英语四级选词填空练习题和答案

Americans

are

proud

of

their

variety

and

individualty,

yetthey

love

and

respect

few

things

more

than

a

uniform.

Whyare

uniforms

so

__1__

in

the

United

States?Among

the

arguments

for

uniforms,

one

of

the

first

is

thatin

the

eyes

of

most

people

they

look

more

__2__

thancivilian(百姓的)

clothes.

People

have

become

conditioned

to__3__

superior

quality

from

a

man

who

wears

a

uniform.

Thetelevision

repairman

who

wears

a

uniform

tends

to

__4__

moretrust

than

one

who

appears

in

civilian

clothes.

Faith

in

the__5__

of

a

garage

mechanic

is

increased

by

a

uniform.

What

aneasier

way

is

there

for

a

nurse,

a

policeman,

a

barber,

or

awaiter

to

__6__

professional

identity(

身份)

than

to

step

out

ofuniform?

Uniforms

also

have

many

__7__

benefits.

They

saveon

other

clothes.

They

save

on

laundry

bills.

They

are

oftenmore

comfortable

and

more

durable

than

civilian

clothes.Primary

among

the

arguments

against

uniforms

is

theirlack

of

variety

and

the

consequent

loss

of

__8__

experienced

bypeople

who

must

wear

them.

Though

there

are

many

types

ofuniforms,

the

wearer

of

any

particular

type

is

generally

stuckwith

it,

without

__9__,

until

retirement.

When

people

look

alike,they

tend

to

think,

speak,

and

act

__10__,

on

the

job

at

least.[A]skill[B]popular[C]get[D]change[E]similarly[F]professional[G]character[H]individuality[I]inspire[J]differently[K]expect[L]practical[M]recall[N]lose[O]ordinaryANSWERS:1.选

B)。从文章的第一句

they

love

and

respect

few

thinsmore

than

a

美国很受欢迎。因此选项 B)popular

符合原文意思。选项中的professional"职业的"、practical"实用的"和

ordinary"普通的，平常的"都不符合第一段的意思。more...than

civilian

clothes可知，此处要填的形容词意思与civilian

相对，说明制服的特点。选项中的形容词中只有

civilian

相对的，故

F)正确。而ordinary"平常的"意思都不能和civilian对应，故排除。3.选

be

conditioned

to

do

sth."

习惯于"可知，此处应填动词原形。从前面的look

tend

向于"可知，这段要说明的是人们的主观印象，应填入表示

"期望(得

K)expect

get"得到"与上下文的语气不符合。4.选

那儿得到优质服务。"可知，人们更信任穿制服的人，即制服能使人产生信任感。选项中的动词原形中只有5.选

信任的意思，那么对于

garage

mechanic"汽车修理工"来说，人们信任的是它的技术，而不是人品，故选项中只有

A)skill

符合原文意思。6.选

out

of

护士、警察等来说是......职业身份的很简单的方式。脱下制服就是失去了职业身份，由此可以推知此处应填N)lose。7.选

制服除了增加信任感还有实际的优点。选项中的pratical"实用的"和ordinary"平常的"，很明显

L)pratical

符合原文意思。8.选

H)。此处应填名词。文章手段就说"美国人为自己的多元化和个性化感到高傲无比，然而他们又无比热爱和崇尚制服"，其中包制服的缺点即为失去个性，故选项

H)individuality

正确。individuality

character

指的是个人特定的内在本质。9.选

D)。此处应填名词。前面说制服让人失去了个性，虽然有化的，故此处应填

change，故

D)正确。10.

选

E)

。此处应填副词，修饰动词 act

。前面指出

...lookalike,they

tend

alike意思相近。选项种副词有

similarly

和

与

alike

意思相近，故选

E)。What

is

it

about

Americans

and

food?

We

love

to

eat,

butwe

feel

1

about

it

afterward.

We

say

we

want

only

the

best,

butwe

strangely

enjoy

junk

food.

We’re

2

with

health

andweight

loss

but

face

an

unprecedented

epidemic

of

胖).

Perhaps

the

3

to

this

ambivalence(矛盾情结)

lies

in

ourhistory.

The

first

Europeans

came

to

this

continent

searchingfor

new

spices

but

went

in

vain.

The

first

cash

crop(

经济作物)wasn’t

eaten

but

smoked.

Then

there

was

Prohibition,intended

to

prohibit

drinking

but

actually

encouraging

more

4ways

of

doing

it.The

immigrant

experience,

too,

has

been

one

ofinharmony.

Do

as

Romans

do

means

eating

what

"realAmericans"

eat,

but

our

nation’s

food

has

come

to

be

5by

imports

—pizza,

say,

or

hot

dogs.

And

some

of

thecountry’s

most

treasured

cooking

comes

from

peoplewho

arrived

here

in

shackles.Perhaps

it

should

come

as

no

surprise

then

that

food

hasbeen

a

medium

for

the

nation’s

defining

struggles,whether

at

the

Boston

Tea

Party

or

the

sit?ins

at

southernlunch

counters.

is

integral

to

our

concepts

of

health

andeven

morality

whether

one

refrains

from

alcohol

for

religiousreasons

or

evades

meat

for

political.But

strong

opinions

have

not

brought

7

Americans

areambivalent

about

what

they

put

in

their

mouths.

We

havebecome

8

of

our

foods,

especially

as

we

learn

more

aboutwhat

they

contain.The

9

in

food

is

still

prosperous

in

the

Americanconsciousness.

It’s

no

coincidence,

then,

that

the

firstThanksgiving holds the American imagination in suchbondage(束缚).

It’s

what

we

eat—and

how

we

10

itwith

friends,

family,

and

strangers

—that

help

define

Americaas

a

community

today.A.

answerB.

resultC.

shareD.

guiltyE.

constantF.

definedG.

vanishH.

adapted

creative

beliefK.

suspiciousL.

certaintyM.

obsessedN.

identifyO.

ideals【答案及详解】1.

D

feel

是一个系动词，可以判断此处应填入一个形容词，通过上下文意思，以及后面介词

about,

可以确定选项为

D

项

guilty,短语

feel

guilty

about

sth.

"

对……感到有愧"。全句的意思为"我们很爱吃，但是往往在吃完之后又有负罪感"。2.M

be

obsessed

with

为固定搭配，原意为"被……附上/缠住/康和减肥，但肥胖却又空前地在蔓延"。3.

A

本句缺一个名词作主语，并且根据和介词to

的搭配，可以推断出正确选项

answer.4.

本句根据

more

和

ways

可以判断出需要填入一个形容词构成比较级，根据上下文，表示"旨在禁止酗酒的禁酒令，却激发了更多新奇的方法来酗酒"，可以确定

为正确选项。5.

F

be

和

by

but转折，表示实际上"美国的食物已经被诸如比萨和热狗这样的舶来品所诠释了"，因此可以确定

F

为正确选项。6.B

政治结果，可根据宗教原因

religious

reasons

来推断此处填政治结果。7.

L

由于横线后面没有宾语，可以确定不是形成bring