大学英语A网络统考2014完形填空真题1

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2、Throughout history man has had to accept the fact that all living things must die, but people now live longer than they 1 . Yet, all living things still show the __2 of aging, which will eventually 3 death.

Aging is not a disease, but as a person passes maturity, the cells of the body and the organs they form do not function as well as they did in childhood. The body provides less 4 against diseases and is more inclined 5 accident.

A number of related causes may contribute to aging. Some cells of the body have a fairly long life, but they are not 6 when they die. In an aging person the new cells may not be as capable 7 growth as those of a young person.

Another 8 in aging may be changes within the cells themselves. Some of the protein chemicals in cells are known to change with age and become less flexible. This is why the skin of old people wrinkles. This is also the reason old people 9 in height. There may be other more important chemicals changes in the cells. Some complex cell chemicals, such as DNA and RNA, store and 10 information that the cells need. Aging may affect this process and change the information-carrying molecules so that they do not transmit the information as well.

(1)、A：had B：use to C：were used to D：used to 答案：D

(2)、A：fact B：effect C：function D：symbol 答案：B

(3)、A：affect B：produce C：result in D：result from 答案：C

(4)、A：protection B：demand C：decline D：delay 答案：A

(5)、A：to B：for C：against D：from 答案：A

(6)、A：replaced B：born C：recovered D：discovered 答案：A

(7)、A：with B：for C：of D：to 答案：C

(8)、A：factor B：effect C：reason D：element 答案：A

(9)、A：short B：shrink C：lengthen D：increase 答案：B

(10)、A：pass to B：pass from C：pass on D：pass on to 答案：C

3、Certainly, the most popular method of traveling used by Americans is the privately-owned automobile. The vast majority of Americans have a car, and many families have two. 1 during your visit to the United States, you may decide to rent a car to travel outside the city or to travel to other parts of the country.

Car rental companies are 2 in the telephone book and are located in most cities and towns. 3 , there are usually rental cars at airports and train and bus stations. As is true everywhere in the world, you can rent a car 4 the day, week, or month. Some companies 5 have special weekend rates that you may find especially interesting if you have only a limited 6 of time to travel around the area you are visiting. Since each company had its own rules and rates, it is a good idea to 7 prices among companies to get the best rates to suit your purposes. For example, most car rental costs 8 how long you plan to keep the car and how far you travel. However, some companies may include gasoline in their rates, but 9 do not. Some companies require that you 10 the car to its starting point; others will permit you to leave the car in another city.

(1)、A：Some time B：Sometimes C：Sometime D：Some times 答案：B

(2)、A：written B：recorded C：copied D：listed 答案：D

(3)、A：However B：Therefore C：In addition D：Consequently 答案：C

(4)、A：at B：in C：of D：by 答案：D

(5)、A：still B：even C：and D：too 答案：B

(6)、A：amount B：number C：quantity D：quality 答案：A

(7)、A：connect B：compare C：contrast D：combine 答案：B

(8)、A：insist on B：work on C：count on D：depend on 答案：D

(9)、A：the other B：other C：others D：one another 答案：C

(10)、A：return B：returned C：must return D：will return 答案：A

4、In every cultivated language there are two great classes of words which, taken together, comprise the whole vocabulary. First, there are those words 1 which we become acquainted in daily conversation, which we learn, that is to say, from the 2 of our own family and from our familiar associates, and which we should know and use 3 we could not read or write. They concern the common things of life, and are the stock in trade（惯用手段）of all who 4 the language. Such words may be called "popular", since they belong to the people 5 and are not the exclusive right of a limited class.

6 , our language comprises a multitude of words which are comparatively seldom used in ordinary conversation. Their meanings

7 to every educated person, but there is little necessity to use them at home or in the market-place. Our first

8 with them comes not from our mother's lips or from the talk of our school-mates, but from books that we read, lectures that we listen to, or the more formal conversation of

9 educated speakers who are discussing some particular topic in a style appropriately elevated above the habitual level of everyday life. Such words are called "learned", and the 10 between them and "popular" words is of great importance to a right understanding of linguistic process.

(1)、A：at B：by C：with D：through 答案：C

(2)、A：members B：relatives C：mates D：fellows 答案：A

(3)、A：despite B：even if C：since D：as well as 答案：B

(4)、A：say B：apply C：practise D：speak 答案：D

(5)、A：at least B：at most C：at large D：at best 答案：C

(6)、A：As a matter of fact B：In short C：In general D：On the other hand 答案：D

(7)、A：know B：are known C：are knowing D：knowing 答案：B

(8)、A：encounter B：approach C：acquaintance D：experience 答案：C

(9)、A：highly B：deeply C：greatly D：mainly 答案：A

(10)、A：contradiction B：discrepancy C：similarity D：distinction 答案：D

5、Solar energy is man's most important energy source. As the name implies, solar is the energy from the sun's rays. The amount of energy that the earth receives from the sun is many times 1 the amount used by man. If a 2 way to use it fully could be developed, 3 source would be needed. It is, however, used efficiently by plants that 4 the food on which animals directly or indirectly depend. Solar energy is 5 underground in the form of fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum.

In the 6 an important source of energy was 7 in the form of wood. The Industrial Revolution needed the use of coal. Recently, the fossil fuels have become the chief energy source 8 nuclear power developing very rapidly. The fossil fuels are our present main source of energy. Petroleum will support us for about 15 years. Natural gas, which is 9 of the fossil fuels,

will probably be the first to be 10 .

(1)、A：as many B：as much C：as more D：greater than 答案：D

(2)、A：actual B：practical C：real D：true 答案：B

(3)、A：no B：practical C：no other D：none of other 答案：C

(4)、A：suggest B：supply C：imply D：provide 答案：B

(5)、A：stored B：suggested C：implied D：provided 答案：A

(6)、A：past B：present day C：future D：long run 答案：A

(7)、A：stored B：saved C：changed D：provided 答案：D

(8)、A：as B：with C：while D：though 答案：B

(9)、A：cleaner B：more clean C：the cleanest D：the most clean 答案：C

(10)、A：run out B：run up C：used out D：used up 答案：D

6、To be a successful speaker, it is essential for you to know why you are speaking and what you wish to accomplish by your speech. The four most common 1 of speech are to inform, to convince, to move to action, and to entertain. Do you, like a teacher or an expert in a(an) 2 , wish to make your ideas clear to people 3 with your subject? Or, like a debater, wish to convince the judge or the audience? Or, like a fund raiser for a naturalist foundation, wish to secure donations or 4 cash? Or, like a comedian or an after-dinner speaker, wish to entertain? The language and the tone that you use must be 5 for your purpose, for your audience and for the occasion. A speech to the graduating class will have quite different language, tone and manner of 6 , for example, from information conveyed to a group of your friends. 7 , no matter how talented the speaker is, a talk without adequate preparation is usually a 8 . To speak without preparing is to shoot without taking 9 . Decide what your aim or objective is; then state it in a complete topic sentence such as "my purpose is to convince the class that cats as well as dogs should require licenses in our community". Make sure that your subject is definite and not too 10 .

(1)、A：targets B：purposes C：tasks D：aspects 答案：B

(2)、A：area B：field C：research D：occupation 答案：B

(3)、A：unknown B：dealing C：agreeing D：unfamiliar 答案：D

(4)、A：collect B：accumulate C：invest D：account 答案：A

(5)、A：important B：necessary C：appropriate D：central 答案：C

(6)、A：performance B：presentation C：exhibition D：proposal 答案：B

(7)、A：However B：Furthermore C：Even though D：Therefore 答案：B

(8)、A：failure B：collapse C：fulfillment D：mistake 答案：A

(9)、A：point B：object C：aim D：goal 答案：C

(10)、A：narrow B：confined C：spacious D：broad 答案：D

8、Writing in a diary, watching television, talking with friends, speaking on the telephone, and __1__ a menu -- what do they have in common? They are all __2__of communication. It has been__3__ that people spend more time communicating than they spend in any other complex activity in life. __4__ communication is a word that most people have difficulty __5__and talking about. The word communication may be used to identify activities that do not__6__people. For example, the word may sometimes be used to describe the __7__that animals relate to each other. __8__, it is said that electronic devices "communicate" with each other. However, communication most often refers to activities among people. Thus, communication may be defined as the__9__by which people exchange feelings and ideas with one another. __10__this definition is clear and simple, much more needs to be said.

(1)、A：read B：reading C：to read D：having read 答案：B

(2)、A：patterns B：fashions C：forms D：models 答案：C

(3)、A：estimated B：predicted C：designed D：counted 答案：A

(4)、A：Therefore B：Hence C：Moreover D：Even so 答案：D

(5)、A：deserving B：demonstrating C：defending D：defining 答案：D

(6)、A：involve B：evolve C：resolve D：revolve 答案：A

(7)、A：methods B：ways C：habits D：techniques 答案：B

(8)、A：Traditionally B：Constantly C：Similarly D：Usually 答案：C

(9)、A：measures B：means C：modes D：manners 答案：B

(10)、A：When B：Now that C：While D：If 答案：C

12、People sometimes confuse acquaintances with friends. The two terms have something in common, but, as far as I'm concerned, there are more 1 between them. An acquaintance is one 2 name you know, who you probably have something in common with and who you feel comfortable around. 3 you don't share your life with most of them because you don't know enough about them.

A friend, however, is 4 you love. Not that you are "in love" with them, but you 5 them and you think about them when they are not there. You feel 6 with them because you know they won't hurt you. You know that if you have a problem, they are there to listen.

Friends are the people who prevent you 7 making mistakes and help you when you do. They are the people whose hand you can hold. You can hug or give them a kiss and don't make them feel nervous because they 8 the things you do and they love you for them. They stick with you and stand by you. They hold your hand. They wish you 9 a happy life.

In a word, one's life can be the same without a(n) 10 . But if you lose a friend, you will feel something wrong with your life.

(1)、A：disadvantages B：advantages C：differences D：similarities 答案：C

(2)、A：whose B：who C：that D：which 答案：A

(3)、A：Because B：So C：Even if D：But 答案：D

(4)、A：everyone B：anyone C：someone D：nobody 答案：C

(5)、A：look into B：pick up C：care for D：turn down 答案：C

(6)、A：funny B：safe C：satisfied D：scared 答案：B

(7)、A：to B：from C：in D：at 答案：B

(8)、A：wonder B：dislike C：admire D：understand 答案：D

(9)、A：to live B：live C：living D：lived 答案：A

(10)、A：enemy B：friend C：acquaintance D：family 答案：C

13、When my wife and I lived in Texas, one morning, we were 1 our way home and decided to stop at a local gas station to get some breakfast. We noticed a man standing in front of the store. We could tell that he was a 2 man, because his clothes were dirty and worn. It looked like he had gone in to get 3 warm to drink but came out with nothing. 4 he must have not had enough money.

Then we saw a dog walk up to the front of the store. It was a 5 dog - we could tell that it had been feeding puppies. She was terribly in need of something to eat. There were people 6 by and not even taking a look at her. She might not have been as 7 and clean as most, but she still deserved better. We still did not do anything, but someone did. The guy, who did not buy himself anything to eat, went back into the 8 , bought a can of dog food and fed that dog.

I know that this story isn't as inspirational as most stories, but it 9 a great part in our lives. You see, that was Mother's Day weekend. A lot of people forget that some animals are 10 too. It took a straggler (流浪汉) to show me what I should have done. He made me a better man that day.

(1)、A：at B：on C：in D：for 答案：B

(2)、A：terrible B：homeless C：friendly D：handsome 答案：B

(3)、A：everything B：anything C：something D：nothing 答案：C

(4)、A：So B：But C：Since D：If 答案：A

(5)、A：strong B：weak C：female D：male 答案：C

(6)、A：pass B：passed C：to pass D：passing 答案：D

(7)、A：dirty B：small C：stupid D：pretty 答案：D

(8)、A：store B：station C：car D：park 答案：A

(9)、A：takes B：spends C：makes D：plays 答案：D

(10)、A：talents B：children C：parents D：friends 答案：C

16、Someone says, "Time is money." But I think time is ___1___ important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get it back. However, when time is ___2___ it'll never ___3___. That's ___4___ we mustn't waste time.

It goes without saying that the ___5___ is usually limited. Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do ___6_____ useful.

But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the importance of time. They spend their limited time smoking, drinking and ___7___. They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own ___8___.

In a word, we should save time. We shouldn't ___9___ today's work for tomorrow. Remember we have no time to ___10___.

(1)、A：much B：less C：much less D：even more 答案：D

(2)、A：cost B：bought C：gone D：finished 答案：C

(3)、A：return B：carry C：take D：bring 答案：A

(4)、A：what B：that C：because D：why 答案：D

(5)、A：money B：time C：day D：food 答案：B

(6)、A：nothing B：something C：anything D：everything 答案：B

(7)、A：reading B：writing C：playing D：working 答案：C

(8)、A：time B：food C：money D：life 答案：D

(9)、A：stop B：leave C：let D：give 答案：B

(10)、A：lose B：save C：spend D：take 答案：A

17、Who designed the first helicopter (直升飞机)? Who ___1___ the most famous pictures in the world? Who knew more about the human body than most ___2___? There is an answer ___3___ all these questions --- Leonardo de Vinci (达芬奇).

Leonardo may have been the greatest genius ___4___ have ever known. He lived in Italy around the year 1500, but many of his inventions seem modern to us today. For example, one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter. Of course, he couldn't

___5___ a helicopter with the things he had. But scientists say his idea would have worked.

But Leonardo ___6___ an inventor. He was one of the greatest artists of his day. By the time he was twenty years old, he was called a master painter, and as he got older he became ___7___ more famous. Sometimes he drew a hand ten different ways

___8___ he was ready to paint.

Many of Leonardo's wonderful paintings are still with ___9___ today. You may know one of his most famous works, the smiling woman ___10___ as the Mona Lisa.

(1)、A：took B：made C：painted D：invented 答案：C

(2)、A：artists B：doctors C：painters D：people 答案：B

(3)、A：to B：of C：for D：from 答案：A

(4)、A：the scientists B：the artists C：the people D：people 答案：D

(5)、A：draw B：paint C：work D：build 答案：D

(6)、A：was just B：wasn't just C：wasn't D：was no longer 答案：B

(7)、A：less B：no C：even D：very 答案：C

(8)、A：before B：after C：because D：when 答案：A

(9)、A：him B：us C：them D：you 答案：B

(10)、A：called B：told C：known D：spoken 答案：C