12月英语四级完形填空考前练习

　　第一篇

　　Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that gosintosthe collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the zoo.One of the questions that is always asked of me is 1 I became an animal collector in the first 2 .The answer is that I have always been interested in animals and zoos.According to my parents, the first word I was able to say with any 3 was not the conventional mamma or daddy,4 the word zoo, which I would 5 over and over again with a shrill 6 until someone, insgroupsto 7 me up, would take me to the zoo.When I 8 a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a great 9 of pets, ranging from owls to seahorses, and I spent all my spare time 10 the countryside in search of fresh specimens to 11 to my collection of pets.12 on I went for a year to the City Zoo, as a student 13 , to get experience of the large animals, such as lions, bears, bison and ostriches,14 were not easy to keep at home.When I left, I 15 had enough money of my own to be able to 16 my first trip and I have been going 17 ever since then.Though a collectors job is not an easy one and is full of 18 ,it is certainly a job which will appeal 19 all those who love animals and 20 .

　　1. A.how B.where C.when D.whether

　　2. A.region B.field C.place D.case

　　3. A.clarity B.emotion C.sentiment D.affection

　　4. A.except B.but C.except for D.but for

　　5. A.recite B.recognize C.read D.repeat

　　6. A.volume B.noise C.voice D.pitch

　　7. A.close B.shut C.stop D.comfort

　　8. A.grew B.was growing C.grow D.grown

　　9. A.many B.amount C.number D.supply

　　10. A.living B.cultivating C.reclaiming D.exploring

　　11. A.increase B.include C.add D.enrich

　　12. A.later B.further C.then D.subsequently

　　13. A.attendant B.keeper C.member D.aide

　　14. A.who B.they C.of which D.which

　　15. A.luckily B.gladly C.nearly D.successfully

　　16. A.pay B.provide C.allow D.finance

　　17. A.normally B.regularly C.usually D.often

　　18. A.expectations B.sorrows C.excitement D.disappointments

　　19. A.for B.with C.to D.from

　　20. A.excursion B.travel C.journey D.Trip

　　1.【答案】A

　　【解析】根据下一句及随后的内容，作者讲的是怎样成为动物爱好者的，应当选择A.how。

　　2.【答案】C

　　【解析】in the first place是固定短语,意思是首先。此句意思是：别人经常问到的问题之一，是当初我是如何爱上动物的。

　　3.【答案】A

　　【解析】这句话的意思是：作者在呀呀学语之时,最早发清楚的音是zoo,而不是妈妈,爸爸,因此,应选clarity清晰。填入其他选项emotion ,sentiment,affection不合逻辑。

　　4.【答案】B

　　【解析】but在此处连接另一个句子，表示转折，意为而是，Except,except for,but for的用法接近，表示除了。

　　例如：

　　We go there every day except Sunday.

　　He answered all the questions except for the last one.

　　For a year the dam remained complete but for the generators.

　　从意思上，逻辑上，都应当选but。

　　5.【答案】D

　　【解析】根据后面的over and over again,应选repeat

　　6.【答案】C

　　【解析】小孩想去动物园,便不停地发出尖叫声,故选voice。A shrill voice与scream的意思接近。volume;noise;pitch均不合要求。

　　7.【答案】B

　　【解析】shut sb.up是指让某人住口，为了让孩子停止尖叫，只好带他去动物园。

　　8.【答案】A

　　【解析】根据后面主句的时态，此处只能用一般过去时。

　　9.【答案】C

　　【解析】a great many后直接跟可数名词的复数形式;a great / large amount of后跟不可数名词;只有a great /large number of后可以跟可数名词的复数形式。

　　例如:

　　I read a great many English books.

　　A large amount of money is spent on tobacco every year.

　　A great number of civilians were murdered in cold blood.

　　10.【答案】D

　　【解析】living后必须接介词in，意为居住cultivating耕种;reclaiming开垦;只有exploring有探察的意思。

　　11.【答案】C

　　【解析】add to相当于increase，增加。其余选项后面都不接to。

　　12.【答案】A

　　【解析】later on为固定短语，后来。

　　13.【答案】D

　　【解析】attendant仆人;keeper可理解为饲养员，但是a student keeper容易被误解为收留学生的人aide有助手之义。作者一边上学，一边在动物园里打工，只能当助手。

　　14.【答案】D

　　【解析】which在此引导定语从句，修饰前面列出的动物。

　　15.【答案】D

　　【解析】因为钱是在动物园打工挣的，选successfully更能体现其含义。

　　16.【答案】D

　　【解析】finance my first trip意为支付我的旅行

　　费用pay后应接介词for;其他选项的意思相差甚远。

　　17.【答案】B

　　【解析】此句为现在完成进行时态,选regularly比较贴切。

　　18.【答案】D

　　【解析】此句是由though引导的让步状语从句，应与主句意思相对立。选项中，sorrows和disappointments与主句的appeal to相对立，但sorrows的分量太重。

　　19.【答案】C

　　【解析】appeal to为成语，意思是吸引。

　　20.【答案】B

　　【解析】excursion短途旅行;journey长距离，具体的旅途;travel旅行，旅游，海外旅行;trip旅行，远足。

　　第二篇

　　Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? 1 an event takes place; newspapers are on the streets 2 the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reports are on the spot to 3 the news.

　　Newspapers have one basic 4 , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to 5 it. Radio, telegraph, television, and 6 inventions brought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. 7 , this competition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the 8 and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are 9 and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out to many other fields. Besides keeping readers 10 of the latest news, todays newspapers 11 and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers economic choices 12 advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very 13 .Newspapers are sold at a price that 14 even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main 15 of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The 16 in selling advertising depends on a newspapers value to advertisers. This 17 in terms of circulation. How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends 18 on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment 19 in a newspapers pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspapers value to readers as a source of information 20 the community, city, country, state, nation, and world―and even outer space.

　　1.A.Just when B.While C.Soon after D.Before

　　2.A.to give B.giving C.given D.being given

　　3.A.gather B.spread C.carry D.bring

　　4.A.reason B.cause C.problem D.purpose

　　5.A.make B.publish C.know D.write

　　6.A.another B.other C.one another D.the other

　　7.A.However B.And C.Therefore D.So

　　8.A.value B.ratio C.rate D.speed

　　9.A.spread B.passed C.printed D.completed

　　10.A.inform B.be informed C.to be informed D.informed

　　11.A.entertain B.encourage C.educate D.edit

　　12.A.on B.through C.with D.of

　　13.A.forms B.existence C.contents D.purpose

　　14.A.tries to cover B.manages to cover C.fails to cover D.succeeds in

　　15.A.source B.origin C.course D.finance

　　16.A.way B.means C.chance D.success

　　17.A.measures B.measured C.Is measured D.was measured

　　18.A.somewhat B.little C.much D.something

　　19.A.offering B.offered C.which offered D.to be offered

　　20.A.by B.with C.at D.about

　　第二篇答案+解说：

　　1.【答案】A

　　【解析】just在此为副词，意为刚刚，做状语。此句意为一个事件刚刚发生，街上就有报纸报道详情了。说明报纸对资讯的反应之快。

　　2.【答案】A

　　【解析】to give和giving都合乎语法，但giving强调的是正在发生的动作，而此处重点表达的是反应快，不是正在做什么。

　　3.【答案】A

　　【解析】消息，信息要靠收集。

　　4.【答案】D

　　【解析】后面的不定式短语表示目的。

　　5.【答案】C

　　【解析】提供信息的目的是为了让他人知道，所以选C。

　　6.【答案】B

　　【解析】other意为其他的。此句意为：无线电，电报，电视，及其它发明，成为报纸的竞争对手。

　　7.【答案】A

　　【解析】根据句中的merely及其后所述内容，应选however，表转折。

　　8.【答案】D

　　【解析】使用更新，更快的通讯工具，目的是提高速度。

　　9.【答案】C

　　【解析】报纸是印出来的，先印后看。

　　10.【答案】D

　　【解析】keep sb.+过去分词是一种复合结构，sb.与过去分词为被动关系，意为保持这种关系的继续。此句的意思是：报纸不断地为读者提供资讯信息。

　　11.【答案】C

　　【解析】关于politics之类的严肃话题,只能选educate。

　　12.【答案】B

　　【解析】此句意为：报纸通过广告影响读者在经济生活中的选择。

　　13.【答案】B

　　【解析】大多数报纸依靠广告收入来维持生存，此现象人人皆知。

　　14.【答案】C

　　【解析】报纸的售价之低，不足以抵付成本的一小部分。符合上下文关于广告收入的说法。

　　15.【答案】A

　　【解析】收入来源应该用source。因为source指河流，泉水的发源地;常指抽象事物的根源或来源以及资料，信息的出处或来源。origin起源，起因。指事物后来发生,发展变化的最初起点,或指人的出身和血统。

　　16.【答案】D

　　【解析】succeed in为固定短语。此句意为：广告业务的成功，取决于报纸在客户心中的价值。

　　17.【答案】C

　　【解析】根据上下文，此处应该用一般现在时的被动语态，此句意为：报纸在客户心中的价值，是靠发行量衡量的。

　　18.【答案】C

　　【解析】该句意为：发行量的大小，很大程度上取决于发行部门的工作及报纸所提供的服务功能和娱乐功能。

　　19.【答案】B

　　【解析】offered作services和entertainment的定语。

　　20.【答案】D

　　【解析】information后面接介词about，表示关于。

　　第三篇

　　For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation.To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words.In 1 a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend 2 can mean the difference between success and failure.Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are 3 readers. Most of us develop poor reading 4 at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency 5 in the actual stuff of language itself-words.Taken individually, words have 6 meaning until they are strung together into phrased, sentences and paragraphs. 7 , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words.He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to 8 words or passages.Regression, the tendency to look back over 9 you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading.Another habit which 10 down the speed of reading is vocalization―sounding each word either orally or mentally as 11 reads.

　　To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an 12 , which moves a bar down the page at a predetermined speed.The bar is set at a slightly faster rate 13 the reader finds comfortable, in order tostretchhim.The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, 14 word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization, practically impossible. At first 15 is sacrificed for speed.But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, 16 your comprehension will improve. Many people have found 17 reading skill drastically improved after some training. 18 Charlce Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute 19 the training,now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute.He is delighted that how he can 20 a lot more reading material in a short periodof time.

　　1.A.applying B.doing C.offering D.getting

　　2.A.quickly B.easily C.roughly D.decidedly

　　3.A.good B.curious C.poor D.urgent

　　4.A.training B.habits C.situations D.custom

　　5.A.lies B.combines C.touches D.involves

　　6.A.some B.A lot C.little D.dull

　　7.A.Fortunately B.In fact C.Logically D.Unfortunately

　　8.A.reuse B.reread C.rewrite D.recite

　　9.A.what B.which C.that D.if

　　10.A.scales B.cuts C.slows D.measures

　　11.A.some one B.one C.he D.reader

　　12.A.accelerator B.actor C.amplifier D.observer

　　13.A.then B.as C.beyond D.than

　　14.A.enabling B.leading C.making D.indicating

　　15.A.meaning B.comprehensionC.gist D.regression

　　16.A.but B.nor C.or D.for

　　17.A.our B.your C.their D.such a

　　18.A.Look at B.Take C.Make D.Consider

　　19.A.for B.in C.after D.before

　　20.A.master B.go over C.present D.get through

　　第三篇答案+解说：

　　1.【答案】D

　　【解析】本句意思是谁如果想谋得一份差事。applying需加for,意思是申请B.doing做;C.offering提供此三项均不符题意，　只有D.getting适合。

　　2.【答案】A

　　【解析】本句意为快速阅读与理解的能力，是关系到成败的关键所在只有quickly与原意吻合。easily;roughly ;　decidedly均与原文内容不符。

　　3.【答案】C

　　【解析】英语中，阅读速度快的人称为good reader，反之，就是poor reader。根据上下文的内容，多数人都属于poor reader，因此选poor。其它选项不妥。

　　4.【答案】B

　　【解析】此处的意思是大多数人早期养成看书慢的习惯因此选habits。training ;situations;custom。

　　5.【答案】A

　　【解析】此处说的是主要的困难在于语言的自身要素，即单词。combines联合;touches接触;involves包括，这三项的词义与原文不符。而lies与in构成搭配，意为在于。

　　6.【答案】C

　　【解析】这里的意思是如果单个地看这些字，它们并没有什么意义。some有点;A lot许多;dull单调的。此三项不合题意。只有little是否定词，合乎逻辑。

　　7.【答案】D

　　【解析】此句意为作者对未受过阅读训练的人的不良习惯感到遗憾。

　　Fortunately幸运地;In fact事实上;Logically合乎逻辑地,均不妥。

　　Unfortunately合乎句义。

　　8.【答案】B

　　【解析】此句意为在阅读时经常重读因此，选reread重读。reuse再使用;Rewrite改写;recite背诵。

　　9.【答案】A

　　【解析】此处所填的词既是look back over的宾语，又是you have just read的宾语，只有what能充当这种双重成分。

　　10.【答案】C

　　【解析】scales down按比例减少;cuts down削减;此两项不合题意。

　　measures不能与down搭配。只有slow与down搭配的意思放慢，在此合适。

　　11.【答案】B

　　【解析】本段前文已经出现you，在此选one来代替you。some one无此用法。如果用reader，前面应加定冠词。he不能与该段逻辑一致。

　　12.【答案】A

　　【解析】此句意为训练快速阅读所使用的工具必然与提高阅读速度有关，因此选accelerator 。actor演员;amplifier放大器;observer观察者。

　　13.【答案】D

　　【解析】前面的faster决定了应当选than，构成比较级。

　　14.【答案】C

　　【解析】此句意为快速阅读器迫使你加快阅读速度，使你再也不能逐字阅读，回顾前文内容或者默读。enabling相当于making possible;leading引导;indicating指出，表明。都不合题意。只有making 最合适。

　　15.【答案】B

　　【解析】这里的意思是速读最初会影响理解，所以选comprehension。meaning意义，意思，指词或词组表示的意义;gist大意，要旨regression回顾

　　16.【答案】A

　　【解析】与前半句中的not only相呼应，构成句式不仅，而且，只有选but，而nor;or或for均不能构成固定用法。

　　17.【答案】C

　　【解析】本句中的主语是第三人称复数，物主代词必然是their。

　　18.【答案】B

　　【解析】take与后面的for instance构成短语，意为：以例，其它三项不能构成搭配。

　　19.【答案】D

　　【解析】这里提到受训之前与受训之后进行比较,对比，因此选before。

　　20.【答案】D

　　【解析】此处意为：在较短时间内，读完众多的材料。master掌握;go over复习;present呈现，展现;此三项均不妥;只有get through 最恰当。