英语专业四级完型填空题

英语专业四级完型填空题Cloze - Passage 1Academy Award nominees who go home empty-handed may not have a shiny Oscar to show off, but they may turn out to be the bigger winners in the game of life. According to a study published in British Medical Journal on December 21, Oscar-winning screenwriters are more successful, more productive, and more _1_ than losing nominees; however, they die sooner by about four years. Because success is usually linked to better health, this is the first _2_ever that success is not associated with improved _3_, says Donald Redelmeier, lead author of the study.Researchers _4_down information about every person who was ever nominated for an Oscar since the awards were first handed out 73 years ago. To explain the _5_findings, he offers two theories. The first is the work-to-death hypothesis. According to Redelmeier, screenwriters are more _6_to lead unhealthy lifestyles, meaning they smoke more, exercise less, and work a lot of late-night hours, which translates into not enough sleep. Screenwriters dont have a boss to report to, which brings into _7_Redelmeiers second explanation, the party-hearty hypothesis. When you become a successful screenwriter, you gain status without daily accountability, and as a _8_your success may lead you to more alcohol, more parties, and more obesity, he says. Redelmeier hopes his study will _9_how important it is to lead a healthy lifestyle. The bottom line, he says, is that greater success may _10_lead to worse health if people fail to look after themselves. A) longevityB) flourishC) apt D) sometimesE) trackedF) respected G) accountH) miracleI) occupation J) puzzlingK) stressL) consequence M) internalN) fairlyO) restrained Cloze - Passage 2Many people wonder why some men want to live on the moon. It is _1_ not the kind of place where most men would choose to live. But man has always moved to new areas. Some scientists hope that continued work will be done on the moon. Many experiments will be done there more _2_. Some large _3_are very easy to do in a place without air. Matter can be heated to very high temperatures without _4_change when it is in such a place. Air, dust, and clouds cannot _5_mans view of space from the moon. The very high or very low temperatures and low gravity on the moon will be used for many experiments. One very important use of the moon will be to _6_spaceship.Man might be able to learn much about his own body by living on the moon. He would be living in a habitat that he made for himself. Man would be in control of the _7_of life in which he lives. _8_could be removed from the air in this community.Gravity is the one thing that would not be under mans control. Some scientists believe the low gravity of the moon would be _9_for man. The heart would not have to work so hard. The body would need less energy to move than it does on the earth. However, the human body might change during long stays on the moon. Much exercise would probably be needed to keep the body in good _10_.A) communityB) conditionC) launch D) insight E) chemicalF) mysterious G) experimentsH) probablyI) healthful J) easily K) extendL) render M) promptly N) blockO) bacteria Cloze - Passage 3Each artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public. He hopes the public will listen and understand he wants to teach them, and he wants them to learn from him.What visual artist like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to _1_, because painters translate their experience into shapes and colors, not _2_. They seem to feel that a certain selection of shapes and colors, out of the _3_billions possible, is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us. Without their works we should never have noticed these _4_shapes and colors, or have felt the _5_which they brought to the artist.Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of nature and from human bodies in _6_and at rest; their choices indicate that these aspects of the world are worth looking at, that they contain beautiful sights. Contemporary artists might say that they _7_choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern, that there is nothing more in it. Yet even they do not choose entirely without _8_to the character of their subjects.If one painter chooses to paint a decaying leg and another a lake in moonlight, each of them is _9_our attention to a certain aspect of the world. Each painter is telling us something, showing us something, _10_something all of which means that, consciously or unconsciously, he is trying to teach us.A) wordsB) directingC) countless D) crawlE) referenceF) merely G) erect H) motionI) explain J) emphasizingK) sympatheticL) gloriously M) delight N) crisisO) particular Cloze - Passage 4What is pop culture? Well, pop is _1_ for popular. The beginning of pop culture can often be related to popular movies, television shows, music stars and sports figures. Pop culture is also improved by business and _2_. The most common examples of American pop culture _3_among high school and college students. _4_set by famous people quickly become part of young peoples lifestyles. American pop culture has spread around the world. One major reason for its _5_is that English is a worldwide language. English is the language of diplomacy, international business and communication. Since language and culture go together, learning English means becoming _6_of English-speaking cultures. Also, America is a world leader in movies, music and magazines. The kind of American culture communicated in those _7_is pop culture. Finally, pop culture is easy to _8_and to export. For that reason, it is easy to sell to the world.Many people consider that American pop culture is what America is all about. Does pop culture _9_the true culture of America? Yes and no. Pop culture does express a part of American society _10_urban young people that pay much attention to the media. But American pop culture is not fixed and ever-changing. It is a man-made and superficial（表面的） picture of America. If you want to learn about real American culture, youll have to go a little farther than McDonalds.A) trendsB) immediatelyC) reflect D) advertisingE) orderly F) aware G) shortH) mediaI) especially J) opponents K) package L) appear M) inspiring N) utmost O) popularity Cloze - Passage 5 The Hakka people are seen as a united people in China. This character is especially _1_ among overseas Hakkas. They share their good and bad times together. This spirit of unity and cooperation is _2_in the culture of Hakka Earth Buildings.It was because when it was hard for individuals to survive on their own, people had to help each other and learn to unite and cooperate. Only in this way could they hope to _3_more. The design and _4_of Hakka Earth Buildings made it easy to pull together all the weaker forces and form one stronger force. With this stronger force, better results could be achieved in terms of developing business as well as improving living _5_.A Hakka Earth Building used to hold together the _6_interest of a family clan（家族） or a whole village community. But now this fortress-like structure can no longer meet the needs of a _7_society. People have moved out. Hakka Earth Buildings have recorded a _8_of history as well as the life road of several generations of the Hakka people. For those later generations who have never lived and will never live in these earth buildings, they may well become a tourist _9_in the villages. But the _10_tradition represented by these earth buildings should be kept and passed on by the Hakka people as their own family culture and ethnic culture.A) generatingB) standardsC) modern D) achieve E) uniqueF) vain G) periodH) attractionI) constitution J) rootedK) distinguishL) structure M) almost N) sharedO) remarkable Cloze - Passage 6BEIJINGS local education authority compiled a list of “potential security problems” on campus last week. They include fire accidents, traffic accidents, crime, bombing, stealing, social communication problems and 1 .“Though the ivory tower shuts out some dangers from the outside world, it is not a paradise 2 to crimes and accidents. School-safety has been in focus,” said an official of the Beijing Education Committee.In the first six months of this year in China, 25 students were victims of 3 accidents or crimes and 10 students committed suicide.While numbers remain low, how can campuses be made safer places to live in? Making safety education compulsory is the governments answer. University students in Beijing will soon receive compulsory classes. In the lessons, they will learn how to protect themselves by looking at real 4 on campus.For example, girls will learn when