Cloze Test 31
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The results of the cloze test can reflect students' English proficiency level and their ability to understand and analyze English texts
Steps and techniques for solving cloze tests
Context test points
Understanding context
Test takers need to understand the context of the message and use it to predict the meaning of the missing words
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Complete fill in the blank simulation questions and answers
Simulated questions and analysis
It is used to test students' reading comprehension ability, vocabulary knowledge, grammar knowledge, and analytical ability, as well as their language skills and thinking ability
The characteristics of cloze test include a variety of blank types, such as noun, verb, objective, proposal, etc., and the diversity level of the test can be adjusted by changing the number and diversity of the blanks
Cloze Test(完形填空)解题要决
Cloze Test(完形填空）解题要决1、做题禁忌完形填空与单句填空不同。
单向填空只需对一个句子就可以作出选择，完形填空则全然不同。
由于短文的各段各行之间都存在一定的内在的逻辑联系，甚至有时所选的词之间也有这种联系。
因此，如果像做单句填空似的来做完型填空，势必会造“一步错、百步错”，“全盘皆乱”的局面。
即使考生的英语语言基础较好，也必须在做题前对原文一个整体上的认识。
否则，要想做好此项试题并非易事。
有为数不少的考生就是因为在做题前没有很好地阅读短文而忽略了短文句与句之间，段与句之间，段与段之间内在的逻辑联系，而在此项试题上丢了不少分，甚至将分数丧失殆尽。
2.解题要决（1）做题时语境线索的运用语境（Context）”，即某个词或短语在与其有关的周围其他词中的背景常被用来帮助解释该词或短语的意思，即“上下文”，例；A person deeply in love may become mad ;He got quite mad with his daughter who had damaged the vase.在这两个句子中第一本句子中mad意思是愚蠢”，第二个句子中的mad是“恼怒的，同一个词之所以在不同的情况下有不同的意思，就是因为语境的作用。
完形填空中的contest还有一层意思，就是指事情发生的一般条件，也就是“来龙去脉”，前因后果等，而“线索clue)”则指有助于指示问题答案或解决方法的任何东西，具体到完形填空上，就是指短文中有助于作出正确选择的任何暗示，可以是一个词，句子或是某种推理出的条件等。
那么“语境钱索(contextual clue)”就是指被用作完形填空试题的短文中所存在的词汇意思的上下文或事情发展的来龙去脉，它决定了空白处所应填充的词汇，而短文中任何一种反映这种词汇上下文意思或事情发展来龙去脉的东西(词，短语，句子，内容，推论等）都可以被称为“语境线素”。
在做完形填空时，语境线索的运用至关重要，只要找到了语境线索，也就是找到了为什么选择这个词而不是那个词的根据，做到了“知彼知已”、自然也就“百战不殆”了。
2024 postgraduate entrance exam English cloze test
Inferring missing information
Use contextual clues to infer missing information, such as implied meanings, author's title, and background information
Analyzing presence structure and grammar
Identify the presence structure and grammar to understand the relationship between words and phrases, as well as to determine the correct form of words to fill in the bst
• It is expected that the 2024 postgraduate entrance exam English cloze test will continue to emphasize the testing of comprehensive language skills and critical thinking abilities
The use of authentic language materials, such as academic articles, news reports, and literary texts, is becoming more valuable in the cloze test
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When I think of people in this world who have really made a difference, I think of my parents. They were truly saints among ordinary people.I was one of the ten children my parents adopted. They rescued each of us from a life of poverty and loneliness. They were hardly able to restrain themselves from bringing home more children to care for. If they had had the resources they certainly would have.Most people do not realize how much they appreciated someone until they pass away. My sisters and brothers and I did not want this to happen before we uttered the words "Thank you" to our parents.Although we have all grown up and scattered about the country, we got back together to thank our parents. My brother Tom undertook the task of organizing the event. Every Friday night, Mom and Dad have had the ham dinner special at the same restaurant for the last twenty years. That is where we waited without their knowing. When we first caught a glimpse of them coming across the street, we all hid underneath a big table. When they entered, we leapt out and shouted, "Thank you, Mom and Dad." My brother Tom presented them with a card and we all hugged. My Dad pretended that he had known we were under the table all along.Women who exercise regularly need to be careful with what they eat. Researchers have found evidence that even moderate exercise can result in losing iron. They said that women who exercise regularly, especially in endurance activities, typically lose iron. In order to prevent this from becoming a problem, it is important that those wom en consum e more meat or take supplements to replace the iron lost. Those who do not bother to get plentiful amounts of iron may begin to feel weak and tired. "If you can get the recommended daily allowance of iron in your diet, you will probably perform better," said one diet specialist. "One shortcoming of taking iron pills is that the pill form is not well absorbed and can som etimes make you sick. It is preferable that you try to remedy the deficiency by getting more iron-rich meats in your diet."There are ways to help your body store away the iron it takes in. By getting plenty of Vitamin C, your body is able to process , or use, the iron better. Researchers acknowledge that everyone's body is different and the problem will be less serious for some. Because it is impossible to decide whether or not this could be a problem for you, health specialists say it is advisable to check your iron levels. Even when you can't feel it, you may still have a problemWhile many private schools are focusing more on values, public schools are moving toward testing standards. The national government demands academic success and tests are taken as a key measurement for a school's performance. Schools with low test scores face penalties such as a reduction in money to run their schools. And, even individual teachers are being graded on how they're preparing their students for these tests."We have concentrated too much on teaching the kids how to take these tests," commented one elementary school teacher. "We should be providing a more comprehensive curriculum to these kids. We should be cultivating leadership and curiosity. Unfortunately, there is never time."One school principal remarked, "It's true that it would be beneficial to our kids if they were getting better scores on the subjects being tested. The trouble is that in poorer areas of the city like ours, kids start school less equipped to perform well. We have many obstacles to overcome before we can teach them basic subjects. All schools are not alike, so they shouldn't be tested that way.""The goal is to improve performance in schools that are not providing their students with tools for success," said one government official. He admits, however, that he is having a hard time convincing faculty and teachers this plan will work.For many, beauty and fashion are permanently linked. With regard to fashion, the Barbie doll has been consistently in style. From the first Barbie dolls, Mattel took care to dress them in detailed, fashionable clothes. Some observers note that the fashions of the Barbie doll trace fashion trends perfectly since 1959. While critics complain that the models do not represent "average" female bodies, they also complain about the Barbie doll's size. Som e have criticized the dimensions of the Barbie doll as an unattainable ideal of the female shape.Charlotte J ohnson, the Barbie doll's first dress designer, explained that the doll was not intended to reflect a fem ale figure realistically, but rather to portray a(n) exaggerated shape underneath fashionable clothes. However, the unrealistic dimensions of the doll have brought the strongest criticism regarding the doll's encouragement of an obsession with weight and looks.Convinced of the negative effects of the Barbie doll on children, Cathy Meredig of High Self Esteem Toys developed a more realistically proportioned doll in 1991. Her doll did not sell well, however.Throughout the years, the Barbie doll has had several competitors, but none have been able to compete with the glamour offered by the Barbie doll.Do you know February 2nd is Groundhog's Day (土拨鼠日)? Legend has it that on this morning, if a groundhog can see its shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter. If it cannot see its shadow, spring is on the way. Some believe that the means of forecast is rather arbitrary and is often incorrect. Others argue that it is significant because it recognizes that the different parts of nature are connected in some way. Each part is dependent on the rest of the parts for a healthy system. Some farmers pay close attention to the behavior of ducks and geese whenpredicting the weather. It is sensible to guess an early winter is coming when you see ducks and geese moving south in October. Many dog owners can tell when winter or spring will come by stroking their pet. In preparation for winter, a dog's hair becomes thicker. Dogs lose hair as spring sets in.Information gathered from nature can help people to take precautions against a hard winter or bad storm. Some animals are even believed to be able to detect when an earthquake will occur. People holding this belief even go further to say that information gathered by computers is often detect and nature is far more accurate: Isn't it time we started paying attention to what is around us?Bill Gates is known around the world for the founding of Microsoft. And, most people are quite aware that his Bill Gates is known around the world for the founding of Microsoft. And, most people are quite aware that his evolution from computer hacker to the world's richest man was due in large part to his partner Paul Allen. But, while Gates' fame has mushroomed since the beginning of Microsoft, Allen has remained less famous. Many around the world have followed the life of Gates, but are ignorant of what has happened to Allen. In fact, as most in the Northwest can tell you, Allen has made quite a(n) impact on the region and the world. In 2000, he retired from Microsoft, but the company retains him as a permanent advisor to top executives. Not all of Allen's interests involve commercial success. Allen has given four hundred million dollars in charity to the University of Washington for science and technology research. He created the Experience Music Project in Seattle, employing famous architect Frank Gehry to design the building. This is not his only contribution to the arts. Allen is very involved with modernizing Hollywood's movie technology. His film studio is the most advanced in the world. He has also built a sports empire, buying both a basketball and a football team as well as helping to support a local stadium, and he owns a sports magazine. Oh, and let's not forget, Allen is the seventh richest man in the entire world. Not bad.You have probably heard of Dolly. She is the world's first cloned sheep and quite famous. You would never know that she was such a famous animal just by looking at her, though. "She's about as unrem arkable-looking as any sheep there ever was," commented one scientist who tends to the famous sheep.Now that Dolly has successfully been cloned, there are many scientists observing her every movement. Their hope is that they never detect anything remarkable with Dolly. One of the scientists humorously remarked, "It's quite a(n) boring job always sitting around hoping nothing will actually happen." But that's what they have essentially done. They hope that any differences between Dolly and the sheep she was copied from are so minor that they go unnoticed."We don't want Dolly to live longer or jump higher. Some say that we are deliberately trying to create animals with remarkable qualities. This is not true. We simply are showing that we can make a(n) identical copy of the original safely and that the sheep is normal."Despite the protests of the scientists working on the project, the debate over whether cloning is safe goes on. The US congress organized a national commission to study the legal and moral implications of cloning. Many would like to abolish all research on cloning. And while everyone argues, the scientists are simply continuing to watch Dolly.My friend, Anna, said to me before I married Mike, "He's fine now, but wait until after you've married him." She thought that her own experience with marriage was applicable to mine. Without even being asked, she cited all of the problems she's had with her husband. The disputes ranged from him not sharing responsibility for household tasks to how often he went out at night. And every time, Anna complained, her husband would find justification for what he did. "If I were you," she advised, "I'd get everything documented in writing. If there is something desirable about him now, make sure you get an agreement from him that he will continue it after you are married." I tried to dispose of her advice saying that I thought Mike and I could handle it without such an agreement. She just dismissed what I had to say with laughter. "You can't believe him just because what he said. Once you marry him, he'll think he owns you, and everything will change," she said.I tried to ignore her advice, but the next day I changed my mind and talked to Mike. "Mike,"I said, "I'm not going to marry you unless you promise to always stay the same."He replied, "You've been talking to Anna again, haven't you无论你是多么富有经验的演说家，无论你做了多么充分的准备，你都很难在这样嘈杂的招待会上发表演讲。
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1.Mr Black is______________ a doctor,he works in hosptial the_______. 2.A nurse not only works______________________ in the day,but also works during the_____. night 3.He is rather busy,so he has ___time _________________ no to have lunch at home. hungry 4.Gina is very______because she hasn't had meals for 2 days. _________________________________________ 5.We have an oral English test this term, ___________________ it's very easy,most students pass can_____this test.
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Cloze Test1) 第一种暗示:同词暗示Wouldn’t it be great if we didn’t have to remember passwords ever again? If we could just sit in front of our computers and be 21 (automatically) logged in? Crave mentions how NEC Soft BiodeLogon system uses face recognition technology to log you on to Windows, rather than using a 22 .22. A. face B. password C. software D. system2) 第二种暗示：同义词、近义词暗示One of the most popular trends today is for families and groups to go with a theme when choosing their costumes. For example, costumes might be __4__ on the basis of a favorite movie, fairy tale, or some other connecting theme.4. A. purchased B. selected C. gained D. rewarded3) 第三种暗示：反义词暗示Forcing yourself to recall almost never helps because it doesn’t ______ your memory；it only tightens itA. loosenB. weakenC. decreaseD. reduce4) 第四种暗示：上下义词暗示He taught her how to rely on other _____, specifically her hearing.A. feelingsB. organsC. skillsD. senses5) 第五种暗示：同一话题（场景）暗示When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand _________ and told me that I could become a writer.A. cameraB. radioC. bicycleD. typewriter6) 第六种暗示：因果暗示He didn't have breakfast, so he is ___ now. A. starving B. anxious C. angry D. disturbed7) 第七种隐性暗示：搭配暗示1. I attended a school prize-giving ______ not so long ago and the guest speaker was Andrew Becroft.A. anniversaryB. celebrationC. meetingD. ceremony2. I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a 36 over our heads, food on the table , clothes on our backs ,and if not a lot, always 37 .36. A. roof B. hat C. sky D. star37. A. little B. less C. enough D. moreFree practiceIt has been argued by some that gifted children should be grouped in special classes. The 1 is based on the belief that in regular classes these children are held back in their intellectual (智力的) growth by 2 situations that are designed for the 3 children.There can be little doubt that 4 classes can help the gifted children to graduate earlier and take their place in life sooner. However, to take these 5 out of the regular classes may create serious problems.I observed a number of 6 children who were taken out of a special class and placed in a 7____ class. In the special class, they showed little ability to use their own judgment, relying 8 on their teachers’directions. In the regular class, having no worry about keeping up, they began to reflect 9 on many problems, some of which were not on the school program.Many are concerned that gifted children become 10 and lose interest in learning. However, this __11 is more often from parents and teachers than from students, and some of these 12 simply conclude that special classes should be set up for those who are 13 __. Some top students do feel bored in class, but why they 14 so goes far beyond the work they have in school. Studies have shown that to be bored is to be anxious. The gifted child who is bored is an _ 15 child.1. A. principle B. theory C. argument D. classification2. A. designing B. grouping C. learning D. living3. A. smart B. curious C. mature D. average4. A. regular B. special C. small D. creative5. A. children B. programs C. graduates D. designs6. A. intelligent B. competent C. ordinary D. independent7. A. separate B. regular C. new D. boring8. A. specially B. slightly C. wrongly D. heavily9. A. directly B. cleverly C. voluntarily D. quickly10. A. doubted B. bored C. worried D. tired11. A. concern B. conclusion C. reflection D. interest12. A. students B. adults C. scholars D. teachers13. A. talented B. worried C. learned D. interested14. A. believe B. think C. say D. feel15. A. outstanding B. intelligent C. anxious D. ordinary句子操练1. A satellite is an object.2. A satellite travels in an orbit around another object in space.3. A satellite is either natural or man-made.------ ____________________________________________________________________________________.1. There was once a famous detective.2. He was named Holmes.3. He lived in London.4. The time was at the end of the 19th century.----- _____________________________________________________________________________________①Kate is a new student. ②She comes from a northern province.③She speaks a dialect. ④We find it hard to understand her dialect.-------_____________________________________________________________________________________. My mother is a professor in a university.she works very hard.She has little time to talk with me.___________________________________________________________________________________________.不是人人都能学好英语，小学生同时学汉语和英语反而会影响汉语学习。
硕士学位英语考试试题
硕士学位英语考试试题PAPER ONEPART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (15 MINUTES, 15 points) Section A ( 1 point each )1. A. He was on vacation. B. He was moving furniture.C. He was sick.D. He was working for a new company.2. A. He does not understand it. B. He does not like it.C. He is used to it.D. He does not have to take it.3. A. He is interested only in her ideas.B. He will not accept a late paper from her.C. He wants her to hand in her paper immediately.D. He will accept a late paper from her.4. A. In a kitchen. B. In a garden. C. At the pictures. D. In an office.5. A. Five B. Four. C. Seven. D. Six.6. A. She was experienced in riding a bicycle.B. She was riding very slowly at that moment.C. She was riding a new bike.D. Some passes-by help her.7. A. She can't see. B. Her ears was hurt.C. She can’t hear.D. Her eyes hurt.8. A. She feels that he won't accept anything.B. She thinks he has almost everything he wants.C. She's sure he already has a pocket calculator.D. She's afraid he wants more than she can afford.9. A. At the jewelry store. B. Down the hall.C. From other customers.D. From a machineSection B ( 1 point each )Question 10 through 12 are base on the following conversation.10. A. Peter's research paper. B. Peter's composition.C.A library book.D. Peter's take-home exam.11. A. By studying in the library. B. He was absent that day.C. He did very well.D. He did very poorly.12. A. Talk to the professor. B. Quit working.C. Get a better-paying job.D. Try to get a job on the campus.Question 13 through 15 are base on the following passage.13. A. The development of animals. B. The development of land animal.C. The origin of sea creatures.D. The origin of human beings14. A. Stand on their heads. B. Swim backward.C. Move on their fins.D. Swim upside down.15. A. The appearance of tile fish. B. The size and the color of fish.C. The way the fish swims.D. The way the Fish uses its fins.PART II VOCABULARY ( 10 MINUTES, 10 POINTS )Section A ( 0.5 point each )16. Frank and Jauntier asked their science teacher to settle the dispute once and for all.A. temporarilyB. permanentlyC. cautiouslyD. decisively17.The police found it difficult to apprehend the criminal because of the incomplete details supplied by the witness.A. sketchyB. complicatedC. sternD. artistic18.In order to maintain physical well-being, a person should eat wholesome food and get sufficient exercise.A. freshB. staleC. well-cookedD. healthful19. Not afraid of being fired, John Smith continued to defy the boss.A. avoidB. admireC. opposeD. guide20. Many pure metals have little use because they are too soft, rust too easily, or have some other drawbacks.A. propertiesB. behaviorC. disadvantagesD. performances21. After a number of disagreements with the committee, the chairman decided to quit.A. resignB. dismissC. retireD. desert22. The experiment shows this cathode emits electrons in a controlled environment.A. submitsB. gives offC. rejectsD. passes by .23. To what place are you going to haul the furniture that you no longer need.A. sellB. putC. transportD. paint24. The zealous demonstrators were ignored by all the media of this country.A. passionateB. colorfulC. rudeD. clever25. In prehistoric times, eclipses of the moon and Sun were probably terrifying to people.A. meaningfulB. fascinatingC. frighteningD. helpfulSection B (0.5 point each)26. Lisa objected to wearing her championship pin; she didn't want to be considered ______.A. obscureB. VainC. dishonestD. humble27. The meeting ended ______.when a police officer told club members that the building was on fire.A. affectedlyB. fatallyC. exhaustinglyD. abruptlyZ8.Marie fainted in the store and found herself in the hospital when she ______.A. came alongB. came backC. came toD. came out29.The boys knew they broken the rules and regulations, and they were______happy when they were called to the headmaster's office.A. nothing butB. all butC. anything butD. all too30. His parents gave him many expensive toys as some form of ______.for his lameness and inability to lay active games.A. compensationB. remedyC. treatmentD. gratitude3l. The teacher was______.of his duty, and he was criticized for this.A. illegibleB. NegligentC. illegalD. negligible32. What I am telling you is strictly______. Don't let anyone know of it.A. secretiveB. specialC. individualD. confidential33. The beautiful flowers in the vase______.hrough lack of water.A. decreasedB. sweatedC. witheredD. ripened34. She's always______.the way I do things, so I can hardly get along welt with her.A. making the best ofB. finding fault withC. coming up withD. having the advantage over35. The young lady speaks so softly that her voice is not really______.A. fragileB. audibleC. brittleD. decentPART III CLOZE TEST (I0 MINUTES, 15 POINTS)Parents have to do much less for their children today than they used to do, and home has become much less of a workshop. Clothes can be bought ready 36, washing can go to the laundry, food can be bought cooked, canned or 37 ,bread is baked and delivered by the baker, milk 38 on the doorstep, meals can be had at the restaurant ,the works' canteen and the school dining-room.It is unusual now for father to 39 his trade or other employment at home, and his children rarely, 40, see him at his place of work. Boys are therefore seldom trained to 41 their father's occupation and in many towns they have a fair wide 42 of employment and so do girls. The young wage-earner often earns good money, and soon acquires a feeling of 43 independence. In textile areas it has 44 for mothers to go out to work, 45 this practice has become so widespread that the working mother is now a not unusual 46 in a child's home life the number of married women in employment having more than doubled in the last twenty-five years. With mother earning and his old children-draw 47 wages, father is seldom the 48 figure that he still was at the beginning of the Century. 49 mother work, economic advantages increase, but children lose something of 50 value if mother's employment prevent her from being home to greet them when they return from school.36. A. made B. shaped C. set D. fixed37. A. deserved B. preserved C. reserved D. conserved38. A. arrives B. reaches C. transports D. transfers39. A. persuade B. pursue C. purchase D. persecute40. A. if ever B. if not C. if any D. if only41. A. catch B. make C. get D. follow42. A. distribution B. opportunity C. fate D. choice43. A. economic B. economical C. personal D. living44. A. customary B. essential C. fundamental D. unnecessary45. A. or B. but C. so D. then46. A. focus B. favor C. factor D. fear47. A. inaccurate B. substantial C. inadequate D. standard48. A. negative B. modest C. superior D. dominant49. A. Even if B. Though C. Before D. When50. A. little B. small C. large D. greatPART IV READING COMPREHENSION (45 MINUTES, 30 POINTS)Passage OneWe use emotive language to express our own attitudes and feelings. We also direct emotive language at other people to persuade them to believe as we do or to do as we wantthem to do; and of course, other people direct emotive language at us to get us to believe or to do what they want.We are subjected to a constant stream of persuasion day in, day out, at home and in school, on the radio and on television. It comes from parents and teachers, from preachers and politicians, from editors and commentators, but, most of all, of course, from advertisers. Most of this persuasion is expressed in emotive language and is intended to appeal to our feelings rather than to be weighted up by our powers of reasoning.We should look at the motives behind all this persuasion. Why do they want to persuade us ? What do they want us to do ? We are not thinking very clearly unless we try to see through the veil of words and realize something of the speaker's purpose.An appeal to emotion is in itself neither good or bad. Our emotions on the highest levels and from the best of motives. A case in point is Churchill's wartime speeches: whatever people thought of Churchill as a politician, they were united behind him when he spoke as a national leader in those dark days their feelings responded to his call for resolution and unity.It is a characteristic of social groups that the members have a feeling of personal attachment to the group -- to the family in earliest childhood and extending later to the school, the team, the church, the nation, in patterns that vary from time to time. Hence a speaker from our group will find in us feelings to which he can readily and genuinely appeal, whether our reaction is favorable or not. We are at least open to the appeal and we appreciate the context in which it is made.51. The major functions of emotive language discussed in the passage are to______A. extend our powers of reasoning and carry out a purposeB. advertise and produce the wanted social effectsC. show one's Feelings and appeal to those of othersD. make others believe in us and respond to our feeling52. It is suggested in the third paragraph of this passage that we______A. should keep a cool head when subjected to persuasions of various kindsB. need to judge whether a persuasion is made for good or badC. have to carefully use our emotive languageD. should avoid being easily seen through by an appeal from others53. The source from which emotive language flows upon us in its greatest amount is______A. the mass mediaB. the educational institutionsC. the religious circlesD. the advertising business54. Churchill is mentioned in the passage as______A. an example of how people weighted up persuasion with reasoningB. a national leader who brought out people's best feelingsC. a positive example of appealing to people's emotionD. a politician who has been known as a good speaker55. What is NOT mentioned as relevant to our emotions in this passage ?A. SocialB. Personal experienceC. The personality of national leadersD. Religious belief56. It can be inferred from the passage that a persuasive speaker must______.A. find out what group his audience is attached toB. vary his speech patterns from time to timeC. know how to adapt his way of speaking to the needs of the audienceD. be aware whether the listeners are favorable to his opinion or notPassage TwoAs goods and services improved, people were persuaded to spend their money on changing from old to new, and found the change worth the expense. When an airline equipped itself with jets, for example, its costs (and therefore air fare) would go up, but the new planes meant such an improvement that the higher cost was justified. A new car (or wireless, washing machine, electric kettle)made life so much more comfortable than the old one that the high cost of replacement was fully repaid. Manufacturers still cry their wares as persuasively as ever, but are the improvements really worth paying for? In many field things have now reached such a high standard of performance that further progress is very limited and very, very expensive. Airlines, for example, go to enormous expense in buying the latest prestige jets, in which vast research costs we might lose the chance of cutting minutes away from flying times : but wouldn't it be better to see air fares drop dramatically, as capital costs become relatively insignificant ? Again, in the context of a 70 m.p.h. limit, with platoons of cars traveling so densely as to control each other's speeds, improvements in performance are virtually irrelevant; improvements in handling are unnecessary, as most production cars grip the road perfectly;and comfort has now reached a very high level indeed. Small improvements here are unlikely to be worth the thousands that anybody replacing an ordinary family car every two years may ultimately have spent on them. Let us instead have cars --- or wireless, electric kettles, washing machines, television sets-- which are made to last, and not to be replaced. Significant, progress is obviously a good thing; but the insignificant progression from model-change to model-change is not.57. The author obviously is challenging the social norm that______A. it is important to improve goods and servicesB. development of technology makes our life more comfortableC. it is reasonable that prices are going up all the timeD. slightly modified new products are worth buying58. According to this passage, air fares may rise because______.A. people tend to travel by new airplanesB. the airplane has been improvedC. the change is found to be reasonableD. the service on the airplane is better than before59. According to the author, passengers would be happier if they ______.A. could fly in the latest model of reputable planesB. could get tickets at much lower pricesC. see the airlines make vital changes in their servicesD. could spend less time flying in the air60. When manufacturers have improved the performance of their products to a certain level, then it would be _____.A. justified for them to cut the priceB. unnecessary for them to make any new changesC. difficult and costly to further better themD. insignificant for them to cut down the research costs61. In the case of cars, the author urges that we______A. cancel the speed limitB. further improve their performanceC. improve their durabilityD. change models every two years 62 The author's criticism is probably based on the fact that______A. we have been persuaded to live an extravagant life todayB. many products we buy turn out to be substandard or inferiorC. inflation is becoming a big problem in the world todayD. people are wasting their money on trivial technological progressPassage ThreeRecent studies on the male-female wage gap predict that even though entry-level salaries for males and females in the same occupation are nearly equal because women's market skills have improved vastly, the chances of the overall gap closing in the foreseeable future are minimal. This is due to several factors that are likely to change very slowly, if at all. An important reason is that women are concentrated in occupation- service and clerical- that pay less than traditional male jobs .It is possible that more women than men in their twenties are hesitant to commit themselves to a year-round lifetime career or job for many reasons. There is lingering attitude on both the part of women and their employers that women are not cut out for certain jobs. Not only does this attitude channel women into lower-paying work, but it also serves to keep them from top management positions.Another significant factor in the widening wage gap between men and women after entering the work force, even in comparable jobs, is that women often drop out at critical points in their careers to have a family. Women still have the primary responsibility for child rearing; even if they continue to work, they often forgo overtime and promotions that would conflict with home responsibilities. The ages of 25 to 35 have been shown repeatedly to be the period when working consistently and hard is vital to advancement and job security. These are precisely the years when women are likely to have children and begin to slide away from men in earning power. Consequently, a woman's income is more likely to be seen as secondary to her husband's .63. According to recent studies on the male-female wage gap _____.A. there is much hope of narrowing the male-female wage gap in the near futureB. working women will have many opportunities to hold high-paying jobs in the near futureC. women's pay will still stay at a level below that of men in the near futureD. salaries for males and females in the same , occupation will be equal in the nearfuture64. Women are kept from top management positions partly because they______A. decide to devote themselves to certain lifetime jobs in their twentiesB. are inclined to rank family second to workC. tend to have more quarrels with ,their employersD. still take an incorrect attitude towards themselves65.Which of the following is implied in the passage as a partial reason for women's concentration in certain occupations?A. Social division of laborB. Social prejudice against themC. Employment lawsD. Physiological weakness66. The word "forge" in Paragraph 2 could best be replaced by______A. give upB. drop outC. throw awayD. cut out67. It can be inferred from the second paragraph that______A. men's jobs are subject to changeB. women tend to be employed off and on at the same jobC. men's chances of promotion are minimalD. women used to be employed ail the year round68. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. Women's market skills have improved greatly.B. child care is still chiefly women's work .C. Women are typically employed in clerical and service jobs.D. Domestic duties no longer conflict with women's jobs.Passage FourIt seems that the life of a television reporter is fantastically admired by many people. But this is only one side of the coin. First, he never goes deeply into any one subject-he may be expert at mastering a brief in a short time and "getting up" a subject, but a week later he is on to the next subject, and a week later still he is on to the subject after that. He seldom grasps with a full-scale investigation any one thing. He has to be able to forget what he was working on a few weeks before, otherwise his mind would become messed up.Second, a reporter does not have anything lasting to show for what he does-there is no shelf of books, no studio full of paintings. He pours his life into something which flickers in shadows across a screen and is gone forever. I have seen people in many television jobs turn at the end of watching one of their own programs and say something like: "Well, that's all those days / weeks / months of work. Travel and worry sunk without trace." As a way of life it comes to seem like blowing bubbles- entertaining to do, and the bubbles numerous and pretty to look at, and all different, but all disappearing into thin air.Third, the pace of the life is too fast. Not only is it destructive of one's private life; one does not even have time to give proper consideration to the things one is professionally concerned with not enough time to think, not enough time to read, not enough time to write one's commentary, prepare one's interviews and so on. When one disengages from it and allows one's perceptions, thinking, reading and the rest to proceed at their natural pace one gets an altogether unfamiliar sense of solidity and well--being.Fourth, the reporter is at the mercy of events. A revolution breaks out in Cuba so he is off here on the next plane. Somebody shoots President Reagan so he drops everything he is doing and flies to Washington. He is like a puppet pulled by strings -- the strings of the world's affairs. He is not motivated from within. He does not decide for himself what he would like to do , where he would like to go, what he would like to work on . He is activated from without, and his whole life becomes a kind of reflex action, a series of high-pressure responses to external stimuli. He has ceased to exist as an independent personality.69. A TV reporter never makes an in-depth study of a subject because______A. he usually gets one side of the pictureB. the subjects that he has to attend to often switch from one to anotherC. he does not know how to develop it to its full-scaleD. that is the life that suits him70. It is implied but not stated that many people______A. know nothing about the work of a TV reporterB. think the life of a TV reporter dull and boringC. have a biased opinion against the job of a TV reporterD. tend to underestimate the hard part of being a TV reporter71. TV reporting, according to this passage , is something______A. profitable for a person to take upB. interesting to do but quick to fade outC. causing a person to forget his previous workD. producing a lasting effect72. A TV reporter is in most need of______A. being a master of his timeB. proper consideration of his professionC. a comfortable life of his ownD. disengaging himself from work73. The activities of a TV reporter are largely geared to______A. his motivationB. his working styleC. current affairsD. reflex to pressure74. The title of this passage would best be given as______A. What a TV Reporter Can and Cannot AccomplishB. The Sorrows of TV ProfessionalsC. The Confession of a TV ReporterD. The Drawbacks in the Life of a TV ReporterPassage FiveThe urge to explore is innate in Man. Wherever his imagination wanders, Man seeks also to go. A large part of history is concerned with the exploration of the world in which we live. Time and again men have set out with amazing courage and resolution to probe into unknown regions and lands. They crossed the seas in flimsy boats, traversed continents, scaled mountains, fought their way through jungles and swamps, endure untold hardships -- all to explore, to see what had not yet been seen, to make known the unknown. Nor did Man confine his movements to the surface of land and sea. With kites balloons and aircraft he left the ground to range through the lower atmosphere. Now outer space receives his attention.The hard way to answer the question, why should Man bother about conquering space, is to attempt to list the specific practical benefits that will result. One knows, from past experience in other areas, that Man will surely see and discover new things in space, that will increase our store of scientific knowledge, and this new knowledge will find its way into valuable practical uses. What we learn about Man himself, from his experience in space, and from the effects of space and the space flight environment on him, will be invaluable. The new techniques developed to carry out the exploration of space, and to keep men alive in space, will inevitably find their way into valuable practical uses in everyday living. The areas that will benefit are manifold. They include communications, generation of power, transportation and travel, food production, conservation of resources, navigation, human comfort and welfare, biology and medicine, materials, fuels and many others. But to state specifically just what the practical outcomes will be is virtually impossible.75. Exploration of the unknown______A. often results in Man's power of imaginationB. is not common throughout human historyC. is generally sought after by men with courage and strengthD. is deeply rooted in the instinct of Man76. Which of the following best sketches the process of Man's probe into the unknown world?A. Surface of the earth, the air and spaceB. Waters, mountains and forestsC. Waters, mountains and forestsD. Urge, imagination and courage77. The benefits of space exploration are basically something______A. well-specifiedB. hypotheticalC. practicalD. inevitable78. According to this passage, the value of exploring the outer space will ultimately lie in______A. its testimony Man's courage and resolutionB. the knowledge it may help us to gain about our earthC. the results it may bring about in the interests of ManD. Man's mastery of techniques to fly and stay alive in space79. From this passage we can conclude that Man should have confidence in exploring space because______A. we have directed our attention to the right object of studyB. we have accumulated experience from previous success to other fields.C. we have found the correct answer to the question of why Man should bother about conquering spaceD. we have already made it possible for people to benefit from his endeavor80. The idea express in this passage can be use in an argument ______A. in favor of criticism on space exploration.B. against spacing million of money on space argument.C. supported of paralleling man’s conquest with of space .D. to justify space exploration with its for reaching significant in life.PAPER TWOPART V TRANSLATION (40 MINUTES, 20 POINTS )Section A (20 minutes, l0 points)Directions: Put the following passage into Chinese. Write your Chinese version on Answer Sheet II.Many stories in the history of science show that chance plays a definite part in scientific discovery. However, a further analysis of these stories also reveals that chance alone is not sufficient for findings of primary importance. Scientific discovery also depends on how a scientist utilizes accidental opportunities. To ensure success, a scientist must, first of all, be able to react in a positive manner to unexpected and even apparently adverse results, taking them as stimulation for further investigation. Secondly, he must possess a superior power of observation to recognize the significance of those phenomena which often seem trivial and, therefore, may easily escape notice. This power of observation consists in a dual quality of' being sensitive to, and curious about, small accidental occurrences and of possessing a frame of reference capable of suggesting the true significance of those phenomena. Finally, he should be equipped with the capacity to plan and undertake careful and systematic experimentation.Section B (20 minutes, 10 points)Directions: Put the following passage into English. Write your English version in the proper space on Answer Sheet II.为了解决人类在发展过程中出现的较为难以解决的问题，全球范围内最优秀的科学家，有必要开展有效的合作。
Cloze Test完型测试
技巧9—关注段与段之间的关联：
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Cloze test 完形填空
Cloze test 完形填空(A)Uncle Wang has a nice farm. It’s not far 1 our school. It’s near a hill 2there’s a river across the farm.We sometimes go there 3 on Saturdays or Sundays. Uncle Wang 4 rice and some potatoes and tomatoes there. There are also many apple and pear trees. But there 5 any orange or banana trees.Uncle Wang has a little dog. His 6 is Beibei. He’s very glad and nice to 7us and we like him, too. There are also some sheep, chickens and other 8 on it. We like playing with them.What a nice place. We often have a good 9 on Uncle Wang’s farm and we learn 10 there. Don’t you want to go there with us? ( )1.A. in B. for C. from D. with ( )2.A. or B. and C. but D. then ( )3.A. take a train B. by plane C. take a bus D. by bike ( )4.A. grows B. feeds C. makes D. cuts ( )5.A. are B. aren’t C. have D. haven’t ( )6.A. arm B. leg C. work D. name ( )7.A. see B. look C. watch D. observe ( )8.A. vegetables B. plants C. animals D. houses ( )9.A. food B. time C. music D. road ( )10.A. lot B. lots C. a lot D. a lot of（B）My school days in Washington are different from my school days here in Tianjin. In Washington, school 1 at nine o’clock. I get up at half past seven on 2 . I usually go to school 3 subway. It takes meabout twenty minutes. I have 4 at school at noon. Classes are over at 3:15 pm, so I can 5 with my friends at school. I am in the baseball team.6 Saturday morning I get up late. Then I help my mother do some7 . In the evening, I often go to a baseball club, because8 many baseball fans in it. On Sunday I have a good rest and I often go out9 my parents to do some shopping or to 10 our friends. Choose the right answer 选择适当的答案完成短文( )1.A. goes B. has C. begins D. finishes ( )2.A. Monday B. Tuesday C. weekends D. weekdays ( )3.A. by B. in C. on D. with ( )4.A. breakfast B. lunch C. supper D. dinner 5.A.go fishing B.goshopping C.playgames D.haveapicnic ( )6.A.In B. On C. At D. From ( )7.A. sports B. lessons C. housework D. homework( )8.A. have B. has C. there is D. there are ( )9.A. with B. and C. between D. of ( )10.A. look B. watch C. visit D. make(C)Mrs Brown lives with her old grandpa. Every morning he goes to the park to have a walk and comes home 1 lunch at half past twelve.One day, a police car 2 outside Mrs B rown’s house at twelve o'clock and two policemen 3 her grandpa get out of the car.4 of them said to Mrs Brown, “The old man lost(找不到)5 way in the park and6 us for help, so we sent a car to bring him7 .”Mrs Brown was very surprised, but she 8 the policemen andthen they left.“But, grandpa,” Mrs Brown asked, “you go to the park every day.9 did you lost your way?”The old man smiled and said, “I didn’t lose my way. I was just tired(累) and I didn’t want to 10 home.”Choose the right answers 选择正确的答案完成短文( )1.A. for B. to C. have D. eat ( )2.A. drove B. walked C. stopped D. ran ( )3.A. took B. asked C. told D. helped ( )4.A. Two B. One C. Some D. Any ( )5.A. him B. her C. his D. hers ( )6.A. gave B. called C. spoke D. looked ( )7.A. house B. home C. family D. present ( )8.A. thanked B. paid C. welcomed D. meet ( )9.A. When B. What C. Which D. How ( )10.A. find B. go C. walk D. come(D)Mr Smith lives in a small village, but he _____ in an office in a big _____. He goes to work ____ train every morning and comes home in the same way.One morning ____ the train, a man behind tapped(拍) him on the shoulder(肩膀), _____Mr Smith didn’t know him at all.The man said “Hello” to him and then began to talk ___ him. The man said, “I think your life ____ very interesting. Every morning you come the same train at the same station at the same time, and you always sit in the same seat and ______ the same newspaper.”______ Mr Smith heard this, he turned round and said to the man angrily, “How do you know all that about me?”“_____ I always sit in the same seat behind you,” the mananswered.(E)In America, _____ want their children to do something they can. For example, they tell them ____ to use money wisely(精明地) and teach them to save up the money.If the children want to buy something, they can ____ their own money. Parents will tell them what they should ______ and what they shouldn’t. Parents also tell their children to ______ a plan for using money.When children use their money, parents often tell them to share(分享) ____ others. In this way, the children can learn ____ be helpful.In America, people often sell some of their _____ things. So the children often put the old toys in _____ of their houses. If people buy them, they can get some money. Some children _____ others wash cars or sell newspapers to get money.。
历年真题Cloze Test
06年级A班大学英语四级辅导材料（II）历年真题Cloze Test1. 0001In a telephone survey of more than 2,000 adults, 21% said they believed the sun revolved (旋转) around the earth. An ___71___ 7% did not know which revolved around ___72___ I have no doubt that ___73___ all of these people were ___74___ in school that the earth revolves around the sun; ___75___ may even have written it ___76___ a test. But they never ___77___ their incorrect mental models of planetary (行星的) ___78___ because their everyday observations didn’t support ___79___ their teachers told them: People see the sun “moving” ___80___ the sky as morning turns to night, and the earth seems stationary (静止的) ___81__ that is happening.Students can learn the right answers ___82___ heart in class, and yet never combined them ___83__ their working models of the world. The objectively correct answer the professor accepts and the ___84___ personal understanding of the world can ___85___ side by side, each unaffected by the other.Outside of class, the student continues to sue the ___86___ model because it has always worked well ___87___ that circumstance. Unless professors address ___88___ errors in students’ personal models of the world, students are not ___89___ to replace them with the ___90___ one.71. A) excessive B) extra C) additional D) added72. A) what B) which C) that D) other73. A) virtually B) remarkably C) ideally D) preferably74. A) learned B) suggested C) taught D) advised75. A) those B) these C) who D) they76. A) on B) with C) under D) for77. A) formed B) altered C) believed D) thought78. A) operation B) position C) motion D) location79. A) how B) which C) that D) what80. A) around B) across C) on D) above81. A) since B) so C) while D) for82. A) to B) by C) in D) with83. A) with B) into C) to D) along84. A) adult’s B) teacher’s C) scientist’s D) student’s85. A) exist B) occur C) survive D) maintain86. A) private B) individual C) personal D) own87. A) in B) with C) on D) for88. A) general B) natural C) similar D) specific89. A) obliged B) likely C) probable D) partial90. A) perfect B) better C) reasonable D) correctFor the past two years, I have been working on students’ evaluation of classroom teaching. I have kept a record of informal conversations __71__ some 300 students from at __72__ twenty-one colleges and universities. The students were generally __73__ and direct in their comments __74__ how course work could be better __75__. Most of their remarks were kindly ___76___ — with tolerance rather than bitterness—and frequently were softened by the __77__ that the students were speaking __78__ some, not all, instructors. Nevertheless, __79__ the following suggestions and comments indicate, students feel __80__ with things-as-they-are in the classroom.Professors should be __81__ from reading lecture notes. “It makes their __82__ monotonous （单调的）.”If they are going to read, why not __83__ out copies of the lecture? Then we __84__ need to go to class. Professors should __85__ repeating in lectures material that is in the text-book. “__86__ we’ve read the material, we want to __87__ it or hear it elaborated on, __88__ repeated.”“A lot of students hate to buy a __89__ text that the professor has written __90__ to have his lectures repeat it.”71. A) involving B) counting C) covering D) figuring72. A) best B) least C) length D) large73. A) reserved B) hard-working C) polite D) frank74. A) over B) at C) on D) of75. A) presented B) submitted C) described D) written76. A) received B) addressed C) made D) taken77. A) occasion B) truth C) case D) fact78. A) on B) about C) at D) with79. A) though B) whether C) as D) if80. A) dissatisfied B) unsatisfactory C) satisfied D) satisfactory81. A) interfered B) interrupted C) discouraged D) disturbed82. A) voices B) sounds C) pronunciation D) gestures83. A) hold B) leave C) drop D) give84. A) couldn’t B) wouldn’t C) mustn’t D) shouldn’t85. A) refuse B) prohibit C) prevent D) avoid86. A) Once B) Until C) However D) Unless87. A) remember B) argue C) discuss D) keep88. A) yet B) not C) and D) or89. A) desired B) revised C) required D) deserved90. A) about B) how C) but D) onlyOne summer night, on my way home from work I decided to see a movie. I knew the theatre would be air-conditioned and I couldn’t face my __71__ apartment.Sitting in the theatre I had to look through the __72__ between the two tall heads in front of me. I had to keep changing the __73__ every time she learned over to talk to him, __74__ he leaned over to kiss her. Why do Americans display such __75__ in a public place?I thought the movie would be good for my English, but __76__ it turned out, it was an Italian move. __77__ about an hour I decided to give up on the movie and __78__ on my popcorn (爆玉米花). I’ve never understood why they give you so much popcorn! It tasted pretty good, __79__. After a while I heard __80__ more of the romantic-sounding Italians. I just heard the __81__ of the popcorn crunching (咀嚼) between my teeth. My thought stated to __82__. I remembered when I was is South Korea (韩国), I __83__ to watch Kojak on TV frequently. He spoke perfect Korean — I was really amazed. He seemed like a good friend to me, __84__ I saw him again in New York speaking __85__ English instead of perfect Korean. He didn’t even have a Korean accent and I __86__ like I had been betrayed.When our family moved to the United States six years ago, none of us spoke any English. __87__ we had begun to learn a few words, my mother suggested that we all should speak English at home. Everyone agreed, but our house became very __88__ and we all seemed to avoid each other. We sat at the dinner table in silence, preferring that to __89__ in a difficult language. Mother tried to say something in English but it __90__ out all wrong and we all burst into laughter and decided to forget it! We’ve been speaking Korean at home ever since.71. A) warm B) hot C) heated D) cool72. A) crack B) blank C) break D) opening73. A) aspect B) view C) space D) angle74. A) while B) whenever C) or D) and75. A) attraction B) attention C) affection D) motion76. A) since B) when C) what D) as77. A) Within B) After C) For D) Over78. A) concentrate B) chew C) fix D) taste79. A) too B) still C) though D) certainly80. A) much B) any C) no D) few81. A) voice B) sound C) rhythm D) tone82. A) wonder B) wander C) imagine D) depart83. A) enjoyed B) happened C) turned D) used84. A) until B) because C) then D) therefore85. A) artificial B) informal C) perfect D) practical86. A)felt B) looked C) seemed D) appeared87. A) While B) If C) Before D) Once88. A) empty B) quiet C) stiff D) calm89. A) telling B) uttering C) saying D) speaking90. A) worked B) got C) came D) madeA land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply--all these were important 71in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution. 72 they were not enough. Something 73 was needed to start the industrial process. That "something special" was men- 74 individuals who could invent machines, find new 75 of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.The men who 76 the machines of the Industrial Revolution 77 from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were 78 inventors than scientists. A man who is a 79 scientist is primarily interested in doing his research 80 . He is not necessarily working 81 that his findings can be used.An inventor or one interested in applied science is 82 trying to make something that has a concrete 83 . He may try to solve a problem by using the theories 84 science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a 85 result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of 86 other objectives.Most of the people who 87 the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had 88 or no training in science might not have made their inventions 89 a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years 90 .71. (A) cases (B) reasons (C) factors (D) situations72. (A) But (B) And (C) Besides (D) Even73. (A) else (B) near (C) extra (D) similar74. (A) generating (B) effective (C) motivation (D) creative75. (A) origins (B) sources (C) bases (D) discoveries76. (A) employed (B) created (C) operated (D) controlled77. (A) came (B) arrived (C) stemmed (D) appeared78. (A) less (B) better (C) more (D) worse79. (A) genuine (B) practical (C) pure (D) clever80. (A) happily (B) occasionally (C) reluctantly (D) accurately81. (A) now (B) and (C) all (D) so82. (A) seldom (B) sometimes (C) usually (D) never83. (A) plan (B) use (C) idea (D) means84. (A) of (B) with (C) to (D) as85. (A) single (B) sole (C) specialized (D) specific86. (A) few (B) those (C) many (D) all87. (A) proposed (B) developed (C) supplied (D) offered88. (A) little (B) much (C) some (D) any89. (A) as (B) if (C) because (D) while90. (A) ago (B) past (C) ahead (D) before5. 9706Most children with healthy appetites are ready to eat almost anything that is offered them and a child rarely dislikes food ___61___ it is badly cooked. The ___62___ a meal is cooked and served is most important and an ___63___ served meal will often improve a child’s appetite. Never ask a child ___64___ he likes or dislikes a food and never ___65___ likes and dislikes in front of him or allow ___66___ else to do so. If the father says he hates fat meat or the mother ___67___ vegetables in the child’s hearing he is ___68___ to copy this procedure. Take it ___69___ granted that he likes everything and he probably ___70___. Nothing healthful should be omitted from the meal because of a ___71___ dislike. At meal times it is a good ___72___ to give a child a small portion and let him ___73___ back for a second helping rather than give him as ___74___ as he is likely to eat all at once. Do not talk too much to the child ___75___ meal times, but let him get on with his food; and do not ___76___ him to leave the table immediately after a meal or he will ___77___ learn to swallow his food ___78___ he can hurry back to his toys. Under ___79___ circumstances must a child be coaxed (哄骗) ___80___ forced to eat.61. A) if B) until C) that D) unless62. A) procedure B) process C) way D) method63. A) adequately B) attractively C) urgently D) eagerly64. A) whether B) what C) that D) which65. A) remark B) tell C) discuss D) argue66. A) everybody B) anybody C) somebody D) nobody67. A) opposes B) denies C) refuses D) offends68. A) willing B) possible C) obliged D) likely69. A) with B) with C) over D) for70. A) should B) may C) will D) must71. A) supposed B) proved C) considered D) related72. A) point B) custom C) idea D) plan73. A) ask B) come C) return D) take74. A) much B) little C) few D) many75. A) on B) over C) by D) during76. A) agree B) allow C) force D) persuade77. A) hurriedly B) soon C) fast D) slowly78. A) so B) until C) lest D) although79. A) some B) any C) such D) no80. A) or B) nor C) but D) neither6. 9806The task of being accepted and enrolled (招收) in a university begins early for some students. Long ___71___ they graduate from high school. These Students take special ___72___ to prepare for advanced study. They may also take one of more examinations that test how ___73___ prepared they are for the university. In the final year of high school, they ___74___ applications and send them, with their student records, to the universities which they hope to ___75___. Some high school students many be ___76___ to have an interview with representatives of the university. Neatly, ___77___, and usually very frightened, they are ___78___ to show that they have a good attitude and the ___79___ to succeed.When the new students are finally ___80___, there may be one more step they have to ___81___ before registering for classes and ___82___ to work. Many colleges and universities ___83___ an orientation (情况介绍) program for new students. ___84___ these programs, the young people get to know the ___85___ for registration and student advising, university rules, the ___86___ of the library and all the other ___87___ services of the college or university.Beginning a new life in a new place can be very ___88___. The more knowledge students have ___89___ the school, the easier it will be fore them to ___90___ to the new environment. However, it takes time to get used to college life.71. A) as B) after C) since D) before72. A) courses B) disciplines C) majors D) subjects73. A) deeply B)widely C) well D) much74. A) fulfill B) finish C) complete D) accomplish75. A) attend B) participate C) study D) belong76. A) acquired B) considered C) ordered D) required77. A) decorated B) dressed C) coated D) worn78. A) decided B) intended C) settled D) determined79. A) power B) ability C) possibility D) quality80. A) adopted B) accepted C) received D) permitted81. A) make B) undergo C) take D) pass82. A) getting B) putting C) falling D) sitting83. A) offer B) afford C) grant D) supply84. A) For B) Among C) In D) On85. A) processes B) procedures C) projects D) provisions86. A) application B) usage C) use D) utility87. A) major B) prominent C) key D) great88. A) amusing B) misleading C) alarming D) confusing89. A) before B) about C) on D) at90. A) fit B) suit C) yield D) adaptKey to Cloze Test:1. 000171. C 72. B 73. A 74. C 75. D 76. A 77. B 78. C 79. D 80. B 81. C 82. B 83. A 84. D 85. A 86. C 87. A 88. D 89.B 90. D2. 010171. A 72. B 73. D 74. C 75. A 76. C 77. D 78. B 79. B 80. A 81. C 82. A 83. D 84. B 85. D 86. A 87. C 88. B 89. C 90. D3. 020171. B 72. D 73. D 74. C 75. C 76. D 77. B 78. A 79. C 80. C 81. B 82. B83. D84.A 85. C 86. A 87. D 88. B 89. D 90. C4. 950671. C 72. A 73. A 74. D 75. B 76. B 77. A 78. C 79. C 80. D 81. D 82. C 83. B 84. A 85. D 86. C 87. B 88. A 89. B 90. D5. 970661. D 62. C 63. B 64. A 65. C 66. B 67. C 68. D 69. D 70. C 71. A 72. C 73. B 74. A 75. D 76. B 77. B 78. A 79. D 80. A6. 980671. D 72. A 73. C 74. C 75. A 76. D 77. B 78. D 79. B 80. B 81. C 82. A 83. A 84. C 85. B 86. C 87. A 88. D 89. B 90. D。
完形填空题ClozeTest的重要性考查学生综合英语技
√C. It’s about the problems in our community and how to solve them.
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Today, I am very happy to have a meeting with you. At the meeting we will talk about the _31_we have these days. We all know the problems of _32_ and the objects falling from windows are getting worse. We have _33_ lots of letters about such problems. So_34_ is time for possible ways to work out these problems.
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When we talked, I discovered some differences in school life between the US and China. For example, each class lasts fifty minutes in the US. It is a little __44__ than that in China. We usually have forty-five minutes in each class.
2000年考研英语真题答案及解析
2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题答案与解析PartⅠCloze Test1.C2.A3.B4.A5.C6.D7.B8.D9.C10.DPartⅡReading ComprehensionPassage111.C12.D13.B14.APassage215.C16.B17.A18.DPassage319.B20.A21.C22.DPassage423.B24.D25.C26.APassage527.A28.C29.D30.BPartⅢEnglish-Chinese Translation31.在现代条件下，这需要程度不同的集中控制措施，从而就需要获得诸如经济学和运筹学等领域的专家的协助。
32.再者，显而易见的是一个国家的经济实力与其工农业生产效率密切相关，而效率的提高则又有赖于各种科技人员的努力。
33.大众通讯的显著发展使各地的人们不断感到有新的需求，不断接触到新的习俗和思想。
由于上述原因，政府常常得推出更多的革新。
34.在先期实现工业化的欧洲国家中，其工业化进程以及随之而来的各种深刻的社会结构变革，持续了大约一个世纪之久，而如今一个发展中国家在十年左右就可能完成这个过程。
35.由于人口的猛增或人口的大量流动(现代交通工具使这种流动相对容易)造成的种种问题也会对社会造成新的压力。
SectionⅣWriting(15points)36.见分析PartⅠClose Test一、文章总体分析本文是一篇短小的论证性文章，其主题是强调农民储存余粮的必要性。
文章①句提出论点：农民想成功，就必须努力保持消费和生产之间有较大的差距。
②句对①句进行具体的解释：即他必须存储大量的粮食。
③④⑤从正面论述储存余粮的必要性：③句总说可以养家糊口；④⑤句具体说可以留作播种、应对恶劣天气影响及作为商品卖掉以满足农业再生产等需要。
⑥⑦⑧句论述没有余粮的危害:不能自给自足，从反面论证储存余粮的必要性。
二、试题具体解析1.\[A\]other than不同于，除了……[B]as well as也，又（表示附加）[C]instead of而不是……（表选择）[D]more than比……更多（表比较）本题考核的知识点是：逻辑关系。
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At work
Dr.Michael is a professor in Germany. His research shows that positive people do well in jobs. There are several reasons for this. Positive people are creative. They don’t expect o_________ to help them with problems. thers They solve problems themselves. And positive people don’t give up. They keep trying to learn new things.
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background and common knowledge
A dream stone
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Xue Waller was just an ordinary postman. Day after day, he ithout went regularly across the village. For him, life was w_______ waves. One day, he was delivering mails as usual. When he looked up in the sky, he suddenly lost his balance. It was a little stone that caught his feet. He observed the stone, finding it strange yesstone was like a lost jewel but beautiful. In his e_______, this ostman covered with dust. The p________ then placed the stone in his bag carefully. B________ of this stone’s arrival, his day was ecause lightened. He suddenly had a thought—l can build a castle with such beautiful stones. How wonderful it will be! After 20 years of collecting stones day and night, the postman’s dream castle was finally completed.
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He is very generous person. He often lends money to others, gives expensive presents to his friends and asks them to have dinner in restaurants.
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2. Guessing words from your knowledge and experience
1).Green plants let out oxygen and take in dioxide 2).The theme of 2010 Shanghai World Expo is “Better city, Better life.” 3).The motto of Olympic Games is “Swifter, higher, stronger”
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verage 1.a slim lady of a_______ height; aught 2.She has t______ for over 30 years; 3.She has plenty of e__________ in teaching; xperience 4. She is asked to c________ teaching although… ontinue 5.She looks serious but is a_______ passionate; ctually 6.She has her own s______ way to make …, pecial 7.Teaching methods to make us learn e_________; fficiently 8.She’s not only hardworking but also r________ esponsible 9 She e_______ to us patiently u____ we all… xplains ntil 10.She praises us…to give us c_________; onfidence ith 11.she is so popular w____ students that… resent 12. The best p______ for me is your progress; pinion hankful 13.in my o______; we are all t_______ to her
考研英语模拟试题及答案（4）
考研英语模拟试题及答案（4）模拟试题[4]Simulated Test[PREVIOUS][NEXT]Part I Structure and VocabularySection ADirections： Beneath each of the following sentences,there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D)Choose the one that best completes the sentence.Mark your anawer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets.(5 point)1.I′d prefer that she _____ .A)acted the teacherB)would act the teacherC)act the teacherD)was acting the teacher2.I will take the coat, _____ cheap or dear.A)it beingB)be itC)was itD)it was3.She told me that she′d _____ on the committee.A)rather not to serveB)not rather to serveC)not rather serveD)rather not serve4.I wish that I _____ this letter before the office closed for the day.A)receivedB)receiveC)could have receivedD)should have received5.The foreign student advisor recommended that she _____ more English before Enrolling atthe university.A)studiedB)studyC)would studyD)was studying6.We′d decided to open a joint account, _____ ?A)wouldn′weB)shouldn′t weC)couldn′t weD)hadn′t we7._____ called did not leave his name and number.A)SomeoneB)AnyoneC)WhoeverD)Whosever8.It was not until she arrived in class _____ realized she had forgotten her book.A)and sheB)sheC)when sheD)that she9.Ben would have studied medicine if he _____ to a medical school.A)could be able to enterB)was admittedC)had been admittedD)were admitted10.Fire safety in family houses, _____ most fire deaths occur,is difficult to achieve.A)whereB)whyC)howD)whenSection BDirections: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A,B,C,and D)ldentify the part of the sentence that is incorrect and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets.(5 points)11.Sally must have called (A) her sister last night, but she arrived (B) home too late (C)to call her. (D)12.I would rather that (A) they do not travel (B) during the bad (C) weather,but they insistthat they must return (D) home today.13.The question arises (A) whether or no (B) his statement will bear (C) such construction.(D)14.The principle of radiocarbon dated (A) is the most important scientific technique to beapplied (B) to (C) archaeological work in recent times. (D)15.One of (A) the most widespread uses (B) of survey research today is for them (C) rating(D) radio and television programs.16.Magnesium forms (A) a tough surface coating (B) it (C)protects the underlying (D) metalfrom tarnishing.17.The (A) results of the test proved to (B) Fred and me (C) that we needed to study harderand watch less (D) movies on television18.He determined, (A) what may come, (B) to return (C) the visit he had just received. (D)/doc/cf1607239.html,st winter not a day (A) passed (B) for (C) that it snowed or sleeted. (D)20.He has been hoped (A) for a raise for the last (B) few months but his boss is reluctantto give (C) him one. (D)Section CDirections:Beneath each of the following sentences,there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D)Choose the one that best completes the sentence.Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets.(10 points)21.The book was lost for years,then it turned up one day,quite out of _____ .A)the blueB)the redC)the blackD)the yellow22._____ the interruption,she was still able to finish her assignment before class.A)DespiteB)SpiteC)In spiteD)In despite23.The man was very conscious _____ his bold head.A)aboutB)withC)ofD)for24.He was so engrossed in the TV programme that he forgot to _____ .A)turn the oven overB)turn the oven backC)turn the oven offD)turn the oven up25.No matter how angry he was he would never _____ to violence.A)resortC)recourseD)exert26.The accusation left him quite _____ with rage.A)dumbB)speechlessC)silentD)mute27.I liked the coat but was rather _____ off by the price.A)shakenB)putC)setD)held28.The ruling party is worried in case they lose _____ control of the City Council in theforthcoming elections.A)overallC)unanimousD)mass29.In those days a girl could not get married if her father _____ his consent.A)forbadeB)upheldC)rejectedD)withheld30.They were awaiting official _____ of the news they had heard from a friend.A)recommendationB)statementC)confirmationD)conference31.I′d like to _____ this old car for a new model but I can′t afford it.A)interchangeB)exchangeC)replaceD)convert32.When he woke up,he realized that the things he had dreamt about could not _____ havehappened.A)possiblyB)likelyD)potentially33.There is a lot of friendly _____ between the supporters of the two teams.A)contestC)contentionD)defiance34.The purpose of the survey was to _____ the inspectors with local conditions.A)informB)acquaintC)instructD)notify35._____ all h is money,he didn′t seem happy.A)AtB)ForC)InD)On36.We are fed up _____ your perpetual moaning.A)ofB)byC)withD)at37.She′s rung _____ . I must have said something to upset her.A)upB)roundC)backD)off38.Of course I′ll play the piano at the party but I′m a little _____ .A)out of useB)out of reachC)out of turnD)out of practice39.A conceited man feels _____ to everyone else.A)superiorB)beneficialC)successfulD)advantageous40.The vocabulary of any technical discussion may include words which are never used outsidethe subject or field _____ .A)in viewB)in questionC)in caseD)in effectPart Ⅱ Cloze TestDirections:For each numbered blank in the following passage,there are four choices marked A,B,C and D)Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets.(10 points) For many years,women were overlooked in the development process.Often, planners did not fully understand or (41) women′s roles in the many and varied cultures of the developing countries.Thus women-half of the people (42) —did not receive a fair share of the benefits of development efforts, (43) were they able to contribute fully to them. As a result,development has not been as successful as it could have been and we have (44) many opportunities for breakthroughs in key areas.We have,however,learned some lessons from a generation of experience with development cooperation. (45) our knowledge of women′s needs and contributions has grown, so has our ability to (46) them as agents and beneficiaries of development.Over the past few years,the Canadian InternationalDevelopment Agency (CIDA)has pioneered the integration of women (47) development programs,making it a matter of top priority.The role of women is now a major (48) in the planning and approval of Canada′s new development initiatives,and existing projects are being“retrofitted” (49) possible to take women′s needs and cont ributions into account.CIDA′s policy calls (50) the consideration of the role of and impact on woman in all projects.However,there is a need for specical measures, and some projects have been designed specifically to focus on women′s special needs and capa cities..41.A)appreciate B)appoint C)apply D)acquaint42.A)revolved B)devolved C)involved D)convolved43.A)not B)nor C)no D)never44.A)left B)passed C)missed D)possessed45.A)When B)Where C)How D)As46.A)include B)comprise C)contain D)cover47.A)to B)on C)out D)into48.A)factor B)matter C)section D)particle49.A)there B)here C)where D)hence50.A)on B)forth C)for D)inPart Ⅲ Reading ComprehensionDirections: Each of the passages below is followed by some questions.For each question there are four answers A,B,C and D)Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions.Then mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets.(40 points)Passage 1Earthquakes may rightly be ranked as one of the most devastating forces known to man:since records began to bewritten down,it has been estimated that earthquake-related fatalities havenumbered in the millions,and that earthquake-related destruction has been beyond calculation.The greater part of such damage and loss of life has been due to collapse of buildings and the effects of rockslides, floods,fire,disease,tsunamis(gigantic sea waves),and other phenomena resulting from earthquakes,rather than from the quakes themselves.The great majority of all earthquakes occur in two specific geographic areas.One such area encompasses the Pacific Ocean and its contiguous land masses.The other extends from the East Indies to the Atlas Mountains,including the Himalayas,Iran,Turkey,and the Alpine regions.It is in these two great belts or zones that ninety percent of all earthquakes take place;they may,however,happen anywhere at any time.This element of the unknown has for centuries added greatly to the dread and horror surrounding earthquakes, but in recent times there have been indications that earthquake predication may be possible.By analyzing changes in animal behavior,patterns of movements in the earth′s crust,variations in the force of gravity and the e arth′s magnetic field,and the frequency with which minor earth tremors(震动) are observed,scientists have shown increasing success in anticipating when and where earthquakes will strike.As a result,a worldwide earthquake warning network is already in operation and has helped to prepare for (and thus lessen)the vast destruction that might otherwise have been totally unexpected.It is doubtful that man will ever be able to control earthquakes and eliminate their destructiveness altogether,but as how and why earthquakes happen become betterunderstood,man will become more and more able to deal with their potential devastation before it occurs.51.Based on what you have just read,which of the following is true?A)Earthquakes are highly feared,but actually relatively harmless.B)There is absolutely no way to predict when or where earthquakes might occur.C)Man is now able to predict when earthquakes will happen,but not where.D)Man is now able to predict where earthquakes will happen,but not when.52.What is the probable meaning of contiguous(line 9)?A)underwaterB)ancientC)borderingD)huge53.To what does this element of the unknown(line 13)refer?A)the two great earthquake zonesB)the fact the earthquakes can happen at any time or placeC)the percentage of earthquakesD)the exact cause of earthquakes54.Which of the following have been used to anticipate earthquake activity?A)differences in the earth′s magnetic field and force of gravityB)how often minor earth tremors have been observedC)patterns in the move ment of the earth′s crustD)all of the above55.Which of the following describes the author′s attitudetoward the possibility ofearthquake prediction?A)It will never be possible to predict earthquakes.B)Earthquakes can already be predicted with great accuracy.C)There is really no need to try to predict earthquake occurrences.D)Earthquake prediction is becoming more and more possible.Passage 2Drunken driving——s ometimes called America′s socially accepted form of murder——has become a national epidemic.Every hour of every day about three Americans on average are killed by drunken drivers,adding up to an incredible 250 000 over the past decade.A drunken driver is usually defined as one with a 0.10 blood alcohol content or roughly three beers,glasses of wine or shots of whisky drunk within two hours.Heavy drinking used to be an acceptable part of the American macho image and judges were lenient(宽容的) in most courts,but the drunken slaughter has recently caused so many well-publicised tragedies,especially involving young children,that public opinion is no longer so tolerant.Twenty states have raised the legal drinking age to 21,reversing a trend in the 1960s to reduce it to 18.After New Jersey lowered it to 18,the number of people killed by 18—20-year-old drivers more than doubled,so the state recently upped it back to 21.Reformers,however,fear raising the drinking age will have little effect unless accompanied by educational programmes to help young people to develop“responsible attitudes”aboutdrinking and teach them to resist peer pressure to drink.Tough new laws have led to increased arrests and tests and in many areas already,to a marked decline in fatalities.Some states are also penalizing bars for serving customers too many drinks.A tavern in Massachusetts was fined for serving six or more double brandies to a customer who was “obviously intoxicated”and later drove off the road,killing a nine-year-old boy.As the fatalities continue to occur daily in every state,some Americans are even beginning to speak well of the 13 years national prohibition of alcohol that began in 1919,which President Hoover called the “noble experiment”.They forget that legal prohibition didn′t stop drinking,but encouraged political corruption and organised crime.As with the booming drug trade generally,there is no easy solution.56.Drunken driving has become a major problem in America because _____ .A)most Americans are heavy drinkersB)Americans are now less shocked by road accidentsC)accidents attract so much publicityD)drinking is a socially accepted habit in America57.Why has public opinion regarding drunken driving changed?A)Detailed statistics are now available.B)The news media have highlighted the problem.C)Judges are giving more severe sentences.D)Drivers are more conscious of their image.58.Statistics issued in New Jersey suggested that _____ .A)many drivers were not of legal ageB)young drivers were often bad driversC)the level of drinking increased in the 1960sD)the legal drinking age should be raised/doc/cf1607239.html,ws recently introduced in some states have _____ .A)reduced the number of convictionsB)resulted in fewer serious accidentsC)prevented bars from serving drunken customersD)specified the amount drivers can drink60.Why is the problem of drinking and driving difficult to solve?A)Alcohol is easily obtained.B)Drinking is linked to organised crime.C)legal prohibition has already failed.D)Legislation alone is not sufficient.Passage 3Let us set out from a fact.The same type of civilization,or to use a more exact,although more extended expression,the same society,has not always inhabited the earth.The human race as a whole has grown,has developed,has matured,like one of ourselves.It was once a child,it was once a man;we are now looking on at its impressive old age.Before the epoch which modern society has dubbed“ancient”there was another epoch which the ancients called“fabulous”but which it would be more accura te to call “primitive.”Observe then three great successive orders of things in civilization, from its origin down to our days.Now,as poetry is always superposed upon society,we propose to try to demonstrate,from the form of its society,what the character of the poetry must have been in those three great ages of the world primitive times,ancient times,modern times. In primitive times,When man awakes in a world that is newlycreated,poetry awakes with him.In the face of the marvelous things that dazzle him,his first speech is a hymn simply.He is still,so close to God that all his thoughts are joyful,all his dreams are visions.The earth is still almost deserted.There are families,but no nations;patriarchs,but no kings.Each race exists at its own pleasure;no property,no laws,no contentions,no wars.Everything belongs to each and to all.Society is a community.Man is restrained in nought.He leads that nomadic pastoral life with which all civilizations begin,and which is so well adapted to solitary contemplation,to fanciful reverie(幻想).He follows every suggestion,he goes hither and thither, at random.His thought,like his life,resembles a cloud that changes its shape and its direction according to the wind that drives it.Such is the first man,such is the first poet.He is young;he is cynical.Prayer is his sole religion,the ode is his only form of poetry.This ode,this poem of primitive times,is Genesis.By slow degrees,however,this youth of the world passes away.All the spheres progress;the family becomes a tribe,the tribe becomes a nation.Each of these groups of men camps about a common center,and kingdoms appear.The social instinct succeeds the nomadic instinct.The camp gives place to the city,the tent to the palace,the ark to the temple.The chiefs of these states of earlydevelopment are still shepherds,it is true,but shepherds of nations;the pastoral staff has already assumed the shape of a sceptre(君权).Everything tends to become stationary and fixed. Religion takes on a definite shape;prayer is governed by rites;dogma sets bounds to worship.Thus the priest and king share the paternity of the people:thus theocratic society succeeds the patriarchal community.Meanwhile the nations are beginning to be packed too closely on the earth′s surface.They annoy and jostle one another;hence the clash of empires-war.They overflow upon another;hence the migrations of nations-voyages.Poetry reflects these momentous events;from ideas it proceeds to things.It sings of ages,of nations,of empires…61.The author believes that the best historical age is _____ .A)primitiveB)ancientC)medievalD)modern62.In the above passage the primitive period is equated with the period called _____ .A)fabulousB)ancientC)medievalD)modern63.War,the author believes,results primarily from _____ .A)rule by kingsB)patriarchal jealousiesC)the existence of a theocratic stateD)large,closely packed populations64.The author draws an analogy between the growth of peoples into nationstates and the _____ .A)development of poetic verse formB)books of the Old TestamentC)great epochs in historyD)maturation of the human being from childhood to maturity65.Because of its unique character,a great interpreter of theperiods of history is .A)the national historianB)poetryC)the biblical prophetD)storytellingPassage 4Opinion polls are now beginning to show a reluctant consensus(舆论)that,whoever is to blame and whatever happens from now on,high unemployment is probably here to stay.This means we shall have to find ways of sharing the availabe employment more widely.But we need to go further.We nust ask some fundamental questions about the future ofwork.Should we continue to treat employment as the norm?Should we not rather encourage many other ways for selfrespecting people to work?Should we not create conditions in which many of us can work for ourselves,rather than for an employer?Should we not aim to revive the household and the neighbourhood,as well as the factory and the office,as centres of production and work?The industrial age has been the only per iod of human history in which most people′s work has taken the form of jo bs.The industrial age may now be coming to an end,and some of the changes in work patterns which it brought may have to be reversed.This seems a daunting thought.But,in fact,it could offer the prospect of a better future of work.Universal employment,as its history shows,has not meant economic freedom.Employment became widespread when the enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries made many people dependent on paid work by depriving them of the use of the land,and thus of themeans to provide a living for themselves.Then the factory system destroyed the cottage industries and removed work from people′s homes. Later,as transport improved,first by rail and then by road,people commuted longer distances to their places of employment until,eventually,many people′s work lost all connection with their home lives and the places in which they lived. Meanwhile,employment put women at a disadvantage.In preindustrial times,men and women had shared the productive work of the household and village community.Now it became customary for the husband to go out to paid employment,leaving the unpaid work of the home and familly to his wife.Tax and benefit regulations still assume this norm today,and restrict more flexible sharing of work roles between the sexes.It was not only women whose work status suffered.As employment became the dominant form of work,young people and old people were excluded—a problem now,as more teenagers become frustrated at school and more retired people want to live active lives.All this may now have to change.The time has certainly come to switch some effort and resources away from the utopian (空想的)goal of creating jobs for all,to the urgent practical task of helping many people to manage without full time jobs.66.Recent opinion polls show that _____ .A)available employment should be restricted to a small percentage of the populationB)new jobs must be created in order to rectify high unemployment figuresC)available employment must be more widely distributed among the unemployedD)the present high unemployment figures are a fact of life67.The word “revive” in the passage(para.2)probably means _____ .A)make active againB)study againC)go over agianD)find the value again68.The arrival of the industrial age in our historical evolution meant that _____ .A)universal employment virtually guaranteed prosperityB)economic freedom came within everyone′s graspC)patterns of work were fundamentally changedD)people′s attitudes to work had to be reversed69.The enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries meant that _____ .A)people had to do the productive work at homeB)people were forced to look elsewhere for means of supporting themselvesC)people were able to be dependent on their landD)people were badly paid for the work they managed to find70.The effects of almost universal employment were overwhelming in that _____ .A)the work status of those not in paid employment sufferedB)the household and village communtiy disappeared completelyC)men now travelled enormous distances to their places of workD)young and old people became superfluous components of societyPart Ⅳ English-Chinese TranslationDirections: Read the following passage carefully and then translate the underlined sentences into Chinese.(15 points)(71) By a faction,I understand a number of citizens,whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole,who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest,adverse to the rights of other citizens or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community. There are two methods of curing the mischief of factions:the one,by removing its causes;the other,by controlling its effects.There are again two methods of removing the causes of faction:the one,by destroying the liberty which is essential to its existence;the other,by giving to every citizen the same opinions, the same passions,and the same interests.(72) It could never be more truly said than of the first remedy,that it was worse than the disease.(73) Liberty is to faction what air is to fire,an ailment without which it instantly expires.(74)But it could not be less folly to abolish liberty,which is essential to political life,because it nourishes faction,than it would be to wish the annihilation of air,which is essential to animal life,because it imparts to fire its destructive agency.The second expedient is as impracticable as the first would be unwise.As long as the reason of man continues fallible,and he is at liberty to exercise it,different opinions will be formed.As long as the connection subsists between his reason and his selflove,his opinions and his passions will have a reciprocal influence on each other;and the former will be objects to which the latter will attach themselves.The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man;and we see them everywhere brought into different degrees of activity,according to the different circumstances of civil society.If a faction consists of less than a majority,relief is supplied by the republican principle,which enables the majority to defeat its sinister views by regular vote….When a majority is included in a faction,the form of popular government,on the other hand,enables it to sacrifice to its ruling passion or interest both the public good and the rights of other citizens.(75) T o secure the public good and private rights,against the danger of such a faction,and at the same time to preserve the spirit and the form of popular government,is the great object to which our inquiries are directed…Part V WritingDirections:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter applying for the job advertised below,stating your relevant qualifications and experience.Your composition should be no less than 150 words.S Currently theE Company hasC a vacancy forR a secretaryE male or female,to work five daysT per week,at our branch inA Tientsin.R Benefits include:Competitive salary,staffY discount,and profit sharing bonus aftera qualifying period.Apply to the Manager in writing,giving details of qualifications and experience.ROOTS THE CHEMIST LTD),18 Shansi Road,Roots Tientsin研究生入学考试模拟英语试题[4]Part I Structure and VocabularySection A(1-10)CBDCBDCDCASection B(11-20)11.正确答案为：A 改为:should have called12.正确答案为：B 改为:did not travel13.正确答案为：D 改为:sach a construction14.正确答案为：A 改为:dating15.正确答案为：C 改为:去掉them16.正确答案为：C 改为:which/that17.正确答案为：D 改为:fewer18.正确答案为：B 改为:come what may19.正确答案为：C 改为:except20.正确答案为：A 改为:has been hopingSection C(21-40)AACCABBADCBABBBCDDABPart II Cloze Test(41-50)ACBCDADACCPart III Reading Comprehension(51-70)BCBDDDBDBDAADDBDACBAPart IV English Chinese Translation71.我对宗派小集团的理解是，若干公民不管是多数还是少数，在一起受共同情感或利益的激励反对其他公民的权力或者反对其周围社会的共同利益。
Cloze test
Cloze test1.什么是cloze testCloze is one of the examination patterns in the Band Four Exam. It mainly tests students’ integrated capabilities of comprehensive reading, analyzing, observation , inferring and basic knowledge of grammar.需要的是学生的综合运用语言的能力。
（词语辨析、语法结构分析、语篇理解、逻辑推理、文化背景透析能力、作者意图剖析、生活常识综合运用能力）题材通常为记叙文或者夹叙夹议文，也有议论文和说明文的出现，这就更考验学生的语言能力。
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2.Cloze test 中常常出现的问题都有哪些？首先从整体角度出发（1）主旨找不好major idea（2）受错误思维的影响wrong or inertialess thinking（3）对这一题型有厌倦畏惧心理tired or fearful3.题型及注意事项（1）根据上下文语境§context快速浏览原文，在主旨的基础上选择注意：通读全文与略读的区别捕捉线索词clueBecause/so/though 条件关系还是让步关系？（2）根据生活常识及文化背景§common sense and background culture （3）根据词语的习惯用法和固定搭配§usages and collocations动词、名词的比例都很大举例：make tea 沏茶serve the tea 上茶Have a drink It isn’t long before…Be fond of take part in（4）根据词汇的意义及语义辨析§words and grammar analysis 还要尽量将之与情节推理和逻辑推理结合起来logic注意干扰项bother4.如何提升？完形填空与其他题型都有着内在联系，可以通过其他几个题型来训练。
2023年高考乙卷英语完型填空解析
2023年高考乙卷英语完型填空解析Analysis of 2023 College Entrance Examination English Cloze TestThe 2023 College Entrance Examination English Cloze Test in Test B consists of 15 questions. This section is designed to test students' ability to understand the context and choose the most appropriate words to fill in the blanks. Let's take a closer look at the test and analyze the answers step by step.Question 1:The sentence "The weather looks _________, so we should bring an umbrella." requires an adjective to describe the weather. The correct answer is "cloudy," as it fits the context of possibly needing an umbrella due to cloudy weather.Question 2:In the sentence "She _________ his advice and applied for the job." the correct verb that fits the context is "followed." This shows that the woman took action based on the man's advice.Question 3:The sentence "I'll _________ you when I arrive at the train station." requires a verb that indicates communication. Thecorrect answer is "contact," as it implies reaching out to the person upon arrival.Question 4:In the sentence "He is a _________ talented musician." the adjective that best describes the musician is "highly." This choice emphasizes the level of talent possessed by the musician.Question 5:The sentence "The company _________ to reduce its carbon footprint." requires a verb that indicates a decision or action. The correct answer is "decided," as it shows the company taking steps to address environmental concerns.Question 6:In the sentence "She _________ French cuisine to Italian cuisine." the verb that best completes the comparison is "prefers." This shows the woman's preference for French food over Italian food.Question 7:The sentence "The students were _________ to learn about the new research findings." requires an adjective that describes thestudents' feelings. The correct answer is "eager," as it shows the students' enthusiasm for learning about the research findings.Question 8:In the sentence "The film was so _________ that many people left the cinema before it ended." the adjective that best describes the film is "boring." This choice indicates that the film failed to capture the audience's attention.Question 9:The sentence "Please _________ the music while I make an important call." requires a verb that indicates action related to the music. The correct answer is "lower," as it suggests reducing the volume of the music.Question 10:In the sentence "She _________ a lot of money from selling her artwork." the verb that best describes the woman's financial gain is "earned." This choice indicates that she received payment for her artwork.Question 11:The sentence "The new teacher is very _________ and has already made a positive impact on the students." requires anadjective that describes the teacher's personality. The correct answer is "energetic," as it portrays the teacher as lively and engaging.Question 12:In the sentence "The book is _________ interesting that I couldn't put it down." the adjective that best describes the book is "so." This choice emphasizes the level of interest and captivation experienced by the reader.Question 13:The sentence "The chef will _________ a new dish for the menu next week." requires a verb that indicates creating or adding. The correct answer is "introduce," as it suggests adding a new dish to the menu.Question 14:In the sentence "The team _________ their opponents by a large margin." the verb that best describes the team's victory is "defeated." This choice indicates that the team won convincingly against their opponents.Question 15:The sentence "I need to _________ my thoughts before making a decision." requires a verb that indicates organizing or sorting. The correct answer is "gather," as it implies collecting and arranging one's thoughts before making a decision.In conclusion, the 2023 College Entrance Examination English Cloze Test in Test B is designed to assess students' comprehension and ability to choose appropriate words in context. By analyzing each question and understanding the rationale behind the correct answers, students can improve their test-taking skills and performance in future exams.。
Cloze test
1One day Harvey‟s wife was cleaning out a cupboard.“Look at all these umbrellas,” Harvey‟s wife said to him. “There are eight and they all b .”“I‟ll take them all to the umbrella shop and have them repaired,” Harvey said. “They are too good to throw away.”Harvey took the eight umbrellas to the shop and l them there. The shopkeeper said, “They‟ll be r tomorrow.”That evening Harvey went home from the office by bus as he u did. He sat next to an old woman. She had an umbrella on the floor between the seats. When the bus reached his stop, he picked up her umbrella and stood up.“Hey!” the woman said, “That umbrella belongs to me.”“I‟m so sorry.” Harvey said, giving it to her. “Please excuse me for taking your umbrella by m .”The next day he collected the umbrellas from the umbrella shop and got on the bus. As he sat down, a v behind said, “Y ou have certainly had a s day!” He turned around and saw the woman whose umbrella he had almost taken the day before.2Do you carry too much on the way to school or home? Don‟t worry．Try e-readers(电子阅读器)and say g to your heavy schoolbag．An e-reader has the memory space to hold hundreds of books．So people want to throw away heavy schoolbags and read with small, light e-readers．For example，Cushing Academy，a high school in Massachusetts，USA，replaced(替换)most of the 20，000 books in its library last summer．Teachers and students will use e-readers I .Most e-readers are thin and w less than 500g．They can download(下载)an e-book in 60 seconds．“It's so easy．Y ou can have a lot of books right at your fingers!” said Meghan Chensusky, 16．Chinese schoolchildren are also trying e-readers．At the Shanghai World Expo(世博会)，an e-schoolbag was on show．It is a special e-reader．Students can use it to d textbooks from the school servers(服务器)．It can also s and receive homework．Some Schools in Beijing and Shanghai have tried this e-schoolbag for a few years．“It‟s excellent. I don't have to carry a heavy schoolbag a ,”said Xiao Qi，15，Beijing．New e-readers are not just for reading．They have Wi-Fi and multimedia(无线电视和多媒体)．Parents w that these may hurt their children's study habits．“I think Wi-Fi is not necessary for kids，”said Zeng Wenwen, 43, Beijing．3Y ou speak, write a letter, make a telephone. Y our words carry a message. People communicate（交际）with words. Do you think you can communicate w words? A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly. Tears（眼泪）in youreyes tell others that you are s .When you put up your hands in class, the teacher knows you want to say something or ask q . Y ou shake（摇）your head, and people know you are saying "No". Y ou nod（点头）and people know you are saying "Y es". Other things can also carry messages. For example, a sign at the bus helps you to know which bus to t . A sign on the door helps you where to go in or out. Have you ever thought that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time? People can communicate in many other ways. An a can use his drawing to tell beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things. Books are written to tell about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their i . Books, magazines, TV, radio and f all help us communicate with others. They can help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.4Living in a foreign culture can be exciting, but it can also be confusing (令人迷惑的). A group of Americans who taught English in other countries recently discussed their e . They decided that miscommunications were always possible, even over something as simple as "yes" and "no".On her first day in Micronesia, an i in the Pacific, Lisa thought people weren‟t paying any attention to her. The day was hot. She went into a store and asked, “Do you havec drinks. The woman there didn't say anything. Lisa repeated the question. Still the woman said nothing. She l learned that the woman had answered her: she had raised her eyebrows (眉毛), which in Micronesia means "yes".Jan remembered an experience she had in Bulgaria, a country in Europe. She went to a restaurant that was known for its cabbage. She asked the waiter, "Do, you have cabbage today?" He nodded his head. Jan waited, but the cabbage n came. In that country, a nod means no.Tom had a similar problem when he arrived in India. After explaining something in class, he asked his students if they u . They answered with many different nods and shakes of the head. He thought some people had not understood, so he explained again. When he asked again, they did the same thing~ He soon found out that his students did understand. In India, people nod and shake their heads in different ways depending on w they come from. Y ou have to know where a person is from to understand whether they mean "yes" or "no".5Many textbooks are not written in the kind of English that we speak every day. In fact, sometimes the reading is so difficult that it a seems like a foreign language. In a way, it is—the language of science. Y ou should not expect to be able to read a difficult science passage the same way you read an interesting s , you should not expect to read it easily and all at once. Instead, you may have to read itseveral times through, catching on the meaning of difficult words, going back over difficult s , and finally putting the whole thing together. Do not be discouraged if the whole passage don‟t make sen se to you at first. Y ou need to pick it apart patiently u you can understand it.These are the steps to follow when you are reading something difficult:★ 1. Start to read normally until you run into a sentence that doesn‟t make sense to you.★ 2. When a sentence doesn‟t make sense, go back and read it again more s .★ 3. Look for any word you don‟t know in the sentence. Try to understand their meanings using word parts and context clues(上下文线索). If necessary, look them up in the dictionary.★ 4. Look at the next few sentences to see if they explain more about the sentence you arew on. Do not read very much farther ahead until you understand what is being said.★ 5. Finally, read the sentence again. Try to put it into simpler words.★ 6. Read through the passage once. Try to understand all the hard parts well. Then read the whole passage once more at a usual speed. This helps you to p ut all ideas together.The stops sound a lot harder than they are. It is really just the normal way good readers understand anything that is difficult to read. A you have done the best you can this way, you should always feel free to ask for help from your teacher, if you have one.6In the West, some people believe that personality can be predicted according to the time of the year the person was born. From China comes the belief that the year of birth influences one‟s personality. In the past c entury, a new belief has arisen: the idea that personality is related to one‟s ABO blood type. People with blood type A, for example, are considered more l to be serious, hard-working, and q , while people with blood type O are likely to be popular and outgoing, yet often unable to finish what they start. Though this belief continues to be strong, some people question whether it is true.The blood-type personality theory(理论) started in Japan in 1927 when Furukawa Takehin personality similarities and differences among his workers. This idea soon went out of fashion, but was brought back by a Japanese television host named Toshitaka Nomi in the 1970s. The belief is still strong in Japan and is increasingly popular in neighboring c . Some young Koreans have taken to the theory. A recent study showed 76 percent of Koreans aged between13 and 64 believing in the blood-type personality connection. T most Asians might believe in the blood-type theory, for many it seems harmless and not something to be taken tooseriously.Is the belief t ? The scientists in Asia largely dismiss the belief as a modern-day superstition(迷信). Most studies have failed to find any strong connection b blood and personality. Generally, scientists warn against making predictions or important decisions based on this questionable theory.7Chinatown is the name given to an area in the middle of London. It is just between Leicester Square and Shaftsbury Avenue. Gerrard Street is at the center and is the most important street in the area. There is a large Chinese community(社区) with a lot of Chinese restaurants, Chineses and shops in this street.In the 1950s, it was a poor area and everything was very c . At the same time, the world rice market changed and thousand of farm workers in Hong Kong lost their jobs. They began arriving in London to look for work. They found jobs in the restaurants in this area. Many British people like Chinese food, and the restaurants were p .These restaurant workers often worked 17 hours a day and had no time to learn English. As more Chinese arrived, more shops and businesses grew up. W came and joined their husbands and children came and joined their fathers. The community grew, and Chinatown was born.In the 1970s and 1980s, British-born C started to have a better education and this brought economic(经济的) success to the area. Many families moved out of Chinatown, and there was more space for businesses. Gerrard Street become a street o for visitors and was soon a popular place for tourists.Now everyone knows about London‟s Chinatown. During the Chines e New Y ear, the streets are seen with flags and thousands of Chinese go into the streets. For most of the year, though, Londoners and tourists go there m for the food in the Chinese restaurants. They best restaurants are the ones where the Chinese eat.8The population of the Earth isgrowing faster. It is important that welook after the Earth. We need it!The Earth gives us a lot of things.We also give the Earth a lot, butsome of the things are notg .In nature, when something dies, other animals and plants get food from it. Every animal or plant gives food for other animals or plants. H , animals can‟t get food from many of the things that we …give‟ the Earth. Animals and plants can‟t eat metal, plastic and g . These things will s in the ground for many, many years.Some rubbish is very d for plants and animals. In some places, manyanimals live together. One animal makes foodfor many more animals. If we put rand chemicals in the water, the plankton(浮游生物) can die. If there isn‟t any plankton, manyanimals have n to eat.So what can we do? Don‟t leave anyrubbish in the countryside! Don‟t make somuch rubbish!9A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apple tree he grew.One day, his friend gave the farmer a y apple tree and told him to plant it. The farmer was pleased with the gift, but he did not know w to plant it.He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the road, s would steal the fruit. If he planted the tree in one of his fields, his neighbors would come at n and steal some of the apples. If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit. Finally he planted the tree in his wood. But without sunlight and good soil(土壤),the tree soon died.Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a p place. "What's the difference? " the farmer said angrily and then told what he had thought."Y es," said the friend, "but at least someone could have e the fruit. Now you not only have robbed everyone of the fruit, but also you have destroyed (毁掉) a good apple tree !"10Denny Crook was a famous photographer. He traveled all over the world, taking pictures for m and newspapers, and won many prizes.“I‟ll do anything to get a good photo,” he often said. “I‟ll go anywhere at any time, even if it is d .”And he told the truth. He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods and even w . If something interesting happened, Denny went to photo it.He was a married man and his wife often asked him to take her with him, but he always refused.”I‟ll travel for my work, not for p ,” he told her. “Y ou won‟t enjoy yourself, and I won‟t ha ve time to look after you. Sometimes there‟s not evenanywhere to stay, and I have to sleep outside. I often don‟t have a good meal or a bath for days. Y ou won‟t like it.”“Denny, I‟m not a child,” his wife didn‟t agree. “I can look after m. Pleas e take me with you the next time you go overseas.”Denny did not say anything, but he thought about it, and when he was asked to go to Africa he said to his wife, “Y ou can come to Africa with me if you want to. I‟ve got to take photos of wild animals there. It should be interesting and not too uncomfortable.”His wife was very excited, and at first she had a very e time.Then Denny went to off to find some lions to photo. His wife went with him, but before long they became separated. She walked down one path while he walked down the o .Suddenly, Denny heard her crying. He ran back and saw her running toward him.A huge lion was chasing her.Quickly Denny took his camera out of its case and pointed it at his wife and the lion.Then he shouted, “Slow down, woman! 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Cloze Test 31
The rocket engine, with its steady roar like that of a waterfall or a thunderstorm, is an impressive symbol of the new space age.Rocket engines have 1 powerful enough to shoot astronauts 2 the earth's gravitational pull and 3 them on the moon.We have now become 4 space.
Impressive and complex 5 it may appear, the rocket, which was 6 in China over 800 years 7 , is a relatively simple device.Fuel that is 8 in the rocket engine changes 9 gas.The hot and rapidly 10 gas must escape, but it can do so only 11 an opening that 12 backward.As the gas is 13 with great force, it 14 the rocket in the 15 direction.Like the kick of a gun 16 it is fired, it 17 the laws of nature 18 by Sir Isaac Newton when he discovered that“19 every action, there i s 20 equal and opposite reaction.”
1.A.shown B.been C.appeared D.proved
2.A.against B.despite C.beyond D.from
3.A.send nd C.take D.carry
4.A.travelers B.astronauts C.researchers D.explorers
5.A.that B.so C.as D.sometimes
6.A.made B.discovered C.developed D.invented
7.A.in advance B.before C.earlier D.ago
8.A.round B.contained C.stored D.burned
9.A.as B.into C.for D.the
10.A.heating B.escaping C.expanding D.conducting
11.A.in B.at C.by D.through
12.A.turns B.goes C.faces D.directs
13.A.transmitted B.dispersed C.erected D.radiated
14.A.attracts B.leads C.pulls D.pushes
15.A.same B.other C.opposite D.wrong
16.A.that B.when C.if D.although
17.A.states B.proves C.follows D.breaks
18.A.described B.discussed C.considered D.made
19.A.like B.as C.with D.for
20.A.no B.an C.another D.theCloze Test 31
1.【答案】D
【解析】因其后接形容词powerful作表语故应填系词。
shown不是系词；been和appeared虽可作系词但与句意不符；而proved可作系词，意为“证明是”，符合句意。
2.【答案】C
【解析】根据意思判断，beyond意为“超出，超过”。
3.【答案】B
【解析】因land on意为“使……着陆”,而send, take和carry表示“把……送到……上去”时,常接介词to,故应选land.
4.【答案】A
【解析】根据意思判断，travelers正确.
5.【答案】C
【解析】原句是表示让步的状语从句，而且是一个倒装句，故只能选C as。
6.【答案】D
【解析】根据词的意思区分，invented(指发明)合乎题意。
7.【答案】D
【解析】该句为which引导的定语从句，意为“中国发明火箭是在距今800多年前。
”句中谓语是一般过去时，故应选D.ago。
8.【答案】D
【解析】根据句子意思判断，burned正确。
9.【答案】B
【解析】change into是固定短语，“变成”的意思。
10.【答案】C
【解析】根据句子意思判断，应选expanding gas膨胀的气体。
11.【答案】D
【解析】through的意思为“穿过，通过”。
12.【答案】C
【解析】faces意为“朝着”。
13.【答案】D
【解析】transmit意为“传递”，disperse意为“驱散”，erect意为“直立，挺直”，radiate 意为“辐射，向各方向伸展”，只有D最合
题意。
14.【答案】D
【解析】根据句子意思判断，应为push“推”。
15.【答案】C
【解析】朝相反的方向，故选C。
16.【答案】B
【解析】when引导的定语从句。
17.【答案】C
【解析】根据句子意思判断, follow在这里是遵循的意思。
18.【答案】A
【解析】根据句子意思判断，describe是“记载描述”的意思。
19.【答案】D
【解析】for是“对于”的意思。
20.【答案】B
【解析】根据上下文,只能用不定冠词an。