故选 C。(11).A. someone B. oneC. he D. reader（分数：1.00）A.B.
49、 C.D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。四个选项中只有 one 有泛指的用法，故选 B。one 作代词的用法：one 替代由可数名词所表示的一类人或事物中的任何一个，即泛指中的强调。这时，替代词 one 前面不可加任何限定词。例如：I hope there are enough glasses for each guest to have one我希望有足够多的杯子，可以让客人人手一个。one 用来替代特指的同一类人或事物的可数名词时，其前面必须加上限定词(如 a，the，this，that 等)、物主代词或形容词加以修饰。例如：If you dont like this blue coat，you can buy a black one你要是不喜欢这件蓝外套，那就买件黑色的。one 可泛指“一个人”。例如：One who loves others loves himself爱别人的人爱自
