Module 4 Fine Arts—Western，Chinese and Pop Arts
I. 单项填空
1．________at the good news, she couldn't help laughing.
A．Delighting
B．Delightful
C．Delighted
D．Being delighted
答案 C [句意：这个好消息让她很高兴，她忍不住笑了起来。delighted“高兴的，愉快的”，指人；此处用过去分词短语作原因状语。]
2．He is a man of strong selfrespect，so he can't stand________in public.
A．being laughed at
B．laughting at
C．laughed at
D．having been laughed at
答案 A [stand作“忍受”讲时，后跟动名词或名词作宾语，being laughed at是动名词的被动形式，强调he与laugh at为被动关系。故答案为A。]
3．I don't know what to________her recent behavior at all.
A．make up
B．make of
C．make for
D．make into
答案 B [考查make短语辨析。句意：我一点也不理解她最近的行为。make of“理解”；make up“编造，组成”；make for“朝……走去/前进”；make into“制作，做成”。根据句意可知答案为B。]
4．Despite the fact that all three teams________different approaches to the problem, they were all immediate successes.
A．adopted
B．acquired
C．adapted
D．accumulated
答案 A [句意：尽管事实上三组都采用了不同的方法来解决这个问题，但是他们都当即获得了成功。adopt“采用，收养”；acquire“获得，得到”；adapt“适应”；accumulate“积极，堆积”。]
5．As we all know，the novel________a great success and was translated into 20 languages in 2011.
A．appreciatedB．enjoyed
C．welcomed
D．seized
答案 B [考查动词辨析。句意为：正如我们所知，这本小说享有巨大的成功，并在2011年被译成了20种语言。appreciate欣赏，感谢；enjoy享有，喜欢；welcome欢迎，乐于接受；seize抓住，夺取。只有B项符合语意。]
6．________himself in work makes it possible for him to achieve his goal.
A．Buried
B．Being buried
C．Burying
D．To be buried
答案 C [考查非谓语动词作主语。根据句子结构可以看出此处缺少主语，过去分词不能作主语，所以首先排除A。另外，bury oneself in (doing) sth.＝be buried in (doing) sth.表示“专心做某事”，根据空后面的himself可知选C，用动词的ing形式作主语。]
7．It is one of the funniest things________on the Internet so far this year.
A．finding
B．being found
C．to find
D．found
答案 D [句意：这是今年为止在网络上被发现的最有趣的事情之一。find与所修饰的名词things之间构成被动关系，故可排除A项与C项。being found作定语表示“正在被发现的”，与题意不符。用过去分词作定语表示被动和完成，即“已经被发现的”。]
8．________that he was in great danger，Eric walked deeper into the forest.
A．Not realized
B．Not to realize
C．Not realizing
D．Not to have realized
答案 C [句意：艾里克没有意识到自己处于极度危险之中，他继续向森林深处走去。考查非谓语动词作状语，Eric和realize之间是主动关系，非谓语动词的否定式是在其前加not，故选C。]
9．In the big earthquake all their houses were________，so they had to build new ones.
A．hurt
B．harmed
C．injured
D．destroyed
答案 D [句意：在这场大地震中，他们所有的房屋都被毁坏了，因此不得不建新的。hurt既可指肉体上的伤害，也可指精神上、感情上的伤害；harm用于指肉体上或精神上的伤害均可，有时可指引起不安或不便，还可用于抽象事物，尤其是指不道德的事情；injure比hurt正式，指损害健康、成就、容貌等，强调功能的损失；destroy指彻底毁坏以至于不能或很难修复。]
10．The little boy gave________to his excitement when seeing fantasy films.
A．idea
B．expression
C．reaction
D．thought
答案 B [考查名词词义辨析。idea“想法，主意”，常构成have an idea(of sth)短语；reaction反应；expression“表示，表达”，可构成give expression to短语，意为“表达，表现”；thought“想法”，常构成have the thought of短语。句意：这个小男孩一看科幻片就激动。]
11．I don't think she is a nice woman；I am________her empty talk.
A．grateful for
B．tired of
C．crazy about
D．surprised at
答案 B [句意：我认为她不是一个好女人，我对她那空洞的言谈很厌烦。be grateful for“感激”；be tired of“厌烦，对……厌倦”；be crazy about“对……着迷”；be surprised at“对……感到惊讶”。]
12．The lessons given by Mr Li are always interesting and________．
A．living
B．lovely
C．alive
D．lively
答案 D [句意：李先生的课总是既有趣又生动。living可以指人也可以指物，表示长久存在、活力或功效持久不衰的；lovely形容人或物“可爱的，美好的”；alive多用于指人，着重指状态；lively意为“生动的，活泼的，生机勃勃的”。]
13．These days it’s hard to________the difference between the good guys and the bad guys.
A．say
B．make
C．tell
D．find
答案 C [考查动词辨析与固定搭配。此处tell the difference between...and...表示“辨别……与……的不同”。句意为：现在很难辨别好人与坏人。]
14．Don't deny it.I can tell________your writing.
A．about
B．against
C．by
D．on
答案 C [句意：别否认，我能从你的笔迹辨别出来。tell by“从……辨别出”；tell about“讲述”；tell against sb“对某人有不利影响”；tell on sb“告发某人，告某人的状”。]
15．We're trying to________a few hundred dollars every month for our vacation.
A．put off
B．put down
C．put out
D．put aside
答案 D [句意：我们正在尽量每月存几百美金以供度假之用。put aside“储存(钱)备用”；put off“推迟”；put out“扑灭”；put down“写下；镇压”。]
II. 完形填空
It was at least two months before Christmas when my nineyearold Almie Row told her father and me she wanted a new bicycle.__1__Christmas drew nearer, her desire for a new bicycle seemed to __2__or so, we thought.We bought the latest sage, Babysitter's Club dolls, and a doll house.Then，__3__， on December 23rd, she said that she __4__wanted a bike more than __5__else.It was just __6__late, what with all the details of preparing Christmas dinner and buying lastminute gifts, to take the time to __7__ the “right bike”for our little girl.So, it was Christmas Evearound 9：00 p．m.，with Almie and her sixyearold brother, Dylan nestled snug in their beds.Now we could only__8__the bicycle and the __9__of our daughter.
“__10__I make a little bicycle out of clay and write a note that she could trade in the clay __11__for a real bike？”her dad asked.“Since this is a(n)__12__item and she is ‘such a big girl’，it would be much better for her to pick it out.”So he spent the next four hours__13__working with clay to make a tiny bike.
On Christmas morning, we were__14__for Almie to open the little heartshaped package with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the__15__．Finally, she opened it and read the note aloud.“Does this mean that I__16__this bike that Daddy made me for a__17__one？”
“Yes，”I said.
Alimie__18__tears in her eyes when she replied，“I could never trade in this beautiful bicycle that Daddy made me.I'd__19__keep this than get a real bike.”At the moment, we would have __20__heaven and earth to buy her every bicycle on the planet!
Notes：
①sage n．鼠尾草 ②trade in以旧换新
1．A.As
B．With
C．Having
D．For
2．A.disappear
B．arrive
C．fade
D．lose
3．A.to our much surprise
B．to be much surprised
C．much to us surprise
D．much to our surprise
4．A.specially
B．really
C．probably
D．most
5．A.everything
B．something
C．anything
D．nothing
6．A.quite
B．rather
C．very
D．too
7．A.select
B．choose
C．elect
D．pick
8．A.regret
B．think of
C．forget
D．remember
9．A.disappointment
B．sadness
C．sorrow
D．surprise
10．A.Only if
B．If only
C．What if
D．If what
11．A.medal
B．motto
C．metal
D．model
12．A.common
B．expensive
C．ordinary
D．regular
13．A.painstakingly
B．hardly
C．patiently
D．effectively
14．A.expecting
B．anxiety
C．excited
D．eager
15．A.word
B．parcel
C．message
D．note
16．A.trade in
B．pay for
C．exchange
D．use
17．A.true
B．good
C．real
D．value
18．A.carried
B．had
C．cried
D．got
19．A.better
B．rather
C．like to
D．have to
20．A.inspired
B．interested
C．moved
D．encouraged
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文。在圣诞节前夕，因为未能给心爱的女儿买自行车，作者的丈夫花了四个小时用橡皮泥为女儿做了一个自行车模型，女儿非常感动。
1．A [as为连词，意为“随着……”。而with是介词，不可以跟从句，所以答案为A。]
2．C [联系上下文可知，此处表示“她想买新自行车的欲望似乎渐渐淡去了”。disappear是“消失”；arrive是“到达”；fade是“变淡，逐渐消失”；lose是“失去”。由语意可知，答案选C。]
3．D [much to one's surprise或to one's great surprise意为“使某人非常惊讶的是”。]
4．B [根据上下文可知，这里表示“Almie确实想要一辆自行车，而不要其他任何东西”。]
5．C [根据第4题解析可知，答案为C。]
6．D [too...to...意为“太……而不能……”。]
7．A [因为是给心爱的女儿买自行车，故用select表示“精心挑选”。choose表示“一般性的选择或挑选”；elect意为“选举”；pick是口头用语，指“无需仔细考虑就能作出的选择”。]
8．B [依据上文未给女儿买车可知，此时“我们”一定是在考虑自行车的事。]
9．A [依据上文可知，没有给女儿买车，她应感到失望。]
10．C [what if...意为“倘若……又会怎样”。]
11．D [medal意为“奖章”；motto意为“箴言”；metal意为“金属”；model意为“模型”。根据语境可知，答案为D。]
12．B [由语境可知，用橡皮泥做的自行车可以换一辆真正的自行车，那它肯定是一件“昂贵的”物品。]
13．A [从上文可知，Dad煞费苦心地去做这件事。painstakingly意为“煞费苦心地”。]
14．C [此处指“我们非常兴奋地等待”。expect是及物动词，应表示为“expect sb to do sth”。]
15．D [用“the note”与上文的“write a note”相呼应。]
16．A [此处表示“与真自行车交换”。从上文“trade in (抵价购物)the clay model”以及下文“trade in this beautiful bicycle”可判断答案。]
17．C [由上文的“for a real bike”和下文的“than get a real bike”可知答案。]
18．B [had tears in her eyes意为“她眼含泪水”。carry表示“抱，提，背”；cry表示“哭”；get表示“得到，获得”，均不符合句意。]
19．B [would rather...than...意为“宁愿……而不愿……”。]
20．C [would have moved heaven and earth意为“会感动天地的”。]
III. 阅读理解
What happens inside the skull of a soccer player who repeatedly heads a soccer ball？That question motivated a challenging new study of the brains of experienced players that has caused discussion and debate among soccer players，and some anxiety among those of us with soccerplaying children.
For the study，researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York selected 34 adults，men and women.All of the volunteers had played soccer since childhood and now competed yearround in adult soccer leagues.Each filled out a detailed questionnaire developed especially for this study to determine how many times they had headed a soccer ball in the previous year，as well as whether they had experienced any known concussions (脑震荡) in the past.
Then the players completed computerized tests of their memory and other learning skills and had their brains scanned，using a complicated new MRI technique which can find structural changes in the brain that can’t be seen during most scans.
According to the data they presented at a Radiological Society of North America meeting last month，the researchers found that the players who had headed the ball more than about 1,100 times in the previous 12 months showed significant loss of white matter in parts of their brains involved with memory，attention and the processing of visual information，compared with players who had headed the ball fewer times.
This pattern of white matter loss is “similar to those seen in traumatic (外伤的) brain injury”，like that after a serious concussion，the researchers reported，even though only one of these players was reported to have ever experienced a concussion.
The players who had headed the ball about 1,100 times or more in the past year were also generally worse at recalling lists of words read to them，forgetting or fumbling the words far more often than players who had headed the ball less.
1．The passage is most probably a________.
A．news report
B．research report
C．story for soccer players
D．text for doctors
2．From the passage we can conclude that frequent heading may have________.
A．significant effect on one’s brain
B．little effect on one’s brain
C．nothing to do with the brain injury
D．one’s memory improved
3．What is likely to be the cause of memory loss?
A．Playing soccer frequently.
B．Tests of their memory.
C．White matter loss.
D．Information processing.
4．The underlined word “fumbling” is closest in meaning to________.
A．remembering
B．misunderstanding
C．recalling
D．missing
【语篇解读】 研究表明，经常用头顶球会对大脑的内部构造造成严重影响，进而影响人的记忆力、注意力以及对视觉信息的处理能力。
1．B [推理判断题。根据第二段开头部分中的内容可推知，本文是一篇研究报告。]
2．A [推理判断题。根据第四段中的“the players who had headed the ball more than about 1,100 times in the previous 12 months showed significant loss of white matter in parts of their brains”可推知，频繁地用头顶球对大脑有显著的影响。]
3．C [细节理解题。结合第四段中的“loss of white matter in parts of their brains involved with memory”以及下一段的开头部分可知，记忆力的丧失可能与大脑中的白色物质缺失有关。]
4．D [词义猜测题。结合画线词前面的“worse at recalling lists of words”和“forgetting”可推知，fumbling与missing的意思最相近。]