2016英语专四完形填空新题型(真题改编版2014-1996)

第一篇

A)raise B)conceived C)until D)increasingly E)compensate F)moderate G)custom

H)accordingly I)week J)worthwhile K)secure L)created M)behavior N)possible

O)contributed

第二篇

Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks.Mark the best choice for each blank on Answer Sheet Two.

Everyone knows that taxation is necessary in a modern state:without it,it would not be possible to pay the soldiers and policemen who protect us;(31)______the workers in government offices who look after our health,our food,our water,and all the other things that we cannot do for ourselves.(32)______taxation,we pay for things that we need just as much as we need somewhere to live and something to eat.But though everyone knows that taxation is necessary,different people have different ideas about(33)______taxation should be arranged.

In most countries,a direct tax on(34)______,which is called income tax,exists.It is arranged in such way that the poorest people pay nothing,and the percentage of tax grows(35)______as the taxpayer''s income grows.In some countries,for example,the tax on the richest people goes up as high as ninety-five per cent!

(36)______countries with taxation nearly(37)______have indirect taxation too.Many things imported into the country have to pay taxes or“duties.”Of course,it is the men and women who buy these imported things in the shops who really have to pay the duties,in the(38)______of higher prices.In some countries,too, there is a tax on things sold in the shops.If the most necessary things are taxed,a lot of money is(39)______ but the poor people suffer most.If unnecessary things like jewels and fur coats are taxed,less money is obtained but the tax is(40)______,as the rich pay it.

第三篇

A)destroyed B)still C)continuously D)save E)collides with F)appearance G)

however H)irresistible I)unpredictable J)transformed K)crust L)similarly M)or

N)preserve O)active

A)larger B)communities C)nor D)persons E)quicker F)fairer G)by no means

H)borrowed I)better J)similarly K)how L)form M)collected N)always O)but

The earthquake of26th December2004resulted in one of the worst natural disasters in living memory.It was a massive underwater quake and occurred in the Indian Ocean.It（31）____coastlines,communities and brought death to many people.

Why do earthquakes happen？

The surface of the earth has not always looked as it does today；it is moving（32）____（although very slowly）and has done so for billions of years.This is one cause of earthquakes,when one section of the earth （tectonic plate）（33）____another.Scientists can predict where but not when this might happen and the area between plates is called a fault line.On one fault line in Kobe,Japan in1923over200,000people were killed.（34）____,earthquakes do not always happen on fault lines,which is why they are so dangerous and（35）____.

Where do volcanoes happen？

Volcanoes happen where the earth’s（36）____is thin：lava,dust and gas burst out from beneath the earth.They can rise into a huge cone shape like a mountain and erupt,（37）____they can be so violent that they just explode directly from the earth with no warning.There are1511（38）‘____’volcanoes in the world.This means that they may（39）____be dangerous.In1985the Colombian volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupted.The lava melted a glacier and sent tones of mud on the town below.Twenty thousand people

died.Natural disasters like volcanic eruptions are often unpredictable.We regularly do not know when they might pen,or even where they will happen.In the future,scientists may be able to watch and predict events before they happen.This could（40）____many lives.

第四篇

A)make B)transformation C)role D)immediate E)educate F)appearance G)reaction

H)emotional I)for J)quick K)considerable L)reality M)although N)considerate O)proud

“Congratulations,Mr.Cooper.It’s a girl.”

Fatherhood is going to have a different meaning and bring forth a different response from every man who hears these words.Some feel(31)when they receive the news,while others worry,wondering whether they will be good father.(32)there are some men who like children and may have had(33)

experience with them,others do not particularly care for children and spend little time with them.Many fathers and mothers have been planning and looking forward to children for some time.(34)other couples, pregnancy was an accident that both husband and wife have accepted willingly or unwillingly.

Whatever the(35)to the birth of a child,it is obvious the shift from the role of husband to that of a father is a difficult task.Yet,unfortunately,few attempts have been made to(36)fathers in this resocialization process.Although numerous books have been written about mothers,only recently has literature focused on the(37)of a father.

It is argued that the transition to the father's role,although difficult,is not just as great as the transition the wife must(38)to the mother's role.The mother's role seems to require a complete(39)in daily routine.However,the father’s role is less demanding and(40).

第五篇

A)words B)charming C)make D)powerfully E)increases F)copied G)recall H)extensively

I)and J)conventional K)filled L)signs M)combined N)transform O)sounds

How men first learned to i nvent words is unknown;in other words,the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men,unlike animals,somehow invented certain(31)____to express thoughts and feelings,actions and things,so that they could communicate with each other;and that later they agreed upon certain signs,called letters,which could be(32)____to represent those sounds,and which could be written