1、专业英语四级(完形填空)模拟试卷 186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 Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideall
2、y, therefore, the choice of a( n)【 C1】 _should be made even before the choice of a curriculum in high school. Actually, 【 C2】 _, most people make several job choices during their working lives,【 C3】_ because of economic and industrial changes and partly to【 C4】 _their positions. The “one perfect job
3、“ does not exist. Young people should【 C5】 _ enter into a broad flexible training program that will【 C6】 _ them for a field of work rather than for a single 【 C7】 _. Unfortunately many young people have to make career plans【 C8】 _benefit of help from a competent vocational counselor or psychologist.
4、 Knowing【 C9】 _ about the occupational world, or themselves for that matter, they choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss 【 C10】 _. Some drift from job to job. Others 【 C11】 _to work in which they are unhappy and for which they are not fitted. One common mistake is choosing an occupation for【 C12】 _
5、real or imagined prestige. Too many high-school studentsor their parents for themchoose the professional field, 【 C13】_both the relatively small proportion of workers in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal【 C14】 _. The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a “white
6、-collar“ job is【 C15】 _good reason for choosing it as lifes work.【 C16】 _, these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large proportion of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the【 C17】 _ of young people should give serious【 C18】 _ to these fields. Before making an occupational choice, a
7、person should have a【 C19】 _idea of what he wants out of life and how hard he is willing to work to get it. Some people desire social prestige, others intellectual satisfaction. Some want security; others are willing to take【 C20】 _ for financial gain. Each occupational choice has its demands as wel
8、l as its rewards. 1 【 C1】 ( A) position ( B) vocation ( C) occupation ( D) profession 2 【 C2】 ( A) therefore ( B) though ( C) however ( D) but 3 【 C3】 ( A) wholly ( B) largely ( C) mainly ( D) partly 4 【 C4】 ( A) develop ( B) improve ( C) better ( D) promote 5 【 C5】 ( A) furthermore ( B) therefore (
9、 C) consequently ( D) moreover 6 【 C6】 ( A) make ( B) adjust ( C) adapt ( D) fit 7 【 C7】 ( A) work ( B) company ( C) job ( D) organization 8 【 C8】 ( A) by ( B) for ( C) with ( D) without 9 【 C9】 ( A) little ( B) some ( C) nothing ( D) much 10 【 C10】 ( A) purpose ( B) chance ( C) occasion ( D) basis
10、11 【 C11】 ( A) turn ( B) persist ( C) stick ( D) appeal 12 【 C12】 ( A) its ( B) our ( C) their ( D) your 13 【 C13】 ( A) concerning ( B) considering ( C) regarding ( D) disregarding 14 【 C14】 ( A) abilities ( B) requirements ( C) tendencies ( D) preferences 15 【 C15】 ( A) no ( B) a ( C) not ( D) the
11、16 【 C16】 ( A) However ( B) Moreover ( C) Therefore ( D) Even though 17 【 C17】 ( A) minority ( B) multitude ( C) most ( D) majority 18 【 C18】 ( A) suggestion ( B) proposition ( C) consideration ( D) presumption 19 【 C19】 ( A) general ( B) vague ( C) specifiC ( D) hazy 20 【 C20】 ( A) turns ( B) risks
12、 ( C) choices ( D) efforts 20 Aesthetic thought of a distinctively modern art emerged during the 18th century. The western philosophers and critics of this time devoted much attention to such matters【 C1】_natural beauty, the sublime, and representationa trend reflecting the central position they had
13、 given to the philosophy of nature. 【 C2】 _ that time, however, the philosophy of art has become ever more【 C3】 _and has begun to【 C4】 _ the philosophy of nature. Various issues【 C5】 _to the philosophy of art have had a(n)【 C6】 _impact【 C7】_ the orientation of the 20th-century aesthetics. 【 C8】 _amo
14、ng these are problems relating to the theory of art as form and【 C9】 _the distinction between representation and expression. Still another far-reaching question has to do with the value of art. Two【 C10】_theoretical positions have taken on this issue: one holds that art and its appreciation are a me
15、ans to some recognized moral good,【 C11】 _the other maintains that art is intrinsically valuable and is an end in itself. Underlying this whole issue is the concept of taste, one of the basic concerns of aesthetics. In recent years there has also been an increasing【 C12】 _ with art as the prime obje
16、ct of critical judgment. Corresponding to the trend in contemporary aesthetic thought, 【 C13】 _ have followed either of the two approaches. In one, criticism is【 C14】 _to the analysis and interpretation of the work of art. 【 C15】 _, it is devoted to articulating the response to the aesthetic object
17、and to【 C16】 _a particular way of perceiving it. Over the years, aesthetics has developed into a broad field of knowledge and inquiry. The 【 C17】 _ of contemporary aesthetics include such problems as the nature of style and its aesthetic significance; the relation of aesthetic judgment to culture; t
18、he【 C18】 _of a history of art; the【 C19】 _of Freudian psychology and other forms of psychological study to criticism; and the place of aesthetic judgment in 【 C20】 _reasoning in the conduct of everyday affairs. 21 【 C1】 ( A) as ( B) for ( C) like ( D) of 22 【 C2】 ( A) Before ( B) Over ( C) Since ( D
19、) From 23 【 C3】 ( A) prominent ( B) perspicuous ( C) pervasive ( D) prevalent 24 【 C4】 ( A) transplant ( B) transfer ( C) submit ( D) supplant 25 【 C5】 ( A) chief ( B) central ( C) main ( D) prime 26 【 C6】 ( A) remarked ( B) marked ( C) unmarked ( D) unremarked 27 【 C7】 ( A) to ( B) in ( C) on ( D)
20、toward 28 【 C8】 ( A) Foregoing ( B) Foreseeable ( C) Foredoomed ( D) Foremost 29 【 C9】 ( A) to ( B) for ( C) of ( D) on 30 【 C10】 ( A) opposite ( B) similar ( C) same ( D) opposed 31 【 C11】 ( A) and ( B) or ( C) though ( D) while 32 【 C12】 ( A) preoccupation ( B) perception ( C) attention ( D) focus
21、 33 【 C13】 ( A) critics ( B) writers ( C) artists ( D) philosophers 34 【 C14】 ( A) concentrated ( B) involved ( C) restrained ( D) restricted 35 【 C15】 ( A) In the other ( B) In another ( C) In the other way ( D) In other ways 36 【 C16】 ( A) verifying ( B) justifying ( C) specifying ( D) testifying 37 【 C17】 ( A) anxieties ( B) worries ( C) concerns ( D) cares 38 【 C18】 ( A) viability ( B) vacancy ( C) vicinity ( D) visibility 39 【 C19】 ( A) reliance ( B) reliability ( C) relevancy ( D) reference 40 【 C20】 ( A) practical ( B) ideal ( C) actual ( D) theoretical 专业英语四级(完形填空)模拟试卷 186答案与解析