英语四级选词填空专练

《1》Years ago, doctors often said that pain was a normal part of life. In particular, when older patients ____36____ of pain, they were told it was a natural part of aging and they would have to learn to, live with it.

Times have changed. Today, we take pain ____37____. Indeed, pain is now considered the fifth vital, as important as blood pressure, temperature, breathing rate and pulse in ____38____a person's well-being. We know that chronic(慢性的) pain can disrupt (扰乱的) a person's life, causing problems that ____39 ____ from missed work todepression.

That's why a growing number of hospitals now depend upon physicians who ____40____ in pain medicine. Not onlydo we evaluate the cause of the pain, which can help us treat the pain better, but we also help providecomprehensive therapy for depression and other psychological and social ____41____ related to chronic pain. Suchcomprehensive therapy often ____42 ____ the work of social workers, psychiatrists (心理医生) and psychologists, aswell as specialists in pain medicine.

This modem ____43____ for pain management has led to a wealth of innovative treatments which are more effectiveand with fewer side effects than ever before. Decades ago, there were only a ____44 ____number of drugs available, andmany of them caused ____45 ____ side effects in older people，including dizziness and fatigue. This created a double-edged sword: the medications helped relieve the pain but caused other problems that could be worse than the painitself.

A.result

B.involves

C.significant

D.range

E.relieved

F.issues

G.seriously

H.magnificent

I.determining

J.limited

K.gravely

plained

M.respect

N.promptingO.specialize

《2》As warspreads to many comers of the globe, children sadly have been drawn into thecenter of conflicts. InAfghanistan, Bosnia, and Colombia, however, groups ofchildren have been taking part in peace education ____36____.The children,after learning to resolve conflicts, took on the ____37 ____ of peacemakers.The Children's Movement forPeace in Colombia was even nominated (提名)for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998. Groups of children____38____ aspeacemakers studied humanrights and poverty issues in Colombia, eventually forming a group with fiveotherschools in Bogota known as TheSchools of Peace.

Theclassroom ____39____ opportunities for children to replace angry, violentbehaviors with ____40____, peaceful ones. Itis in the classroom that caringand respect for each person empowers children to take a step ____41____towardbecomingpeacemakers. Fortunately, educators have access to many onlineresources that are ____42 ____usefulwhen helpingchildren along the path to peace. The Young Peacemakers Club, startedin 1992, provides a Website with resourcesfor teachers and ____43____ on starting a Kindness Campaign.The World Centers of Compassion for ChildrenInternational call attention tochildren's rights and how to help the ____44____of war. Starting a Peacemakers'Club is appraise worthy venture for a class and one that could spread to otherclassrooms and ideally affect the culture ofthe ____45____ school.

A.acting

B.assuming

prehensive

D.cooperative

E.entire

F.especially

G.forward