[大学英语考试复习资料]大学英语四级分类模拟题407

Finally, try to be 8 about what is and isn't deliberate disobedience. By trying to constructively 9 your child, with positive and clear directions up front, you can help them understand the expected behaviors before problems occur. You can also help them understand—and accept—meaningful 10 for misbehavior, as well... all without destroying their fragile self-esteem in the process.
It doesn't mean you shouldn't punish your child. When 5 is necessary, it's possible to phrase it in positive andinstructive words. Laying out the behavior that was expected, rather than criticizing what was wrong, helps the child understand what they should have done... not just realize that they did something wrong. "Don't color on the floor!" can be "Please only color on the paper. You need to clean up the floor where it got 6 now."
B. At a time when global health officials are stepping up efforts to treat obesity as a worrisome public health threat, some researchers are warning of a troubling side effect: growing stigma (羞辱) against fat people. "Of all the things we could be exporting to help people around the world, really negative body image and low self-esteem are not what we hope is going out with public health messaging," said Alexandra Brewis, executive director of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University.
[大学英语考试复习资料]大学英语四级分类模拟题407
大学英语四级分类模拟题407
Reading Comprehension
Section A
How can you teach your child appropriate behaviors, without whining, nagging, or yelling? How do you get your children to understand—and actually carry out—what is 1 . of them? One effective way is through positive parenting.
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答案:F[解析] 本空应填名词。前一句提到，积极家教并不意味着家长不应该惩罚孩子。本句提到，当______是必要的时候，可以用积极的、有启发性的语言。由此可知，所填词应和punish构成语义场共现，故答案为F项criticism。
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答案:L[解析] 本空应填形容词。引号中的内容是对本段第2句所述内容的举例说明。根据空前的clean up(收拾干净)可知，答案为L项messy。
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答案:D[解析] 本空应填名词。空格所在句的前一句表示的是通过预先给予积极明确的指导可以得到结果：帮助孩子们在问题出现前理解所期望他们应有的行为。再根据also的顺承关系可知，此句表示的是一种后果或结果，故答案为D项consequences。
Section B
Fat Stigma Spreads Around the Globe
D. Dr. Brewis said she fully expected high levels of fat stigma to show up in the "Anglosphere" countries, including the United States, England and New Zealand, as well as in body-conscious Argentina. But what she did not expect was how strongly people in the rest of the testing sites expressed negative attitudes about weight. The results, Dr. Brewis said, suggest a surprisingly rapid "globalization of fat stigma." "The change has come very, very fast in all these places," she said. To be sure, jokes and negative perceptions about weight have been around for ages. In Mexico, for instance, a nickname (绰号) like "gordo" which translates as "fatty" raises no eyebrows.
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答案:E[解析] 本空应填副词，修饰criticizing，从A项ambitiously和E项constantly中选择。A项ambitiously意为“雄心勃勃地”，用在此处文意不通，故排除。E项constantly意为“不断地；时常地”，符合语境，故为答案。
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答案:G[解析] 本空应填名词。该题在下文有提示：分析文意可知，空格所在句中的clear and appropiate______ahead of time与最后一段中的positive and clear directions up front应为同义复现，故所填词应是directions的同义词或原词复现，故答案为G项directions。
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答案:H[解析] 本空应填名词。空格所在句也是对本段第2句的举例说明。空格处表达杯子在桌子上所处的位置。再根椐前面的fell down可知，当杯子位于桌子的边缘时才可能会掉下来，故答案为H项edge。
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答案:M[解析] 本空应填形容词。所填词应能构成be...about的结构，从C项concerned和M项objective中选择。be concerned about意为“对……担忧”，用在文中文意不通，故排除。be objective about意为“对……客观；公正”，再根据前几段提到的要关注孩子做对的事，如果有必要批评的话也要通过积极有益的语言。由此可知，答案为M项objective。
Positive parenting means 2 good behavior. It means focusing on what the child is doing right, versus 3 criticizing what they're doing wrong. It also means giving clear and appropriate 4 ahead of time, and clearly communicating the ramifications (衍生后果) of misbehavior.
A. In Mexico, the anti-obesity (反肥胖) public health campaign shows people with bulging (鼓起的) stomachs eatingoily food. "I have always thought that it's your own fault," said Sergio Miranda, 35, who has a shoeshine stand in Mexico City. "People eat just things that make them fat, like bread and pizza." Mr. Miranda said he did not really notice whether his clients were fat or not. But he does when he is in a crowded city bus. "The fatties take up a lot of space," he said. "People are annoyed. It's uncomfortable."
It's also important to realize that accidents do happen, especially with toddlers. Try to explain what happened, and why, and don't dwell on (细想) it for any longer than necessary. "Whoops, the glass fell down because it was too close to the 7 of the table. Let's try to keep it here so it is out of your way when you eat, okay?"
A. ambitiously I. expected
B. center J. experiences
C. concerned K. instruct
D. consequences L. messy
E. constantly M. objective
F. criБайду номын сангаасicism N. reinforcing
C. Dr. Brewis and her colleagues completed a multi-country study intended to give a snapshot (简介) of the international zeitgeist (时代精神) about weight and body image. The findings were troubling, suggesting that negative perceptions about people who are overweight may soon become the cultural norm in some countries, including placeswhere plumper, larger bodies traditionally have been viewed as attractive, according to a report in the journal Current Anthropology.
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答案:N[解析] 本空应填动名词。所填词作means(意味着)的宾语，故所填词应为动名词，从N项reinforcing和O项responding中选择。respond为不及物动词，不能直接接宾语，故排除。reinforcing意为“强化；加强”，与后面的focusing on相呼应，故答案为N项reinforcing。
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答案:K[解析] 本空应填动词。由句中的trying to可知，所填词应为动词原形，故从B项center和K项instruct中选择。根据空格所在句后半句的意思可知，本句表达如何帮助孩子在问题出现前了解他们所被期望的行为。再根据空后的with复合结构的提示可知，本空应填表示“教授”或“指导”含义的词，故答案为K项instruct。
G. directions O. responding
H. edge
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答案:I[解析] 本空应填形容词或过去分词。分析句子结构可知，所填词应能与be和of构成be...of结构。再分析上下文可知，空格所在句是对前一句的进一步说明。首句提到该如何教孩子正确的行为，空格所在句应该是讲该如何让孩子理解并完成这些行为。再根据第3段第3句中提到的the behavior that was expected可知，本空所填词应是expected的同义词或原词，故答案为I项expected。