1、专业英语四级（完形填空）模拟试卷 237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 A. tragedy B. actually C. prepared D. inform E. visible F. remind G. meals H. agreeing with I. obli
2、ged J. make K. resolution L. loss M. suddenly N. specific O. sticking with New Years resolutions are those special little promises you【 C1】 _ to be less like yourself and more like other, better people. Theyre an invaluable opportunity to alter your habits and behaviors in ways that make you a more
3、bearable person to be around. The more【 C2】 _ you are about your resolution, the better your chance of【 C3】 _ it. Dont just say, “I want to lose weight.“ Instead, say, “My goal is to lose 20 pounds in the next two months. Im going to commit to being at the gym every morning at 7 a.m. and eat healthy
4、 and nutritious【 C4】 _.“ The best way to【 C5】 _ yourself of your goals and to get support from family, friends, and even coworkers, is to write them out and post them in a【 C6】 _ place. Theres a big difference between thinking and【 C7】 _ seeing the words. If you decide to cut something out this year
5、, try replacing it with something else to balance out the【 C8】 _. If you stop drinking soda, for example, replace it with becoming more likely to spend time sitting. You deserve it. You loved soda. Getting out of debt is a big one these days, the problem is figuring out how. Youve already cut back o
6、n food expenses, medical expenses, your kids expenses. At this point, you may be forced to take a closer look at the horses youre betting on. Unplugging from technology to reconnect with family and friends is a great【 C9】 _, just remember to take it slow. Dont attempt direct eye contact right away.
7、Be【 C10】 _ for a great deal of confusion and anxiety at first. 1 【 C1】 2 【 C2】 3 【 C3】 4 【 C4】 5 【 C5】 6 【 C6】 7 【 C7】 8 【 C8】 9 【 C9】 10 【 C10】 10 A. unpaid B. obvious C. differed D. link E. disproportionately F. whether G. explanations H. made up I. role J. shoulder K. unclear L. evidence M. indef
8、initely N. that O. conclusions They are regarded as chores by both sexes, but fall【 C1】 _ on only one. The latest survey of time use in America suggests women still【 C2】 _ most of the housework, spending on average an hour a day scrubbing, hoovering and shopping, compared with barely 20 minutes for
9、the unfairer sex. Standard【 C3】 _ for this division of labour rest on the pay gap between the sexes. A recent report shows women still earn about 20% less than men in America. Couples can maximise earnings if the lower-paid(usually female)partner does the【 C4】 _ work at home. But in a new paper Lesl
10、ie Stratton of Virginia Commonwealth University asks whether different attitudes to housework also play a【 C5】 _ in sharing the dusting. Mr Stratton draws on data from the Time Use Survey in Britain, which shows how people spent their day and which tasks they enjoyed. Attitudes certainly【 C6】 _: wom
11、en disliked laundry less than men. Ironing was generally dreaded; weirdly large numbers of both sexes liked shopping for food. Mr Stratton found some【 C7】 _ for the pay-gap hypothesis. Women with higher wages did a little less work at home. A woman who earned 10% more than average ducked out of two
12、minutes housework per weekday. Her partner heroically【 C8】 _this time at the weekend. But his wages made no difference to the extent of his efforts around the house. There is truth in the idea【 C9】 _ chores go to the lower-paid partner. But cause and effect are【 C10】 _. Do women do more because of l
13、ower pay, or might their careers suffer from a disproportionate burden at home? 11 【 C1】 12 【 C2】 13 【 C3】 14 【 C4】 15 【 C5】 16 【 C6】 17 【 C7】 18 【 C8】 19 【 C9】 20 【 C10】 20 A. data B. get accustomed C. effect D. spared E. solve F. associated G. details H. while I. and J. track K. stable L. shared M
14、. helpless N. presented O. restless Marriage may improve your sleep, and better sleep may improve your marriage, two new studies suggest. Women who are married or who have【 C1】 _ partners appear to sleep better than women who have never married or lost a partner, according to research from an eight-
15、year study 【 C2】 _ at the Associated Professional Sleep Societies annual meeting. They also found that marital(婚姻的 )happiness lowers the risk of sleep problems,【 C3】 _ marital disharmony heightens the risk and women who were single at the start of the study but gained a partner had more【 C4】 _ sleep
16、 than women who were already married. The study included 360 middle-aged women. Researchers used in-home sleep studies, activity monitors to【 C5】 _sleep-wake patterns and relationship histories to look at the【 C6】_ stable marriages, unstable marriages and marital changes, such as a divorce had on sl
17、eep. Another small study of 29 couples found that on a daily basis, the quality of a couples relationship and the quality of their sleep are closely linked. In that study, from the University of Arizona, 29 couples who【 C7】 _ a bed and did not have children completed sleep and relationship diaries f
18、or fifteen days. The results showed that when men get better sleep, they are more likely to feel positive about their relationship the next day. And for women, problems in the relationship were strongly【 C8】 _ with poor sleep for both them- selves and their partner. The【 C9】 _ from both studies sugg
19、est that sleep and relationship happiness are closely linked. The lesson for couples, especially those who are struggling with problems, is that paying attention to sleep habits may help【 C10】 _ other issues in the relationship. 21 【 C1】 22 【 C2】 23 【 C3】 24 【 C4】 25 【 C5】 26 【 C6】 27 【 C7】 28 【 C8】
20、 29 【 C9】 30 【 C10】 30 A. abuse B. appreciated C. attracted D. linked E. mixture F. union G. perceived H. set I. merge J. disappear K. measured L. acquired M. affect N. estimated O. offspring Alcohol may taste sweeter if you were exposed to it before birth, suggests a study in rats. The findings may
21、 shed new light on why human studies have previously【 C1】 _fetal(胎儿的 )alcohol exposure to increased alcohol【 C2】 _ later in life, and to a lower age at which a person first starts drinking alcohol. Alcohols taste is a(n)【 C3】 _ of sweet and bitter components. To test whether prenatal(产前的 )alcohol ex
22、posure could【 C4】 _ the perception of these components, Steven Youngentob at the State University of New York in Syracuse and John Glendinning at Columbia University in New York【 C5】 _ how eagerly rats consumed alcohol, sweet water or bitter water. They found that young rats whose mothers had consum
23、ed alcohol during pregnancy preferred alcohol and consumed more of the bitter water than the【 C6】 _ of mothers that didnt consume alcohol. Rats that had been exposed to alcohol before birth also seemed to be more【 C7】 _ to the smell of alcohol. Prenatal exposure seems to reduce the【 C8】 _ bitterness
24、 of alcohol, making it seem sweeter, says Youngentob. Both of these differences seemed to【 C9】 _ once the rats reached adulthood but only if they hadnt tasted alcohol during their youth. If prenatally exposed rats did consume alcohol in their youth, these preferences seemed to become【 C10】_ for life. “The take-home message is to keep kids away from alcohol for as long as possibleparticularly if they have had prenatal exposure,“ says Youngentob. 31 【 C1】 32 【 C2】 33 【 C3】 34 【 C4】 35 【 C5】 36 【 C6】 37 【 C7】 38 【 C8】 39 【 C9】 40 【 C10】 专业英语四级（完形填空）模拟试卷 237答案与解析
