1、专业英语四级（完形填空）模拟试卷 206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 AbalancedIanalyzes BmoderatelyJfast CpropelsKexpand DmultitudeLpersecute EachievementMvisualize Fma
2、gnitudeNproverbial GconsecutiveOparalyse Hnotorious How many times have you heard the expression that most people spend more time planning their vacation than they do planning their lives? I would【 C1】 _that expression by adding that most people spend more time “thinking“ about their vacation than t
3、hey do flunking about whats important in their life. While rest and relaxation are a must in living a【 C2】 _life, its not what we were created to do. After all, the Master Creator took his R it is the hardest work in the world. “ And yet it is the first and primary labor of【 C4】 _. My friend Mike Li
4、tman wrote an outstanding article for his ezine(电子杂志 )this week. Its called “The Millionaire Composite(合成物 )“ and it【 C5】 _one of the big differences between super-successful people and everyone else. He writes, “I recently visited with a Real Estate Multi Millionaire Mogul(大人物 ). What did I see nex
5、t to his desk? His vision statement, along with a list of what he values in life hand written. “ “A few months back, I interviewed an individual who has sold over a billion dollars worth of products on television. He told me that he reads his life and business vision and goals daily, and that he TAK
6、ES TIME to【 C6】 _exactly what he wants to create EACH NIGHT before falling asleep. “ What is your lifes purpose or your personal mission statement? Is it written down? Do you review it and think about it often? Is your life organized around your purpose and a set of goals that support that purpose?
7、Without purpose and goals definitely directed thought you are like the【 C7】 _“ship without a rudder(舵 )“ . There is power in your purpose and in your goals. It is the power that takes you over obstacles, the fuel that【 C8】 _you toward the life you envision. One of my favorite passages of James Allen
8、 is one he wrote in “The Mastery of Destiny“ : “All successful people are people of purpose. They hold【 C9】 _to an idea, a project, a plan, and will not let it go; they cherish it, brood upon it, tend and develop it; and when assailed by difficulties, they refuse to be beguiled into surrender; indee
9、d, the intensity of the purpose increases with the growing【 C10】 _of the obstacles encountered. “ And thats worth thinking about. 1 【 C1】 2 【 C2】 3 【 C3】 4 【 C4】 5 【 C5】 6 【 C6】 7 【 C7】 8 【 C8】 9 【 C9】 10 【 C10】 10 AirrelevantIornamentally BreversedJdiscriminate CpersonnelKghastly DdiscourageLpropag
10、ate EvacanciesMpreviously FdisperseNanonymous GprojectOcorrelation Hqualified At work, as in life, attractive women get a lot of the breaks. Studies have shown that they are more likely to be promoted than their plain-Jane colleagues. Because people tend to【 C1】 _positive traits onto them, such as s
11、ensitivity and poise(镇静 ), they may also be at an advantage in job interviews. The only downside to hotness is having to fend off【 C2】 _male colleagues; or so many people think. But research by two Israelis suggests otherwise. Bradley Ruffle at Ben-Gurion University and Zeev Shtudiner at Ariel Unive
12、rsity Centre looked at what happens when job hunters include photos with their curricula vitae, as is the norm in much of Europe and Asia. The pair sent fictional applications to over 2,500 real-life【 C3】 _. For each job, they sent two very similar resumes, one with a photo, one without. Subjects ha
13、d【 C4】 _been graded for their attractiveness. For men, the results were as expected. Hunks were more likely to be called for an interview if they included a photo. Ugly men were better off not including one. However, for women this was【 C5】 _. Attractive females were less likely to be offered an int
14、erview if they included a photo. When applying directly to a company(rather than through an agency)an attractive woman would need to send out 11 CVs on average before getting an interview; an equally【 C6】 _plain one just seven. At first, Mr. Ruffle considered what he calls the “dumb-blonde hypothesi
15、s“ that people assume beautiful women to be stupid. However, the photos had also been rated on how intelligent people thought each subject looked; there was no【 C7】 _between perceived intellect and pulchritude(美丽 ). So the cause of the discrimination(歧视 )must he elsewhere. Human resources department
16、s tend to be staffed mostly by women. Indeed, in the Israeli study, 93% of those tasked with selecting whom to invite for an interview were female. The researchers unavoidable and unpleasant conclusion is that old-fashioned jealousy led the women to【 C8】 _against pretty candidates. So should attract
17、ive women simply attach photos that make them look plain? No. Better, says Mr. Ruffle, to【 C9】 _the practice of including a photo altogether. Companies might even consider the【 C10】 _model used in the Belgian public sector, where CVs do not even include the candidates name. 11 【 C1】 12 【 C2】 13 【 C3
18、】 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 206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. 【知识模块】 完形 1 【正确答案】 K 【试题解析】 根据空格前的 w
19、ould可知，空格处缺少 一个动词，且应为动词原形。结合本句后面的 adding可知，空格处的动词意思应为 “补充说明 ”，备选动词中的 Kexpand“增述 ”符合句意，故为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 2 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 根据句子结构可推断此处缺少一个形容词。本句句意为：休息和放松是过一个 _生活所必需的。备选形容词中的 balanced“平衡的 ”符合句意，故 A为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 3 【正确答案】 G 【试题解析】 根据空格后的 thought可推断此处缺少一个形容词作定 语。由空格前的 sustained“持续的 ”可知，空格处的形容词应与之意义相近，故Gco
20、nsecutive“连续的，连贯的 ”为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 4 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 根据空格前的 labor of可知，该空缺少一个名词。由上文可推知本句的句意为：连续不断的持久思考是取得 _首先要做的重要劳动，备选名词中的 Eachievement“成功 ”与句意相吻合，故为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 5 【正确答案】 I 【试题解析】 根据句子结构可推断此处缺 少一个动词，且应为第三人称单数形式。本句中的 it指代的是上文中的 article“文章 ”，空格后的 one of the big differences between super-successful pe
21、ople andeveryone else是文章的内容，因此， Ianalyzes“分析 ”可以把空格前后的内容连接起来，故为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 6 【正确答案】 M 【试题解析】 根据空格前的 to和空格后的 exactly可推断此处缺少一个动词，且应为动词原形。空格所在句的句意为：他 花时间 _他想要实现的理想，备选动词中的 visualize“设想 ”符合句意，故 M为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 7 【正确答案】 N 【试题解析】 根据空格前的 the和空格后的 ship可推断此处缺少一个形容词。空格后的 “ship without arudder”是俗语，意为 “没有舵的船 ”
22、，由此可见，Nproverbial“谚语的 ”符合句意，故为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 8 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据句子结构可推断此处缺少一个动词，且应为第三人称单数形式。本句句意为：它是你向理想生活前进的燃料。 propels“推进，驱使 ”符合句意，故 C为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 9 【正确答案】 J 【试题解析】 本句结构完整，因此应填入一个副词，修饰 hold。由下文的 and will not let it go可知，本句句意应为：他们紧紧把握一个理想、一项工程或一个计划。 hold fast to意为 “紧紧地抓住或把握 ”，为固定搭配，故 J为答案。 【知识模块】
23、 完形 10 【正确答案】 F 【试题解析】 由空格前的 the growing和空格后的 of可知，该空缺少名词。本句句意为：追求理想的热情会随着遭遇的阻碍的 _而增长，由前半句中的intensity可知，此处应为与之相对应的阻碍的 “强度 ”，故 Fmagnitude“强度 ”为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 【知识模块】 完形 11 【正确答案】 G 【试题解析】 根据句子结构可知，空格处缺少一个动词，且能与 onto搭配。该句句意为：人们往往会倾向于把好的性格特点与美貌联系起来，比如反应灵敏和沉着自信。备选动词中的 project可用于 projecto nto 结构，意为 “把 (情感、
24、想法 )投射或转移 (到他人身上 )”，在含义上与句子相吻合，故 G为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 12 【正确答案】 K 【试题解析】 根据句子结构可知，空格处需要填入一个形容词修饰 male colleagues。该句句意为：美貌带来的唯一缺点是她们不得不避开 _男同事，Kghastly“令人厌恶的 ”符合句意，故为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 13 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 根据句子结构可推断此处缺少一个名词。由上文的 sent fictional applications to可推知，在研究中，他们给 2， 500多个真实存在的 (real-life)空缺职位发送了虚构的 (fict
25、ional)求职简历，故 Evacancies“(职位 )空缺 ”为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 14 【正确答案】 M 【试题解析】 根据句子结构可知，该空缺少一个副词。本句句意为：求职者_已按照其美貌程度被划分了等级。备选的副词中， Mpreviously“事先 ”与句意相符，故为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 15 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 由句子结构可知，该空缺少一个形容词作表语。结合上文的 Hunks were more likely to becalled for an interview if they included a photo可知，在男士应聘者中，帅气的男士如果在简历中
26、附上照片则更有可能接到面试的通知。再联系下文的 Attractive females were less likely tobe offered an interview if they included a photo可知，对于女性而言， 结果恰好相反，故 Breversed“颠倒的，相反的 ”为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 16 【正确答案】 H 【试题解析】 根据空格前的 equally和空格后的 plain one可推断此处缺少一个形容词。结合上文的 Attractive females were less likely to be offered an interview if the
27、y included a photo和 anattractive woman would need to send out 11 CVs on average before getting an interview可知，空格所在句的句意应为：资历相同但长相平平的女性却只需投出 7份简历 (就会得到一次面试机会 )，故 Hqualified“有资格的 ”为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 17 【正确答案】 O 【试题解析】 根据句子结构可知，此处缺少一个名词。根据前面研究的内容可推知，研究的结果应该是 “看上去聪明与否和美貌之间并没有联系 ”， correlation“相关性，相互关系 ”可用在 T
28、here is was nocorrelation between A and B句型中，意为 “A与 B之间没有联系 ”，故 O为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 18 【正确答案】 J 【试题解析】 根据句子结构可知，该空缺少一个动词。上文提到了discrimination，结合空格后面的 againstpretty candidates可知，本句句意为：正是老掉牙的嫉妒心让女性歧视外表美丽的求职者， discriminate against意为 “歧视 ”，故 J为答案。 【知识模块】 完形 19 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 根据句子 结构可知，该空缺少一个动词。前文的实验结果表明：漂亮的女性如果附上照片，得到面试的机会就会很小。所以最后，作者建议漂亮的女性在求职简历中最好不要附上照片。 Ddiscourage“打消 的念头 ”符合句意，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 the和空格后的 model可知，该空缺少一个形容词。结合空格下文的 where CVs donot even include the candidates name可知，比利时公共部门采用的是匿名的模式，故 Nanonymous“匿名的 ”为答案。 【知识模块】 完形
