1、专业英语四级(完形填空)模拟试卷 205及答案与解析 一、 PART IV CLOZE Decide 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. 0 AinheritanceIdescended BtragicJcompliment CundisturbedKpeaceful DascendedLeconomically EraidedMrefe
2、rence FseparatelyN J scrutinize GrevenuesOentranced Hlogical In the British Museum on a Sunday afternoon, ancient faces look back at children and adults alike. Inside their glass cases, pharaohs(法老 )and priests are【 C1】 _by the crowds. And crowds there always are, for these are the painted coffins a
3、nd carved masks of the ancient Egyptians, antiquity(文物 )of a culture that has【 C2】 _the world for thousands of years. Ancient civilization is part of the worlds heritage, and in recent times it seemed nothing could seriously threaten that【 C3】 _. Tourists visited such sites as Giza in Egypt and Olym
4、pia in Greece safe in the assumed knowledge that we were seeing wonders that would always be available to admire. Yet the instability of the world in 2012 is a threat to the apparently【 C4】_monuments of antiquity. In Greece, being anxious and alienated as the weakest economy in the euro zone faces t
5、errible pressure to transform its way of life had a troubling reflection at Olympia last week, where a museum of the ancient Greek games was【 C5】 _by thieves. Perhaps this was coincidence, but it is the second recent museum robbery in Greece. Meanwhile in Egypt, tourism levels have【 C6】 _sharply sin
6、ce the revolution, and hotels are half-empty. This is where the word “tourism“ becomes in itself harmful. People who visit Egypt to see ancient art are certainly tourists, in the country that was at the heart of the very idea of modern tourism. But this word has unfairly come to imply a selfish, sha
7、llow form of consumer spending,【 C7】 _valuable to poor countries but irrelevant to the higher concerns of national self-determination and democratic change. To reduce the problems of the Egyptian tourist industry to these cold terms is wrong. Many people visit Egypt with a passionate longing to gaze
8、 on the eyes of Tutankhamun and stand at the foot of the Great Pyramid. More practically, the【 C8】 _from tourism help keep Egyptian sites and museums going. To say these places are only of interest to “tourists“ would be【 C9】 _and miserable. Both Greece and Egypt are guardians of sites and objects o
9、f the highest importance to the entire world. If UNESCO has any value it is surely to【 C10】 _the fate of antiquities in times like these. And if we shrug and write off antiquity as the stuff of tourism and scholarship, “irrelevant“ to these extraordinary times, we are already well on the way to barb
10、arism(野蛮 ). 1 【 C1】 2 【 C2】 3 【 C3】 4 【 C4】 5 【 C5】 6 【 C6】 7 【 C7】 8 【 C8】 9 【 C9】 10 【 C10】 10 AjunctionImanipulate BemployJplausible CliterallyKcontrarily DranksLstatistical ErationalizeMmeditate FeliteNdestructive GadvantageousOjustifications Hsignify Ive been twice to college-admissions wars, a
11、nd as I survey the battlefield, something different is happening. Its one-upmanship among parents. We see our kids college【 C1】 _as trophies(战利品 )attesting to how well weve raised them. But we cant acknowledge that our obsession is more about us than them. So weve contrived various【 C2】 _that turn o
12、ut to be half-truths, prejudices or myths. We have a full-blown prestige panic; we worry that there wont be enough trophies to go around. Fearful parents urge their children to apply to more schools than ever. Underlying the hysteria is the belief that scarce【 C3】 _degrees must be highly valuable. T
13、heir graduates must enjoy more success because they get a better education and develop better contacts. All thats【 C4】 _ and mostly wrong. Selective schools dont systematically【 C5】 _better instructional approaches than less-selective schools. Some do; some dont. On two measures professors feedback
14、and the number of essay exams selective schools do slightly worse. By some studies, selective schools do enhance their graduates lifetime earnings. The gain is reckoned at 2 percent to 4 percent for every 100-point increase in a schools average SAT scores. But even this advantage is probably a【 C6】
15、_fluke(侥幸 ). A well-known study by Princeton economist Alan Krueger and Stacy Berg Dale of Mathematica Policy Research examined students who got into highly selective schools and then went elsewhere. They earned just as much as graduates from other schools. Kids count more than their colleges. Getti
16、ng into Yale may【 C7】 _intelligence, talent and ambition. But its not the only indicator and,【 C8】 _, its significance is declining. The reason; so many similar people go elsewhere. Getting into college isnt lifes only competition. In the next competition the job market, graduate school the results
17、may change. Old-boy networks are breaking down. Krueger studied admissions to one top Ph. D. program. High scores on the Graduate Record Exam helped explain who got in; Ivy League degrees didnt. So, parents, lighten up. The stakes have been vastly exaggerated. Up to a point, we can【 C9】 _our pushine
18、ss(一意孤行 ). America is a competitive society; our kids need to adjust to that. But too much pushiness can be【 C10】 _. The very ambition we impose on our children may get some into Harvard but may also set them up for disappointment. One study of students 20 years out found that, other things being eq
19、ual, graduates of highly selective schools experienced more job dissatisfaction. They may have been so conditioned to being on top that anything less disappoints. 11 【 C1】 12 【 C2】 13 【 C3】 14 【 C4】 15 【 C5】 16 【 C6】 17 【 C7】 18 【 C8】 19 【 C9】 20 【 C10】 专业英语四级(完形填空)模拟试卷 205答案与解析 一、 PART IV CLOZE Dec
20、ide 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. 【知识模块】 完形 1 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据句 子结构可知,空格处缺少一个动词过去分词,构成被动语态。该句句意为:法老和祭司在玻璃展柜里未受到人群的干扰。 undisturbed意为“不受打扰 ”,故 C为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 2 【正确答案】 O 【试题解析】 根据空格前
21、的 has可推断此处缺少动词作谓语,且为过去分词形式。该句句意为:因为这些是古埃及人的彩绘棺和雕刻面具,是使世人 _了数千年的文化遗物。 Oentranced意为 “使入迷 ”,符合题意,故为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 3 【正确答案】 A 【试 题解析】 根据空格前的 threaten that可推断此处缺少名词作宾语。该句的that指的是前面提到的 ancient civilization(古代文明 ),前半句话提到:古代文明是世界遗产 (heritage)的一部分,备选名词中的 inheritance“遗产 ”符合题意,故A为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 4 【正确答案】 K 【试题解析】
22、 根据空格前的 apparently和空格后的 monuments可知,该空缺少一个形容词。本句句意为: 2012年动荡的时局对于表面上 _文物古 迹而言:是一种威胁,结合上文中提到的游客想当然地认为:我们游览的奇观,以后也能一直欣赏到,可知, Kpeaceful“平静的 ”符合句意,故为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 5 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 由空格前的 was和空格后的 by可知,该空缺少一个动词过去分词,构成被动语态。结合下文的 itis the second recent museum robbery in Greece“这已经是最近在希腊发生的第二起博物馆抢劫案了 ”可推知,这
23、次古希腊奥运会博物馆也遭到了小偷的 “抢劫 ”,故 Eraided“抢劫 ”为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 6 【正确答案】 I 【试题解析】 根据空格前的 have和空格后的 sharply可推断此处缺少一个动词,且为过去分词形式。结合下文提及的 hotels are half-empty“旅馆入住率只有一半 ”可知,当地的旅游业水平应该是 “下降 ”,故 Idescended为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 7 【正确答案】 L 【试题解析】 根据空格后的 valuable可推断此处缺少一个副词。结合句意可知,对于贫穷国家而言,旅游业在经济方面 是有价值的,故 Leconomically“经济上
24、地 ”为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 8 【正确答案】 G 【试题解析】 根据空格前的 the和空格后的 from tourism可知,该空缺少一个名词。该句句意为:从更加现实的层面上来讲,旅游业的 帮助维持埃及遗址和博物馆的运营。备选名词中的 Grevenues“收入 ”符合句意,故为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 9 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 由空格前的 be和空格后的 and miserable可知,该空缺少一个形容词。结合空 格后的 andmiserable可知,空格处应该为 miserable“可怜的 ”的近义词,因此 Btragic“可悲的 ”符合句意,为答案。 【知识模块】 完形
25、 10 【正确答案】 N 【试题解析】 由句子结构可知,该空缺少一个动词,且应为动词原形。本句句意为:如果联合国教科文组织有任何价值的话,那就该在像如今这样的时期里_古迹的命运。 Nscrutinize“密切关注 ”符合句意,故为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 【知识模块】 完形 11 【正确答案】 D 【试题 解析】 根据句子结构可知,空格处缺少一个名词。该句句意为:我们把录取孩子的大学 视为我们培养他们好坏程度的战利品。联系上文的upmanship“胜人一筹 ”可知,备选名词中的 Dranks“排名,等级 ”符合题意,故为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 12 【正确答案】 O 【试题解析】 根据空
26、格前的 various和空格后的 that可推断此处缺少一个名词。结合空格前的 contrived“发明,设计 ”以及空格后面的 that从句 “半真半假的陈词、偏见和荒诞的说法 ”可知, Ojustifications“辩解;正当的理由 ”符合句意,故为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 13 【正确答案】 F 【试题解析】 根据空格前的 scarce和空格后的 degrees可推断此处缺少一个形容词或名词。该句句意为:这种歇斯底里背后的原因是他们相信少数 学位肯定有着更高的价值。一般来说,人们普遍认为名校的学位有着更高的价值,Felite“精英 ”符合句意,故为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 14 【
27、正确答案】 J 【试题解析】 根据空格前的 thats可知,该空缺少一个形容词作表语。由破折号后的 and mostly wrong“大多数是错误的 ”可推知,这些说法都是貌似合理的、似是而非的,故 Jplausible“貌似合理的 ”为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 15 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 由空格前的 dont systematically可知,该空缺少一个动词。由空格后的 better instructionalapproaches“更好的教育方法 ”可推知,空格处应该填入一个表示 “采用,使用 ”的动词,故 Bemploy“使用 ”为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 16 【正确答
28、案】 L 【试题解析】 根据空格前的 a和空格后的 fluke可推断,此处缺少一个形容词作定语。前一句说,一些研究表明,重点学校的确增加了其毕业生的收入。一所学校的平均 SAT分数每增加 100分,其学生的收入就会增加 2 4,而后面提到的研究得出的结论却是重点学校的毕业生的收入和其他学校的学生一样多。由此可推知,空格所在句为转折句,说明这种优势也可能只是统计学上的偶然,故Lstatistical“统计 (学 )的 ”为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 17 【正确答案】 H 【试题解析】 根据空格 前的 may可推断此处缺少一个动词,且为动词原形。结合句意 “进入耶鲁大学 聪明过人、才华横溢和雄心
29、勃勃。 ”可知, Hsignify“象征,意味着 ”符合句意,故 H为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 18 【正确答案】 K 【试题解析】 根据空格前后的逗号以及空格后完整的一句话可知,该空缺少作插入语的副词。空格后的 itssignificance is declining与前文提到的 Getting into Yale may signify intelligence, talent andambition在句意上构成一种转折关系,由此可推知, Kcontrarily“相反地 ”符合句意,故为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 19 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 由空格前的 can可知,该空缺少一个
30、动词,且为动词原形。下文的America is a competitive society; our kids need to adjust to that是我们努力给自己的 pushiness(一意孤行 )找出的试图使我们的这一行为合理的解释,备选动词中的 Erationalize“使 合理化 ”在 意义上与之吻合,故为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 20 【正确答案】 N 【试题解析】 由空格前的 can be可知,该空缺少一个形容词作表语。本句句意为:但过分的一意孤行却是 _。这里的 “一意孤行 ”指逼迫孩子,故Ndestructive“破坏性的;有害的 ”符合句意,为答案。 【知识模块】 完形