专业英语四级完型填空语法与词汇-14_真题-无答案

专业英语四级完型填空、语法与词汇-14

(总分100,考试时间90分钟)

One of the **mon human fears is scarcity. Many people are afraid of not having enough of what they need or want, and so they are always (1) to get to a point (2) they would finally have enough.

Alan and Linda always dreamed of living "the good life". (3) from poor working-class families, they married young and set out to fulfill their (4) goal of becoming wealthy. They both worked very hard for years, (5) a small fortune, so they could move from their two-bedroom home to a (n) (6) seven- bedroom home in the most upscale neighborhood. They focused their energies (7) accumulating all the things they believed (8) abundance: membership in the local (9) country club, luxury cars, designer clothing, and high-class society (10) . No matter how much they accumulated, (11) , it never seemed to be enough. They were unable to erase the deep fear of scarcity both (12) in childhood. They needed to learn the (13) of abundance. Then the stock market (14) in 1987, and Alan and Linda lost a considerable amount of money.

One thing (15) another, and they found themselves in a financial disaster. (16) needed to be sold, and (17) they lost the country club membership, the cars, and the house. It took several years and much hard work for Alan and Linda to land on their (18) . Only now, as they (19) . what they have left—a solid, loving marriage, their health, a dependable income, and good friends (20) that true **es not from amassing, but rather from appreciating.

1. A. strengthening B. inspiring

C. striving

D. resolving

2. A. where B. when

C. that

D. which

3. A. All B. Both

C. Either

D. Neither

4. A. mutual B. mature

C. identical

D. respective

5. A. hoarding B. massing

C. amassing

D. depositing

6. A. magnetic B. extraordinary

C. remarkable

D. magnificent

7. A. into B. on

C. to

D. for

8. A. signified B. simulated

C. implied

D. signaled

9. A. exclusive B. exceptional

C. extensive

D. excessive

10. A. relatives B. friends

C. colleagues

D. employers

11. A. moreover B. unless

C. however

D. besides

12. A. acquiring B. acquire

C. acquired

D. had acquired

13. A. mistake B. instruction

C. lesson

D. significance

14. A. crashed B. scattered

C. ruined

D. descended

15. A. caused by B. led to

C. made for

D. turned to

16. A. Essays B. Assets

C. Prospects

D. Deposits

17. A. unfortunately B. instantly

C. essentially

D. eventually

18. A. feet B. hands

C. heads

D. arms

19. A. assert B. claim

C. assess

D. revise

20. A. they will realize

B. do they realize

C. they realize

D. will they realize

Hardship did not end with freedom. There were (1) regional variation in both the status and (2) of free blacks during that period. Free blacks in the north were excluded from most public schools, (3) from interstate travel, barred from voting in many states, and often attacked by (4) whites. Finding a(n) (5) job in the North was extremely difficult. Jobs (6) to free blacks were limited (7) domestic service and farming. (8) , the jobs that were available to free blacks were found (9) in urban cities, such as Boston, Philadelphia, and New York. (10) a time when less than 20 percent of all Americans (11) in urban