[外语类试卷]专业英语四级(完形填空)模拟试卷267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 267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. where B. exceptions C. affairs D. meet E. cracks on F. cracks up G. reach H. acclaimed I. seek f
2、or J. fail K. ties L. challenges M. decline N. believe in O. event Short stories are due a revival. In recent years, there have been critically【 C1】_ collections by American writers such as Lydia Davis and Junot Diaz. But few others manage to【 C2】 _ the bestseller lists, and they are all too often o
3、vershadowed by novels. In contrast to their heyday in the early 20th century, short stories are mostly viewed as trials or experiments before an author【 C3】 _ with the real thing. John Burnside, a Scottish poet and novelist,【 C4】 _ this fixed idea in his latest collection, “Something Like Happy“. Ov
4、er 13 stories, Mr. Burnside shows the versatility of the condensed form. His stories take place mostly in Scotland, in flats “high up on the third floor of an apartment block in the middle of Dundee“ or in the back room of a hardware shop,【 C5】 _ men drink “sweet, milky coffee“ while waiting for the
5、 results of the races. His men carry knives or conduct extramarital【 C6】 _; his women are often lonely housewives who drink, take up bell-ringing in their local church or fantasise about younger men as a way of filling in time. Happiness is the subject that【 C7】 _ the collection together. In other h
6、ands, this could become sentimental. But Mr. Burnside, with only a few【 C8】 _, never allows that to happen. Instead, happiness frequently stays away from these figures; so much so that they have almost ceased to【 C9】 _ it. Rooted in the bleaker aspects of Scotlands landscapes, it is something that h
7、is characters continually search for, in these concise and poetic tales yet【 C10】 _ to find. 1 【 C1】 2 【 C2】 3 【 C3】 4 【 C4】 5 【 C5】 6 【 C6】 7 【 C7】 8 【 C8】 9 【 C9】 10 【 C10】 10 A. continually B. wasted C. at the top D. means E. causes F. everything G. put H. collecting I. vary J. appeal K. congrega
8、ting L. efforts M. condemns N. achievement O. occasionally Around two billion people have no access to modern energy, and a billion have it only 【 C1】 _. The smoky stoves that many of them use, the World Health Organisation reckons, produce pollution that【 C2】 _ around 2 million premature deaths a y
9、ear. Makeshift cookers also catch fire easily. And lives are not the only things【 C3】 _. Women and girls in rural villages lose time and energy walking around【 C4】 _ dirty solid fuels, ranging from crop waste to cow dung. The【 C5】 _ of a stove that produces more heat, more cleanly and with less fuel
10、 is clear. But Kirk Smith, a stove specialist at the University of California at Berkeley, points out that most 【 C6】 _ to promote cleaner stoves have failed. Too much emphasis has gone on technology and talking to people【 C7】 _, too little to consulting the women who actually do the cooking. When s
11、ubsidies run out, the schemes have faltered, with stoves left unused or broken. Why might it be different this time? Wouter Deelder of Dalberg, a development consultancy, says that stoves have improved in【 C8】 _ from the materials used to the design of chimneys. Even so, the new stoves can cost $30
12、or more. Greater efficiency【 C9】 _ they pay for themselves in a few months, but the price is still prohibitive for people living on a few dollars a week. Moreover, technology that works well in the laboratory may fail in the field, where fuels, cooking practices and even the shapes of vessels【 C10】
13、_ widely. 11 【 C1】 12 【 C2】 13 【 C3】 14 【 C4】 15 【 C5】 16 【 C6】 17 【 C7】 18 【 C8】 19 【 C9】 20 【 C10】 20 A. provide B. never C. whether D. explanation E. embarrassing F. neither G. experiences H. consequently I. care for J. outlook K. challenging L. vital M. helpful N. impatient O. tolerant Empathy t
14、he ability to appreciate that a stranger struggling with a suitcase not only finds his situation【 C1】 _but also needs help which, assuming you are not incapable yourself, you can and do【 C2】 _ is key to Simon Baron-Cohens thesis in “Zero Degrees of Empathy“. He reckons that only those who can empath
15、ise with their fellow man and who【 C3】 _ act in a considerate way can hope to be without malice. Cruelty comes from failing to empathise with others,【 C4】 _ through being inconsiderate or through wilfully ignoring their pain. Some people lack empathy permanently, others switch it off when they are t
16、ired, stressed or【 C5】 _ telling a child not to bother you because you are working, for example and experience regret for their harsh words when their empathy returns. Those whose minds【 C6】_consider their fellow traveller are not bad but disabled, Mr. Baron-Cohen argues. For some, there is a geneti
17、c【 C7】 _ for why crucial parts of their brains seem disengaged while other people suffer. For others, activity in those brain areas has been subdued by some awful【 C8】 _ in childhood. The author champions his own parents for instilling in him what he calls an “internal pot of gold“ a measure of self
18、-reliance and self-confidence which he thinks is【 C9】_ for developing empathy. Children learn to consider the thoughts of other people only when the minds of those who 【 C10】 _ them are safe places to enter. A child whose mother wishes he did not exist will not want to carefully consider the thought
19、, and will fail to develop empathy as a result. 21 【 C1】 22 【 C2】 23 【 C3】 24 【 C4】 25 【 C5】 26 【 C6】 27 【 C7】 28 【 C8】 29 【 C9】 30 【 C10】 30 A. selfless B. built C. complex D. but E. execute F. sustained G. cheated H. issues I. advantages J. scholarly K. tighter L. costly M. looser N. concerned O.
20、drawback Lawyers are less than 1% of American adults,【 C1】 _ they are well-represented in government. Both the president and the vice-president trained as lawyers. So did 55% of senators and 100% of Supreme Court justices. There are【 C2】 _ to having a bit of legal expertise among those who write and
21、【 C3】 _ the nations laws, or assess their constitutionality. But there is also a potential conflict of interest. If florists had such a lock on the levers of power, you might expect subsidies for weddings and a campaign to beautify cities. Lawyers, alas, are no more【 C4】 _. The American legal system
22、 is the most lawyer-friendly on Earth. It is dizzily【 C5】_. The regulations that accompany the Dodd-Frank law governing Wall Street, for example, are already more than 3 million words long and not yet half-written. Companies must hire【 C6】 _ lawyers to guide them through a labyrinth(迷宫 )created by o
23、ther lawyers. They must also hire lawyers to defend themselves against attacks by other lawyers on a playing field【 C7】 _ by lawyers. The cost roughly $800 a year for every American is passed on to consumers. The benefits are hard to detect. Americans are probably no less likely to be injured or【 C8
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