[外语类试卷]专业英语四级(完形填空)模拟试卷265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 265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. sufficient B. margins C. nearly D. barely E. advances F. exist G. slaughtered H. while I. proble
2、ms J. large K. doubtful L. denying M. anticipating N. because O. impossible What does the hamburger say about our modern food economy? A lot, actually. Over the past several years Waldo Jaquith intended to make a hamburger from scratch, to no avail. “Further reflection revealed that its quite imprac
3、tical 【 C1】 _ impossible to make a hamburger from scratch,“ he writes. “Tomatoes are in season in the late summer. Lettuce is in season in spring and fall. Large mammals are【 C2】_ in early winter. The process of making such a burger would take nearly a year and would inherently involve omitting some
4、 core hamburger ingredients.“ That the hamburger our delicious and comforting everyman food didnt【 C3】_ 100 years ago is a greasy, shiny example of all that is both right and wrong with our modern food economy. Thanks to fertilizers, genetically modified crops, concentrated farming operations and gl
5、obal overnight shipping, much of the world was lifted out of starvation【 C4】 _ it could finally grow【 C5】 _ quantities of food with decreasing labor input. But these same【 C6】 _ that allow food to be grown out of season and in all corners of the globe contribute to a whole host of environmental【 C7】
6、 _. The “industrialization of food,“ as author Paul Roberts puts it, is an endless cycle driven by very small price【 C8】 _ that force food processors to adopt more advanced techniques to produce even more food at lower prices. This system will only be aggravated as food demand increases. Recently Da
7、vid Tilman and Jason Hill of the University of Minnesota released a study【 C9】 _ that global food demand could double by 2050. Its【 C10】 _that our current, impractical food economy can sustain that demand. 1 【 C1】 2 【 C2】 3 【 C3】 4 【 C4】 5 【 C5】 6 【 C6】 7 【 C7】 8 【 C8】 9 【 C9】 10 【 C10】 10 A. root B
8、. control C. subjects D. however E. reality F. sharp G. intense H. measure I. express J. impulsive K. pessimistic L. by far M. lie N. for all O. tiny Some people are friendly drunks, whereas others are hostile, potentially posing a danger to themselves and others. The difference may【 C1】 _ in their
9、ability to foresee the consequences of their actions, according to a recent study. Brad Bushman, a psychologist at Ohio State University, and his colleagues asked nearly 500 volunteers to play a simple game. The【 C2】 _, an even mix of women and men, believed they were competing against an opponent t
10、o press a button as quickly as possible. In【 C3】 _, they were simply using a computer program that randomly decided whether they had won or lost. When they lost, they received a shock. When the “opponent“ lost, the participant gave the shock and chose how long and【 C4】 _ it should be. Before playing
11、, the participants completed a survey designed to【 C5】 _ their general concern for the future consequences of their actions. Half the participants then received enough alcohol mixed with orange juice to make them legally drunk, and the other half received a drink with a very 【 C6】 _ amount of alcoho
12、l in it. Subjects who expressed little interest in consequences were more likely to administer longer, stronger shocks. In the sober group, they were slightly more aggressive than people who cared about consequences. When drunk,【 C7】 _, their aggressiveness was off the charts. “They are【 C8】 _ the m
13、ost aggressive people in the study,“ Bushman says. The good news is this trait can be changed. Michael McKloskey, a psychologist at Temple University, explains that if【 C9】 _ people can learn to see the situation more realistically, theyre able to stay calmer and develop a sense of【 C10】 _ over thei
14、r consequences. 11 【 C1】 12 【 C2】 13 【 C3】 14 【 C4】 15 【 C5】 16 【 C6】 17 【 C7】 18 【 C8】 19 【 C9】 20 【 C10】 20 A. annoying B. counterparts C. because D. moving E. inherited F. narrowed G. debated H. potential I. sound J. falling K. therefore L. closed M. possible N. destiny O. although Women have lon
15、g been more in number than men on college campuses. They also hold more advanced degrees than their male【 C1】 _. So it makes sense that women would also score higher on IQ tests. But for the last 100 years, theyve lagged behind men by as much as five points 【 C2】 _ their scores have been rising. Fin
16、ally, according to IQ expert James Flynn, women have【 C3】 _ the IQ gap and are in fact scoring higher than men, reports the Telegraph. IQ, the most widely used measure of intelligence and is determined based on the difference between ones IQ score and the average IQ score of a certain age group. Its
17、 thought to be a product of both environmental and【 C4】 _ factors, and is a statistically reliable indication of future educational achievement, job performance and income. But the reasons for differences in IQ for example, between races or gendershave long been widely【 C5】 _. There are many【 C6】 _
18、reasons that women finally surpassed men in IQ after a century of 【 C7】 _ behind, according to Flynn, who is writing a book about IQ and gender. One theory is that women have always been capable of scoring higher but, because of gender stereotypes, never realized their own【 C8】 _. Gender-based diffe
19、rences in education, breeding and social roles have historically set the standard lower for women. “This improvement is more noticeable for women than for men【 C9】 _ they were socially and economically deprived in the past,“ Flynn told the Telegraph. Now if only women could close in on that【 C10】 _
20、wage gap. 21 【 C1】 22 【 C2】 23 【 C3】 24 【 C4】 25 【 C5】 26 【 C6】 27 【 C7】 28 【 C8】 29 【 C9】 30 【 C10】 30 A. across B. short C. actual D. tentatively E. altered F. quick G. correctly H. precise I. potential J. small K. substantial L. honest M. detect N. transformed O. poor “On the Internet, nobody kno
21、ws youre a dog,“ read the title of a famous Peter Steiner cartoon, and nowhere is it truer than Internet dating. The experience is by now familiar: the【 C1】 _ mate who seemed just your type in a profile turns out to be a disappointment in person. There may be ways, however, to spot a lying person be
22、fore you find yourself【 C2】_ from him or her at a table lit by candles. Researchers from Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison compared the【 C3】 _ heights, weights, and ages of 78 Internet dating participants to their profiles on four dating websites. They noticed several patter
23、ns from people who were less than【 C4】 _. For example, they were less likely to refer to themselves as “I“; used indirect expressions, like “not boring“ instead of “exciting“ to describe themselves; and stuck to 【 C5】 _ descriptions. “People do this because they want to distance themselves from thei
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