大学的英语考试六级完形填空模拟试题

　　经过了长时间的努力，考验我们的时候终于来到了。明天我们要怀着轻松的心情走进考场，希望每个人都能发挥出超常水平，达到最佳状态!同样，即使我们这次没能通过，我们也没有必要气馁。因为真正重要的是我们在学习过程中学到的知识和获得的经验技巧。四六级并不是我们英语学习道路上的终点，恰恰相反――这是一个新的起点：让我们以更广阔的视野获取最快捷的咨询的途径。最后感谢大家长时间支持我们的节目，与我们共同分享学习中点点滴滴苦涩与清醇。

　　It doesnt matter if we win or lose. It only matters if we try as hard as we can. If we give every ounce of spirit weve got. What do we say? ---Say Yeah! I can!! loudly. ~~~:)

　　In the United States, older people rarely live with their adult children. But in many other cultures children are expected to care their aged parents. In some parts of Italy, the percentage of adult children who with their parents 65 to 70 percent. In Thailand, too, children are expected to care for their elderly parents; few Thai elderly live .

　　21. about after for over

　　22. reside recite redeem rebel

　　23. amasses amounts attains reaches

　　24. lone alone lonesome lonely

　　What explains these differences in living arrangements cultures? Modernization theory the extended family household to low levels of economic development. In traditional societies, the elderly live with their children in large extended family units for economic reasons. But with modernization, children move to urban areas, leaving old people in rural areas. Yet modernization theory cannot explain why extended family households were never common in the United States or England, or why families in Italy, which is fully modernized, a strong tradition of intergenerational living. Clearly, economic development alone cannot explain living arrangements.

　　25. over across within above

　　26. associated linked united combined

　　27. aside after over behind

　　28. isolated segregated idealized secluded

　　29. maintain promote reservesupport

　　30. appointed assigned preserved preferred

　　Another theory associated intergenerational living arrangements with inheritance patterns. In some cultures, the stem family pattern of inheritance . this system, parents live with a married child, usually the oldest son, who then their property when they die. The stem family system was once common in Japan, but changes in inheritance laws, broader social changes brought by industrialization and urbanization, have the . In 1960 about 80 percent of Japanese over 65 lived with their children; by 1990 only 60 percent did―a figure that is still high U. S. standards, but which has been steadily. In Korea, too, traditional living arrangements are : the percentage of aged Koreans who live with a son declined from 77 percent in 1984 to 50 percent just 10 years later. Although most elderly Koreans still expect to live with a son, their adult children do not expect to live with their children when they grow old.

　　31. controls overtakes predominates overwhelms

　　32. at under by over

　　33. delivers conveys conceives inherits

　　34. as well as might as well as well well as

　　35. off up around about

　　36. undermined decreased diminished defeated

　　37. authority usage habit tradition

　　38. by on with in

　　39. inclining reclining declining reducing

　　40. receding removing invading eroding

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　　答案与解析 Keys and Explainations

　　21. for

　　解析：In the United States, older people rarely live with their adult children. But in many other cultures children are expected to care for their aged parents. 在美国，老年人很少和他们成年的子女居住在一起。但是在很多其他文化中，子女有责任赡养年老的父母。Care for有两个意思。

　　(1)喜欢。例如：

　　I dont care for tea.

　　我不喜欢喝茶。

　　(2)(本文所用的意思)照顾;照料;抚养

　　Hes good at caring for sick animals.

　　他精心照料生病的牲畜。

　　22. reside

　　解析：In some parts of Italy, the percentage of adult children who reside with their parents reaches 65 to 70 percent. 在意大利的一些地区，和父母住在一起的成年子女比例达到了百分之六十五到七十。

　　reside住，居住。同根词有residence residency residential

　　recite

　　(1)背诵。例如：

　　recite a poem

　　背诵一首诗

　　(2)细述;列举。例如：

　　recite his complaints

　　详说他的抱怨

　　redeem vt. 赎回, 挽回, 恢复, 补偿, 兑换

　　rebel (1)造反;反叛;起义 (2)强烈反对

　　The students rebelled against their government.

　　学生们起来反抗他们的政府。

　　23. reaches

　　解析：到达用reach。

　　如果用amount，后面必须加to。例如：

　　(与to连用) 等于;总计;合计;总计达

　　Their traveling expenses amount to seven hundred dollars.

　　他们的旅费共达700 美元。

　　Your words amount to a refusal.

　　你的话等于回绝了。

　　amass vt. 收集, 积聚

　　attain vt. (经过努力)达到, 获得

　　24. alone

　　解析：In Thailand, too, children are expected to care for their elderly parents; few Thai elderly live alone.

　　在泰国也是这样，子女有责任照料年老的父母，泰国很少有老年人独居。

　　四个选项中，只有Alone，为副词，作状语，修饰动词live。其他三项， lone lonesome lonely都是形容词。

　　25. across

　　解析：What explains these differences in living arrangements across cultures?如何解释不同文化中居住方式的差异呢?

　　不同文化间的介词应该用across。

　　26. linked

　　解析：Modernization theory linked the extended family household to low levels of economic development. 现代化理论将大家族住在一起的居住方式和经济的落后联系在一起。

　　link常与together, to, with连用，表示连接;将与相连。例如：

　　The two towns are linked by a railway.

　　这两个城镇由一条铁路连接起来。

　　因为句子后面用的是to，因此唯一合适的只有link。

　　Associate一般和with连用。

　　27. behind

　　解析：But with modernization, children move to urban areas, leaving old people behind in isolated rural areas.随着现代化的进程，孩子们都迁移到城市，将老年人留在了环境比较隔绝的农村。

　　Leavebehind: 将留在身后

　　28. isolated

　　解析：isolate: 使孤立;使隔离。例如：

　　The farm is isolated; the nearest house is 30 kilometers away.

　　这个农场与世隔绝，离它最近的住家在30公里以外。

　　segregated 隔离的，一般仅用于种族隔离。

　　idealized 理想的。

　　secluded退隐的，隐居的;侧重有意使自己与他人隔离的意思。

　　29. maintain

　　解析：Yet modernization theory cannot explain why extended family households were never common in the United States or England, or why families in Italy, which is fully modernized, maintain a strong tradition of intergenerational living.但是现代化理论却无法解释，为什么几代同堂的居住方式从来没有在美国和英国普遍存在，还有，已经完全现代化的意大利，仍然保留着几代人住在一起的传统。

　　因为需要填入的动词宾语是tradition，并且根据上下文的意思，该词的意思应该是保留。不该选promote，因为promote意为推崇，提倡，给人感觉是，这个传统以前在意大利不曾有过，而这是不符合事实的。Reserve意为(为某种特别的目的而)储备，预备，也不如maintain更恰当。

　　30. preferred

　　解析：Clearly, economic development alone cannot explain preferred living arrangements. 显然，仅仅经济发展程度本身是无法解释人们的居住习惯的。

　　Preferred 此处作定语，perfer意为更喜欢;宁愿。

　　appoint vt. 约定, 指定, 任命, 委任

　　assign vt. 分配, 指派

　　preserve vt. 保护, 保持, 保存, 保藏

　　31. predominates

　　解析：predominate意为(与over连用)统治;支配 ;占优势;居支配地位。

　　control vt. 控制, 支配, 管理, 操纵, 抑制。Control为及物动词，后面一般跟宾语。

　　overtake vt. 赶上, 追上

　　overwhelm vt. 淹没;覆盖;制服;控制;压倒;压服;击败

　　32. under

　　解析：在这样的制度中：under such systems。

　　33. inherits

　　解析：Under this system, parents live with a married child, usually the oldest son, who then inherits their property when they die.在这样的制度下，父母和已婚子女之一居住在一起，一般是他们的长子，等他们过世的时候，长子继承他们的财产。

　　四个选项中只有inherit有继承的意思。

　　34. as well as

　　解析：The stem family system was once common in Japan, but changes in inheritance laws, as well as broader social changes brought about by industrialization and urbanization, have undermined the tradition.

　　这种继承式的家庭模式一度在日本十分普遍。但是工业化和城市化带来的继承法的修改，以及社会各个层面的变革，都削弱了这一传统。 As well as: 以及。在此处相当于coupled with。如果放在句尾，则用as well。

　　might as well: 不妨。例如：

　　Since my husband wont be home for another hour, I might as well do the laundry while waiting for him.

　　既然我老公一小时后才回家，我不妨一边等他，一边把衣服洗了。

　　35. about

　　解析：bring about：带来(to cause to happen)。例如：

　　Science has brought about many changes in our lives.

　　科学给我们的生活带来了很多变化。

　　The increase in business activity was brought about by the fall in oil price.

　　油价的下跌带来了生意的兴旺。

　　bringoff 成功地做。例如：

　　to bring off a big business deal做成了一笔生意

　　bring up教育;养育

　　提出;引出。例如：

　　Why did you bring that up?

　　你干吗提那件事呢?

　　bringround: 说服某人。

　　Im sure well be able to bring him around to our point of view.

　　我肯定我们能说服他接受我们的观点。

　　36. undermined

　　解析：削弱，选undermine最合适。

　　decrease v. 减少;变少;降低

　　diminish v. 减少, 变小

　　37. tradition

　　解析：文化方面的传统一般用tradition。

　　38. by

　　解析：In 1960 about 80 percent of Japanese over 65 lived with their children; by 1990 only 60 percent did―a figure that is still high by U. S. standards, but which has been declining steadily.

　　在1960年，六十五岁以上的日本人，大约有百分之八十和他们的父母一起生活。到1990年，只有百分之六十了。按照美国的标准，这个数字仍然很大，但是它已经在稳步下降。

　　和的标准相比较：bystandards

　　39. declining

　　解析：decline下降;下滑;下倾。

　　incline vt. 使倾向于, 使倾斜; vi. 倾向, 倾斜

　　recline v. 靠;躺;倚

　　reduce vt. 减少, 缩小，一般后面加宾语。

　　40. eroding

　　解析：erode：vt. 侵蚀, 腐蚀, 使变化

　　vi. 受腐蚀, 逐渐消蚀掉

　　recede v. 后退

　　remove (常与from连用)拿走;撤走，除去

　　to remove your hat

　　脱掉你的帽子

　　to remove a child from a class

　　把一个孩子从班上带走 (与from连用)撤职，免职

　　invade 侵略;侵占

　　The army invaded the town.

　　军队侵入了这个城市。

　　涌入

　　a city invaded by tourists

　　挤满游客的城市

　　侵犯;侵扰

　　to invade another persons rights

　　侵害他人的权益