1、完形填空分类练习七及答案解析(总分:80.00,做题时间:90 分钟)一、Passage 1(总题数:1,分数:20.00)In the 1960s medical researchers Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe developed a checklist of stressful events. They appreciated the (1) point that any major change can be stressful. (2) events like “serious illness of a family member“ were hi
2、gh (3) but so were some positive life-changing events like marriage. When you (4) the Holmes-Rahe test you must remember that the score does not (5) how you deal with stressit only shows how much you have to deal with. And we now know that the way you (6) these events dramatically affects your (7) o
3、f staying healthy.By the early 1970s hundreds of similar studies had (8) Holmes and Rahe. And millions of Americans who work and live (9) stress worried over the reports. Somehow the research got (10) to a memorable message. Womens magazines ran (11) like “Stress causes illness“. “If you want to sta
4、y physically and mentally healthy“, the articles said, “avoid stressful events“.But such (12) advice is impossible to follow. Even (13) stressful events are dangerous, manylike the death of a loved oneare impossible to (14) . Moreover, any warning to avoid all stressful events is a prescription for
5、staying away from opportunities as well as (15) . Since any change can be stressful, a person who wanted to be completely (16) stress would never marry, have a child, take a new job or move.The notion that all stress makes you sick also (17) a lot of what we know about people. It assumes were all vu
6、lnerable and (18) in the face of adversity. But what about human (19) and creativity? Many come through periods of stress with more physical and mental vigor than they had before. We also know that a long time without change or challenge can (20) to boredom and physical and mental strain.(分数:20.00)A
7、.disputedB.acuteC.trickyD.deliberativeA.IndifferentB.NegativeC.PositiveD.MedicateA.onto the listB.at the listC.in the listD.on the listA.takeB.makeC.doD.manageA.affectB.reflectC.meditateD.afflictA.regulateB.describeC.handleD.dealA.abilitiesB.chancesC.conditionsD.mindsA.followedB.tracedC.obeyedD.trai
8、ledA.beneathB.withC.belowD.underA.shock downB.boiled downC.drunk downD.start downA.linesB.headsC.headlinesD.wordsA.simplisticB.complicatedC.sillyD.dullA.stillB.soC.althoughD.ifA.escapeB.avoidC.faceD.confrontA.troubleB.dangerC.worriesD.discomfortA.discharge ofB.release outC.free ofD.liberate ofA.igno
9、reB.ignoresC.ignoredD.is ignoringA.gentleB.docileC.passiveD.yieldingA.initiativeB.self-motionC.thoughtD.automatismA.directB.linkC.leadD.result二、Passage 2(总题数:1,分数:20.00)More and more residences, businesses, and even govermnent agencies are using telephone answering machines to take messages or give
10、information or (1) . Sometimes these machines give (2) instructions, or play messages that are difficult to understand. If you make telephone calls, you need to be ready to respond when you get a (3) .The most common machine is the (4) used in residence. If you call a home (5) there is a telephone a
11、nswering machine (6) you will hear several rings and then a recorded message that (7) says something like this: “Hello, we cant come to the (8) right now. If you want us to call you back, please leave your name and number after the beep.“ Then you will hear a “beep,“ (9) is a brief, high-pitched (10
12、) . After the beep, you can say who you are, whom you want to speak to, and what number the person should call to (11) you, or you can leave a (12) . Some telephone answering machines record for only 20 or 30 seconds after the beep, (13) you must respond quickly. Some large businesses and government
13、 agencies are using telephone answering machines to provide information on (14) about which they receive a large volume of (15) . Generally speaking, using these systems (16) you to have a touchtone phone. The voice on the machine will tell you to (17) a certain button on your telephone if you want
14、information on Topic A, another button for Topic B, and so on. You listen (18) you hear the topic you want to learn about, and then you push the (19) button. Immediately after making your (20) , you will hear a recorded message on the topic.(分数:20.00)A.orderB.commandC.directionD.instructionsA.distur
15、bingB.annoyingC.confusingD.surprisingA.repairingB.recoveringC.retellingD.recordingA.typeB.kindC.sortD.characterA.whichB.whereC.thatD.whenA.in handB.in detailC.in operationD.in disputeA.impossiblyB.hardlyC.alwaysD.usuallyA.placeB.phoneC.homeD.roomA.thatB.whoC.whatD.whichA.tuneB.noiseC.voiceD.toneA.ca
16、tchB.tellC.reachD.meetA.noteB.recordC.messageD.speechA.soB.thereforeC.althoughD.thusA.topicsB.thingsC.argumentsD.concernsA.questionsB.inquiriesC.problemsD.complaintsA.commandsB.requiresC.asksD.requestsA.pushB.pullC.dragD.throwA.whenB.afterC.untilD.beforeA.correctB.wrongC.randomD.appropriateA.selecti
17、onB.solutionC.experimentD.decision三、Passage 3(总题数:1,分数:20.00)An unidentified wit once said, “Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Snore, and you sleep alone.“ Yet snoring is far from a laughing (1) as those unfortunates with good (2) , who are rightly subjected (3) the sounds of the snoring disorde
18、r, will testify.It has been estimated that one of eight Americans snores; this means that there are (4) 21 million peoplewomen as well as menwho render a(an) (5) sound when they are asleep. And assuming that each snorer (6) the sleep of at least one other person, it (7) follows that there are 21 mil
19、lion unhappy listeners. (8) a sleeping person breathes, either in or out, several (9) in his nose and throat (10) the snoring. The sounds, (11) the soft palate and other soft structures of the throat, are caused by vibratory (12) to inflowing and out flowing air.When the soft tissues of the mouth an
20、d throat come (13) to the lining of the throat, the vibrations that (14) are caused by the position of the tongue. In (15) , the noise made by snoring can be (16) to the noise when (17) flutter a flag on a pole. The frequency of the vibrations (18) on the size, density, and elasticity of the affecte
21、d tissues and (19) the force of the air flow. Although it is usually the process of inhaling or exhaling through the mouth that cause snoring, short snores come from the nose of an open-mouthed sleeper. In all fairness to snorers, however, it should be (20) that snoring is an involuntary action whic
22、h stops as the offender is awakened.(分数:20.00)A.substanceB.problemC.materialD.matterA.hearingB.listeningC.feelingD.sleepingA.atB.forC.asD.toA.merelyB.definitelyC.exactlyD.approximatelyA.peacefulB.unpleasantC.desirableD.offensiveA.irritateB.reconcileC.disturbsD.adjustsA.reasonablyB.certainlyC.obvious
23、lyD.temporarilyA.WhileB.WhetherC.ProvidedD.ThoughA.personsB.structuresC.materialsD.noisesA.startB.enlargeC.stimulateD.generateA.coming toB.coming ofC.coming fromD.coming intoA.responsesB.repliesC.answersD.movementsA.downB.closeC.upD.farA.occursB.occuringC.occuredD.occurA.senseB.sourC.shortD.wordA.co
24、nsideredB.measuredC.matchesD.comparedA.peopleB.breezesC.snowD.rainA.dependsB.clingsC.changesD.creditsA.betweenB.belowC.inD.onA.openedB.emphasizedC.illustratedD.specified四、Passage 4(总题数:1,分数:20.00)An important new industry, oil refining, grew after the Civil War. (1) oil, or petroleum, a dark, thick
25、ooze from the earth had been known for hundreds of years, (2) little use had ever (3) it. In the 1850s, Samuel M. Kier, a manufacturer in western Pennsylvania, began (4) the oil and refining it into kerosene. Refining, (5) smelting, is a (6) of removing impurities from a raw material.Kerosene was us
26、ed to light lamps. It was a cheap (7) for whale oil, which was becoming (8) to get. Soon there was a large (9) for kerosene. People began to search for new (10) of petroleum.The first oil well was drilled by E. L. Drake, a retired railroad conductor. In 1859 he began drilling in Titusville, Pennsylv
27、ania. The (11) venture of drilling seemed so (12) and foolish that onlookers called it “Drakes Folly“. But (13) he had drilled down about 70 feet (21 meters), Drake (14) oil. His well began to (15) 20 barrels of crude oil a day.News of Drakes (16) brought oil prospectors to the (17) . By the early 1
28、860s these wildcatters were drilling for “black gold“ all over western Pennsylvania. The boom (18) the California gold rush of 1848 in its excitement and Wild West atmosphere. And it brought far more wealth to the prospectors than any gold rush.Petroleum could be refined into many products. For some
29、 years kerosene continued to be the (19) one. It was sold in groocery stores and door-to-door. In the 1880s and 1890s refiners learned how to make other petroleum products such as waxes and lubricating oils. Petroleum was not (20) used to make gasoline or heating oil(分数:20.00)A.RawB.OriginalC.CrudeD
30、.CoarseA.butB.becauseC.andD.ifA.been made atB.been made inC.been made fromD.been made ofA.gatheringB.collectingC.augmentingD.saturatingA.likeB.asC.orD.withA.procedureB.processC.proceedingD.progressA.replaceB.supplementC.surplusD.substituteA.higherB.cheaperC.cleanerD.harderA.needB.demandC.requestD.ne
31、cessityA.suppliesB.offersC.originsD.tracesA.allB.completeC.wholeD.totalA.fantasticB.gorgeousC.empiricalD.impracticalA.whenB.whileC.beforeD.asA.touchedB.obtainedC.struckD.reachedA.produceB.yieldC.assembleD.provideA.failureB.advanceC.ventureD.successA.sceneB.sceneryC.sightD.viewA.competedB.rivaledC.en
32、counteredD.acquaintedA.principleB.fundamentalC.importantD.principalA.meanwhileB.nowC.thenD.latter完形填空分类练习七答案解析(总分:80.00,做题时间:90 分钟)一、Passage 1(总题数:1,分数:20.00)In the 1960s medical researchers Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe developed a checklist of stressful events. They appreciated the (1) point that
33、 any major change can be stressful. (2) events like “serious illness of a family member“ were high (3) but so were some positive life-changing events like marriage. When you (4) the Holmes-Rahe test you must remember that the score does not (5) how you deal with stressit only shows how much you have
34、 to deal with. And we now know that the way you (6) these events dramatically affects your (7) of staying healthy.By the early 1970s hundreds of similar studies had (8) Holmes and Rahe. And millions of Americans who work and live (9) stress worried over the reports. Somehow the research got (10) to
35、a memorable message. Womens magazines ran (11) like “Stress causes illness“. “If you want to stay physically and mentally healthy“, the articles said, “avoid stressful events“.But such (12) advice is impossible to follow. Even (13) stressful events are dangerous, manylike the death of a loved oneare
36、 impossible to (14) . Moreover, any warning to avoid all stressful events is a prescription for staying away from opportunities as well as (15) . Since any change can be stressful, a person who wanted to be completely (16) stress would never marry, have a child, take a new job or move.The notion tha
37、t all stress makes you sick also (17) a lot of what we know about people. It assumes were all vulnerable and (18) in the face of adversity. But what about human (19) and creativity? Many come through periods of stress with more physical and mental vigor than they had before. We also know that a long
38、 time without change or challenge can (20) to boredom and physical and mental strain.(分数:20.00)A.disputedB.acuteC.tricky D.deliberative解析:考点 考查形容词词义辨析。此处意为“他们赞同任何重大变化都会给人带来压力这个_观点”,空格处的形容词修饰名词“观点”。四个选项中 disputed 意为“受争论的”,acute 意为“激烈的;敏锐的”,tricky 意为“难处理的,需要技巧的”,deliberative 意为“慎重的;审议的”,B、D 在意思上显然不正确,
39、比较具有迷惑性的是 A 项,但是应注意 disputed 与 controversial 是有不同的,只有 tricky 用于此处较为合适,故选 C。A.IndifferentB.Negative C.PositiveD.Medicate解析:考点 考查形容词词义辨析。空格处需要填入一个形容词,来修饰“家庭成员得了重病”这样的事件,四个选项中 indifferent 意为“冷淡的,不积极的”,只用于指人;negative 意为“反面的,消极的”;positive 意为“正面的,积极的”;medicate 是动词,意为“用药医治”,比较可知只有 B 项:negative 符合句意。A.onto
40、the listB.at the listC.in the listD.on the list 解析:考点 考查固定搭配。此处需要判断的是 were high_the list 需要哪个介词,文中意思为“高居于名单前列”,“在名单上”一般要用介词 on,故选 D。A.take B.makeC.doD.manage解析:考点 考查固定搭配。文中要表达的意思是“做 Holmes-Rahe 测试”,表达“做测试”时一般用动词词组 take atest,故选 A。A.affectB.reflect C.meditateD.afflict解析:考点 考查动词词义辨析。宾语从句意为“分数并不_你如何应对压
41、力它只能显示你需要应对的压力有多少”。四个选项中affect 意为“影响”,reflect 意为“反映,表现”,meditate 意为“考虑,沉思”,afflict 意为“使痛苦,折磨”,因此只有 reflect 符合句意,故选 B。A.regulateB.describeC.handle D.deal解析:考点 考查动词词义辨析。该句意为“我们现在知道你_这些事件的方法会在很大程度上影响你保持健康的_”,可以推断出空格处应填入一个有“处理”含义的词。四个选项中 regulate 意为“管理,控制”,describe 意为“描写,记述”,handle 意为“处理,操作”,deal 作“处理,对
42、付”讲时为不及物动词,不能直接接宾语,后面要加介词 with 或 in,可见只有 C 项 Irondale 符合句意。A.abilitiesB.chances C.conditionsD.minds解析:考点 考查名词词义辨析。根据上题中出现的句意可知作者要表达的是“保持健康的可能性”,四个选项中 ability 意为“能力”,chance 意为“机会,可能性”,condition 意为“条件”,mind 意为“智力”,只有 chance 符合句意,故选 B。这里并不是指“保持健康的能力”,所以 A 项应该排除。A.followed B.tracedC.obeyedD.trailed解析:考点
43、 考查动词词义辨析。该句的时间状语为“到了 20 世纪 70 年代”,句子时态是过去完成时,考查的是“成百上千的类似研究”与“Holmes and Rahe”之间的关系,这两位科学家的研究始于 20 世纪 60 年代,因此我们可以知道在其后的研究都是其“追随者”,四个选项中只有 follow 意为“跟随,追随”,符合句意,另外三项 trace意为“追踪”,obey 意为“服从”,trail 意为“跟踪,追踪”皆可排除,故选 A。A.beneathB.withC.belowD.under 解析:考点 考查固定搭配。该句意为“几百万在压力下工作和生活的美国人都因研究报告而担忧”,表达“在压力下”一
44、般用介宾短语 under pressure/stress,故选 D。A.shock downB.boiled down C.drunk downD.start down解析:考点 考查词组词义辨析。空格处填入的动词需要搭配介词 down 构成一个有意义的短语并且使句意通顺。shock 不能与 down 构成短语;boil down 意为“归根结底是,浓缩成”;drink down 意为“借酒消愁”;start 也不能与 Ndown 构成词组,文中此处意为“不知怎的,这项研究终究归结为一个难忘的讯息”,四个选项中只有 boil down符合句意,故选 B。A.linesB.headsC.head
45、lines D.words解析:考点 考查名词词义辨析。该句意为“妇女杂志中写有压力导致疾病这样的_”,由此可知空格处应填有“标题”含义的词,四个选项中只有 headline“大字标题”符合,其他三个选项 line 意为“行”,head 意为“头”,word意为“字,词”,都不合句意,故选 C。A.simplistic B.complicatedC.sillyD.dull解析:考点 考查形容词词义辨析。四个选项中 simplistic 意为“被过分简单化的”,complicated 意为“复杂的”,silly 意为“愚蠢的”,dull 意为“无趣的”。上一段的末句说的是“如果你想要保持身心健康
46、,那么杂志中的这篇文章告诉你:应该避免那些使你压力很大的事件”。空格所在句的意思是顺接上句话的,其意为“但是这种过于简单化的建议是不能听从的”,只有 simplistic 符合句意,故选 A。A.stillB.soC.althoughD.if 解析:考点 考查固定搭配。even if 意为“即使”,文中要表达的意思是“即使那些使人有压力的事件很危险,许多这样的事是难以_的。其他三个选项都不能与 even 搭配使用,故选 D。A.escapeB.avoid C.faceD.confront解析:考点 考查动词词义辨析。根据上下文意我们可以知道,这句话所要表达的是“很多这样(使人有压力)的事件像爱
47、人的离世都是不能避免的”。在四个选项中,escalpe 和 avoid 都意为“逃避,避免”,face 和 confront 都意为“面临”,其中 avoid 强调有意识地躲避不愉快的或可能发生危险的事物或情况,更符合句意,故选 B。A.trouble B.dangerC.worriesD.discomfort解析:考点 考查动词词义辨析。该句意为“任何避免压力事件的警告在避免了所有的_的同时也令人失去了所有的机会”,可见空格处应该填入的是这种警告的第一个功能,那就是规避一些麻烦或者不好的东西,四个选项中 trouble 意为“麻烦,问题”,符合题意;danger 意为“危险”,worry 意
48、为“烦恼,忧虑”,discomfort 意为“不舒适,不方便”,皆不如 trouble 适合,故答案选 A。A.discharge ofB.release outC.free of D.liberate of解析:考点 考查语法结构。该句意为“由于任何变化都会使人感到有压力,因此一个想要完全_压力的人将永远不会结婚、生子、换工作或是搬家。”空格前为副词 completely,因此可以推测出空格处应填人一个形容词性质的词或短语,且根据句意来看,可能表示“没有”等含义的四个选项中只有 free of“无的”为形容词,且含义贴切,故选 C。其他三个选项都为动词。A.ignoreB.ignores C
49、.ignoredD.is ignoring解析:考点 考查动语法结构在本句中 The notion 是主语,空格中需要填入的词是谓语,四个选项的区别在于时态不同。that all stress makes you sick 这一定语从句修饰主语,根据定语中的时态可知,该句采用的是一般现在时,且由于主语是单数,所以谓语应为第三人称单数,所以应该选 B。A.gentleB.docileC.passive D.yielding解析:考点 考查形容词词义辨析句中的 adversity 意为“不幸;逆境”,整个句子的意思是“这一概念所设想的是我们所有人在逆境面前都是脆弱而_的”。由 and 可知,空格处所填的词与 vulnerable 所表达的含义应该相差不远。四个选项中 gentle 意为“温和的,文雅的”,docile 意为“温顺的”,passive 意为“被动的”,yielding意为“柔顺的”,其中 passive 与 vulnerable 表意最为类似,故选 C。A.initiative B.self-motion