专四完型填空练习题含答案

1、Passage 1that teenage boys tend to do better 1)than girls, thatmale high school students are more I ikely than the i r female coun ter parts 2)advanced math courses Ii ke calculus, that vi rtuaI Iy a I I the great mathematicians3)men. Are women born with 4)society* ssexism sIow thei r progress In 19

2、80, two Johns Hopkins University researchers tr i ed5) the eternaI nature/nurture debate. Julian Stanley and Cam iliaBenbow6) 10, 000 talented seventh and eighth graders between 1972 and 1979.Usingthe SchoIastic Aptitude Test, in which math questions are meant to measure abilityrather than know I ed

3、ge, they d i scovered 7) _theverba I abi I it ies of the ma I es and fema I es 9)boysas girls scored over 500 (on a sea I e of 200 to 800) on mathemat ical ability; atthe 700 I eve I. the rat i o was 14 to 1 The cone I us ion: males have 10)superior mathematicaI reasoning ability.Benbow and Stan ley

4、's findings, 11)disturbed someIt is well knownmathmathematical abi Iity Or doessex differences. 8)differed, twice as manywere published in Science,men and 12)women. Now there i s comfort for those people in a newstudy fromthe University of Chicago that suggests math 13)a naturaIma Ie domain. Pro

5、f. Zalman Usiskin studied 1.366 tenth graders. They were selectedfrom geometry classes and tested on thei r abi I ity to sol ve geometry proofs, a subject requi r i ng 14) cone I us i on r A2.3.4not. after alLabstract reasoning and spat i a I ability. TheAA.A by Usiskin: there are no sex differences

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8、C reached D accomplished 、were C was D i s答案：1. A2 C 3. B 4 B 5. A 6 D 7. A 8 D 9. D 10. C 11- C 12. B 13. D 14- D 15CPassage 2We a I I know that a magician does not reaI Iy depend on magic to perform his tricks, but on his abi I ity to act at great speed. 16) us from enjoying watching a magician 17

9、) greatest magician of a I I time was Harry Houd ini who d i ed i n 1926- Houd i n i mastered the artof 19). He couId free himself from the tight test knots or the mostcompiicatedI ocks i n sec on ds 20)i s no doubt21)he had made a close study of every type of lock ever invented.He Ii kedto carry a

10、smaI I steeI needle I ike tool strapped to his leg and he used this in placeof a key.Houdini once asked the Chicago poI ice to Iock him in pr ison. They 22)him in chains and locked him up. but he freed himself 23) police24) him of having used a tool and locked him up again he wore no cIothes and the

11、re were chains round his neck, waist, wrists, but he again escaped in a few minutes. Houdini had probably hidden his eedIe in a wax Iike25) and dropped it on the floor in the passage. 26)past, he,th i s does not preventrabbits from a hat. 18)theno one real ly knows how he did this, therean i nslant.

12、 TheThi s timeand legs;he wentwas nai led down. The 29)wasaston i sh i ng He was heav i I y cha i ned up and enc I osedste pped on it so that it stuck to the bottom of his foot. H i s most famous esca pe, however, was 27) in an empty wooden chest, the I id of 28) dropped into, it was opened and the

13、chains were found inside.However C PossibIy D LikewiseB who producesC. preduce D how to preduce quest i on B ThoughC. ProbabIyD UndoubtedIock i ng C open i ng D dropp i ngthe sea in New York harbor. In one minute Houdini had swum to the surface. When the chest was 30) Genera I IyB to preduce Out of

14、the escaping B Surprisingly B Obvious IyC. Perhaps D Althoughif B whether C as to D thatinvoIved B closed C. connected D boundat Bby Ci n Dfor rid B charged C accused D deprived candIe B mudC something D substance As B Usua I I y C. MaybeD. Thenaltogether overa I I B a I I but C. no Ion ger Dit B wh

15、ichC. that D him chest B body C lid D chainsnapped26-30： ADBAA brought upB sunkC. broken apart D答案：16-20： BCCAD 21-25： DDCCDPassage 3.The United States i s we I I -known for i ts network of major highways des i gned to helpand well ma i nta ined. with3a driver get from one place to another in the sh

16、ortest possible time. 1 these wide modern roads are general ly2sharpcurves and stra i ght sect i ons, a d i rect route i s not a I ways the most4one.towns.5 pass often highways LargesmaI I interest ing and areas sceniclarge urban centers, which means Furthermore, these h i ghways genera I I y6the tr

17、affic during rush hours, 8 that they become crowded with_7_"fast, direct" route becomes a very slow route. However, there i s almost alwaysyou are not in a hurry. Not far from theanother route to take 910 new "superhighways”, there are often older, 11 heavi ly traveIed roads which go

18、through the countryside. 12 of these aregoodtwo-lane roads: others are uneven roads curving through the country. These secondaryroutes may go up steep slopes, along high 13 . or down frighteninghi I Is i de to towns 14Ionger andslower, they genera I I y go to pl aces15i sbeaut i fuI, and of the wor

19、I d 1 A Although2. stable Bi n deep valleys. Through these I ess di rect routes,the a i r i s clean a nd scenerythe dr i ver may have a chance to get a fresh, clean viewB Since C sp I end id C.0.11,5.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.AI itt le B few C muchterr i b I e B poss i b I e to

20、 B lead large whenBecause D Therefore smooth D comp Ii catedD manyC. enjoyab I e D prof i tab I e byi nto C over DB connect C co I Iect D communicateB fast C high D. heavyB forun I ess B if relatively and B Al I B.rockslyingthereCc.BClessSeveraIB c I i ffsB I ay i ngBwhen Cbut Das D.reguI ar Iy C. r

21、espectively D. reasonabIy moreCthatsinceDorLots D SomeC roads D paths C. laid D I ied which D wherePassage 4.Who won the WorId cup 1998 footbaI I game What happened at the United Nat i ons Howan event takes place.did the critics Iike the new play 31) newspapers areon the streets giving the detai Is.

22、 Wherever anything happens in the wor Id. reportersare on the spot to gather the news.Newspapers have one basic 32). to get the news as quickly as possiblefromit. Radio,i ts source, from those who make i t to those who want to 33) telegraph,i nvent i ons brought compet i t i on for newspapers.te I e

23、v i s i on, and 34)So did thedeveI opment of magaz ines and other means of communication. 35)thiscompetition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly make use of the newerand faster means of communication to improve the 36) efficiencyof thei r own op erat i ons. Today more newspapers are 37)an

24、d thus theand read thaneverbefore. Compet i t i on a I so Ied newspapers to branch out i nto many other fields. Bes i des keeping readers 38) andi nf I uence readers about pol it ics and other important and ser ious matters. Newspapersinfluence readers' economic choices 39)newspapers dependon ad

25、vert i s i ng for thei r very 40)that41) even a smaI I fract ion of the cost of product ion. The main42) ofi ncome for most newspapers i s commercial advertising.The success i n selling advert i s i ng depends on a newspaper * s value to advertisers.Th i s 43)Ci rcuI at ionand on theof the latest ne

26、ws, today* s newspapers educateadvert i s i ng Most.News pap ers are sold at a p r i ce_ i n terms of c i rcu I at i on. How many peop I e read the newspaper depends somewhat on the work of the c i rcuI at ion departmententerta inment 44)in a news pap er' s pages. But for theservices ormost part

27、,ci rcuI at ioni nformat i on45)the comm uni ty, city, coun try, state, n at ion and wor Id and eve nouter space. Just when B WhileB cause Cwr i tepubli shB otherBAnd Cratio Cdepends on a newspaper's value to readers as source ofreasonCknow D make B another However va I ue BC Soon after D Before

28、 problem D purposeCTherefore D So rateD. speedone another D. the other sp read B p assedC. p r inted D comp I etedi nform B be i nformed C to be i nformed D i nformed on B through C. with D of forms B tries toexistence C contents D. purposecover B manages to cover C. fails to cover D succeeds i n or

29、igin C course D financeB measured C is measured D was measuredmeasures source B offer ing B offered C which offered D to be offered by B. with C. at D about答案！ 31, C32. D33. C34. B35. A 36. D37. C38. D39. B40. B 41. C42. A43. C44. B45.DPassage 5Anyone who speaks at I east one semester i n co I Iege

30、not i ces that some students giveup on the i r c I asses. The person who s i ts beh i nd you i n account i ng, _46.I ot of c I ass meet i ngs and eventua I I y _47. Or another studentwithout the assignment, doodIes in his notebook during the andbegins to mi ss a comes to class lecture,I eaves during

31、 the break. What's the_48_ betwee n students I i ke th i s and 49who succeed in schooI My survey may be non-scientific, but everyone I asked said the same thing; att itude. A posit ive att itude i s the key to everything e I se_50_good study habits, smart time scheduling, and 51_with personaIdif

32、ficulties-a I so doingWhat does "a positive attitude” mean Well, for one thing, it means not act i ng Ii ke a zomb i e. It means not on Iy_52 up for your classes, buti f you wantsometh i ng while you* re there. Rea 11 y I i sten. Take no tes Ask a quest i on to. Don't53 tojust waIk into a class, put your mind in neutraI , and never-mi nd I and.Having a positive attitude goes deeper than thi s. _54 It means beingmatureabout col lege as an institution. Too many students 55col legeclasses I ikesix-year-olds who expect f i rst grade to as much as fun as Sesame Street. Fi rs