阅读一篇短文,文中有15处空白,每个空白处给出了四个选项。应试者根据短文的内容从四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。
For some time now, nobody 51 to have a solution for inflation. Not one that is 52 to everybody. But 53 the administration of President Ford he offered one on national television. He used the phrase, to bite the bullet . The words were not new, but they spread 54 the country. Mr. Ford called 55 Americans to bite the bullet and make personal sacrifices. This, he said, would help to withdraw inflation. He urged them to eat less, use less gasoline, to spend less and save more. He appealed 56 them to do whatever was 57 to fight inflation, no matter how unpleasant.
Such is the meaning of to bite the bullet to do something quickly, 58 further delay, no matter how awful the action may be. But what does biting the bullet have to do 59 all this? A reasonable question. This is the explanation; 60 we all know, people in great pain sometimes tighten their fists, or clench their teeth, or bite down hard on a finger. It seems to ease their pain. Years ago, 61 the battlefield, one did not 62 pain-killing drugs. And it is said that during 63 operations, soldiers would bite a bullet, to ease their suffering. This old phrase came back to life in the I960s. Former president Nixon used it in 1968. He asked Congress to bite the bullet and 64 his proposal for a tax increase, a ten-percent surcharge 65 income taxes.
词汇:inflation n. 通货膨胀 gasoline n. 汽油
administration n. 管理,行政 surcharge n.负荷
51. A. seems B. happens C. likes D. /
52. A. pleasant B. exact C. satisfactory D. /
53. A. before B. at C. for D. /
54. A. out B. through C. across D. along
55. A. on B. in C. for D. forth
56. A. in B. of C. for D. to
57. A. objective B. necessary C. important D. /
58. A. by B. with C. under D. /
59. A. about B. with C. except for D. /
60. A. Because B. Since C. As D. Though
61. A. in B. on C. around D. across
62. A. find B. invent C. use D. /
63. A. surgery B. emergency C. temporary D. /
64. A. approve B. approve of C. carry out D. /
65. A. with B. to C. by D. on
参考答案
51. A 52. C 53. D 54. C 55. A 56. D 57. C 58. B 59. B 60. D 61. B 62. A 63. B 64. A 65. D
2013年12月大学英语四级听力考试冲刺练习题1
2013年12月大学英语四级听力考试冲刺练习题4
英语四级考试听力强化冲刺笔记一
2013年6月英语四级短对话解析
2013年6月英语四级听力的提高技巧突破惯用语
2013年12月英语四级听力考试全真模拟题3
听力备考大学英语四级听力必考的60个习语详解2
2013年12月大学英语四级听力考试冲刺练习题2
大学英语四级听力必考60个习语详解5
2013年12月大学英语四级听力考试冲刺练习题5
四级考试听力的历年常考句型
英语四级考试听力强化冲刺笔记二
英语四级听力复习的九大技巧
英语四级必争之地五妙招攻下听力短对话
英语四级听力常考场景词汇及规律总结
2013年6月四级听力备考调整心态和快速记忆
2013年英语四级听力复合式听写攻略的应试技巧
2013年6月英语四级听力语段题的十大类标志词
2013年6月英语新四级考试听力的长对话应试策略
2013年大学英语四级考试巅峰听力第六期
2013年12月英语四级听力短文理解的应急高招
听力备考大学英语四级听力必考的60个习语详解6
2013年12月英语四级听力考试全真模拟题7
四级听力必考60个习语详解2
2013年12月英语四级听力的选择题破题技巧
听力备考大学英语四级听力的必考60个习语详解4
赵建昆四级听力考试的四大题型解题策略
收藏英语四级真题听力含MP3汇总
2013年6月英语四级听力点评
2013年6月英语四级听力短对话原文
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |