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大学英语四级考试阅读理解选词填空真题专练2018.6 第一套Part ⅢReading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.An office tower on Miller Street in Manchester is completely covered in solar panels. They are used to create some of the energy used by the insurance company inside. When the tower was first 26 in 1962, it was covered with thin square stones. These small square stones became a problem for the building and continued to fall off the face for 40 years until a major renovation was 27 . During this renovation the building's owners, CIS, 28 the solar panel company,Solar century. They agreed to cover the entire building in solar panels. In 2004, the completed CIS tower became Europe's largest 29 of vertical solar panels. A vertical solar project on such a large 30 has never been repeated since.Covering a skyscraper with solar panels had never been done before, and the CIS tower was chosen as one of the "10 best green energy projects". For a long time after this renovation project, it was the tallest building in the United Kingdom, but it was 31 overtaken by the Mill bank Tower.Green buildings like this aren't 32 cost-efficient for the investor, but it does produce much less pollution than that caused by energy 33 through fossil fuels. As solar panels get 34 , the world is likely to see more skyscrapers covered in solar panels, collecting energy much like trees do. Imagine a world where building the tallest skyscraper wasn't a race of 35 , but rather one to collect the most solar energy.A)cheaper B) cleaner C) collection D) competed E) constructed F) consulted G)dimension H) discovered I) eventually J) height K) necessarily L) production M) range N)scale O) undertaken2018.6（第二套）Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Since the 1940s, southern California has had a reputation for smog. Things are not as bad as they once were but, according to the American Lung Association, Los Angeles is still the worst city in the United States for levels of 26 . Gazing down on the city from the Getty Center, an art museum in the Santa Monica Mountains, one would find the view of the Pacific Ocean blurred by the haze(霾). Nor is the state's bad air 27 to its south. Fresno, in the central valley, comes top of the list in America for year-round pollution. Residents' hearts and lungs are affected as a 28 . All of which, combined with California's reputation as the home of technological 29 , makes the place ideal for developing and testing systems designed to monitor pollution in 30 . And that is just what Aclima, a new firm in San Francisco, has been doing over the past few months.It has been trying out monitoring stations that are 31 to yield minute-to-minute maps of 32 air pollution. Such stations will also be able to keep an eye on what is happening inside buildings, including offices.To this end, Aclima has been 33 with Google's Street View system. Davida Herzl, Aclima's boss, says they have revealed pollution highs on days when San Francisco's transit workers went on strike and the city's 34 were forced to use their cars. Conversely, "cycle to work"days have done their job by 35 pollution lows.A)assisted B) collaborating C) consequence D) consumers E) creating F) detail G)domestic H) frequently I) inhabitants J) innovation K) intended L) outdoor M) pollutants N) restricted O) sum2018.6（第三套）Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Neon (霓虹) is to Hong Kong as red phone booths are to London and fog is to San Francisco.When night falls, red and blue and other colors 26 a hazy (雾蒙蒙的) glow over a city lit up by tens of thousands of neon signs. But many of them are going dark, 27 by more practical, but less romantic, LEDs (发光二极管).Changing building codes, evolving tastes, and the high cost of maintaining those wonderful old signs have businesses embracing LEDs, which are energy 28 , but still carry great cost."Tome, neon represents memories of the past," says photographer Sharon Blance, whose series Hong Kong Neon celebrates the city's famous signs. "Looking at the signs now I get a feeling of amazement, mixed with sadness."Building a neon sign is an art practiced by 29 trained on the job to mold glass tubes into 30 shapes and letters. They fill these tubes withgases that glow when 31 . Neon makes orange,while other gases make yellow or blue. It takes many hours to craft a single sign.Blance spent a week in Hong Kong and 32 more than 60 signs; 22 of them appear in the series that capture the signs lighting up lonely streets—an 33 that makes it easy to admire their colors and craftsmanship. "I love the beautiful, handcrafted, old-fashioned 34 of neon,"says Blance. The signs do nothing more than 35 a restaurant, theater, or other business, but do so in the most striking way possible.A)alternative B) approach C) cast D) challenging E) decorative F) efficient G)electrified H) identify I) photographed J) professionals K) quality L) replaced M) stimulate N) symbolizes O) volunteers大学英语四级考试阅读理解选词填空真题专练参考答案2018.6 第一套Part ⅢReading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section A答案速查：26--30 E O F C N 31--35 I K L A J参考词汇：corresponding adj. 相当的，相应的; 一致的;solar panels solar panels太阳能板; 太阳能电池板（solar panel的复数）；insurance company 保险公司；square adj. 平方的; 正方形的; 直角的; 正直的; vt. 使成方形; 与…一致; vi. 一致; n. 广场; 正方形；fall off 减少; 跌落; 下降; 离开；renovation n. 革新; 修理; 恢复活力；entire 完全的，整个的；vertical adj. 垂直的，直立的;repeat vt. 重复; 复制; 背诵; n. 重复; 副本；skyscraper n. 摩天楼，超高层大楼；特别高的东西overtake overtake vt. 赶上; 压倒; 突然来袭; vi. 超车overtaken v. 赶上，压倒（overtake的过去分词）cost-efficient adj. 有成本效益的；合算的;investor n. 投资者；fossil fuels [能源] 化石燃料; [能源] 矿物燃料；consult vt. 查阅; 商量; 向…请教;dimension n. 方面;[数] 维；尺寸；次元；容积vt. 标出尺寸；range n. 范围; 幅度; 排; 山脉; vi. 平行，列为一行; 延伸scale n. 规模; 比例；on a large scale 大规模地；undertake vt. 承担，保证; 从事; 同意; 试图注：上述词汇绝大部分为高中曾经学过的词汇。

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There is a popular belief among parents that schools are no longer interested inspelling .No school I have taught in has ever _____ spelling or considered it unimportantas a basic skill. There are, however , vastly different ideas about how to teach it , or howmuch _____ it must be given over general language development and writing ability. Theproblem is , how to encourage a child to express himself freely and _____ in writing without holding him back with the complexities of spelling?If spelling become th e only focal point of his teacher’s interest, clearly a __4__child will be likely to “play safe”. He will tend to write only words within his spelling range,choosing to avoid __5__ language. That’s why teachers often __6__ the early use ofdictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability.I was once shocked to read on the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing abouta personal experience ：“ This work is __7__ !There are far too many spelling errors andyour writing is illegible( 难以辨认的).” It may have been a sharP__8__ of the pupil’stechnical abilities in writing, but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had omittedto read the essay, which __9__ some beautiful expressions of the child’s deePfeelings.The teacher was not wrong to d raw attention to the errors, but if his priorities had centredon the child’s ideas, an expression of his disappointment with the presentation would havegiven the pupil more __10__ to seek improvement.A)priority B)criticism C)contained D)clearlyE)adventurous F ）discourage G)motivation H)terribleI)ignored J)difficult K)encourage L)expressedM)confidently N)bright O)motive L)expressedAnswers:1. 选I ）。

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Modern people have far more gum disease than our predecessors, according to a British study of skulls published Friday. The surprise findings provide further (1)_______ that modern habits such as smoking are damaging to oral health.Gum disease, also known as periodontitis (牙周炎), is the (2) _______ of a chronic inflammatory (发炎的) response to the build-up of dental plaque (牙菌斑). Whilst much of the population lives with mild gum disease, (3) _______ such as tobacco smoking or medical conditions like diabetes can trigger more (4) _______ chronic periodontitis, which can lead to the loss of teeth.The study, published in the British Dental Journal, (5) _______ 303 skulls from a Romano-British burial ground in England, for evidence of dental disease. Only 5 percent of the skulls showed (6) _______ of moderate to severe gum disease, compared to todays population of which around 15-30 percent of adults have chronic progressive periodontitis.According to experts, this (7) _______ population was non-smoking and likely to have had very low levels of diabetes mellitus (糖尿病), two factors that are known to (8) _______ increase the risk of gum disease in modern populations. Among the people who survived into adulthood, the peak age at death appears to have been in their 40s. Infectious diseases are thought to have been a common cause of death at that time.Experts concluded that, this study shows a major deterioration in oral health between Roman times and modern England. 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Kate Lee and a group of colleagues found that (3)_______ anattention-demanding task with a 40-second microbreak in which one simply looks at a computerized (4)_______ of a green roof improved focus as well as subsequent performance on the task.In the research, 150 students were asked to perform a demanding task called the Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART). In the task, respondents view a (5)_______ of individual numbers, between 1 and 9, on a computer screen. Each number flashes by very (6)_______ and the research subject has to press a particular key as fast as possible unless, the number is 3. In that case, subjects have to catch themselves and not respond which is difficult to do, given the habit built up of repeatedly and quickly (7)_______ the key.In the current study, students had to (8)_______ the SART task not once, but twice. However, they received a 40-second microbreak in between the two trials. During that break, their computer screens flashed either to a digital image of a city building roof covered in (9)_______, or one covered with grass and flowers. Then, they completed the remainder of the SART trial.Afterward, the students (10)_______ to the green roof scene not only reported that it felt more restorative (恢复健康的), they performed better on the task. In particular, they showed less fluctuation in response time, and made fewer errorsA) series B) clicking C) imageD) concrete E) interrupting F) fairlyG) growth H) total I) exposed J) completeK) panic L) explained M) rapidlyN) relation O) psychological答案：1. G) growth2. O) psychological3. E) interrupting4. C) image5. A) series6. M) rapidly7. B) clicking8. J) complete9. D) concrete10. I) exposedAlthough progress has been made, equality between male and female professionals remains a critical issue.According to a (1) _______ released by global recruitment specialist group Hays on Tuesday, women are less likely than their male co-workers to believe that pay equality and (2) _______ opportunities exist for both genders in the workplace.Hays polled 521 professionals, 55 percent of whom were female. Only 7 percent of women aged 25 or under think there is (3) _______ inequality of pay. But as they progress in their career, that number (4) _______. About 29 percent of women aged between 26 and 40, and 35 percent of women aged 41 or above think there is gender inequality of pay.In general, transport and distribution, mining and (5) _______, as well as professional services, drew the most negative answers among both male and female professionals (6) _______ equal pay.But the (7) _______ of polled men think that the situation is not that bad, as only 13 percent of them think that equally capable men and women are not paid or (8) _______ equally.This suggests that most people in executive and (9) _______ management roles-the majority of whom are men-still fail to see any inequality when it comes to pay and career opportunities between the sexes. 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Such comprehensive therapy often __7_ the work of social workers, psychiatrists (心理医生) and psychologists, as well as specialists in pain medicine.This modern __8__ for pain management has led to a wealth of innovative treatments which are more effective and with fewer side effects than ever before. Decades ago, there were only a _9__ number of drugs available, and many of them caused _10_ side effects in older people, including dizziness and fatigue. This created adouble-edged sword: the medications helped relieve the pain but caused other problems that could be worse than the pain itself.A) result B) involves C) significant D) range E) relieved F) issues G) seriously H) magnificent I) determining J) limited K) gravely L) complained M) respect N) prompting O) specialize选词填空练习2Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe. I had been abroad a couple of times, but I could hardly 47 to know my way around the continent. Moreover, my knowledge of foreign languages was 48 to a little college French.I hesitated. How would I, unable to speak the language, 49 unfamiliar with local geography or transportation systems, set up50 and do research? It seemed impossible, and with considerable 51I sat down to write a letter begging off. Halfway through, a thought ran through my mind: you can’t learn if you don’t try. So I accepted the assignment.There were some bad 52. But by the time I had finished the trip I was an experienced traveler. And ever since, I have never hesitated to head for even the most remote of places. Without guides or even 53 bookings. Confident that somehow I will manage. The point is that the new, the different, is almost by definition 54. But each time you try something. You learn. And as the learning plies up. The world opens to you.I’ve learned to ski at 40, and flown up the Rhine river in a 55. And I know I’ll go to doing such things. It’s not because I’m braver or more daring than others. I’m not. But I’ll accept anxiety as another name for cha llenge and I believe I can 56 wonders.A) complish B) advanced C) balloon K) news D) claim E) constantly F) declareG)interviews H) limited I) Manufacture J) moments L) reduced M) regret N) scary O) totally选词填空练习3Forces other than damaging winds are also at work inside tornadoes. Sometimes，as the twisting funnel passes over a house，the walls and ceiling _1__apart as if a bomb had gone off inside. This _2__is caused by the low air pressure at the centre of a tornado.The pressure at the center of a tornado is usually 13 pounds per square inch. However，inside the house the air pressure is _3__，about 15 pounds per square inch. The difference of 2 pounds per square inch between the inside and outside pressure may not seem like much. But suppose a tornado funnel passes over a small building that __4__by 10 feet. On each square inch of the building，there is 2 pounds of pressure from the inside that is not balance by air pressure outside the building. Onthe ceiling，that added up to an _5__ pressure of 57000 pounds. The pressure on the four walls adds up to 172800 pounds.If windows are open in the building，some of the inside air rushes out through them. This will balance the pressure inside and outside the building. But if the windows are shut _6__，the enormous inside pressure may cause the building to burst.__7__，heavy rain and hail often occur in thunderstorms that later produce tornados，so people frequently shut all windows to protect their _8__. This may cause far _9__ damage later. For the same reason，tornado cellars must have an air __10__，otherwise ，the cellar door might be blown out when a tornado passes over it.A) worse B) tightly C) breakthrough D) unfortunately E) burst F) unfriendly G) normal H) substance I) property J) explosion K) initial L) measures M) involves N) vent O) unbalanced选词填空练习4Many American students __1__higher education to prepare for professional employment. In your academic training you will need to begin planning for the__2__from college to career. A career is really a process-it is how you progress through a __3__of jobs and occupations during your working years. A college education can help you get started on your career journey.In America society, the type of occupational fields you choose and jobs youhold__4__your entire lifestyle: yourself concept, income, prestige, choice of friends, and where you will live. This freedom to choose from thousands of employment choices can be __5__or troubling-if you don’t know where and how to begin.Career planning is a comprehensive process that takes much time and __6_.Career planning can greatly increase your __7__ of obtaining employment in the occupation you choose. However, career planning includes much more than a job search. It begins with carefully considering what you want and need in life.Career planning can be divided into four __8__steps that include self-assessment, occupational exploration and selection, career preparation, and job seeking. Although each student's goal will be__9_,one suggested timetable to help you keep on course is to complete one step in each university year. Your __10_may be longer or shorter depending on your career goal.A) transmission B) consecutive C) enjoyable D) series E) perspective F) varies G) schedule H) different I) superficial J) effort K) prospects L) influence M) cultivate N) pursue O) transition选词填空练习5Reading is thought to be a kind of conversation between the reader and the text. The reader puts questions, as it were, to the text and gets answers. In the light of these he puts __1__ questions, and so on.For most of the time this “conversation” goes on below the level of consciousness. At times, however, we become __2__ of it. This is usually when we are running into difficulties, when mismatch is occurring between __3__ and meaning. When successful matching is being experienced, our question of the text continues at the unconscious level.Different people __4__ with the text differently. Some stay very close to the words on the page, others take off imaginatively from the words, interpreting, criticizing, analyzing and examining. The former represents a kind of comprehension which is__5__ in the text. The latter represents __6__ levels of comprehension. The balance between these is important, especially for advanced readers.There is another conversation which from our point of view is __7__ important, and that is to do not with what is read but with how it is read. We call this a “process” conversation as __8__ to a “content” conversation. It is concerned not with meaning but with the __9__ we employ in reading. If we are an advanced reader our ability to hold a process conversation with a text is usually pretty well __10__. Not so our ability to hold a content conversation.A) opposed B) converse C) equally D) written E) developed F) strategies G) compared H) awake I) higher J) expectations K) deal L) absolutely M) aware N) better O) further选词填空练习6The main energy foods are the carbohydrates{碳水化合物}。

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2010年12月英语四级考试真题Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.What determines the kind of person you are? What factors make you more or less bold, intelligent, or able to read a map? All of these are influenced by the interaction of your genes and the environment in which you were 47 . The study of how genes and environment interact to influence 48 activity is known as behavioral genetics. Behavioral genetics has made important 49 to the biological revolution, providing information about the extent to which biology influences mind, brain and behavior.Any research that suggests that 50 to perform certain behaviors are based in biology is controversial. Who wants to be told that there are limitations to what you can 51 based on something that is beyond your control, such as your genes? It is easy to accept that genes control physical characteristics such as sex, race and eye color. But can genes also determine whether people will get divorced, how 52 they are, or what career they are likely to choose? A concern of psychological scientists is the 53 to which all of these characteristics are influenced by nature and nurture(养育), by genetic makeup and the environment. Increasingly, science 54 that genes lay the groundwork for many human traits. From this perspective, people are born 55 like undeveloped photographs: The image is already captured, but the way it 56 appears can vary based on the development process. However, the basic picture is there from the beginning.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

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They are often more comfortable and more durable than civilian clothes.Primary among the arguments against uniforms is their lack of variety and the consequent loss of __8__ experienced by people who must wear them. Though there are many types of uniforms, the wearer of any particular type is generally stuck with it, without __9__, until retirement. When people look alike, they tend to think, speak, and act __10__, on the job at least.[A]skill [B]popular [C]get [D]change [E]similarly 、[F]professional [G]character [H]individuality [I] inspire [J] differently [K]expect [L]practical [M] recall [N] lose [O] ordinary（二）Psychologists take opposing views of how external rewards, from warm praise to cold cash, affect motivation and creativity. Behaviorists, who study the relation between actions and their consequences, argue that rewards can __1__ performance at work and school. Cognitive( 认识派的) researchers, who study various aspects of mental life, maintain that rewards often destroy creativity by encouraging dependence on __2__ and gifts from others.The latter view has gained many supporters, __3__ among educators. But the careful use of small __4__ rewards speaks creativity in grade school children, suggesting that properly presented inducements( 刺激) indeed __5__inventiveness, according to a study in the June Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.“If kids know they’re working for a reward and can focus on a relatively __6__ task, they show the m ost creativity,” says Robert Eisenberger of the University of Delaware in Newark. “But it’s easy to __7__ creativity by giving rewards for poor performance or creating too much anticipation for rewards.A teacher who continually draws attention to rewards or who hands ourhigh grades for __8__ achievement ends uPwith uninspired students, Eisenberger holds. As an example of the latter point, he notes growing efforts at major universities to tighten grading standards and __9__ failing grades.In early grades, the use of so-called token economies, in which students handle challenging problems and receive performance-based points to ward valued rewards, shows __10__ in raising efforts and creativity, the Delaware psychologist claims.A)mental B)promise C)kill D)avoidE)hope F)especially G)aid H)ordinaryI)approval J)monetary K)generally L)improveM)challenging N)restore O)excellent（三）Britain is not just one country and one people; even if some of its inhabitants think so. Britain is, in fact, a nation which can be divided into several __1__ parts, each part being an individual country with its own language, character and cultural __2__. Thus Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales do not claim to __3__ to "England" because their inhabitants are not __4__ "English". They are Scottish, Irish or Welsh and many of them prefer to speak their own native tongue, which in turn is __5__ to the others.These cultural minorities(少数民族) have been Britain’s original inhabitants. In varying degrees they have managed to __6__ their national characteristics, and their particular customs and way of life. This is probably even more ture of the __7__ areas where traditional ife has not been so affected by the __8__ of industrialism as the border areas have been. The Celtic races are said to be more emotional by nature than the English. An Irish temper is legendary. The Scots could rather __9__ about their reputation for excessive thrift and prefer to be remembered for their folk songs and dances, while the Welsh are famous for their singing. The Celtic __10__ as a whole produces humorous writers and artists, such as the Irish Bernard Shaw, the Scottish Robert Burns, and the Welsh Dylan Thomas, to mention but a few.[A]incomprehensible [B]temper [C]remote [D]separate [E]understandable[F]forget [G]generally [H]temperament [I]preserve [J]strictly[K]traditional [L]reserve [M]growth [N]apply [O]belong（四）After the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 1994, earthquake scientists had good news to report: The damage and death toll(死亡人数) could have been much worse. More than 60 people died in this earthquake. By comparison, and earthquake of similar __1__ that shook America in 1998 claimed 25,000 victims.Injuries and deaths were __2__ less in Los Angeles because the quake occurred at 4:31 a.m. On a holiday, when traffic was light on the city’s highw ay. In addition, __3__ made to the construction codes in Los Angeles during the last 20 years have strengthened the city’s buildings and highways, making them more__4__ to quakes.In the past, making structures quake-resist-ant meant firm yet __5__ materials, such as steel and wood, that bend without breaking. Later, people tried to lift a building off its foundation, and insert rubber and steel between the building and its foundation to __6__ the impact of ground vibrations. The most __7__ designs give buildings brains as well as concrete and steel supports, called smart buildings, the structures respond like living organisms to an earthquake’s vibrations. When ground shakes and the building tips forward, the computer would __8__ the building to shift in the opposite direction. The new designs should offer even greater __9__ to cities where earthquakes ofen take place.The new smart structures could be very __10__ to build. However, they would save many lives and would be less likely to be damaged during earthquakes.[A]changes [B]flexible [C]decrease [D]recent [E]push[F]reduce [G]relatively [H]safety [I]resistant [J]expensive[K]force [L]accordingly [M]intensity [N]security [O]opposed（五）As is known to all, the organization and management of wages and salaries are very complex. Generally speaking, the Accounts Department is __1__ for calculations of pay, while the Personnel Department is interested in discussions with the employees about pay.If a firm wants to __2__ a new wage and salary structure, it is essential that the firm should decide on a __3__ of job evaluation and ways of measuring the performance of its employees. In order to be __4__, that new pay structure will need agreement between Trade Unions and employers. In job evaluation, all of the requirements of each job are defined in a detailed job description. Each of thsoe requirements is given a value, usually in "points", which are __5__ together to give a total value for the job. For middle and higher management, a special method is used to evaluate managers on their knowledge of the job, their responsibility, and their __6__ to solve problems. Because of the difficulty in measuring management work, however, job grades for managers are often decided without __7__ to an evaluation system based on points.In attempting to design a pay system, the Personnel Department should __8__ the value of each job with these in the job market. __9__, payment for a job should vary with any differences in the way that the job is performed. Where it is simple to measure the work done, as in the works done with hands, monetary encouragement schemes are often chosen, for __10__ workers, where measurement is difficult, methods of additional payments are employed.[A]compare [B]responsible [C]useful [D]added [E]find[F]reference [G]indirect [H]method [I]successful [J]combined[K]Necessarily [L]capacity [M] ability [N] Basically [O] adopt（六）Sport is not only physically challenging, but it can also be mentally challenging. Criticismfrom coaches, parents, and other teammates, as well as pressure to win can create an excessiveamount of __1__ or stress for young athletes. Stress can be physical, emotional, or psychologicaland research has indicated that it can lead to burnout. Burnout has been described as __2__ orquitting of an activity that was at one time enjoyable.The early years of development are __3__ years for learning about oneself. The sport settingis one where valuable experiences can take place. Young athletes can, for example, learn how to__4__ with others, make friends, and gain other social skills that will be used throughout their lives.Coaches and parents should be aware, at all times, that their feedback to youngsters can __5__affect their children. Youngsters may take their parents’ and coaches’ criticisms to heart and find aflaw（缺陷）in themselves.Coaches and parents should also be __6__ that youth sport participation does not become workfor children. That outcome of the game should not be more important than the __7__ of learning thesport and other life lessons. In today’s youth sport setting, young athletes may be worrying moreabout who will win instead of __8__ themselves and the sport. Following a game many parents andcoaches __9__ on the outcome and find fault with youngsters’ performanc es. Positive reinforcementshould be provided regardless of the outcome. Research indicates that positive reinforcement motivatesand has a greater effect on learning that criticism. Again, criticism can create __10__ levels of stress,which can lead to burnout.A)process B)high C)enjoying D)anxietyE)settle F)cautiousG)cooperate H)greatlyI)dropping J)hardly K)intenseL)focusM)aspiration N)critical O)procedure（七）Reading is thought to be a kind of conversation between the reader and the text. The reader puts questions, as it were, to the text and gets answers. In the light of these he puts __1__ questions, and so on.For most of the time this “conversation” goes on below the level of consciousness. At times, however, we become __2__ of it. This is usually when we are running into difficulties, when mismatch is occurring between __3__ and meaning. When successful matching is being experienced, our question of the text continues at the unconscious level.Different people __4__ with the text differently. Some stay very close to the words on the page, others take off imaginatively from the words, interpreting, criticizing, analyzing and examining. The former represents a kind of comprehension which is __5__ in the text. The latter represents __6__ levels of comprehension. The balance between these is important, especially for advanced readers.There is another conversation which from our point of view is __7__ important, and that is to do not with what is read but with how it is read. We call this a “process” conversation as __8__ to a “content” conversation. It is concerned not with meaning but with the __9__ we employ in reading. If we are an advanced reader our ability to hold a process conversation with a text is usually pretty well __10__. Not so our ability to hold a content conversation.A)opposed B)converse C)equally D)writtenE)developed F)strategies G)compared H)awakeI)higher J)expectations K)deal L)absolutelyM)aware N)better O)further(八)Forces other than damaging winds are also at work inside tornadoes. Sometimes, as the twisting funnel passes over a house, the walls and ceiling _1__apart as if a bomb had gone off inside. This _2__is caused by the low air pressure at the centre of a tornado.The pressure at the center of a tornado is usually 13 pounds per square inch. However, inside the house the air pressure is _3__, about 15 pounds per square inch. The difference of 2 pounds per square inch between the inside and outside pressure may not seem like much. But suppose a tornado funnel passes over a small building that __4__by 10 feet. On each square inch of the building, there is 2 pounds of pressure from the inside that is not balance by air pressure outside the building. On the ceiling, that added up to an _5__ pressure of 57000 pounds. The pressure on the four walls adds up to 172800 pounds.If windows are open in the building, some of the inside air rushes out through them. This will balance the pressure inside and outside the building. But if the windows are shut _6__,the enormous inside pressure may cause the building to burst.__7__, heavy rain and hail often occur in thunderstorms that later produce tornados, so people frequently shut all windows to protect their _8__. This may cause far _9__ damage later. For the same reason, tornado cellars must have an air __10__, otherwise , the cellar door might be blown out when a tornado passes over it.A) Worse B) Tightly C) Breakthrough D) Unfortunately E) BurstF) Unfriendly G) Normal H) Substance I) Property J) ExplosionK) Initial L) Measures M) Involves N) Vent O) Unbalanced。

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［A］abilities ［I］extent［B］achieve ［J］indicates［C］appeal ［K］proceeds［D］complaints ［L］psychological［E］contributions ［M］raised［F］displayed ［N］smart［G］essentially ［O］standard［H］eventually答案Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in depth)47. M) raised 48. L) psychological 49. E) contributions 50. A) abilities 51. B) achieve 52. N) smart 53. I) extent 54. J) indicates 55. G) essentially 56. H) eventually2010年6月英语四级考试真题Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.When we think of green buildings, we tend to think of new ones – the kind of high-tech, solar-paneled masterpieces that make the covers of architecture magazines. But the U.S. has more than 100 million existing homes, and it would be __47__ wasteful to tear them all down and __48__ them with greener versions. An enormous amount of energy and resources went into the construction of those houses. And it would take an average of 65 years for the __49__ carbon emissions from a newenergy-efficient home to make up for the resources lost by destroying an old one. So in the broadest __50__, the greenest home is the one that has already been built. But at the same time, nearly half of U. S. carbon emissions come from heating, cooling and __51__ our homes, offices and other buildings. "You can't deal with climate change without dealing with existing buildings," says Richard Moe, the president of the National Trust.With some __52__, the oldest homes tend to be the least energy-efficient. Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000, mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps that __53__ over time and let in more outside air.Fortunately, there are a __54__ number of relatively simple changes that can green older homes, from __55__ ones like Lincoln's Cottage to your own postwar home. And efficiency upgrades (升级) can save more than just the earth; they can help __56__ property owners from rising power costs.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。