英语四级选词填空练习

仔细阅读题（选词填空）解题技巧 　　一、题型揭秘 　　考生需要对该部分的测试重点有所了解，只有了解了测试重点复习才有针对性。该部分测试重点在于把握文章的结构，主要考查考生对诸如连贯性、一致性、逻辑联系等语篇、语段整体特征以及单词在实际语境中的理解，即要求考生在理解全文的基础上弄清文章的宏观结构和具体细化到每个单词的微观理解。本题型和原来的词汇题相比，更注重实际运用，从单一的一句话考查上升到篇章的理解。这一题型要求我们对上下文有很好的理解，尤其是对上文的理解，要求比较高。 　　本题型考查的对象皆为实义词，主要包括名词、动词、形容词、副词，所以要求我们熟知大学英语四级的积极词汇，熟知单词的词类和不同意思。由于考试的形式是选词填空，所以我们必须熟悉一些基本的语法知识，例如：词性的归纳（4种词性，名词、动词、形容词、副词）、基于语法的判断（单复数、ing形式等）、常用搭配的掌握等。 　　选词填空对我们来说是难度较大的一道试题，具有较强的区分度，因此本节会详细讲解其答题方法和技巧。解答这一题型要做到三点： 　　1.把握全文中心和作者态度; 　　2.掌握段落之间联系; 　　3.明确句子前后及内部逻辑关系。 　　二、解题步骤 　　第一步，跳读全文，抓住中心 　　由于本题型考查我们对篇章的理解，因此拿到题目后首先应该略读整篇文章，确定文章的中心或主要说明的问题。文章大概在220~250词左右，用1分钟左右的时间略读即可。 　　第二步，阅读选项，按词性分类 　　选项中的15个单词是考查的关键，我们应该仔细理解这15个单词。熟悉的单词标明词性和词义，不熟悉的单词或者不认识的单词只需标明词性，然后根据名词、动词、形容词、副词四大类按规律排列在试卷上。 　　第三步，瞻前顾后，灵活选择 　　词性分类之后，回到原文中，根据原文中空格前后的单词或者前后语句确定所要填的词性，然后从分类好的单词中选择出词性、意思、语法都符合要求的最佳选项。 　　第四步，复读全文，谨慎调整 　　填空完成后，再次复读全文，检查上下文是否通顺、内在逻辑关系是否连贯。如有问题，也需要谨慎地微调。 Once the world embraced the automobile, the days of depending on horses, bicycles, ferries, and trains quickly slipped into the past. People were __47__ with the speed of the automobile but they were also enjoying the personal freedom that the automobile gave them. Owning a car gave people the freedom to go anyplace a road __48__. This allowed people to travel at anytime and at their own __49__. This independence gave the car a popular edge over buses and trains. The popularity of the automobile made it the __50__ of the transportation system. The automobile changed our lives when it created a giant industry that offered more and more jobs. The automobile made it possible for people to live in areas __51__ from their work place. This caused cities to grow and made suburban living more convenient. Of course, with more places to go, more __52__ roads had to be built. The automobile caused a __53__ effect. Jobs increased, industries grew, new industries developed, and cities appeared. Today the automobile industry continues to offer many __54__. Jobs are plentiful in this industry and improvements continue to be made to the automobile with new technologies. We have come a long way from that first __55__ carriage because of the cooperative efforts of many people in the last century. It will be interesting to see what the future holds for the automobile. We have already seen signs of the use of solar energy in this area. As long as man has a brain, the future of the automobile is __56__. A) backbone I) opportunities B) infinite J) snowball C) further K) definite D) background L) developed E) led M) farther F) enjoyed N) impressed G) horseless O) pace H) developing As war spreads to many corners of the globe, children sadly have been drawn into the center of conflicts. In Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Colombia, however, groups of children have been taking part in peace education __47__. The children, after learning to resolve conflicts, took on the __48__ of peacemakers. The Children’s Movement for Peace in Colombia was even nominated (提名) for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998. Groups of children __49__ as peacemakers studied human rights and poverty issues in Colombia, eventually forming a group with five other schools in Bogota known as The Schools of Peace. The classroom __50__ opportunities for children to replace angry, violent behaviors with __51__, peaceful ones. It is in the classroom that caring and respect for each person empowers children to take a step __52__ toward becoming peacemakers. Fortunately, educators have access to many online resources that are __53__ useful when helping children along the path to peace. The Young Peacemakers Club, started in 1992, provides a Website with resources for teachers and __54__ on starting a Kindness Campaign. The World Centers of Compassion for Children International call attention to children’s rights and how to help the __55__ of war. Starting a Peacemakers’ Club is a praiseworthy venture for a class and one that could spread to other classrooms and ideally affect the culture of the __56__ school. A)    victims I)     forward B)    technology J)    especially C)    role K)    entire D)   respectively L)    cooperative E)    projects M)   comprehensive F)    offers N)   assuming G)   information O)   acting H)    images   答案：L G I D O F B M J C 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 答案：D H O G M J B N C A The biggest safety threat facing airlines today may not be a terrorist with a gun, but the man with the --1-- computer in business class. In the last 15 years, pilots have reported well over 100 --2-- that could have been caused by electromagnetic interference. The source of this interference --3-- unconfirmed, but increasingly, experts are pointing the blame at portable electronic device such as portable computers, radio and cassette players and mobile telephones. RTCA, an organization which advises the aviation（航空）industry, has recommended that all airlines ban（禁止）such devices from being used during “ --4-- ” stages of flight, --5-- take-off and landing. Some experts , calling for a total ban during all flights. Currently, rules on using these devices are left up to individual airlines. And although some airlines prohibit passengers from using such equipment during take-off and landing, most are --6-- to enforce a total ban, given that many passengers want to work during flights. The difficulty is --7-- how electromagnetic fields might affect an aircraft’s computers. Experts know that portable device emit radiation which --8-- those wavelengths which aircraft use for navigation and communication. But, because they have not been able to reproduce these effects in a laboratory, they have no way of knowing whether the interference might be dangerous or not. The fact that aircraft may be vulnerable（易受损的）to interference raises the risk that terrorists may use radio systems in order to damage navigation --9-- . As worrying, though,  who can’t hear the instructions to turn off his radio because the music’s too --10-- . A) definite B) incidents C) effects D) remains E) critical F) particularly G) reluctant H) refreshing I) portable J) enormous K) predicting L) liberal M) affects N) equipment O) loud 填空答案：1. I) 2. B) 3. D) 4. E) 5. F) 6. G) 7. K) 8. M) 9. N) 10. O) Years ago, doctors often said that pain was a normal part of life. In particular, when older patients __47__ 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 __48__. Indeed, pain is now considered the fifth vital sign, as important as blood pressure, temperature, breathing rate and pulse in __49__ a person's well-being. We know that chronic (慢性的) pain can disrupt (扰乱) a person's life, causing problems that __50__ from missed work to depression. That's why a growing number of hospitals now depend upon physicians who __51__ 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 __52__ related to chronic pain. Such comprehensive therapy often __53__ the work of social workers, psychiatrists (心理医生) and psychologists, as well as specialists in pain medicine. This modern __54__ 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 __55__ number of drugs available, and many of them caused __56__ 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 47. N 48. E 49. O 50. A 51. M 52. L 53. J 54. I 55. G 56. B