英语四级 CET-4 选词填空练习9篇

选词填空练习 1 Years ago doctors often said that pain was a normal part of life In particular when older patients 1 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 2 Indeed pain is now considered the fifth vital sign as important as blood pressure temperature breathing rate and pulse in 3 a person s well being We know that chronic 慢性的 pain can disrupt 扰 乱 a person s life causing problems that 4 from missed work to depression That s why a growing number of hospitals now depend upon physicians who 5 in pain medicine Not only do we evaluate the cause of the pain which can help us treat the pain better but we also help provide comprehensive therapy for depression and other psychological and social 6 related to chronic pain Such comprehensive therapy often 7 the work of social workers psychiatrists 心理医生 and psychologists as well as specialists in pain medicine This modern 8 for pain management has led to a wealth of innovative treatments which are more effective and with fewer side effects than ever before Decades ago there were only a 9 number of drugs available and many of them caused 10 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 pain itself A result B involves C significant D range E relieved F issues G seriously H magnificent I determining J limited K gravely L complained M respect N prompting O specialize 选词填空练习 2 Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe I had been abroad a couple of times but I could hardly 47 to know my way around the continent Moreover my knowledge of foreign languages was 48 to a little college French I hesitated How would I unable to speak the language 49 unfamiliar with local geography or transportation systems set up50 and do research It seemed impossible and with considerable 51I sat down to write a letter begging off Halfway through a thought ran through my mind you can t learn if you don t try So I accepted the assignment There were some bad 52 But by the time I had finished the trip I was an experienced traveler And ever since I have never hesitated to head for even the most remote of places Without guides or even 53 bookings Confident that somehow I will manage The point is that the new the different is almost by definition 54 But each time you try something You learn And as the learning plies up The world opens to you I ve learned to ski at 40 and flown up the Rhine river in a 55 And I know I ll go to doing such things It s not because I m braver or more daring than others I m not But I ll accept anxiety as another name for challenge and I believe I can 56 wonders A complish B advanced C balloon K news D claim E constantly F declare G interviews H limited I Manufacture J moments L reduced M regret N scary O totally 选词填空练习 3 Forces other than damaging winds are also at work inside tornadoes Sometimes as the twisting funnel passes over a house the walls and ceiling 1 apart as if a bomb had gone off inside This 2 is caused by the low air pressure at the centre of a tornado The pressure at the center of a tornado is usually 13 pounds per square inch However inside the house the air pressure is 3 about 15 pounds per square inch The difference of 2 pounds per square inch between the inside and outside pressure may not seem like much But suppose a tornado funnel passes over a small building that 4 by 10 feet On each square inch of the building there is 2 pounds of pressure from the inside that is not balance by air pressure outside the building On the ceiling that added up to an 5 pressure of 57000 pounds The pressure on the four walls adds up to 172800 pounds If windows are open in the building some of the inside air rushes out through them This will balance the pressure inside and outside the building But if the windows are shut 6 the enormous inside pressure may cause the building to burst 7 heavy rain and hail often occur in thunderstorms that later produce tornados so people frequently shut all windows to protect their 8 This may cause far 9 damage later For the same reason tornado cellars must have an air 10 otherwise the cellar door might be blown out when a tornado passes over it A worse B tightly C breakthrough D unfortunately E burst F unfriendly G normal H substance I property J explosion K initial L measures M involves N vent O unbalanced 选词填空练习 4 Many American students 1 higher education to prepare for professional employment In your academic training you will need to begin planning for the 2 from college to career A career is really a process it is how you progress through a 3 of jobs and occupations during your working years A college education can help you get started on your career journey In America society the type of occupational fields you choose and jobs you hold 4 your entire lifestyle yourself concept income prestige choice of friends and where you will live This freedom to choose from thousands of employment choices can be 5 or troubling if you don t know where and how to begin Career planning is a comprehensive process that takes much time and 6 Career planning can greatly increase your 7 of obtaining employment in the occupation you choose However career planning includes much more than a job search It begins with carefully considering what you want and need in life Career planning can be divided into four 8 steps that include self assessment occupational exploration and selection career preparation and job seeking Although each student s goal will be 9 one suggested timetable to help you keep on course is to complete one step in each university year Your 10 may be longer or shorter depending on your career goal A transmission B consecutive C enjoyable D series E perspective F varies G schedule H different I superficial J effort K prospects L influence M cultivate N pursue O transition 选词填空练习 5 Reading is thought to be a kind of conversation between the reader and the text The reader puts questions as it were to the text and gets answers In the light of these he puts 1 questions and so on For most of the time this conversation goes on below the level of consciousness At times however we become 2 of it This is usually when we are running into difficulties when mismatch is occurring between 3 and meaning When successful matching is being experienced our question of the text continues at the unconscious level Different people 4 with the text differently Some stay very close to the words on the page others take off imaginatively from the words interpreting criticizing analyzing and examining The former represents a kind of comprehension which is 5 in the text The latter represents 6 levels of comprehension The balance between these is important especially for advanced readers There is another conversation which from our point of view is 7 important and that is to do not with what is read but with how it is read We call this a process conversation as 8 to a content conversation It is concerned not with meaning but with the 9 we employ in reading If we are an advanced reader our ability to hold a process conversation with a text is usually pretty well 10 Not so our ability to hold a content conversation A opposed B converse C equally D written E developed F strategies G compared H awake I higher J expectations K deal L absolutely M aware N better O further 选词填空练习 6 The main energy foods are the carbohydrates 碳水化合物 These are sugars and starch 淀粉 Wheat and rice are rich in starch and fruits and vegetables contain amount of sugar honey and jam are also rich in sugar Like carbohydrates fats are food that provides energy Butter certain types of fish eggs are rich in fats fats can be stored in various parts of the body as of energy Because fats in general are slowly they satisfy hunger for long periods Proteins 蛋白质 are very complex The body needs proteins for the growth of new cells and for the repair and of old cells Foods rich in proteins are to a balanced diet Milk some vegetables meat chicken fish cheese are some foods rich in proteins A good diet will certain a of foods so that the body contains all the minerals It needs for good health Vitamins are necessary for the working of the body Water up about 70 percent of the weight of the human body The average adult needs about two liters of water daily to replace the water the body A loosen B variety C makes D proper E loses F preserves G essential H substances I induced J identical K reserves L digested M considerable N diversity O replacement 选词填空练习 7 The development of Jamestown in Virginia during the second half of the seventeenth century was closely related to the making and use of bricks There are several practical reasons why bricks became important to colony Although the forest could 1 supply sufficient timber the process of lumbering was extremely difficult particularly because of the lack of roads Later when the timber on the peninsula had depleted wood had to be brought from some 2 Building stone was also in 3 supply However as clay was plentiful it was 4 that the colonist would turn to brick making In addition to practical reasons for using brick as the 5 construction material there was also an ideological reason Brick represented 6 and permanence The Virginia Company of London instructed the colonists to build new hospitals and new 7 out of brick In 1662 the town Act of the Virginia Assembly provided for the construction of thirty two brick buildings and 8 the use wood as a construction material Had this law ever been successfully 9 Jamestown would have been a model city Instead the residents failed to 10 fully with the law And by 1699 Jamestown had collapsed into a pile of rubble with only three or four habitable houses A principal B comply C short D frankly E residence F initially G installment H enforced I durability J designated K distance L imply M prohibited N principle O inevitable 选词填空练习 8 A department store s inputs include the land upon which the building is located the labor of the employees 47 in the form of building equipment and merchandise and the management skills of the store managers On a farm the operation system is the transformation that occurs when a farmer s 48 land equipment labor etc are converted into such outputs as corn wheat or milk The exact form of the conversion process 49 from industry to industry but it is an 50 phenomenon that exists in every industry Economists refer to this 51 of resources into goods and services as the production function For all operation systems the general goal is to create some kind of value added outputs that are worth more to consumers than just the sum of the inputs To the consumers the resulting products 52 utility due to the form the time or the place of their availability from the conversion process However the process is subject to random changes Unplanned or uncontrollable influences may cause the actual output to differ from planned output Random fluctuations can arise from external disruption fire floods or lightning for example or from 53 problems inherent in the conversion process Inherent variability of equipment material imperfections and human errors all affect output quality 54 In fact random variations are the rule rather than the exception in production processes therefore 55 variation becomes a major management task The function of the feedback is to provide 56 linkages Without some feedback of information management personnel cannot control operations because they don t know the results of their directions A offer B capital C medium D difficult E varies F differently G proposal H transformation I beautifully J economic K reducing L internal M inputs N afford O information 选词填空练习 9 Most people ha