1、大学英语四级综合-完形填空(七)及答案解析(总分：40.00，做题时间：90 分钟)The horse and carriage is a thing of the past, but love and marriage are still with us and still closely interrelated. Most American marriages, (1) first marriages uniting young people, are the result of mutual attraction and affection (2) than practical con
2、siderations.In the United States, parents do not (3) marriages for their children. Teenagers begin dating in high school and usually find mates through their own academic and social (4) .(5) young people feel free to choose their friends from (6) groups, most choose a mate of similar (7) .This is du
3、e in part to parental guidance. Parents cannot (8) spouses (配 偶 ) for their children, but they can usually (9) choices by voicing disapproval of someone they consider unsuitable.(10) , marriages between members of different groups (interclass, interfaith, and interracial marriages) are (11) probably
4、 because of the greater mobility of todays youth and the fact that they are (12) by fewer prejudices than their parents. Many young people leave their hometowns to attend college, serve in the armed forces, (13) pursue a career in a bigger city.Once away from home and family, they are more (14) to d
5、ate and marry outside their own social group.In mobile American society, inter- class marriages are neither (15) nor astoni- shing. Interfaith marriages are (16) the rise, especially between Protestants (基督 教徒) and Catholics (天主教徒). On the other hand, interracial marriages are still very (17) . It c
6、an be difficult for interracial couples to find a place to live, maintain friendships, and (18) a family. Marriages between people of different national (19) (but the same race and religion) have been commonplace here (20) colonial times.（分数：20.00）(1).A. specially B. naturallyC. particularly D. fort
7、unately（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. more B. ratherC. less D. better（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. arrange B. engageC. manage D. propose（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).A. position B. manageC. contract D. contacts（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).A.Since B. ThoughC.If D. Hence（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6).A. separate B. identicalC. independent D
8、. different（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7).A. background B. situationC. circumstance D. condition（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(8).A. oppose B. rejectC. select D. approve（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(9).A. influence B. makeC. afford D. provide（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(10).A. Therefore B. HoweverC. Moreover D. Likewise（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(11).A.
9、declining B. prohibitingC. increasing D. reducing（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(12).A. restrained B. retainedC. reserved D. restricted（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(13).A. but B. orC. so D. otherwise（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(14).A. likely B. possibleC. reluctant D. lonely（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(15).A. scarce B. riskyC. rare D. rigid（分数：1.
10、00）A.B.C.D.(16).A. in B. atC. for D. on（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(17).A. normal B. uncommonC. ordinary D. usual（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(18).A. raise B. settleC. grow D. unite（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(19).A. source B. conventionC. origin D. immigrant（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(20).A. since B. forC. in D. during（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Marvin
11、 Minsky is famous (1) the father of Artificial Intelligence, but he was (2) the author of another signal achievement. In the 1950s, he built a revolutionary light microscope that enabled him to (3) successfully deeper layer in a specimen with astonishing clearness, (4) first having to undertake the
12、hard task of cutting the specimen into thin (5) Minskys invention did not (6) wide praise from the public at that time. (7) , when he patented(申请 专利权) his “double - focusing stage-scanning microscope“ in 1961, (8) people understood what it could do. During the 17-year life of the patent, no (9) of s
13、imilar design were manufactured. (10) for his newly invented optics, Minsky (11) on to other challen- ges, leaving his intention to rust in a (12) of his basement.Thirteen years later his approach (13) known as confocal microscopy(双焦显微镜学) caught public attention. (14) , the technology is proving to
14、be one of the most exciting advances in optical microscopy in this century. The extent (15) which current interest was sparked by rediscovery of Minskys early (16) is not completely clear. (17) , the happy result is that scores of (18) kinds of confocal microscopes are now (19) in form that (20) fro
15、m easy to complicated.（分数：20.00）(1).A. for B. atC. as D. in（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A.too B. eitherC.even D. also（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. view B. makeC. bring D. grow（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).A.with B. withoutC.and D. but（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).A. parts B. sectionsC. groups D. separations（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6).A.
16、accept B. bringC. achieve D. earn（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7).A. As a result B. HoweverC. In fact D. Nevertheless（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(8).A. few B. littleC. many D. most（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(9).A. techniques B. worksC. inventions D. instruments（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(10).A. Unexpected B. UnappreciatedC. Undone D. Uninfor
17、med（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(11).A. engaged B. ignoredC. moved D. proceeded（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(12).A. angle B. comer C. quarter D. side（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(13).A. otherwise B. orC. but D. however（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(14).A. However B. ForC. Indeed D. Hence（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(15).A. in B. toC. for D. by（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D
18、.(16).A. job B. workC. occupation D. profession（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(17).A. For B. IndeedC. Generally D. Nevertheless（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(18).A. same B. differentC. opposite D. contrary（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(19).A. desirable B. considerableC. available D. reliable（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(20).A. differ B. extendC. chan
19、ge D. range（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.大学英语四级综合-完形填空(七)答案解析(总分：40.00，做题时间：90 分钟)The horse and carriage is a thing of the past, but love and marriage are still with us and still closely interrelated. Most American marriages, (1) first marriages uniting young people, are the result of mutual attraction and affec
20、tion (2) than practical considerations.In the United States, parents do not (3) marriages for their children. Teenagers begin dating in high school and usually find mates through their own academic and social (4) .(5) young people feel free to choose their friends from (6) groups, most choose a mate
21、 of similar (7) .This is due in part to parental guidance. Parents cannot (8) spouses (配 偶 ) for their children, but they can usually (9) choices by voicing disapproval of someone they consider unsuitable.(10) , marriages between members of different groups (interclass, interfaith, and interracial m
22、arriages) are (11) probably because of the greater mobility of todays youth and the fact that they are (12) by fewer prejudices than their parents. Many young people leave their hometowns to attend college, serve in the armed forces, (13) pursue a career in a bigger city.Once away from home and fami
23、ly, they are more (14) to date and marry outside their own social group.In mobile American society, inter- class marriages are neither (15) nor astoni- shing. Interfaith marriages are (16) the rise, especially between Protestants (基督 教徒) and Catholics (天主教徒). On the other hand, interracial marriages
24、 are still very (17) . It can be difficult for interracial couples to find a place to live, maintain friendships, and (18) a family. Marriages between people of different national (19) (but the same race and religion) have been commonplace here (20) colonial times.（分数：20.00）(1).A. specially B. natur
25、allyC. particularly D. fortunately（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。根据上下文，此处有强调之意，四个选项中，specially 意为“特意地，专门地”，naturally 意为“自然地”，particularly 意为“尤其，特别”，fortunately 意为“幸运地”，结合句意“大多数美国人的婚姻，_美国年轻人的第一次婚姻，都是建立在互相吸引的结果之上”，可知 C 正确。(2).A. more B. ratherC. less D. better（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 惯用搭配题。空格所在句并无比较之意，故
26、 A，C，D 三个选项均可排除。rather than 意为“而不是”，符合题意。(3).A. arrange B. engageC. manage D. propose（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 惯用搭配题。arrange sthfor sb意为“为某人安排某事”，engage 意为“订婚，从事”，不与 marriage 搭配，manage 意为“努力”，propose 意为“提出，求婚”，结合句意“父母_孩子的婚姻”，可知选 A。(4).A. position B. manageC. contract D. contacts（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析
27、 词义辨析题。position 意为“位置，地位”，manage 意为“管理”，contract 意为“合同，协议”，contact 意为“接触，联系”，结合句意“通常通过自己的学校或社会_找到伴侣”可知，D 最符合题意。(5).A.Since B. ThoughC.If D. Hence（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 语法结构题。though 曲通常引导让步状语从句，since 可引导原因状语从句，if 引导条件状语从句，hence 表示结果，而该空格所在句前后关系为转折，故用 though。(6).A. separate B. identicalC. independent
28、 D. different（分数：1.00）A. B. C. D. 解析：(7).A. background B. situationC. circumstance D. condition（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。background 意为“背景”，situation 意为“形势，情形”，circumstance意为“环境”，condition 意为“状况，条件”，A 最符合题意。(8).A. oppose B. rejectC. select D. approve（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。oppose 意为“反对”，rej
29、ect 意为“拒绝”，select 意为“选择，精选”，approve 意为“批准，赞成”。结合句意“父母不能为孩子_ 配偶”可知，C 正确。(9).A. influence B. makeC. afford D. provide（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。influence 意为“影响”，afford 意为“供得起，买得起”，make 意为“做”，provide 意为“提供”，结合句意“他们通常可以通过反对他们认为不合适的对象来_选择”，可知 A 正确。(10).A. Therefore B. HoweverC. Moreover D. Likewise（分数
30、：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 逻辑衔接题。therefore 意为“因此”，however 意为“然而”，moreover 意为“而且”，likewise 意为“同理”，由下句表述的原因可以看出该空格所在句和上文为转折关系，故 B 正确。(11).A. declining B. prohibitingC. increasing D. reducing（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。decline 意为“下降”，prohibit 意为“禁止”，increase 意为“增加”，recluce 意为“减少”，结合句意“因为当今年轻人的流动性更大，不同群体成员间
31、的婚姻有可能_”可知 C 正确。(12).A. restrained B. retainedC. reserved D. restricted（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 词义辨析题。restrain 意为“抑制，克制”，retain 意为“保留，保持”，reserve 意为“保留，贮藏”，restrict 意为“限制，限定”，结合句意“比起父母，他们(年轻人)受到更少偏见的_”可知，D 最符合题意。(13).A. but B. orC. so D. otherwise（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 逻辑衔接题。由句子结构可知，attend，serve 和 p
32、ursue 之间应该是并列关系，故 or 正确。(14).A. likely B. possibleC. reluctant D. lonely（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。likely 意为“很可能的”，possible 通常不能用人作主语，reluctant 意为“不愿意的，勉强的”，lonely 意为“孤单的，寂寞的”，常作表语。结合句意“一旦离开家，他们更_和自己的社交群以外的人约会、结婚”可知，A 正确。(15).A. scarce B. riskyC. rare D. rigid（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。rare 意为
33、“罕见的”，scarce 意为“稀有的，缺乏的”，risky“冒险的，危险的”，rigid 意为“呆板的，僵硬的”。结合句意“在流动性较大的美国社会，跨阶层婚姻既不_也不令人感到惊奇”，可知当今美国不同阶层间的结婚并不少见，故 C 正确。(16).A. in B. atC. for D. on（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 惯用搭配题。on the rise 为固定词组，意思为“上升，上涨”。(17).A. normal B. uncommonC. ordinary D. usual（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。normal 意为“正常的”，unc
34、ommon 意为“不普通的，不平常的”，ordinary意为“平常的”，由 on the other hand 可知，跨种族婚姻仍然比较少，故 B 正确。(18).A. raise B. settleC. grow D. unite（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 惯用搭配题。raise a family 为固定词组，意思为“养家”。(19).A. source B. conventionC. origin D. immigrant（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。source 意为“源泉”，convention 意为“传统，习俗”，origin 意为“
35、起源，起因”，immigrant 意为“移民”，结合括号内的 the same race and religion 可知，C 最符合题意。(20).A. since B. forC. in D. during（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 语法结构题。since 意为“自以来”，for 意为“长达”，引导一个时间段，in 和during 都有“在期间”的意思，colonialtimes(殖民时代)是一个具体的时期，排除 B，如果用 C 或D，原句的现在完成时应改为过去式，故选 A。Marvin Minsky is famous (1) the father of Artific
36、ial Intelligence, but he was (2) the author of another signal achievement. In the 1950s, he built a revolutionary light microscope that enabled him to (3) successfully deeper layer in a specimen with astonishing clearness, (4) first having to undertake the hard task of cutting the specimen into thin
37、 (5) Minskys invention did not (6) wide praise from the public at that time. (7) , when he patented(申请 专利权) his “double - focusing stage-scanning microscope“ in 1961, (8) people understood what it could do. During the 17-year life of the patent, no (9) of similar design were manufactured. (10) for h
38、is newly invented optics, Minsky (11) on to other challen- ges, leaving his intention to rust in a (12) of his basement.Thirteen years later his approach (13) known as confocal microscopy(双焦显微镜学) caught public attention. (14) , the technology is proving to be one of the most exciting advances in opt
39、ical microscopy in this century. The extent (15) which current interest was sparked by rediscovery of Minskys early (16) is not completely clear. (17) , the happy result is that scores of (18) kinds of confocal microscopes are now (19) in form that (20) from easy to complicated.（分数：20.00）(1).A. for
40、B. atC. as D. in（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。常与 famous 搭配的介词有 at 和 for。be famous at 意为“是的名手，善于”，be famous for 意为“因而著名”，表示原因。但这两个介词用在这里都不合适，原文意为“Minsky 以人工智能之父而闻名”，应用表示“作为，当作”之意的介词 as，故选 C。(2).A.too B. eitherC.even D. also（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 语法结构题。also 表示肯定，多用于句中或句末；too 表“也”之意时，一般用于句末，且用逗号隔开，eit
41、her 通常用于否定句中，故正确答案为 D。(3).A. view B. makeC. bring D. grow（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。结合常理可知，显微镜通常用于观察标本，故四个选项中 view“观察，观看”符合题意。(4).A.with B. withoutC.and D. but（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 逻辑衔接题。由上文的信息词 successfully 和 with astonishing clearness 及下文的undertake the hard task 可推知，因为能成功看清，就不用做后面提到的 hard tas
42、k 了，without 符合题意。(5).A. parts B. sectionsC. groups D. separations（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。part 指整体的一部分；section 强调整体下的“部分”，往往暗示部分与部分间有明显的界限；group 意为“一群”；separation 意为“分离，分开”。B 符合句意，原句意为“将标本切成小段”。(6).A. accept B. bringC. achieve D. earn（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 词义辨析题。accept 意为“接受”，bring 意为“带来”，achi
43、eve 意为“完成，达到”，earn 意为“赢得”，原句意为“在那个时候 Minsky 的发明并没有赢得公众广泛的赞誉”，故选 D。(7).A. As a result B. HoweverC. In fact D. Nevertheless（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 逻辑衔接题。上文提到当时他的发明并未广受赞誉，再结合下文可推知，这是因为很少人知道显微镜的用途，故下一题答案为 A。同时，可知“很少人知道”是“未广受赞誉”的原因，而非结果，排除 A，而且两句间无转折关系，故 B 和 D 可排除，只有 C(实际上)最合题意。(8).A. few B. littleC. man
44、y D. most（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。解析见上题。(9).A. techniques B. worksC. inventions D. instruments（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 词义辨析题。根据上下文可知，此处说的是“同类设计的仪器”，故应选 D。其余的选项techniques(技术)，works(作品)，inventions(发明)均不合题意。(10).A. Unexpected B. UnappreciatedC. Undone D. Uninformed（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。由下文
45、leaving his intention to rust 可知，他对自己的东西并不满意，故应选 B(不欣赏)。其余的选项 unexpected“不期望的，不指望的”，undone 为“未做完的”，uninformed“不知道的”均不合题意。(11).A. engaged B. ignoredC. moved D. proceeded（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 惯用搭配题。四个选项中能和 on to 构成搭配的只有 C，move on to 意为“转移(到新事物上)”。(12).A. angle B. comer C. quarter D. side（分数：1.00）A.B
46、. C.D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。angle 指数学概念的“角，角度”，corner 指角落或拐角处，quarter 指“四分之一”，side 指“边”，结合句意，B 正确。(13).A. otherwise B. orC. but D. however（分数：1.00）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 语法结构题。此处需要填入的是副词，由此可排除 B 和 C。otherwise 意为“以别的方式，不同地”，however 意为“无论如何，究竟”，结合句意“十三年后，他的方法_大家所知的双焦显微镜学引起了公众的注意”，可知 A 正确。(14).A. However B. ForC. Indeed
47、 D. Hence（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 逻辑衔接题。由上文的 caught public attention 和下文的 one of the most exciting advances 可知，两者间并无转折或因果关系，而是强调，故 indeed(确实)符合句意。(15).A. in B. toC. for D. by（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 惯用搭配题。to 和 extent 为固定搭配，如：to a certain/some extent“在某种程度上”，to a great/large extent“在很大程度上”，本句中 to 和 whi
48、ch 构成“介词+which”结构作 extent的关系词。(16).A. job B. workC. occupation D. profession（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。四个选项中，job 指具体的“某一份工作”，常为可数名词；work 意为“工作”，常为不可数名词；occupation 和 profession 均表示职业，结合句意可知 B 正确。(17).A. For B. IndeedC. Generally D. Nevertheless（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 逻辑衔接题。由上文的 not completely clea
49、r 及下文的 the happy result 等信息词可推知，此处应填入表转折关系的词，故 never the less(尽管如此)正确。(18).A. same B. differentC. opposite D. contrary（分数：1.00）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。scores of 含义为“几十个”，由此可推知后面应为“各种不同的”，故选B。(19).A. desirable B. considerableC. available D. reliable（分数：1.00）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 词义辨析题。desirable 意为“称心的，合意的”，considerable 意为“数量可观的”，available 意为“可用的，可得到的”；reliable 意为“可靠的，可依赖的”，结合句意可知 C 正确。(20).A. differ B. extendC. change D. ra
