2008年12月20日四级完形填空真题解析

2008年12月20日四级完形填空真题解析

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Playing organized sports is such a common experience in the United States that many children and teenagers take them for granted. This is especially true __67__ children from families and communities that have the resources needed to organize and __68__ sports programs and make sure that there is easy __69__ to participation opportunities. Children in low-income families and poor communities are __70__ likely to take organized youth sports for granted because they often __71__ the resources needed to pay for participation __72__, equipment, and transportation to practices and games __73__ their communities do not have resources to build and __74__ sports fields and facilities.

Organized youth sports __75__ appeared during the early 20th century in the United States and other wealthy nations. They were originally developed __76__ some educators and developmental experts __77__ that the behavior and character of children were __78__ influenced by their social surroundings and everyday experiences. This __79__ many people to believe that if you could organize the experiences of children in __80__ ways, you could influence the kinds of adults that those children would become.

This belief that the social __81__ influenced a person’s overall development was very __82__ to people interested in progress and reform in the United States __83__ the beginning of the 20th century. It caused them to think about __84__ they might control the experiences of children to __85__ responsible and productive adults. They believed strongly that democracy depended on responsibility and that a __86__ capitalist economy depended on the productivity of workers.

全文首句：在美国，进行有组织的体育运动是一个如此普通的经历，以致于许多青少年都轻视他们了。

67. A) among B) within C) on D) towards

68. A) spread B) speed C) spur D) sponsor

69. A) access B) entrance C) chance D) route

三题在一个句子中，读完整句再做题。题目通常从后往前做。

这一点是特别真实的67孩子们，他们来自于拥有进行组织和68运动项目所需的资源，确保有容易的69参与机会的家庭和社区。

这个句子相对复杂，应该首先进行成分的划分，67题考介词，故67和children都应属于主句中的成分，作状语，communities之后的that引导定语从句，and make sure与前面的have是并列关系。

69题，搭配题，考察动词介词搭配，正确答案access to，这是在05年12月的真题中曾经考察过的搭配，意思是使用。

68题，理解题，通过and得知，68应与organize并列，又因前文提到resources（资源），后方提到programs（项目），结合选项：spread（传播，扩散），speed（加速），spur （马刺），sponsor（赞助），D项符合。

67题，考察介词，分别代入后，A项符合。

70. A) little B) less C) more D) much

71. A) shrink B) tighten C) limit D) lack

72. A) bill B) accounts C) fees D) fare

73. A) so B) as C) and D) but

74. A) maintain B) contain C) sustain D) entertain

五题在一个句子中，读完整句再做题，从后向前。

在低收入家庭和贫穷社区的孩子们70可能轻视有组织的运动，因为他们通常71所需要资源，这些资源将用于支付参与72，设备和交通以参加实践和游戏73他们的社区不具备建造和74运动场地和器械的资源。

目前为止，此句是历年考题当中包含题目最多的句子，请大家耐心。

74题，辨析题，四个词均为-tain的词根变化，其中maintain（维护），contain（包含），