英语四级选词填空真题及答案.docx

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英语四级选词填空真题及答案

2016年12月英语四级选词填空真题及答案

2016年12月英语四级选词填空真题及答案

第一套

PARTⅢReadingComprehension（40minutes）

SectionA

Directions:

Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.

Manymenandwomenhavelongboughtintotheideathatthereare“male”and“female”brains,believingthatexplainsjustabouteverydifferencebetweenthesexes.Anewstudy26thatbelief,questioningwhetherbrainsreallycanbedistinguishedbygender.

Inthestudy,TelAvivUniversityresearchers27forsexdifferencesthroughouttheentirehumanbrain

Andwhatdidtheyfind?

Notmuch.Ratherthanofferevidencefor28brainsas“male”or“female”,researchshowsthatbrainsfallintoawiderange,withmostpeoplefallingrightinthemiddle.

DaphnaJoel,wholedthestudy,saidherresearchfoundthatwhiletherearesomegender‐based29,manydifferenttypesofbraincan’talwaysbedistinguishedbygender.

Whilethe“average”maleand“average”femalebrainswere30different,youcouldn’ttellitbylookingatindividualbrainscans.Onlyasmall31ofpeoplehad“all-male”or“all-female”characteristics.

LarryCahill,anAmericanneuroscientist（神经科学家），saidthestudyisanimportantadditiontoagrowingbodyofresearchquestioning32beliefsaboutgenderandbrainfunction.Buthecautionedagainstconcludingfromthisstudythatallbrainsarethesame,33ofgender.

“There’samountainofevidence34theimportanceofsexinfluencesatalllevelsofbrainfunction,”hetoldTheSeattleTimes.

Ifanything,hesaid,thestudy35thatgenderplaysaveryimportantroleinthebrain—“evenwhenwearenotclearexactlyhow.”

Directions:

Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsi

eknitting,viewingTVmaybeespecially（43）atpromotingunhealthyhabits.Forone,thesheernumberofhourswepasswatchingTVdwarfsthetimewespendonanythingelse.Andotherstudieshavefoundthatwatchingadsforbeerandpopcornmaymakeyoumorelikelyto（44）them.

　　Evenso,theauthorsadmitthattheydidn’tcomparedifferentsedentaryactivitiesto（45）whetherTVwatchingwaslinkedtoagreaterriskofdiabetes,heartdiseaseorearlydeathcomparedwith,say,reading.

A）climbedB）consumeC）decadeD）determineE）effectiveF）harmfulG）outcomes

H）passivelyI）previouslyJ）resumeK）sufferedL）surfingM）termN）terminalsO）twisting

参考答案解析：

36.passively    

解析：

sittingpassively被动坐着

从词性判断，36题应该选一个副词来修饰sitting这个动名词，而备选项中只有两个副词，一个是passively被动地，一个是previously之前，再根据语义逻辑，坐着那看电视的行为应该是一种被动行为，而不存在前后之分。

37.harmful

解析：

quantifiedjusthowharmfulbeingacouchpotato量化长时间看电视的严重危害

通过分析how（   ）beingacouchpotatocanbe这句话的句子成分，得出how这个副词之后应该接一个形容词，符合词性条件的备选项，一个是effective有效的，一个是harmful有害的。

根据语义逻辑，长时间看电视是有害的，故选harmful。

38.previously

解析：

previouslypublishedstudies之前公布的研究

38题空格处应该填一个副词来修饰published这个词，参考36题的解析，备选项中现在只剩下一个副词就是previously，刚好填入此处。

39.surfing

解析：

spentchannelsurfing，直接翻译为在频道冲浪，意译为看电视。

这里的channel频道指代television电视；而“surfing冲浪”指代“watching看”，我们经常看到上网常用surfing一词，这里运用了仿词，将“上网冲浪”的surfing借过来用来指“看电视“。

以上可以理解为英语中的委婉表达。

40.decade

解析：

increased15%overadecade 10年增加了15%。

40题后面出现了一个词并列连词and，说明本句存在并列关系。

通读此句，40题在over之后应该填一个表示时间的名词，这样才能和前文over8.5.years与后文duringaseven-yearfollowup形成并列，备选项中只有decade符合条件。

41.climbed

解析：

theodds…climbed13%几率增加了13%。

解析同40题，根据and所指向的并列关系，前文说某一种风险增加了20%，某一种风险的增加了15%，此处空格也应该填一个表示上升的动词，备选项只有climbed，爬升。

42.outcomes

解析：

alloftheseoutcomes所有这些后果。

此题填outcomes，是对前文各种疾病风险的概括。

43.effective

解析：

beespeciallyeffectiveatpromotingunhealthyhabits更容易形成不健康的习惯。

beeffectiveatdoing有效做某事。

这里是讽刺用法，用来强调看电视更容易形成不健康的习惯。

44.consume

解析：

makeyoumorelikelytoconsumethem 使你更有可能吃他们，这里注意them指前文出现的beer啤酒和popcorn爆米花，又能表示喝啤酒，又能表示吃爆米花的词只有consume。

consume消费，也只吃喝（东西）。

45.determine

解析：

通过句法分析，本句应该填写动词原形，放在to不定式符号之后。

备选项中有3个动词原形，其中consume已经填在了44题，在剩下的resume恢复和determine决定之间，根据语义，应选择determine。

Readingisthoughttobeakindofconversationbetweenthereaderandthetext.Thereaderputsquestions,asitwere,tothetextandgetsanswers.Inthelightoftheseheputs__1__questions,andsoon.

　　Formostofthetimethis“conversation”goesonbelowthelevelofconsciousness.Attimes,however,webecome__2__ofit.Thisisusuallywhenwearerunningintodifficulties,whenmismatchisoccurringbetween__3__andmeaning.Whensuccessfulmatchingisbeingexperienced,ourquestionofthetextcontinuesattheunconsciouslevel.

　　Differentpeople__4__withthetextdifferently.Somestayveryclosetothewordsonthepage,otherstakeoffimaginativelyfromthewords,interpreting,criticizing,analyzingandexamining.Theformerrepresentsakindofcomprehensionwhichis__5__inthetext.Thelatterrepresents__6__levelsofcomprehension.Thebalancebetweentheseisimportant,especiallyforadvancedreaders.

　　Thereisanotherconversationwhichfromourpointofviewis__7__important,andthatistodonotwithwhatisreadbutwithhowitisread.Wecallthisa“process”conversationas__8__toa“content”conversation.Itisconcernednotwithmeaningbutwiththe__9__weemployinreading.Ifweareanadvancedreaderourabilitytoholdaprocessconversationwithatextisusuallyprettywell__10__.Notsoourabilitytoholdacontentconversation.

　　[A]opposed[B]converse[C]equallyD]written

　　[E]developed[F]strategies[G]compared[H]awake

[I]higher[J]expectations[K]deal[L]absolutely[M]aware

　　[N]better[O]further

　　参考答案：

　　1.O2.M3.J4.B5.D6.I7.C8.A9.F10.E

　　Directions:

Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.

　　Themethodformakingbeerhaschangedovertime.Hops（啤酒花）,forexample,whichgivemanyamodernbeeritsbitterflavor,area26recentadditiontothebeverage.Thiswasmentionedinreferencetobrewingintheninthcentury.Now,researchershavefounda27ingredientinresidue（残留物）from5000-year-oldbeerbrewingequipment.WhileexcavatingtwopitsatasiteinthecentralplainsofChina,scientistsdiscoveredfragmentsfrompotsandve__.Thedifferentshapesofthecontainers28theywereusedtobrew,filter,andstorebeer.Theymaybeancient“beer-makingtools,”andtheearliest29evidenceofbeerbrewinginChina,theresearchersreportedintheProceedingsoftheNationalAcademyofSciences.To30thathypothesis,theteamexaminedtheyellowish,dried31insidethevessels.Themajorityofthegrains,about80%,werefromcerealcropslikebarley（大麦）,andabout10%werebitsofroots,32lily,wouldhavemadethebeersweeter,thescientistssay.Barleywasanunexpectedfind:

thecropwasdomesticatedinWesternEurasiaanddidn’tbecomea33foodincentralChinauntilabout2000yearsago,accordingtotheresearchers.Basedonthattiming,theyindicatebarleymayhave34intheregionnotasfood,butas35materialforbeerbrewing.