1、专业英语四级(完形填空)模拟试卷 180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 Everyone would have heard the famous phrase “Anger is one short of danger
2、“. It is an age-old adage,but it is【 C1】 _and still holds true. Things said or done during anger have created 【 C2】 _with a lot of people and things. The 【 C3】 _ packed bag of mental frustration 【 C4】 _into a volcano of anger. But basically lets try to analyze【 C5】 _ one gets angry? When one is not
3、satisfied with the way things have 【 C6】 _,when someone has been taken for a ride,when one【 C7】 _life for treating him badly,and many such【 C8】_things are the various reasons. All the frustrations get collected on one part of our mind and when we can【 C9】 _ it no longer, our feelings are【 C10】 _in t
4、he form of a volcano of emotional tantrums. Anger is one of the major hindrances in self-development, because it【 C11】 _ our outlook. The mind looses its【 C12】 _of logic and fairness, when it is accelerated by the arrogant mood of anger. Getting angry can get your things done 【 C13】 _, but not every
5、where. This is because【 C14】 _you grow,you yourself are responsible to clean your recycle bin of emotions and frustrations. No one has the foresight or 【 C15】 _ to judge what has brought you 【 C16】_that violent mood or what hardships you have faced. Angry people hardly go places. The 【 C17】 _one com
6、es to this piece of reality, the better he will get. The best way to counterattack anger is to absorb patience in ourselves. A person with infinite patience has matured mentally, and is the bravest war-horse over the【 C18】 _ of anger. He controlled himself every time and got【 C19】 _ from trying circ
7、umstances using the best lifeline available. Such people are always in【 C20】 _ with themselves and are always enjoying life. 1 【 C1】 ( A) tested ( B) testified ( C) examined ( D) confirmed 2 【 C2】 ( A) ruin ( B) disaster ( C) damage ( D) suffering 3 【 C3】 ( A) toughly ( B) tightly ( C) firmly ( D) s
8、ecurely 4 【 C4】 ( A) emerges ( B) bursts ( C) explodes ( D) erupts 5 【 C5】 ( A) how ( B) where ( C) why ( D) which 6 【 C6】 ( A) gone ( B) done ( C) made ( D) kept 7 【 C7】 ( A) scolds ( B) accuses ( C) criticizes ( D) blames 8 【 C8】 ( A) slight ( B) valueless ( C) trivial ( D) ordinary 9 【 C9】 ( A) h
9、ear ( B) bear ( C) fear ( D) tear 10 【 C10】 ( A) vented ( B) expressed ( C) uttered ( D) extended 11 【 C11】 ( A) lessens ( B) shortens ( C) contracts ( D) narrows 12 【 C12】 ( A) sense ( B) concept ( C) emotion ( D) feeling 13 【 C13】 ( A) nowhere ( B) anywhere ( C) somewhere ( D) otherwhere 14 【 C14】
10、 ( A) when ( B) after ( C) along ( D) as 15 【 C15】 ( A) ability ( B) capacity ( C) talent ( D) power 16 【 C16】 ( A) by ( B) with ( C) to ( D) of 17 【 C17】 ( A) farther ( B) closer ( C) further ( D) nearer 18 【 C18】 ( A) path ( B) way ( C) road ( D) track 19 【 C19】 ( A) on ( B) far ( C) out ( D) away
11、 20 【 C20】 ( A) pace ( B) accordance ( C) peace ( D) control 20 At a time when the world is short of causes for celebration, here is a candidate: within the next few months women will cross the 50% threshold and become the majority of the American workforce. Women already【 C1】 _the majority of unive
12、rsity graduates in the OECD countries and the majority of【 C2】 _workers in several rich countries, including the United States. Women 【 C3】 _many of the worlds great companies, from Pepsi Co. in America to Areva in France. Womens【 C4】 _empowerment is arguably the biggest social change of our times.
13、Just a generation ago, women were【 C5】 _confined to repetitive, humble jobs. They were routinely 【 C6】 _to casual sexism and were expected to【 C7】 _their careers when they married and had children. Today they are running some of the organizations that once treated them 【 C8】 _ second-class citizens.
14、 Millions of women have been given more control over their own lives.【 C9】 _ millions of brains have been put to more productive use. Societies that try to【 C10】 _this trendmost notably the Arab countries, but also Japan and some southern European countrieswill pay a heavy price in the form of waste
15、d talent and frustrated citizens. This revolution has been【 C11】 _with only a modicum of friction. Men have,【 C12】_, welcomed womens invasion of the workplace, 【 C13】 _even the most positive changes can be incomplete or unsatisfactory. This particular advance comes with two stings. The first is that
16、 women are still【 C14】 _at the top of companies. Only 2% of the bosses of Americas largest companies and 5% of their【 C15】 _ in Britain are women. They are also paid significantly less than men【 C16】 _ average. The second is that juggling work and child-rearing is difficult. Middle-class couples rou
17、tinely【 C17】 _that they have too little time for their children. But the biggest losers are poor children【 C18】 _ in places like America and Britain that have 【 C19】 _high levels of female【 C20】 _ in the labour force with a reluctance to spend public money on child care. 21 【 C1】 ( A) make from ( B)
18、 make of ( C) make up ( D) make off 22 【 C2】 ( A) professional ( B) responsible ( C) skillful ( D) special 23 【 C3】 ( A) own ( B) run ( C) possess ( D) love 24 【 C4】 ( A) political ( B) cultural ( C) economical ( D) economic 25 【 C5】 ( A) largely ( B) wholly ( C) partly ( D) specially 26 【 C6】 ( A)
19、aimed ( B) subjected ( C) prohibited ( D) linked 27 【 C7】 ( A) pursue ( B) seek ( C) abandon ( D) change 28 【 C8】 ( A) as ( B) fox ( C) with ( D) at 29 【 C9】 ( A) And ( B) But ( C) Yet ( D) Nevertheless 30 【 C10】 ( A) insist ( B) persist ( C) consist ( D) resist 31 【 C11】 ( A) modified ( B) achieved
20、 ( C) changed ( D) complemented 32 【 C12】 ( A) by or large ( B) by and again ( C) by and large ( D) by and by 33 【 C13】 ( A) yet ( B) and ( C) before ( D) when 34 【 C14】 ( A) undervalued ( B) under-performed ( C) undermined ( D) under-represented 35 【 C15】 ( A) peers ( B) competitors ( C) colleagues
21、 ( D) friends 36 【 C16】 ( A) in ( B) at ( C) on ( D) with 37 【 C17】 ( A) deem ( B) believe ( C) agreee ( D) complain 38 【 C18】 ( A) specially ( B) largely ( C) particularly ( D) mostly 39 【 C19】 ( A) combined ( B) advocated ( C) disagreed ( D) halted 40 【 C20】 ( A) anticipation ( B) negotiation ( C) participation ( D) association 专业英语四级(完形填空)模拟试卷 180答案与解析