[外语类试卷]专业英语四级(完形填空)模拟试卷106及答案与解析.doc
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1、专业英语四级(完形填空)模拟试卷 106及答案与解析 一、 PART III CLOZE (15 MIN) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. 0 These are dark days for the book business. Borders, a once-huge bookselle
2、r,(1)_ on July 18th that it will close down its remaining stores, (2)_ nearly 10,700 staff jobless. Publishers will lose a showcase for their books,(3)_ could mean more laid-off editors.(4)_ the problem is not the(5)_: writers will still scribble for scraps.(6)_ demand: American book publishers repo
3、rted(7)_ across all platforms last year. It is just that no one is making money. The business needs fresh ideas.(8)_ Unbound, a British effort to “crowd-fund“ books. Visitors to its website can(9)_ money for a book that is only part-written.(10)_ enough money is raised, the author can(11)_ to finish
4、 it and the pledgers will get a copy. Having launched in May, the firm announced its first (12)_ on July 18th. Terry Jones, of Monty Python fame, has(13)_ the funds to finish a book of quirky stories. Handsome edited volumes and e-books will follow. “We can make books work at a much lower level of(1
5、4)_,“ explains John Mitchinson, who co-founded Unbound. Visitors can(15)_ 10 for an e-book and a nod in the afterword, or up to 250 for such(16)_ as lunch with the author. Over 3,000 pledges have come in, averaging 30 apiece. Authors see a new way to nurture fans and make money,(17)_ publishing budg
6、ets dwindle. Readers(18)_ enjoy feeling like part of the (19)_ process. Most readers wont pay 8.99 for an acclaimed book, yet some will spend 50 on a signed unwritten one. In these digitally isolating times, the personal touch may(20)_. 1 (1) ( A) addressed ( B) alleged ( C) announced ( D) claimed 2
7、 (2) ( A) leaving ( B) ignoring ( C) causing ( D) missing 3 (3) ( A) this ( B) that ( C) it ( D) which 4 (4) ( A) As a result ( B) Yet ( C) For example ( D) Still 5 (5) ( A) provision ( B) supply ( C) surplus ( D) output 6 (6) ( A) Nor ( B) Or ( C) Only ( D) But 7 (7) ( A) decline ( B) expansion ( C
8、) growth ( D) decay 8 (8) ( A) Survive ( B) Maintain ( C) Exist ( D) Enter 9 (9) ( A) receive ( B) submit ( C) pledge ( D) share 10 (10) ( A) If ( B) Unless ( C) Until ( D) As 11 (11) ( A) grant ( B) afford ( C) sustain ( D) attach 12 (12) ( A) funding ( B) opportunity ( C) prosperity ( D) success 1
9、3 (13) ( A) assured ( B) confirmed ( C) resolved ( D) secured 14 (14) ( A) arrangement ( B) investment ( C) requirement ( D) acknowledgement 15 (15) ( A) spend up ( B) pay up ( C) stump up ( D) use up 16 (16) ( A) treats ( B) treaties ( C) treatments ( D) retreat 17 (17) ( A) even as ( B) if ( C) as
10、 long as ( D) as if 18 (18) ( A) relatively ( B) apparently ( C) hardly ( D) simply 19 (19) ( A) narrative ( B) productive ( C) creative ( D) competitive 20 (20) ( A) concern ( B) deal ( C) matter ( D) work 20 A recent BBC documentary, “The Town That Never Retired“, sought to show the effects of (1)
11、_ the state pension age by putting retirees back to work.(2)_ the results were entertaining, they need not have(3)_. Away from the cameras,(4)_ numbers of older people are staying in work. Since the start of the recession, the number of 16- to 24-year-olds in work has fallen by 597,000. Over the sam
12、e(5)_ the number of workers over the age of 65 has increased by 240,000. The(6)_ of the British workforce dates back to around 2001,(7)_ when the proportion of older people working has nearly doubled. But it has(8)_ since the start of the recession. There are several(9)_ why. Happily, people are liv
13、ing longer and healthier lives, which makes staying in work less(10)than it was.(11)_ happily, low interest rates, a stagnant stock market and the end of many defined-benefit pension schemes make it a financial(12)_. And changing attitudes,(13)_ by rules against age discrimination, are making it eas
14、ier than ever. Most older workers are simply(14)_ at the office: 63% of workers over state pension age have been with their employer for more than ten years. Over two-thirds of them work part-time, mostly doing jobs that they once(15)_ full-time. A big (16)_ is that they do not pay national insuranc
15、e contributions effectively a second income tax on younger workers. According to Stephen McNair, director of the Centre for Research into the Older Workforce, this (17)_ explains why older workers have not suffered so much in the slump.(18)_ reducing the workforce, as in previous recessions, many fi
16、rms have(19)_ recruitment and cut working hours. At small businesses(20)_, keeping on older workers is cheaper and less risky than training replacements. 21 (1) ( A) increasing ( B) improving ( C) rising ( D) reinforcing 22 (2) ( A) Because ( B) If ( C) Although ( D) Unless 23 (3) ( A) interfered (
17、B) offended ( C) disturbed ( D) bothered 24 (4) ( A) preferable ( B) unpredictable ( C) unprecedented ( D) preliminary 25 (5) ( A) period ( B) circle ( C) duration ( D) interval 26 (6) ( A) stumbling ( B) booming ( C) shrinking ( D) graying 27 (7) ( A) / ( B) since ( C) after ( D) before 28 (8) ( A)
18、 prevailed ( B) ceased ( C) accelerated ( D) worsened 29 (9) ( A) reasons ( B) doubts ( C) notions ( D) senses 30 (10) ( A) charming ( B) boring ( C) demanding ( D) discouraging 31 (11) ( A) Rather ( B) Most ( C) More ( D) Less 32 (12) ( A) security ( B) necessity ( C) recovery ( D) incentive 33 (13
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