专四完型填空模拟练习

1、专四完型填空模拟练习Passage 1Many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a confusing and frustrating experience. The lecturer speaks for one or two hours, perhaps _1_ the talk with slides, writing up important information on the blackboard, _2_ reading material and giving out _3 _

2、. The new student sees the other students continuously writing on notebooks and _4_ what to write. Very often the student leaves the lecture _5_ notes which do not catch the main points and _6_ become hard even for the _7_ to understand. Most institutions provide courses which _8_ new students to de

3、velop the skills they need to be _9_ listeners and note-takers._10_ these are unavailable, there are many usefulstudy-skills guides which _11_ learners to practice these skills _12_ . In all cases it is important to _13_ the problem _14_ actually starting your studies. It is important to _15_ that m

4、ost students have difficulty in acquiring the language skills _16_ in college study. One way of _17_ these difficulties is to attend the language and study- skills classes which most institutions provide throughout the _18_ year.Another basic _19_ is to find a study partner _20_ it is possible to id

5、entify difficulties, exchange ideas and provide support.C.wonders D.convincesC.argue D.ignorerequire B.required C.requiring D.are req uiredC.sustaining D.overcomingwhom D.such asPassage 2Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that gosintosthe collecting of those fascinating birds and an

6、imals that they pay to see in the zoo. One of thequestions that is always asked of me is _1_ I became an animal collector in the first _2_ . The answer is that I have always been interested in animals andzoos. According to my parents, the first word I was able to say with any _3_ was not the convent

7、ional “mamma” or “daddy”,_4_ the word “zoo”, which I would_5_over and over again with a shrill _6_ untilsomeone, insgroupsto _7_ me up, would take me to the zoo. When I _8_ a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a great _9_ of pets, ranging from owls to seahorses, and I spent all my spare time

8、 _10_ the countryside in search of fresh specimens to _11_ to my collection of pets._12_ on I went for a year to the City Zoo, as a student _13_ , to get experience of the large animals, such as lions, bears, bison and ostriches,_14_ were not easy to keep at home. When I left, I _15_ had enough mone

9、y of my own to be able to _16_ my first trip and I have been going _17_ ever since then. Though a collectors job is not an easy one and is full of _18_ ,it is certainly a job which will appeal _19_ all those who love1animals and _20_ .1. A.how B.where C.when D.wheth er2. A.region B.field C.place D.c

10、ase3. A.clarity B.emotion C.sentiment D.affecti on4. A.except B.but C.except for D.but for5. A.recite B.recognize C.read D.repe at6. A.volume B.noise C.voice D.pitch7. A.close B.shut C.stop D.com fort8. A.grew B.wasgrowing C.grow D.grown9. A.many B.amount C.number D.su pply10. A.living B.cultivating

11、 C.reclaiming D.e xploring11. A.increase B.include C.add D.en rich12. A.later B.further C.then D.sub sequently13. A.attendant B.keeper C.member D.aid e14. A.who B.they C.ofwhich D.which15. A.luckily B.gladly C.nearly D.s uccessfully16. A.pay B.provide C.allow D.fi nance17. A.normally B.regularly C.u

12、sually D.o ften18. A.expectations B.sorrows C.excitement D.disappointments19. A.for B.with C.to D.f rom20. A.excursion B.travel C.journey D .TripPassage 3If you were to begin a new job tomorrow, you would bring with you some basic strengths andweaknesses. Success or _1 _ in your work would depend, t

13、o _2 _ great extent, _3 _ your ability to useyour strengths and weaknesses to the best advantage. _4 _ the utmost importance is your attitude. A person _5 _ begins a job convinced that he isnt going to like it or is _6 _ that he is going to ail is exhibiting a weakness which can only hinder his succ

14、ess.On the other hand, a person who is secure _7 _ his belief that he is probably as capable _8 _ doing the work as anyone else and who is willing to make a cheerful attempt _9 _ it possesses a certain strength ofpurpose. The chances are that he will do well。 _10 _ the prerequisite skills for a part

15、icular job isstrength. Lacking those skills is obviously a weakness. A bookkeeper who cant add or a carpenter who cant cut a straight line with a saw _11 _ hopeless cases. This book has been designed to help you capitalize _12 _ the strength and overcome the _13 _ that you bring to the job of learni

16、ng. But in groups to measure yourdevelopment, you must first _14 _stock of somewhere you stand now. _15 _ we get further along in the book, well be_16 _ in some detail with specific processes for developing and strengthening _17 _skills. However, _18 _ begin with, you shouldpause _19 _ examine your

17、present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are critical to your success or failure in school: your _20 _ , your reading and communication skills, and your study habits.C.failure D.achievementC.some D.certainC.of D.to2dealt D.dealingPassage 4Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What ha

18、ppened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? _1_ an event takes place; newspapers are on the streets _2_ the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reports are on the spot to _3_ the news.Newspapers have one basic _4_ , to get the news as quickly as possible from it

19、s source, from those who make it to those who want to _5_ it.Radio, telegraph, television, and _6_ inventions brought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. _7_ , this competition merely spurred the newspapers on.They quickly made use of the

20、 newer and faster means of communication to improve the _8_ and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are _9_ and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out to many other fields. Besides keeping readers _10_ of the latest news, todays newspapers

21、 _11_ and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers economic choices _12_ advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very _13_ .Newspapers are sold at a price that _14_ even a small fraction of the cost of production. The

22、 main _15_ of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising.The _16_ in selling advertising depends on anewspapers value to advertisers. This _17_ in terms of circulation. How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends _18_ on the work of the circulation department and on the service

23、s or entertainment _19_ in a newspapers pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspapers value to readers as a source of information _20_ the community, city, country, state, nation, and world and even outer space.after D.Beforegive B.giving C.given D.being givenanother D.the otheri

24、nformed D.informed3offered D.to be offeredPassage 5A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supplyhelping England to become the center for the Industrialneeded to start the industrial process. That something special was menorganizations to reshape society.The men who 6

25、 the machines of the Industrialfindings can be used.An inventor or one interested in applied science is 12 trying to make something that has a concrete use. He mayexperimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a lightMost of the people w

26、ho 17 the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those whoPassage 6More and more students want to study in“hot”majors.and law, etc.Fewer and fewer students choose scientific majors, 4Chinese and philosophy.6 studen

27、ts can study in these“hot”majors, because the number of these“hot”majorsIf one 8 interest in his work or study, 9 can he do well? he chose“international business”.HeIn the end, he found he 15 in doing business.He foundhe had chosen his major according to his own interests. Choosing a major in univer

28、sity 18 decide ones wholethe“hot”major of tomorrow.Choosing your major according to your own 20 is the bestway to succeed.D.learned4C.was not interested D.was not cleverPassage 7Exercise is good for you, but most people really knowyou can runsintostrouble.Many people 2 that when specific muscles are

29、 exercised, the fat in the neighbouring area is“Studies show muscles which are not 6 lose their strength very quickly.To regain it needs 48 to 72 hours andstrength.To 8 weight you should always“work up a good sweat”when exercising.Walking is the best and easy-to-do exercise.It helpsyour overall feel

30、ing of health.Experience says that 20 minutes18 your breathing doesnt return to normal statePassage 8People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells.Four students from Burlington College of Highernarrow High Street.“They not only make it“ 7 we must have these noisy trucks on the roads

31、,”s aid Jean Lacey, a biology student, why dont they build a new road that goes round the town? Burlington isnt much moreHarry Fields also studying 10 said they wanted to.“Most of here anyway,”he said,“they come in for meetings and that, and the Town Hall is soundproof, sopr oblem.”The fourth studen

32、t, Liza Vernum, said shewerent they soon would be.I asked if they were 16 that the police might come to5“Not really,”she said,“actually we are 18 bellringers.I mean we are assistant bellringers for the church.There is noI 20 the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.D.unpleasantPassa

33、ge 9One day a police officer manager to get some freshtheir breakfast arrived the next day, each officer found some mushrooms on his plate.“Let the dog 3 a piece first,”suggested one 4 officer who was afraid that the mushrooms might beofficers then began to eat their meal saying that theAn hour 7 ,

34、however, they were all astonished whenofficers jumpedsintostheir cars and rushedsintosthe nearest hospital.Pumps (泵 were used and the officers had a verydeath?”asked one of the officers,himself.“No,”answered the gardener looker rather .“It was killed the moment a car hit it.”6As the plane circled ov

35、er the airport, everyone sensed that something was wrong.The plane was movinginstructions that were being sent by radio from the airportD.instructionsPassage 11Space is a dangerous place, not only because of meteors(流星 but also because of rays from the sun andenvironments tolerable and some ultravio

36、let rays(紫外线的 宇宙的 rays of various kindsprevent a lot of radiation damage.Radiation is the greatest雷目 ”.We allhere on earth from the sun, from cosmic rays and from radioactive minerals.The“ dose of radiation that wetoswheresyou live, and this is a very rough60 rems has been agreed.7Passage 12Children

37、 model themselves largely on their parents. They do so mainly through identification. Children identifysay thereforethey want their child to become.A parents actions 6 affect the self-image that a childIsolated events, 13 dramatic ones, do not necessarilyinterpret such events according to their esta

38、blished attitudes and previous training. Children who know theyIn the same way, all children are not influenced 18 by toys and games, reading matter, and television erprets it.D.indicativePassage 13There are more than forty universities inBritain nearly twice as many as in 1960.During the 1960s eight completely new ones were founded, and ten otherstudents more than doubled, from 70twenty-one were in universities and about 5% of