1、大学英语四级完形填空第一篇Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that goes into the 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 alway
2、s 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, in groups to (7) me up, would take me to the zoo. When
3、 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
4、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 certa
5、inly a job which will appeal (19) all those who love animals and (20) .1.A.how B. where C. when D. whether2.A.region B. field C. place D. case3.A.clarity B. emotion C. sentiment D. affection4.A.except B. but C. except for D. but for5.A.recite B. recognize C. read D. repeat6.A.volume B. noise C. voic
6、e D. pitch7.A.close B. shut C. stop D. comfort8.A.grew B. was growing C. grow D. grown9.A.many B. amount C. number D. supply10.A.living B. cultivating C. reclaiming D. exploring11.A.increase B. include C. add D. enrich 12.A.later B. further C. then D. subsequently13.A.attendant B. keeper C. member D
7、. aide14.A.who B. they C. of which D. which15.A.luckily B. gladly C. nearly D. successfully16.A.pay B. provide C. allow D. finance17.A.normally B. regularly C. usually D. often18.A.expectations B. sorrows C. excitement D. disappointments19.A.for B. with C. to D. from20.A.excursion B. travel C. journ
8、ey D. Trip第一篇解析：1.【答案】A 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 (从小就喜欢动物)，应当选择 A.how。2.【答案】C 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 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”(动物园),而不是“妈妈”,“爸爸”,因此,应选 clarity“清晰” 。填入其他选项 emotion (感情),sentiment(多愁善感),affection(友爱 )不合逻辑。4.【答案】B but 在此处连接另一个句子
9、(it was the word“zoo”,“it was”被省略)，表示转折，意为“而是”，Except, except for, but for 的用法接近，表示 “除了”。5.【答案】D 根据后面的 over and over again,应选“repeat”6.【答案】C 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( 音量)；noise(噪音)；pitch(音调)均不合要求。7.【答案】B 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 根据后面主句的时
10、态，此处只能用一般过去时。9.【答案】C 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。10.【答案】D 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 add to 相当于 increase，增加。其余选项后面都不接 to。12.【答案】A later on 为固定短语， “后来”。13.【答案】D attendant 仆
11、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 which 在此引导定语从句，修饰前面列出的动物。15.【答案】D 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 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 此句为现在完成进行时态,选 regularly 比较贴切。18.【答案】D 此句是由 thou
12、gh 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 appeal to 为成语，意思是“吸引”。20.【答案】B excursion 短途旅行；journey(从一地到另一地的)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If you were to begin a new job tomorrow, you would bring with you some basic strengths and weaknes
13、ses. Success or (1) in your work would depend, to (2) great extent, (3) your ability to use your strengths and weaknesses to the best advantage. (4) the utmost importance is your attitude. A person (5) begins a job convinced that he isnt going to like it or is (6) that he is going to ail is exhibiti
14、ng a weakness which can only hinder his success. On the other hand, a person who is secure (7) his belief that he is probably as capable (8) doing the work as anyone else and who is willing to make a cheerful attempt (9) it possesses a certain strength of purpose. The chances are that he will do wel
15、l. (10) the prerequisite skills for a particular job is strength. Lacking those skills is obviously a weakness. A book-keeper who cant add or a carpenter who cant cut a straight line with a saw (11) hopeless cases.This book has been designed to help you capitalize (12) the strength and overcome the
16、(13) that you bring to the job of learning. But insgroupsto measure your development, you must first (14) - stock of swheres you stand now. (15) - we get further along in the book, well be (16) - in some detail with specific processes for developing and strengthening (17) - skills. However, (18) - b
17、egin with, you should pause (19) - examine your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are critical to your success or failure in school: your (20) -, your reading and communication skills, and your study habits.1.A.improvement B. victory C. failure D. achievement2.A.a B. the C. some D
18、. certain3.A.in B. on C. of D. to4.A.Out of B. Of C. To D. Into5.A.who B. what C. that D. which6.A.ensure B. certain C. sure D. surely7.A.onto B. on C. off D. in8.A.to B. at C. of D. for9.A.near B. on C. by D. at10.A.Have B. Had C. Having D. Had been11.A.being B. been C. are D. is12.A.except B. but
19、C. for D. on13.A.idea B. weakness C. strength D. advantage14.A.make B. take C. do D. give15.A.as B. till C. over D. out16.A.deal B. dealt C. be dealt D. dealing17.A.learnt B. learned C. learning D. learn18.A.around B. to C. from D. beside19.A.to B. onto C. into D. with20.A.intelligence B. work C. at
20、titude D. weakness第二篇解析：1.【答案】C 本句的意思是：“成功或失败在很大程度上取决于你是否能扬长避短。 ”improvement 改进；victory 胜利；achievement 成果，成就。这三个词都不合题意，只有 C. failure“失败”最合适。2.【答案】A to a great extent 是固定短语，意思是“很大程度上” ，符合题意。类似的说法还有：to a large extent, to some extent, to an extent, to a certain extent, to that extent, to the extent of。
21、the, some, certain 都不能与 great extent 搭配。3.【答案】B on 与前面的 depend 构成本句谓语。4.【答案】B of 与名词连用,表示具有某种性质,状态，做表语。置于句首，表示强调。正常语序为：Your attitude is of the utmost importance.5.【答案】A A person 后应当是定语从句,“ 开始工作的那个人” 。6.【答案】C 本句的意思是“如果一个刚刚开始工作的人就深信自己不会喜欢或肯定不适应这项工作，那么阻碍他成功的缺点就暴露出来了。 ”or 后面省略了主语 he。ensure 保证；certain 肯定
22、的(只能用于 It 做主语的句子里 )；surely 确实地；sure 肯定的。7.【答案】D in ones belief 相信。其它选项都不能与 belief 搭配。8.【答案】C capable of doing 是固定搭配，意为“能够干什么”。9.【答案】D attempt 用做名词，后接介词 at，意为“试图，努力” ；如果后面接介词 on，表示攻击的意思。其他两项都不能与 attempt 搭配。10.【答案】C 本句的意思是“具有某一工作的必要技能是一个优势” 此处应填句子的主语，故选动名词 having。11.【答案】D 本句主语是 A book-keeper or carpen
23、ter。根据主谓一致原则，其谓语应当用单数 is，而不是复数 are。being, been 都是分词，应该排除。12.【答案】D on 与前面的 capitalize 搭配，表示“ 利用”。做不定式 help 的补语。其它选项不能与 capitalize 搭配。13.【答案】B 本句的意思是“克服缺点”,应选 weakness(缺点，弱点)。idea 观点；strength 优点；advantage 优势。14.【答案】B 固定短语 take stock of，意为“对估价，对作出判断”。15.【答案】A 本句的意思是：“随着更深入的阅读” ，从语法角度，此处应填关联词。四个选项中，只有 a
24、s 能用做关联词。16.【答案】D 选项 A, B, C 分别是 deal(处理，论述，涉及)的原形，过去分词及被动语态。根据语法和语义，此处应填将来进行时，意思是“随着书中内容的进一步深入，我们将详细论述发展和加强学习技能的具体过程。 ”17.【答案】C 根据上下文，这里应当指“学习技能 ”。18.【答案】B 固定短语 to begin with，意为“首先，第一 ”，常用做插入语。19.【答案】A 谓语动词 pause 后，examine 又是动词原形，所以这里应当选 to，可构成动词不定式，做目的状语。其余选项都是介词，不合题意。20.【答案】C 本句对全文进行总结概括，与文章的开头相呼
25、应，Of the utmost importance is your attitude 故选 attitude.第三篇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, report
26、s 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 an
27、d 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
28、also led newspapers to branch outsintos 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 depen
29、d 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
30、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
31、) - the community, city, country, state, nation, and worldand even outer space.1.A.Just when B. While C. Soon after D. Before2.A.to give B. giving C. given D. being given3.A.gather B. spread C. carry D. bring4.A.reason B. cause C. problem D. purpose5.A.make B. publish C. know D. write6.A.another B.
32、other C. one another D. the other7.A.However B. And C. Therefore D. So8.A.value B. ratio C. rate D. speed9.A.spread B. passed C. printed D. completed10.A.inform B. be informed C. to be informed D. informed11.A.entertain B. encourage C. educate D. edit12.A.on B. through C. with D. of13.A.forms B. exi
33、stence C. contents D. purpose14.A.tries to cover B. manages to cover C. fails to cover D. succeeds in15.A.source B. origin C. course D. finance16.A.way B. means C. chance D. success17.A.measures B. measured C. Is measured D. was measured18.A.somewhat B. little C. much D. something19.A.offering B. of
34、fered C. which offered D. to be offered20.A.by B. with C. at D. about第三篇解析：1.【答案】A 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。说明报纸对新闻的反应之快。2.【答案】A 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 消息，信息要靠收集。4.【答案】D 后面的不定式短语表示目的。5.【答案】C 提供信息的目的是为了让他人知道，所以选 C。6.【答案】B o
35、ther 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 根据句中的 merely 及其后所述内容，应选 however，表转折。8.【答案】D 使用更新，更快的通讯工具，目的是提高速度。9.【答案】C 报纸是印出来的，先印后看(读)。10.【答案】D 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新闻信息。11.【答案】C 关于 politics 之类的严肃话题,只能选 educate。12.【答案】B 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
36、案】B 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 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 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 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(要打广告的人)心中的价值。17.【答案】C 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
37、量的。18.【答案】C 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 offered 作 services 和 entertainment 的定语。20.【答案】D information 后面接介词 about，表示 “关于”。第四篇For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communica
38、tions, 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 read
39、ing (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
40、 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 o
41、r mentally as (11) - reads.To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an (12), which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate (13) - the reader finds comfortable, in order to “stretch”him. The accelerator fo
42、rces 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
43、) - 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 mater
44、ial in a short period of time.1.A.applying B. doing C. offering D. getting2.A.quickly B. easily C. roughly D. decidedly3.A.good B. curious C. poor D. urgent4.A.training B. habits C. situations D. custom5.A.lies B. combines C. touches D. involves6.A.some B.A lot C. little D. dull7.A.Fortunately B. In
45、 fact C. Logically D. Unfortunately8.A.reuse B. reread C. rewrite D. recite9.A.what B. which C. that D. if10.A.scales B. cuts C. slows D. measures11.A.some one B. one C. he D. reader12.A.accelerator B. actor C. amplifier D. observer13.A.then B. as C. beyond D. than14.A.enabling B. leading C. making
46、D. indicating15.A.meaning B. comprehension C. gist D. regression16.A.but B. nor C. or D. for17.A.our B. your C. their D. such a18.A.Look at B. Take C. Make D. Consider19.A.for B. in C. after D. before20.A.master B. go over C. present D. get through第四篇解析：1.【答案】D 本句意思是“谁如果想谋得一份差事”。applying 需加 for,意思是“
47、 申请”；B.doing做；C.offering 提供此三项均不符题意， 只有 D.getting(获得)适合。2.【答案】A 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(容易地)；roughly (粗略地)； decidedly(果断地)均与原文内容不符。3.【答案】C 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(差的 )。其它选项不妥。4.【答案】B 此处的意思是“大多数人早期养成看书慢的习惯 ”因此选 habit
48、s(习惯)。training (训练，培训)；situations(形势)；custom( 风俗习惯)。5.【答案】A 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 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(很少)是否定词，合乎逻辑。7.【答案】D 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
49、运地；In fact 事实上；Logically 合乎逻辑地,均不妥。Unfortunately(不幸地)合乎句义。8.【答案】B 此句意为“在阅读时经常重读(反复读)”因此，选 reread 重读。reuse 再使用；Rewrite 改写；recite 背诵。9.【答案】A 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 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 本段前文已经出现 you，在此选 one(泛指人们，我们，你)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 此句意为“训练快速阅读所
