1、专业英语四级（完形填空）模拟试卷 116及答案与解析 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 Expressionism is an artistic style in which the artist seeks to depict no
2、t objective reality but rather the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events arouse in him. In a broader(1)_ Expressionism is one of the main(2)_ of art in the late 19th and the 20th centuries. Its(3)_ subjective, personal self-expression is typical (4)_ a wide range of modern artist
3、s and art movements. More(5)_, Expressionism as a (6)_ style or movement refers to a number of German artists, as well as Austrian, French, and Russian ones, who became active in the years before World War I and remained so throughout(7)_ of the War period. The roots of the German Expressionist scho
4、ol (8)_ the works of Vincent Van Gogh, Edvard Munch, and James Ensor, each of(9)_ in the period 1885-1900(10)_ a highly personal painting style. These artists used the expressive possibilities of color and line to(11)_ dramatic and emotion themes, to convey the qualities of fear, horror, etc. They b
5、roke(12)_ from the literal representation of nature in order to express more subjective outlooks or(13)_ of mind. The (14)_ of Expressionism was brought about by the vagueness of its longing(15)_ a better world, by its use of highly poetic language, and(16)_ the intensely personal and(17)_ nature of
6、 its mode of presentation. The partial re-establishment of stability in Germany after 1924 and the growth of more(18)_ political styles of social realism(19)_ the movements decline in the late 1920s. Expressionism was(20)_ killed by the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933. 1 (1) （ A） meaning （ B） ran
7、ge （ C） sense （ D） expression 2 (2) （ A） tendencies （ B） inclinations （ C） currents （ D） disciplines 3 (3) （ A） highly （ B） vastly （ C） mostly （ D） much 4 (4) （ A） about （ B） of （ C） within （ D） beyond 5 (5) （ A） particularly （ B） specially （ C） importantly （ D） specifically 6 (6) （ A） distinct （ B）
8、 universal （ C） coherent （ D） biased 7 (7) （ A） length （ B） stretch （ C） whole （ D） much 8 (8) （ A） consisted of （ B） lay in （ C） referred to （ D） counted on 9 (9) （ A） whom （ B） these （ C） them （ D） which 10 (10) （ A） innovated （ B） evolved （ C） adapted （ D） derived 11 (11) （ A） draw （ B） display （
9、 C） explore （ D） exploit 12 (12) （ A） out （ B） down （ C） off （ D） away 13 (13) （ A） motives （ B） statues （ C） states （ D） pains 14 (14) （ A） climax （ B） decline （ C） rise （ D） demise 15 (15) （ A） for （ B） to （ C） about （ D） into 16 (16) （ A） in other words （ B） in general （ C） as a whole （ D） as usu
10、al 17 (17) （ A） definite （ B） technical （ C） artistic （ D） inaccessible 18 (18) （ A） overly （ B） implicitly （ C） overtly （ D） largely 19 (19) （ A） provoked （ B） quickened （ C） led to （ D） slowed down 20 (20) （ A） definitively （ B） critically （ C） adequately （ D） invariably 20 It is well known that t
11、eenage boys tend to do better(1)_ math than girls, that male high school students are more likely than their female counterparts(2)_ advanced math courses like calculus, that virtually all the great mathematicians (3)_ men. Are women born with(4)_ mathematical ability? Or does societys sexism slow t
12、heir progress? In 1980, two Johns Hopkins University researchers tried(5)_ the eternal nature/ nurture debate. Julian Stanley and Camilla Benbow (6)_ 10,000 talented seventh- and eighth-graders between 1972 and 1979. Using the Scholastic Aptitude Test, in which math questions(7)_ to measure ability
13、rather than knowledge, they discovered(8)_ sex differences.(9)_ the verbal abilities of the males and females(10)_ differed,(11)_ girls scored over 500(on a scale of 200 to 800)(12)_ mathematical ability; at the 700 level, the ratio was 14 to 1. The conclusion: males have(13)_ superior mathematical
14、reasoning ability. Benbow and Stanleys findings,(14)_ were published in “Science“, disturbed some men and (15)_ women. Now there is(16)_ for those people in a new study from the University of Chicago that suggests math(17)_ not, after all, a natural male domain. Prof. Zalman Usiskin studied 1,366 te
15、nth graders. They were selected from (18)_ classes and tested on their ability to solve geometry proofs, a subject requiring(19)_ abstract reasoning and spatial ability. The conclusion (20)_ by Usiskin: there are no sex differences in math ability. 21 (1) （ A） at （ B） to （ C） of （ D） about 22 (2) （
16、A） in tackling （ B） tackling （ C） to tackle （ D） about tackling 23 (3) （ A） might be （ B） have been （ C） must be （ D） had been 24 (4) （ A） smaller （ B） less （ C） fewer （ D） not more 25 (5) （ A） to settle （ B） to set （ C） settling （ D） setting 26 (6) （ A） were tested （ B） have tested （ C） were testin
17、g （ D） had tested 27 (7) （ A） are meant （ B） designed （ C） meant （ D） designing 28 (8) （ A） distinct （ B） instinct （ C） remote （ D） vague 29 (9) （ A） Since （ B） However （ C） As （ D） While 30 (10) （ A） scarcely not （ B） virtually （ C） largely （ D） hardly 31 (11) （ A） many boys twice as （ B） twice man
18、y boys as （ C） twice as many boys as （ D） boys twice as many as 32 (12) （ A） on （ B） of （ C） about （ D） with 33 (13) （ A） superficially （ B） universally （ C） inherently （ D） initially 34 (14) （ A） as （ B） that （ C） which （ D） all 35 (15) （ A） few （ B） not a few （ C） not few （ D） quite few 36 (16) （
19、A） belief （ B） dismay （ C） comfort （ D） courage 37 (17) （ A） be （ B） were （ C） was （ D） is 38 (18) （ A） geometric （ B） arithmetic （ C） geometry （ D） symmetry 39 (19) （ A） none of （ B） neither of （ C） either （ D） both 40 (20) （ A） got （ B） gained （ C） reached （ D） accomplished 专业英语四级（完形填空）模拟试卷 116答案与解析
