[外语类试卷]专业英语四级(完形填空)模拟试卷243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 243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. apparently B. part-written C. treats D. work E. secured F. supply G. fully-written H. success I.
2、 allege J. growth K. decline L. announced M. finance N. investment O. simply These are dark days for the book business. Borders, a once-huge bookseller,【 C1】_ on July 18th that it will close down its remaining stores, leaving nearly 10,700 staff jobless. Publishers will lose a showcase for their boo
3、ks, which could mean more laid-off editors. Yet the problem is not the 【 C2】 _: writers will still scribble for scraps. Nor demand: American book publishers reported 【 C3】 _ across all platforms last year. It is just that no one is making money. The business needs fresh ideas. Enter Unbound, a Briti
4、sh effort to “crowd-fund“ books. Visitors to its website can pledge money for a book that is only【 C4】 _. If enough money is raised, the author can afford to finish it and the pledgers will get a copy. Having launched in May, the firm announced its first【 C5】 _ on July 18th. Terry Jones, of Monty Py
5、thon fame, has【 C6】 _ 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【 C7】 _,“ explains John Mitchinson, who co-founded Unbound. Visitors can stump up 10 for an e-book and a nod in the afterword, or up to
6、 250 for such【 C8】 _ 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, even as publishing budgets dwindle. Readers【 C9】_ enjoy feeling like part of the creative process. Most readers wont pay 8.99 for an acclaimed bo
7、ok, yet some will spend 50 on a signed unwritten one. In these digitally isolating times, the personal touch may【 C10】 _. 1 【 C1】 2 【 C2】 3 【 C3】 4 【 C4】 5 【 C5】 6 【 C6】 7 【 C7】 8 【 C8】 9 【 C9】 10 【 C10】 10 A. necessity B. hanging on C. period D. improving E. halted F. bothered G. reasons H. countin
8、g on I. performed J. enlarged K. prepared L. increasing M. flexibility N. interval O. since A recent BBC documentary, “The Town That Never Retired“, sought to show the effects of 【 C1】 _ the state pension age by putting retirees back to work. Although the results were entertaining, they need not hav
9、e【 C2】 _. Away from the cameras, unprecedented 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 same【 C3】 _ the number of workers over the age of 65 has increased by 240,000. The graying of the Br
10、itish workforce dates back to around 2001,【 C4】 _ when the proportion of older people working has nearly doubled. But it has accelerated since the start of the recession. There are several【 C5】 _ why. Happily, people are living longer and healthier lives, which makes staying in work less discouragin
11、g than it was. Less happily, low interest rates, a stagnant stock market and the end of many defined-benefit pension schemes make it a financial 【 C6】 _. And changing attitudes, spurred by rules against age discrimination, are making it easier than ever. Most older workers are simply【 C7】 _ at the o
12、ffice: 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【 C8】 _ full-time. A big advantage is that they do not pay national insurance contributions effectively a second income tax on y
13、ounger workers. According to Stephen McNair, director of the Centre for Research into the Older Workforce, this 【 C9】 _ explains why older workers have not suffered so much in the slump. Instead of reducing the workforce, as in previous recessions, many firms have【 C10】 _ recruitment and cut working
14、 hours. At small businesses in particular, keeping on older workers is cheaper and less risky than training replacements. 11 【 C1】 12 【 C2】 13 【 C3】 14 【 C4】 15 【 C5】 16 【 C6】 17 【 C7】 18 【 C8】 19 【 C9】 20 【 C10】 20 A. technique B. processes C. tested D. procedure E. typically F. small G. competent
15、H. gain I. vague J. affluent K. suggest L. ruin M. complain N. mention O. positively With unemployment tide throughout the rich world, more and more young people are seeking internships. Many firms, nervous about the future, are reluctant to hire permanent staff until they have【 C1】 _ them. Intern-r
16、ecruitment agencies are popping up to help. Inspiring Interns, a London firm, boasts that it can provide【 C2】 _ interns within three days. It【 C3】 _ 300 applicants a day, and claims that 65% of the interns it has placed have been hired. Many intern candidates have no previous job experience and only
17、 a【 C4】 _ notion of what work involves. Inspiring Interns screens them with personality tests, coaches them on interview 【 C5】 _. Many internships are unpaid; the firm charges employers 500 a month for each intern plus 10% of the starting salary if an intern is hired permanently. Some【 C6】 _ that un
18、paid internships are exploitative. They also worry that only well-heeled youngsters can afford to work for nothing. If an internship is the first step on the career ladder, the less【 C7】 _ will never climb it. Others disagree. They think anything that gives people an opportunity to【 C8】_ experience
19、is a good thing. Official statistics about internships are not enough, but surveys by the National Association of Colleges and Employers【 C9】 _ that they work quite well. The average hourly wage for an intern studying for a bachelors degree in America is $16.21, though arty organisations 【 C10】 _ pa
20、y nothing. Most important, more than 60% of interns in America are eventually offered full-time jobs. Staff who first work as interns are also more likely to stick around than those who do not. 21 【 C1】 22 【 C2】 23 【 C3】 24 【 C4】 25 【 C5】 26 【 C6】 27 【 C7】 28 【 C8】 29 【 C9】 30 【 C10】 30 A. overachie
21、ving B. recruiting C. high D. with E. underachieving F. shortage G. where H. favor I. control J. take K. hardly L. however M. spend N. low O. consistently What are the secrets of success of schools reform? Though there is no one template(模板 ), four important themes emerge: handing power back to scho
22、ols; a focus on【 C1】_ pupils; a choice of different sorts of schools; and【 C2】 _ standards for teachers. Of the four chief elements of schools reform, diversity of supply is by far the most striking. From New York to Denmark, schools free of government【 C3】 _ and run by non-state providers are addin
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