1、专业英语四级（完形填空）-试卷237及答案解析 (总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、CLOZE(总题数：5，分数：100.00)1.PART IV CLOZEDecide which of the words given in the box below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. The words can be used ONCE ONLY.（分数：20.00）_A. tragedy B. actually C. prepared D. inform E. vis
2、ible F. remind G. meals H. agreeing with I. obliged J. make K. resolution L. loss M. suddenly N. specific O. sticking with New Years resolutions are those special little promises you 1 to be less like yourself and more like other, better people. Theyre an invaluable opportunity to alter your habits
3、and behaviors in ways that make you a more bearable person to be around. The more 2 you are about your resolution, the better your chance of 3 it. Dont just say, I want to lose weight. Instead, say, My goal is to lose 20 pounds in the next two months. Im going to commit to being at the gym every mor
4、ning at 7 a.m. and eat healthy and nutritious 4. The best way to 5 yourself of your goals and to get support from family, friends, and even coworkers, is to write them out and post them in a 6 place. Theres a big difference between thinking and 7 seeing the words. If you decide to cut something out
5、this year, try replacing it with something else to balance out the 8. If you stop drinking soda, for example, replace it with becoming more likely to spend time sitting. You deserve it. You loved soda. Getting out of debt is a big one these days, the problem is figuring out how. Youve already cut ba
6、ck on food expenses, medical expenses, your kids expenses. At this point, you may be forced to take a closer look at the horses youre betting on. Unplugging from technology to reconnect with family and friends is a great 9, just remember to take it slow. Dont attempt direct eye contact right away. B
7、e 10 for a great deal of confusion and anxiety at first.（分数：20.00）填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_A. unpaid B. obvious C. differed D. link E. disproportionately F. whether G. explanations H. made up I. role J. shoulder K. unclear L. evidence M. indefinitely N. that O. con
8、clusions They are regarded as chores by both sexes, but fall 1 on only one. The latest survey of time use in America suggests women still 2 most of the housework, spending on average an hour a day scrubbing, hoovering and shopping, compared with barely 20 minutes for the unfairer sex. Standard 3 for
9、 this division of labour rest on the pay gap between the sexes. A recent report shows women still earn about 20% less than men in America. Couples can maximise earnings if the lower-paid(usually female)partner does the 4 work at home. But in a new paper Leslie Stratton of Virginia Commonwealth Unive
10、rsity asks whether different attitudes to housework also play a 5 in sharing the dusting. Mr Stratton draws on data from the Time Use Survey in Britain, which shows how people spent their day and which tasks they enjoyed. Attitudes certainly 6: women disliked laundry less than men. Ironing was gener
11、ally dreaded; weirdly large numbers of both sexes liked shopping for food. Mr Stratton found some 7 for the pay-gap hypothesis. Women with higher wages did a little less work at home. A woman who earned 10% more than average ducked out of two minutes housework per weekday. Her partner heroically 8th
12、is time at the weekend. But his wages made no difference to the extent of his efforts around the house. There is truth in the idea 9 chores go to the lower-paid partner. But cause and effect are 10. Do women do more because of lower pay, or might their careers suffer from a disproportionate burden a
13、t home?（分数：20.00）填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_A. data B. get accustomed C. effect D. spared E. solve F. associated G. details H. while I. and J. track K. stable L. shared M. helpless N. presented O. restless Marriage may improve your sleep, and better sleep may improve
14、 your marriage, two new studies suggest. Women who are married or who have 1 partners appear to sleep better than women who have never married or lost a partner, according to research from an eight-year study 2 at the Associated Professional Sleep Societies annual meeting. They also found that marit
15、al(婚姻的)happiness lowers the risk of sleep problems, 3 marital disharmony heightens the risk and women who were single at the start of the study but gained a partner had more 4 sleep than women who were already married. The study included 360 middle-aged women. Researchers used in-home sleep studies,
16、 activity monitors to 5sleep-wake patterns and relationship histories to look at the 6 stable marriages, unstable marriages and marital changes, such as a divorce had on sleep. Another small study of 29 couples found that on a daily basis, the quality of a couples relationship and the quality of the
17、ir sleep are closely linked. In that study, from the University of Arizona, 29 couples who 7 a bed and did not have children completed sleep and relationship diaries for fifteen days. The results showed that when men get better sleep, they are more likely to feel positive about their relationship th
18、e next day. And for women, problems in the relationship were strongly 8 with poor sleep for both them- selves and their partner. The 9 from both studies suggest that sleep and relationship happiness are closely linked. The lesson for couples, especially those who are struggling with problems, is tha
19、t paying attention to sleep habits may help 10 other issues in the relationship.（分数：20.00）填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_A. abuse B. appreciated C. attracted D. linked E. mixture F. union G. perceived H. set I. merge J. disappear K. measured L. acquired M. affect N. esti
20、mated O. offspring Alcohol may taste sweeter if you were exposed to it before birth, suggests a study in rats. The findings may shed new light on why human studies have previously 1fetal(胎儿的)alcohol exposure to increased alcohol 2 later in life, and to a lower age at which a person first starts drin
21、king alcohol. Alcohols taste is a(n) 3 of sweet and bitter components. To test whether prenatal(产前的 )alcohol exposure could 4 the perception of these components, Steven Youngentob at the State University of New York in Syracuse and John Glendinning at Columbia University in New York 5 how eagerly ra
22、ts consumed alcohol, sweet water or bitter water. They found that young rats whose mothers had consumed alcohol during pregnancy preferred alcohol and consumed more of the bitter water than the 6 of mothers that didnt consume alcohol. Rats that had been exposed to alcohol before birth also seemed to
23、 be more 7 to the smell of alcohol. Prenatal exposure seems to reduce the 8 bitterness of alcohol, making it seem sweeter, says Youngentob. Both of these differences seemed to 9 once the rats reached adulthood but only if they hadnt tasted alcohol during their youth. If prenatally exposed rats did c
24、onsume alcohol in their youth, these preferences seemed to become 10 for life. The take-home message is to keep kids away from alcohol for as long as possibleparticularly if they have had prenatal exposure, says Youngentob.（分数：20.00）填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_专业英语四级（
25、完形填空）-试卷237答案解析 (总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、CLOZE(总题数：5，分数：100.00)1.PART IV CLOZEDecide which of the words given in the box below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. The words can be used ONCE ONLY.（分数：20.00）_解析：A. tragedy B. actually C. prepared D. inform E. visible
26、F. remind G. meals H. agreeing with I. obliged J. make K. resolution L. loss M. suddenly N. specific O. sticking with New Years resolutions are those special little promises you 1 to be less like yourself and more like other, better people. Theyre an invaluable opportunity to alter your habits and b
27、ehaviors in ways that make you a more bearable person to be around. The more 2 you are about your resolution, the better your chance of 3 it. Dont just say, I want to lose weight. Instead, say, My goal is to lose 20 pounds in the next two months. Im going to commit to being at the gym every morning
28、at 7 a.m. and eat healthy and nutritious 4. The best way to 5 yourself of your goals and to get support from family, friends, and even coworkers, is to write them out and post them in a 6 place. Theres a big difference between thinking and 7 seeing the words. If you decide to cut something out this
29、year, try replacing it with something else to balance out the 8. If you stop drinking soda, for example, replace it with becoming more likely to spend time sitting. You deserve it. You loved soda. Getting out of debt is a big one these days, the problem is figuring out how. Youve already cut back on
30、 food expenses, medical expenses, your kids expenses. At this point, you may be forced to take a closer look at the horses youre betting on. Unplugging from technology to reconnect with family and friends is a great 9, just remember to take it slow. Dont attempt direct eye contact right away. Be 10
31、for a great deal of confusion and anxiety at first.（分数：20.00）填空项1:_（正确答案：J）填空项1:_（正确答案：N）填空项1:_（正确答案：O）填空项1:_（正确答案：G）填空项1:_（正确答案：F）填空项1:_（正确答案：E）填空项1:_（正确答案：B）填空项1:_（正确答案：L）填空项1:_（正确答案：K）填空项1:_（正确答案：C）解析：解析：空格前为系动词Be，故此处需要形容词或分词。空格后面的内容提示，会有很多混乱和焦虑，全段都是作者提出的建议，又联想到短语be prepared for表示“为做好准备”，所以词库中pre
32、pared“准备好的”符合语义。A. unpaid B. obvious C. differed D. link E. disproportionately F. whether G. explanations H. made up I. role J. shoulder K. unclear L. evidence M. indefinitely N. that O. conclusions They are regarded as chores by both sexes, but fall 1 on only one. The latest survey of time use in A
33、merica suggests women still 2 most of the housework, spending on average an hour a day scrubbing, hoovering and shopping, compared with barely 20 minutes for the unfairer sex. Standard 3 for this division of labour rest on the pay gap between the sexes. A recent report shows women still earn about 2
34、0% less than men in America. Couples can maximise earnings if the lower-paid(usually female)partner does the 4 work at home. But in a new paper Leslie Stratton of Virginia Commonwealth University asks whether different attitudes to housework also play a 5 in sharing the dusting. Mr Stratton draws on
35、 data from the Time Use Survey in Britain, which shows how people spent their day and which tasks they enjoyed. Attitudes certainly 6: women disliked laundry less than men. Ironing was generally dreaded; weirdly large numbers of both sexes liked shopping for food. Mr Stratton found some 7 for the pa
36、y-gap hypothesis. Women with higher wages did a little less work at home. A woman who earned 10% more than average ducked out of two minutes housework per weekday. Her partner heroically 8this time at the weekend. But his wages made no difference to the extent of his efforts around the house. There
37、is truth in the idea 9 chores go to the lower-paid partner. But cause and effect are 10. Do women do more because of lower pay, or might their careers suffer from a disproportionate burden at home?（分数：20.00）填空项1:_（正确答案：E）填空项1:_（正确答案：J）填空项1:_（正确答案：G）填空项1:_（正确答案：A）填空项1:_（正确答案：I）填空项1:_（正确答案：C）填空项1:_（正确
38、答案：L）填空项1:_（正确答案：H）填空项1:_（正确答案：N）填空项1:_（正确答案：K）解析：解析：空格前为系动词are，此处需要形容词或分词。文章最后是一个疑问句，说明家务活由低收入者承担的因果关系并无定论，因此形容词unclear“不清楚的”符合题意。A. data B. get accustomed C. effect D. spared E. solve F. associated G. details H. while I. and J. track K. stable L. shared M. helpless N. presented O. restless Marriag
39、e may improve your sleep, and better sleep may improve your marriage, two new studies suggest. Women who are married or who have 1 partners appear to sleep better than women who have never married or lost a partner, according to research from an eight-year study 2 at the Associated Professional Slee
40、p Societies annual meeting. They also found that marital(婚姻的)happiness lowers the risk of sleep problems, 3 marital disharmony heightens the risk and women who were single at the start of the study but gained a partner had more 4 sleep than women who were already married. The study included 360 midd
41、le-aged women. Researchers used in-home sleep studies, activity monitors to 5sleep-wake patterns and relationship histories to look at the 6 stable marriages, unstable marriages and marital changes, such as a divorce had on sleep. Another small study of 29 couples found that on a daily basis, the qu
42、ality of a couples relationship and the quality of their sleep are closely linked. In that study, from the University of Arizona, 29 couples who 7 a bed and did not have children completed sleep and relationship diaries for fifteen days. The results showed that when men get better sleep, they are mo
43、re likely to feel positive about their relationship the next day. And for women, problems in the relationship were strongly 8 with poor sleep for both them- selves and their partner. The 9 from both studies suggest that sleep and relationship happiness are closely linked. The lesson for couples, esp
44、ecially those who are struggling with problems, is that paying attention to sleep habits may help 10 other issues in the relationship.（分数：20.00）填空项1:_（正确答案：K）填空项1:_（正确答案：N）填空项1:_（正确答案：H）填空项1:_（正确答案：O）填空项1:_（正确答案：J）填空项1:_（正确答案：C）填空项1:_（正确答案：L）填空项1:_（正确答案：F）填空项1:_（正确答案：A）填空项1:_（正确答案：E）解析：解析：help可以接省略to的不定式作宾语，故此处需填入动词原形。由文章首段的“良好的睡眠也可以改善你的婚姻”可以推断，关注睡眠习惯对于夫妻关系中的其他问题有积极的作用，词库中的动词solve“解决”代入，表示“关注睡眠习惯有助于解决夫妻关系中的其他问题”，符合逻辑。A. abuse B. appreciated C. attracted D. linked E. mixture F
