第6部分:完形填空:考查应试者正确把握文章内容,以及在一定语境中准确使用词语的能力。本部分为1篇300~450词的短文,文中有15处空白,每处空白给出4个选项,要求应试者根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择l个最佳答案。
A Biological Clock
Up until about 100 years ago, newspapers in the United States appealed only to the most serious readers. They used __1__ illustrations and the articles were about politics or business.
Two men changed that - Joseph Pulitzer __2__ the New York World and William Randolph Hearst of the New York Journal. Pulitzer bought the New York World __3__ 1883. He changed it from a traditional newspaper into a very__4__ one overnight. He added __5__ illustrations and cartoons. And he told his reporters to write articles on __6__ crime or scandal they could find. And they did. One of them even pretended she was crazy and then she __7__ to a mental hospital. She then wrote a series of articles about the poor treatment of __8__ in those hospitals.
In 1895, Hearst came to New York from __9__ California. He wanted the Journal to be more sensational and more exciting __10__ the world. He also wanted it to be __11__, so he reduced the price by a penny. Hearst attracted attention because his headlines were bigger than__12__. He often said, Big print makes big news.
Pulitzer and Hearst did anything they __13__ to sell newspapers. For example, Hearst sent Frederic Remington, the famous illustrator, __14__ pictures of the Spanish-American War. When he got there, he told Hearst that no fighting was__15__. Hearst answered, You furnish the pictures. Ill furnish the war.
EXERCISE:
1. A) no B) many C) a lot D) little
2. A) on B) for C) in D)of
3. A) on B) in C) at D) about
4. A) excite B) excitingly C)exciting D) excited
5. A) a lot B) few C) a few D) lots of
6. A) every B) all C) both D) many
7. A) admitted B) was admitted C) could admit D) has admitted
8. A) patients B) patience C) patient D) patiences
9. A) an B) the C) a D) /
10. A) than B) as C) in D) for
11. A) cheap B) cheaper C) cheapest D) the cheapest
12. A) anyone B) anyones C) anyone else D) anyone elses
13. A) may B) might C) can D) could
14. A) draw B) drew C) to dray D) drawn
15. A) going B) going out C) going on D) going off
参考答案: ADBCDABADABDDCC
美国习惯用语-第240讲:fair game
美国习惯用语-第254讲:to butter up someone
美国习惯用语-第226讲:Slow Burn/Slow As Molass
美国习惯用语-第202讲:One for the books
美国习惯用语-第239讲:fair and square/ fair&nb
美国习惯用语-第253讲:a fine kettle of fi
美国习惯用语-第218讲:get caught with one´
美国习惯用语-第242讲:front money/hush money
美国习惯用语-第196讲workaholic
美国习惯用语-第244讲:free and easy
美国习惯用语-第200讲:Honeymoon
美国习惯用语-第227讲:Give One a Break/Break&n
美国习惯用语-第231讲:Give Somebody the Hook
美国习惯用语-第222讲:Know Which Side One´
美国习惯用语-第215讲:On the level
美国习惯用语-第237讲:in the doghouse / b
美国习惯用语-第221讲:As light as a feath
美国习惯用语-第220讲:Birds of a feather
美国习惯用语-第238讲:bummer/bum rap
美国习惯用语-第229讲:Sacred Cow/Dark Horse
美国习惯用语-第245讲:to blow one´s own&nb
美国习惯用语-第252讲:sweet talk/snow job
美国习惯用语-第198讲:Cut a deal
美国习惯用语-第234讲:Redneck/McCarthyite
美国习惯用语-第256讲:to go up in smoke
美国习惯用语-第197讲:the works
美国习惯用语-第201讲:Sunday best
美国习惯用语-第203讲:To close the books
美国习惯用语-第228讲:Break the News/Break the
美国习惯用语-第223讲:Bread and butter