[外语类试卷]专业英语四级(完形填空)模拟试卷261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 261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. decreasing B. underlines C. delivered D. missions E. because F. put off G. demand H. though I. p
2、lay J. improving K. transferred L. careers M. tackle N. recovers O. partial “Young people ought not to be idle. It is very bad for them“, said Margaret Thatcher many years ago. She was right: there are few worse things that society can do to its young than to leave them in uncertainty. Those who sta
3、rt their【 C1】 _ on the unemployment pension are more likely to have lower wages and more spells of joblessness later in life,【 C2】 _ they lose out on the chance to acquire skills and self-confidence in their formative years. Yet more young people are idle than ever. Depending on how you measure them
4、, the number of young people without a job is nearly as large as the population of America. Two factors【 C3】 _ a big part. First, the long slowdown in the West has reduced【 C4】 _ for labour, and it is easier to【 C5】 _ hiring young people than it is to fire older workers. Second, in emerging economie
5、s population growth is fastest in countries with dysfunctional(失调的 )labour markets, such as India and Egypt. The most obvious way to【 C6】 _ this problem is to reignite growth. That is easier said than done in a world plagued by debt, and is anyway only a【 C7】 _ answer. The countries where the proble
6、m is worst suffered from high youth unemployment even when their economies were growing. Throughout the recession companies have continued to complain that they cannot find young people with the right skills. This【 C8】 _ the importance of two other solutions: reforming labour markets and【 C9】 _ educ
7、ation These are familiar prescriptions, but ones that need to be【 C10】 _ with both a new vigour and a new twist. 1 【 C1】 2 【 C2】 3 【 C3】 4 【 C4】 5 【 C5】 6 【 C6】 7 【 C7】 8 【 C8】 9 【 C9】 10 【 C10】 10 A. ambitious B. appeals to C. contacts D. expect E. easily F. works G. consulting H. recruit I. turns
8、to J. settled K. except L. harshly M. texting N. like O. typical A young consultants life is tiring. A【 C1】 _ week starts before dawn on Monday, with a rush to the airport and a flight to wherever the client is based. He can expect to stay in hotels at least three nights a week, gorging on minibar p
9、eanuts and gloomily【 C2】 _ a distant lover. “Its quite normal to spend a year living out of a suitcase,“ sighs one London-based consultant. So the job【 C3】 _“insecure overachievers“ a phrase widely used in the industry “who are always worried that they havent done enough work,“ jokes a consultant. S
10、ome 60-65% of consultants are recent college-leavers. Most drop out within a few years and take more【 C4】 _ jobs elsewhere in the business world, where their experience and【 C5】 _ allow them to slot in several levels above their less-travelled counterparts. The elite consultancies have offices in bi
11、g cities, which is where ambitious young people want to live. The best-paid jobs are in places【 C6】 _ London and New York. Such cities are also where the culture and dating opportunities are richest. Such attitudes are frustrating for firms in Portsmouth or Peoria. But consultancies benefit from it.
12、 They【 C7】 _ bright young things in the metropolis and then hire out their brains to firms in the sticks. This is one reason why consultants have to travel so much. The system【 C8】 _, more or less, for everyone. Firms in the provinces get to borrow talent they could not【 C9】 _ hire. And young consul
13、tants get to experience life in the real world before returning to the capital to party with their friends at the weekend. They have it all,【 C10】 _ enough sleep. 11 【 C1】 12 【 C2】 13 【 C3】 14 【 C4】 15 【 C5】 16 【 C6】 17 【 C7】 18 【 C8】 19 【 C9】 20 【 C10】 20 A. marking B. since C. nuisance D. arrive E
14、. profound F. signs G. explosion H. worry I. though J. passing K. decreased L. appeared M. drop off N. survive O. businesses The arrival of the mass-produced car, just over a century ago, caused a(n)【 C1】_ of business creation. First came the makers of cars and all the parts that go into them. Then
15、came the garages, filling stations and all sorts of other car-dependent【 C2】_: car parks, motels, out-of-town shopping centres. Now another revolution on wheels is on the horizon: the driverless car. Nobody is sure when it will【 C3】 _. Google, which is testing a fleet of autonomous cars, thinks in m
16、aybe a decade, others reckon longer. And, when it does, the self-driving car, like the ordinary kind, could bring【 C4】 _ change. Just imagine. It could, for a start, save the motor industry from stagnation. Carmakers are anxious about【 C5】 _ that smartphone-obsessed teenagers these days do not rush
17、to get a driving licence and buy their first car, as their parents did. But once they are spared the trouble and expense of taking lessons and【 C6】 _ a test, young adults might rediscover the joys of the open road. Another【 C7】 _ for the motor industry is that car use seems to be peaking in the most
18、 congested cities. Yet automated cars would drive nose-to-tail, increasing the capacity of existing roads; and since they would be able to【 C8】 _ their passengers and drive away, the lack of parking spaces in town might not matter so much. All these trends will affect the car business. But when mass
19、-produced cars【 C9】_, they had an impact on the whole of society. Electronics and software firms will be among the winners: besides providing all the sensors and computing power that self-driving cars will need, they will enjoy strong demand for in-car entertainment systems,【 C10】 _ cars occupants w
20、ill no longer need to keep their eyes on the road. 21 【 C1】 22 【 C2】 23 【 C3】 24 【 C4】 25 【 C5】 26 【 C6】 27 【 C7】 28 【 C8】 29 【 C9】 30 【 C10】 30 A. what B. deserve C. turning into D. unlike E. virtually F. endangered G. safe H. decline I. remember J. standards K. combining L. sense M. ideally N. rul
21、es O. that Polar bears, rhinoceroses and elephants are all on the immediate critical list. The rhino is doomed due to increasingly cash-rich Asias belief【 C1】 _ its horn has some kind of Harry Potter magical power. The beasts【 C2】 _ is an object lesson in the dangers of giving idiots money. But it i
22、s not only our friends in the animal kingdom who are being destroyed by economic forces beyond their control. The worlds thinkers are now also a gravely【 C3】 _ species. And yet,【 C4】 _ the conceited creatures who share their fate, there is not even the most hasty plan in place to protect them. Once
23、thinkers were everywhere, like butterflies, sparrows and bees, which have also【 C5】 _ disappeared. No one under 40 can be expected to【 C6】 _ the prevalent abundance of pure thought that once characterised our culture. It has disappeared gradually, like roadside wildflowers and sticklebacks in stream
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